Posted on February 6, 2008 by Dan
Researchers at the University of Budapest have just concluded a study of dog barks. After analyzing more than 6,000 barks, researchers have concluded that it is possible for a computer to analyze and talk back to dogs.
Barks were able to be classified into one of six categories:
Stranger - When a new person enter the house.
Fight [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by Dan
AT&T announced today that it has big plans for its 3G (third generation) cellular data network this year, planning on adding 80 new cities to list of those able to receive the HSPA-based service. This would bring the total number of areas able to receive AT&T’s 3G service to 350.
Many if not all of these [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by Dan
Today it was announced that another undersea cable has been cut, making it the fifth undersea to be damaged since January 23.
90% of Internet traffic is routed through undersea cables, with the remaining 10% coming from satellites.
The damage is estimated to have impacted 1.7 million users in the UAE, 60 million in India, 6 million [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by Dan
The FCC auction that is currently underway for the 700MHz C block auction and while bidding is anonymous, early word is that Verizon could be in the lead.
What about Google?
It’s assumed that Google will bail on the auction once bidding has gotten above the magic number of $4.6 billion required to ensure the frequency range [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by Dan
A few weeks ago Nokia announced that it would be closing its factory in Bochum, Germany, leaving 2,300 Germans out of work.
In 1998 and 1999, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia gave €41.3 million (roughly $60.5 million) to Nokia in subsidies to help convert the television factory in Bochum into a mobile phone factory. The [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by Dan
When your meeting up with a friend who lives more than a few minutes away from you, sometimes it can be difficult to agree where to go.
Meeting somewhere in the middle is fair, but you know your area, your friend knows their area, and neither know the middle all that well.
Sound like something you might [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by Dan
Ars Technica has gotten their hands on a MacBook air and put it through the paces.
What do they think?
It’s “the largest and most capable iPod in Apple’s line.” The Air would not make a good primary computer because you need to either buy the external optical drive separately or have anther computer that has one [...]
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