Stories about: Data Channel

Can you trust the folks who recently brought you a 12-hour wireless e-mail outage to bring your cell phone to the corporate PBX?

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled, and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices had analysts, journalists, IT professionals and enthusiasts all gushing with praise for a bright new multitasking future.

Some call it fiber to the home (FTTH) or fiber to the premises (FTTP) or fiber to the node (FTTN) or fiber to the curb (FTTC) or fiber to wherever (FTTX).

Siemens researchers have designed an integrated single-chip fiber-optic receiver which could enable cheap 100Gbit/s Ethernet.

If Scott Carson gets his way, the announcement "We have reached surfing altitude" might soon be as familiar to air travelers as safety demonstrations, packs of peanuts and stowing the tray in the upright and locked position.

Sun Microsystems Inc. says its Jxta technology for peer-to-peer computing is gathering steam and may soon make its way into some of its own products.

Telstra has responded to critics of its broadband policy by announcing a reduction on broadband prices for its ISP resellers.

For the last couple of years cell phone handset makers have been promising a new generation of telephones that offer video conferencing, high speed data and a host of other space-age functions that will supposedly make our lives better. These have all been nothing but promises -- until now.

Memory is a lot like your health: you tend not to think about it unless there's a problem. In the case of computer memory, the problems are usually plodding system performance or applications that don't run properly. Whether they're inside a desktop PC, a notebook computer or a high-end network server, RAM chips play the critical role of keeping the CPU efficiently fed with data or instructions from programs on the hard drive. How well the chips perform this role means the difference between a CPU that misses computing cycles and moves like a steam locomotive and a CPU that speeds along like a bullet train.

Memory is alot like your health: You tend not to think about it unless there's a problem. In the case of computer memory, the problems are usually plodding system performance or applications that don't run properly.

THE FUTURE OF PHONE? Voice-over-DSL offers cost savings--and considerable risk By Daniel Sweeney