Archive for February, 2012
French Incumbents Fail to Stop Free – Dslreports
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 15:44 No CommentsFrench Incumbents Fail to Stop FreeDslreportsLast month we noted how French ISP Iliad was shaking up the French wireless market with some creative pricing, which included an introductory basic free tier of service (an idea that's taking root in the…
Phuket Live Wire: An update on international download speeds in Phuket – Phuket Gazette
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:23 No CommentsPhuket GazettePhuket Live Wire: An update on international download speeds in PhuketPhuket GazetteThe widespread outages involve wireless services, and they're not common. Then I tallied up the average download speeds reported for the most popular …
Conan the Barbarian Makers to Sue Over 2000 Downloaders – ITProPortal
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:02 No CommentsITProPortalConan the Barbarian Makers to Sue Over 2000 DownloadersITProPortal… Internet Service Providers (ISP) Sprint and Comcast. To identify the accused, Nu Image tracked IP addresses of certain torrent downloaders, which is a dubious tracking met…
3 Ways For SMBs To Plug IPv6 Security Holes – InformationWeek
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:01 No Comments3 Ways For SMBs To Plug IPv6 Security HolesInformationWeekCall your ISP. Gudeli notes that plenty of smaller firms go online with wireless routers or other equipment provided by their internet service provider (ISP). At the smallest of companies, that …
This is what it looks like when a $6.6B company pivots – GigaOm
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:36 No CommentsGigaOmThis is what it looks like when a $6.6B company pivotsGigaOmIn both wireline and wireless, ISPs were trying to push Akamai out so they could control their own destiny. (Seriously, I've had an executive at an ISP explain its CDN efforts that w…
AT&T’s HTC One X has a dual-core SoC, not quad – Fudzilla
Monday, February 27, 2012 23:55 No CommentsAT&T's HTC One X has a dual-core SoC, not quadFudzillaIntel didn't want to skip all that Mobile World Congress 2012 fun in… "Review: €150 bargain with caveats". -A few months ago Amazon and Barnes & Noble introduced two re…
Google taking $453M loss with sale of Clearwire stake – ZDNet (blog)
Monday, February 27, 2012 17:43 No CommentsGoogle taking $453M loss with sale of Clearwire stakeZDNet (blog)By Matt Weinberger | February 27, 2012, 3:36pm PST Summary: Google is selling its shares in wireless Internet service provider Clearwire at a steep discount – and potentially taking a $45…
AT&T Devises Entirely New Wireless Troll Toll Wants App Makers to Pay for … – Dslreports
Monday, February 27, 2012 10:32 No CommentsAT&T Devises Entirely New Wireless Troll Toll Wants App Makers to Pay for …DslreportsISP executives have long tried to offload upgrade expenses on to others, adding a new content toll despite the fact both content companies and consumers already …
Broadcom Introduces New Platforms Optimized for Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich … – Sacramento Bee
Monday, February 27, 2012 2:56 No CommentsBroadcom Introduces New Platforms Optimized for Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich …Sacramento BeeBy Broadcom Corporation; BRCM Mobile & Wireless Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired an…
Broadcom Introduces New Platforms Optimized for Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich … – MarketWatch (press release)
Monday, February 27, 2012 2:42 No CommentsBroadcom Introduces New Platforms Optimized for Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich …MarketWatch (press release)Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) , a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announ…