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  • 6 cool innovations for the data center

    Posted August 3, 2010 - 11:30 am

    Sure, consumer gadgets are getting most of the attention these days, but data centers are getting some love too. These new products and technologies promise to solve real data center problems or are already working to make enterprise operations run more smoothly. How many are on your wish list?

  • FCC Broadband Plan: FAQ

    Posted March 15, 2010 - 4:40 pm

    We'll get a preview of the future of Internet access proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, which will detail its National Broadband Plan Tuesday in an open meeting before formally presenting the plan to Congress on Wednesday.

  • Fast, Universal Broadband: Dirty Secret about the Roadblock

    Posted September 7, 2009 - 8:19 pm

    Where's the fastest broadband service? The FCC's effort to expand availability of high-speed Internet access throughout the U.S. offers a clue as to where -- and why -- the best services exist.

  • Is Your Living Room Ready for Internet Video?

    Posted March 23, 2009 - 3:48 pm

    Once upon a time, all you needed to tap into the wide world of TV was a TV--though a good set of rabbit ears didn't hurt. Internet video is way more complicated. Few networking tasks are more demanding than pumping video fast enough to avoid pauses, hiccups, and other glitches. So keep these technical issues in mind before you cut up your Blockbuster card.

  • 12 ways porn has changed the Web (for good and evil)

    Posted December 22, 2008 - 3:28 pm

    The adult entertainment industry has helped shape the Internet as we know it today, even if it has also been at the forefront of a number of less savory innovations. Let's take a look at a not-entirely-dirty dozen.

  • Broadband innovations: Fiber optics reaches the tipi

    Posted July 24, 2008 - 5:06 pm

    Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the indigenous Ktunaxa people of British Columbia had a thriving culture going back 10,000 years. Following more than a century of abuse and mistreatment at the hands of the Canadian government, however, the Ktunaxa's language and culture have been all but eradicated. Now, innovative uses of cutting-edge broadband and digital recordings of tribal elders are enabling younger members to hear the sounds of the language, giving Ktunaxa leaders hope for its future.
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