Cell Phones Offer New Opportunities for Internet Companies by Jeremy Maddock
It is a widely known fact that the market for cell phones has expanded greatly in the past few years, and new technology has allowed handsets to be used for much more than just phones. A large portion of cell phone users now use their devices for more advanced functions such as video streaming,... How well they succeed may well be the deciding factor in just how popular mobile browsing will become in the long term. ... They are attempting to improve their mobile search services, by introducing features such as SMS search queries.

What is 3G (Third Generation) Technology by Rod Morris
3G, short for “Third Generation Wireless,” is the next generation high-speed mobile system based on GSM. 3G supports broadband, packet-based transmission of voice, text, multimedia, and video data at rates from 384 kbps to 2 Mbps. At the heart of 3G is the aim to provide mobile users, wherever... - Users can take advantage of mobile video on demand to watch news, sports highlights, and video clips anytime on their mobile devices. ... With 3G, the mobile user can access high speed internet, videoconferencing, and basic video/TV services.

Wireless Classrooms: Mobile Laptop Labs for Schools by Eric Meyer
Wireless networks in schools is not a new thing but it’s rare to see the wireless network used to it’s full potential. Technology with out wires gives the teacher the ability to bring the technology to the student instead of the whole class going to a computer lab. ... Wireless mobile laptop labs can be used for many purposes: • Wireless Streaming Video • Research • Report Writing • Teacher Guided Instruction • Report writing • Typing What ever a student can do in a wired lab they can do with a wireless laptop mobile lab.

PSP Accessory - Blueye It Will Answer For You! by J. Lloyd
Besides many accessories that PSP has acquired, once in awhile there is one that gets more and more interest from people. It is Blueye. You can now take your calls without missing a strike. In fact, it almost turns your portable audio supply into a Bluetooth headset and is a great PSP accessory. ... The Blueye turns any personal player into a Bluetooth hands free device that will work with your Bluetooth mobile and as a PSP accessory. ... With a talk time of 10 hours, your mobile phone will power out before Blueye does.

Experience the new Microsoft Zune and Future Technology with Bill Gates at CES Keynote by Marylin Stompler
After the demonstration of Windows Vista by Bill Gates at the CES keynote, Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) talked about Zune, which he said, has rapidly become the No.2 music player after Apple (AAPL) iPod. ... The voice-activated in-car communications and entertainment system for mobile phones and digital music players is powered by Microsoft Auto Software and allows you to pretty much integrate your phone and music into your car. ... If you are on your cell phone and enter your car, Sync takes over the phone conversation and you...

High Speed Downlink Packet Access by Riktesh Srivastava
The Technology As we saw, the 3.5 G standard used in HSDPA is an improvement upon the 3G protocol used in W-CDMA technology. With HADPA, the data transfer rate improves over W-CDMA by a factor of at least five. Theoretically speaking, it is possible to reach data transmission speeds of 8-10... Therefore HSDPA is touted as highly favorable for transmission areas like video and streaming music where high data transfer rates are required. ... Many mobile telecommunication companies are working to deploy 3G (WCDMA) networks and this is a positive indication.

The Lowdown on Flash by Maxine Winters
Macromedia Flash is a software product suite which features technology for designing and delivering animations, presentations, and websites. The ‘Flashers’, as the community often refers to Flash users, find this product extremely user friendly. Armed with Flash, designers can create compelling... Add to this the ability of Flash to deliver streaming audio as well as video at the same time definitely makes it a platform of choice. ... It also delivers rich experiences across consumer devices and mobile handsets.

The History of Video Surveillance – from VCRs to Eyes in the Sky by Lucy P. Roberts
Mention video surveillance and most people think of video cameras mounted in the corners of train stations and banks or private detectives video taping an erring spouse for a messy divorce case. The truth is that the history of video surveillance is much more complex and goes back much farther... Analog beginnings spur video surveillance When video cassette recorders hit the market, video surveillance really hit its stride. ... Sadly, the least common denominator in streaming video is the peek-a-boo industry of amateur porn sites that have proliferated on the web, but these real-time...

The Wireless that Wi-Fi Promised by Jacob Loeb
I was thrilled when Apple announced its Airport Wi-Fi hardware. Like many others, I envisioned walking down the street with my iBook constantly connected to the Internet. We all soon found out how difficult that was, at least without buying a cup of coffee. ... What Verizon offers with its EVDO service is computer access to the high-speed data network that their phones use for streaming video content and text messaging. ... People often think of mobile Internet access as being in the realm of road-weary business people.

How To Choose The Best Gaming Laptop by Titus Hoskins
The gaming laptop is coming of age! It is steadily increasing in popularity as performance quality goes up. Gamers now regularly consider laptops or notebooks when searching for that perfect gaming machine. With each new generation of notebooks we are seeing some novel breakthroughs: dual core... Video RAM or VRAM is special memory that's used by video adapters on your notebook. ... It makes your notebook computer capable of many functions: 3D games, wide-screen HDTV, dynamic presentations, mobile video editing studio and graphic processor.