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August 24th, 2011 - 4:53 pm § in General IT

Spider Circuits to Speed up the Net

Internet is based on fast signals that takes advantage of coherence of light for transmitting information. So far, the only way to obtain high-precision measurement of the pulse the intensity and phase have been with expensive lab equipment.

This might change thanks to a new chip that can do the job fast and energy efficient. The technique called Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-Field Reconstruction, or Spider for short. The details on the circuit and how it works are still few, but the research team’s manager David Moss of the University of Sydney argue that Spider can provide all parts of the Internet with the ability to measure high-quality signals in which light is used as an information carrier.

The solution promises to speed up everything from telecommunications and broadband services to spectroscopy and optical clocks, as well as integrate well with conventional silicon circuits and is manufactured using the same technique. The researchers’ work is published in Nature Photonics in August.


March 6th, 2011 - 3:58 am § in General IT

A Short CeBIT Summary

More than 4200 exhibitors were represented on the CeBIT 2011 trade show this year. Some of them only as sub-exhibitors or partner, but still. After a few years of decline, the numbers increased again in 2011. The aisles were full, the exhibitors on their toes. To sum up the entire show is difficult,[...]


February 27th, 2011 - 7:45 pm § in Server Tech

Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office

I have tested the beta version of Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office for a while.  It is Google’s new solution to collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations directly from Microsoft Office, show. Just recently, Google completed Cloud Connect for Office and not it’s f[...]


February 21st, 2011 - 1:06 am § in Mobile Tech

Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac

Microsoft just released the final version of Windows Mobile 7 Connector for Mac, which is now available for free in Apple’s Mac Store. How many users is it likely to get? It’s very hard to imagine a Mac user getting a Windows Phone 7 smartphone.[...]


February 7th, 2011 - 7:49 pm § in Mobile Tech

MyPhoneExplorer: Managing Android on PC

The free MyPhoneExplorer for Android smartphones connects via USB or WLAN to manage a Windows client to backup contacts, calenda and text messages. It also works for adding new contacts and appointments, as well as sending text messages from the client. Additionally you can use it to manage all inst[...]


February 6th, 2011 - 9:12 pm § in Consumer Electronics

Twonky Mobile – Android as a UPnP Server

The free Twonky Mobile app turns your phone into your Android UPnP streaming server, all stored music, videos and pictures on your phone is shared via WLAN UPnP streaming to clients such as Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and many current TVs or media players if supported by the device. After starting the a[...]


January 22nd, 2011 - 7:53 pm § in General IT

Glympse – location and movement in real-time

In the last two years, more and more services for ocation-sharing have been showing up, i.e., sharing one’s own palce with others. Not exactly surprising, but the question “Where are you?” is apparently the most commonly asked in mobile calls. Services such as Gowalla, Four Square,[...]