connection in comment and analysis
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment At the consumer end of the market, most of us today own a PC and have a fast broadband connection of sorts and yet where in my contract as a parent, did it say that I had to fulfil the role of family IT, security and network manager? [17 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL
Comment But if naked DSL were widely adopted in the UK, the incumbent service providers would lose some revenue, both from those consumers who decide they can do without a landline at all and from those who would migrate to VoIP services over their... [03 Jul 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment In some cases the aircraft's satellite connection will be the connectivity bottleneck. So although 14 calls can connect to the picocell, only six simultaneous calls can be taken over the satellite connection. [26 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment In fact, the biggest challenge for business travellers is not finding a network connection but the complexity arising from having multiple modems, logons and payment methods. These packages include connection software, administration and reporting... [12 Jun 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment A phrase often crops up in connection with housing - "peacefully enjoy". Unfortunately, the software seemed unable to use the connection and insisted that telephone validation was required. Software piracy may well be a very bad thing. [07 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Here's how I understand it: I install the femtocell and use my broadband connection to improve my provider's 3G/HSDPA coverage, and they want me to pay them for it. XP lives? Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive [01 May 2008]
Tiscali CEO: Bandwidth is key to fat pipe nation
Comment The "issue is the connection". Where the issue is is the connection, the bit between the core network and the exchange. But what we're saying is before you get to fibre to the curb - you've really encouraged us to unbundle the exchanges, you've... [21 Feb 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment She says employees are making use of Facebook, MySpace and YouTube creating a culture that exploits the new communication and connection features. But for many CIOs that future has already arrived, argues Howard Greenfield. [19 Feb 2008]
Why you should be outsourcing your data centres
Comment Western companies have long tended to build a production data centre and its sister disaster-recovery facility within a short distance of each other to deliver an acceptable network connection speed. The argument for the rest to follow is now... [04 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment It also turns out that using a wired LAN connection is also a rare event in my life. But the limit is always the availability of wi-fi and the speed of the broadband connection. First it was the floppy drive, then the IrDA port, quickly followed by... [28 Jan 2008]
Editor's Blog: Digital cold turkey, Himalayan style
Comment This sent me scurrying to the nearest internet café, of which there are quite a few in the villages, but (horror-of-horrors) their connection was down. I've often talked about going digital cold-turkey, dumping the gadgets, the laptop and the... [10 Jan 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment The technology determines the geographic location and network connection data for each IP address accessing a website. This approach can provide such information as longitude, latitude, connection type and speed, ISP, company name and domain name. [09 Jan 2008]
Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam
Comment In some cases the connection to crime is explicit. Attempts by governments and police to stop spam at its source have proved futile. But as the threat has evolved, so have the filtering techniques that help ensure spam never reaches the user, as... [10 Dec 2007]
Dear silicon.com... Data breach row, hotel iMac, wi-fi piggybacking: yay or nay?
Comment Would all of these people be happy if a broadband piggybacker downloaded, illegal and/ or obscene material using their connection? It's fine provided you don't mind people reducing your bandwidth (and eating into any capping of course) by online... [22 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The last CD
Comment The magic here is the speed of FireWire, convenience of connection, and ease of access - and all for zip. Written at a Copenhagen hotel and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service Ask yourself this simple question: when was the last time... [25 Oct 2007]
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