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[...]
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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,[...]
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,[...]
December 1st, 2010 - 4:51 am § in General IT
IT products for seniors may retire
Special seniors PCs , Senior E-mail and Seniors phones have not been a great success so far. Efforts to place them in the market don’t seem to e working. Perhaps such products are simply unnecessary. This question has now been investigated by Stuttgart Media University and the User Interface D[...]
October 28th, 2010 - 9:51 pm § in General IT
How green is your company’s IT?
The French company Dotgreen provides companies with www.greenargus.com a free to use online tool to use to their efforts with respect to Green-IT Check. For this function also in English available supply, have created an account and some questions are answered. The result is an analysis and personal[...]
October 27th, 2010 - 4:35 am § in General IT
Surprise: Europe’s IT lives!
Amazon, Apple, Google, Ebay, maybe even Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec – in which one or more other Cisco – were probably the most spontaneous answers if we look for the important and successful IT Company asks. Perhaps some even still falls Samsung one – o[...]