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Cable vs DSL Internet Providers

Cable vs DSL Internet Providers

Alright, cable vs. DSL internet providers. If you haven’t switched to wireless yet, or if you just plain don’t really need wireless, and are fine with a wired connection, you’re probably going to wind up choosing between cable and DSL… Or you could go with a 56k dialup connection, but please, for the love of [...]

The Best Wireless Internet Providers

The Best Wireless Internet Providers

Wireless internet is great. Let’s get that out of the way right now: It’s awesome.
There’s really nothing like being able to play video games online at high speed without even plugging your system in to anything, or taking the laptop with you to the bathroom, the bedroom, and everywhere in between.
If you’re still using a [...]

Satellite Internet Connection: The Pros And Cons

Satellite Internet Connection: The Pros And Cons

Satellite internet connection is seen as something of a last resort for a strong internet connection. In a lot of rural areas, cable and DSL never really caught on. There simply isn’t a dense enough population in most rural areas to justify the costs of establishing a DSL or cable company. Hence, satellite.
Wireless is quickly [...]

NASA And The Space Internet

NASA And The Space Internet

The US space agency NASA said it successfuly conducted a first test of a deep space communications network modeled on the Internet.
“This is the first step in creating a totally new space communications capability, an interplanetary Internet,” Adrian Hooke, NASA’s manager of space-networking architecture, technology and standards, said in a statement.
The US space agency said [...]

2012: Countdown to Internet “Flattening”

2012: Countdown to Internet “Flattening”

It’s official: the Internet is reaching its limits. The increasing use of  Internet-connected devices and new applications hungry for broadband will lead to serious issues with the Net within the next four years.
The news was made official by Nemertes Research, a research-advisory firm specializing in analyzing and quantifying emerging technologies, when it released a new [...]

European Study Reveals : Social Networking Increases Productivity

European Study Reveals : Social Networking Increases Productivity

How many times have you been caught checking your MySpace or FaceBook page at work? Well now you can explain to your boss that it is all in the name of productivity.
You may not believe it, and your boss will certainly be harder to convince, but, according to some new research commissioned by At&T Inc., [...]