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News A cube-shaped hub acts as a central control point and separate devices, including smart plugs, communicate with the hub. Rather than rely on smart meters as a communications gateway, AlertMe's... [21 Jul 2009]
Trio of research hubs to poke digital benefits
News Each research hub will focus on a particular theme - with Aberdeen concentrating on rural issues such as broadband access, healthcare delivery and public transport; Newcastle looking at ways to boost digital inclusion in... [29 Apr 2009]
The technologies that will shape corporate networks
News Telepresence and cloud computing are likely to drive enterprise network needs in the short term, according to president and CEO of AT&T Labs - the telco's research hub. Keith Cambron told silicon.com high-definition... [14 Apr 2009]
Google 'poised to buy Twitter'
News Google's origins, core technology, and profits come from search, but Twitter would fit in neatly with the company's somewhat lacklustre attempt to become more of a social hub, too. Google is in "late stage" talks to... [03 Apr 2009]
Is your must-have iPhone feature included?
News This would let people play multiplayer games with one another, and potentially exchange data files - all without the need to be connected to a third-party server or a central wi-fi hub. It is available for developers now... [18 Mar 2009]
Twitter turns to search to turn a profit?
News But it also means Twitter's web-based interface, which changes at a glacial pace, is not the hub of activity for many active Twitter users. Twitter is working to convert its popularity into a business and Google has... [23 Feb 2009]
Police failing to grasp new tech
News These include a Home Office Data Hub, a database expected to be in place in 2009/10 that will automatically share crime and detection data between the Home Office and police, as well as cutting 36 of the streams of... [16 Feb 2009]
BT's wi-fi router turns biz into hotspots
News Businesses running the hotspots are also able to turn the functionality on or off using the Hub Manager on their desktops. The latest version of the BT Business Total Broadband hub, unveiled on Monday,... [10 Feb 2009]
What if Microsoft-Yahoo! had tied the knot?
News Both want sophisticated online services, both want a better search site with more traffic, both want to be a hub for people's lives on the internet, both want to be an unavoidable part of online advertising. [02 Feb 2009]
iPhone becomes Twittering hub
News This represents another step towards making Truphone the open 'all-in-one conversations hub' for iPhone and iPod touch users," Wilson claimed. The internet telephony company Truphone has turned its client for the iPhone... [07 Jan 2009]
Wi-fi fans clock up a million minutes online per day
News The figures include BT Openzone and the BT-FON community launched in October 2007, where members agree to share a small portion of their home broadband connection by opening up a separate channel on their wireless router, the Home... [02 Dec 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry, Dan Dare and wi-fi on trains
News Finally Nottingham Trent University CIO David Swayne talks about the university's multimillion pound project to link up two listed buildings and build a 21st century hub. In November silicon.com waded in to settle the... [01 Dec 2008]
Kent schools outsource IT
News This application will serve as a hub for students to deliver coursework to teachers from home or school, ready for marking. The hub will also serve as a school management and administration tool, keeping... [29 Oct 2008]
London Olympics fibre hub 'template for UK broadband'
News The London 2012 Olympic Games is set to turn the capital into a high-speed fibre network hub. The Olympic Park network and its links to 94 venues across the UK could become the template for a high-speed national network,... [23 Oct 2008]
Brum gets a Second Life
News The project is billed as a 'demonstrator briefing hub' and includes several sections including BScape, which pulls applications from around the internet into the virtual world, including an interactive 3D map of... [22 Oct 2008]
