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Monday, April 8
allNetDevices : The Super Human Speech Recognition Initiative's ultimate goal is to create technology that performs better than humans for any transcription task, without the need for customization. It seeks accurate transcription of everything from voice mail to meetings and customer service calls -- with full audio (and possibly) video searching capabilities. read more... Wednesday, January 30
USA Today: Tech firms fiddle with tiny keypads Handheld companies try to solve keypad problem. Read more...
Monday, January 14
eWeek: 802.11a 5 Times Faster Than 11b The first 802.11a-based equipment out of the gate show that the new specification makes wireless networks better, stronger and faster--up to five times as fast as 802.11b-based systems. This increase in throughput will not only boost users' productivity but will also make wireless LANs an acceptable conduit for applications such as video and streaming media. Read more... Sunday, January 6
Ananova : Wireless monitoring of heart devices To use the system, a patient uses a small wireless receiver to download diagnostic data from the cardiac device. That data is then transferred via a regular dial-up connection to Carelink. Physicians log into the system to evaluate patient data. read more...
InfoSys : WAP gaming on the rise? Picofun saw usage of its games rise
from 500,000 minutes in 2000 to 12 million minutes in 2001 read more...
WashingtonPost : Next Generation's Wireless Web Is Still Painfully Slow There was no real telling when the phone would work and when it would stall at the sending-data screen. It connected in seconds at my windowless cubicle, where the phone showed only one-quarter of full-strength signal, but failed in a nearby conference room, where the display indicated a stronger signal. read more... Wednesday, December 5
IHT : High Hopes for Mobile Internet ID Systems Microsoft has already been working with European mobile networks to allow customers to reach their Hotmail e-mail accounts, which require its Passport service. read more...
SIRC : Evolution, Alienation and Gossip The space-age technology of mobile phones has allowed us to return to the more natural and humane communication patterns of pre-industrial society, when we lived in small, stable communities, and enjoyed frequent 'grooming talk' with a tightly integrated social network. In the fast-paced modern world, we had become severely restricted in both the quantity and quality of communication with our social network. Mobile gossip restores our sense of connection and community, and provides an antidote to the pressures and alienation of modern life. read more... Sunday, October 21
The Economist : The Internet, untethered The Internet is going mobile. To succeed, it must learn from the mistakes made in the fixed-line Internet boom, argues Tom Standage read more... Friday, October 5
USA Today: Sprint unveils Palm OS, GPS phones Sprint PCS is the first and only wireless carrier to come close to the Federal Communication Commission's deadline of selling a GPS-enabled handset by October 1, 2001. Read More... |
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