FCC, which is planning to bring high-speed internet connection all over America, will propose including the government program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas.
The Federal Communications Commission will also propose to revamp the Universal Service Fund as part of a national broadband plan.
The USF was established to ensure that all Americans [...]
Mar
6
2010
6
2010
FCC proposes to revamp Universal Service Fund
Feb
26
2010
26
2010
Skype and Internet TV by Samsung
Samsung launches TV with Skype and Internet : Samsung today launched the new series of high-definition TV LED model 7000 and 8000, which will be Skype, allowing users to make video calls and voice through the TV.
“Inclusion Skype in our televisions perfectly meets the expectations of consumers. We are happy that now our clients can [...]
Feb
11
2010
11
2010
Google Net: Internet access to high speed
Google after the browser joins the lead of the operating system, now the California Company wants to transform itself into a provider of Internet access to high speed. Google already offers some wireless networks in Mountain View, this time the access service would be deployed throughout the country and shared with ISPs that is an [...]
Jan
23
2010
23
2010
Tweeting from Space
The internet has taken a giant leap. An American astronaut, the Expedition 22 flight engineer of International Space Station (ISS), TJ Creamer, sent for the first time a Twitter message from space on Friday, Jan 22, 2010. NASA described it as, The “ultimate wireless”.
“Hi Twitterverse!” (pun in English between worlds “universe”, and Twitter), says Timothy [...]
Jan
23
2010
23
2010
Internet and Twitter reached space
Direct Internet and Twitter on space :- The crew of the International Space Station obtained direct Internet access for the first time . U.S. astronaut Timothy Creamer for the first time sent a short message on Twitter from the International Space Station (ISS).
“Hello Twitterverse!,” “We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station—the 1st [...]
Jan
22
2010
22
2010
First tweet live from space @ Astro_TJ
The astronauts of NASA can now live twittering from space.
Previously astronaut TJ Creamer was sending messages indirectly through the control room on earth
. “Technical Update was given by him twelve days ago when he said ,I hope soon to be twittering from space! “. Creamer was immediately nominated for the awards twitter Shorty.
Last night he [...]
Jan
22
2010
22
2010
Eventually access Internet in Space
Astronauts eventually have internet access in space. According to the website of NASA, “Astronauts on board the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week – personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection.” This is one giant leap for the Internet.
Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. [...]
Dec
23
2009
23
2009
BT Signed Five Millionth Broadband UK Customers
BT Signed Five Millionth Broadband UK Customers – BT annunciated that it has signed up five millionth broadband UK customers. And, that lucky five millionth customer is a woman named Elizabeth Patterson of East Kilbride situated in Glasgow and on 9 December, she was presented with a trip to Winter Olympics to see people acting [...]
Dec
21
2009
21
2009
Vodafone to Offer iPhone in UK from 14 Jan’2010
Vodafone to Offer iPhone in UK from 14 Jan’2010 – It has been stated by Vodafone that it will start selling and offering iPhone in UK from 14 January, 2010. Besides this, Vodafone is amongst the UK’s major phone networks, which will be offering iPhone to customers.
For 24 months, the most non expensive tariff available [...]
Dec
6
2009
6
2009
Social networking power & recursive incentive helped MIT team win Balloon hunt
A team from MIT takes the winning amount of $40,000 for the red balloon contest arranged by DARPA. The contest organized to prize the fastest and strongest network was tagged as DARPA Network Challenge.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized the Network Challenge in which almost 4,000 teams registered to complete the task to correctly [...]