Moving Wi-Fi complexity into the cloud Oct 31, 2009
Meraki was first to announce the hosted Wi-Fi control and management model for midmarket enterprises in May with the Meraki Enterprise Wireless LAN System. This month, Aerohive said it was making its wireless LAN management tools available in the form of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) called Aerohive HiveManager Online ... They move management servers and appliances (and in Meraki's case, WLAN controllers) into the cloud so that you don't have to house, administer and update them. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
P7P55D-E Premium Oct 30, 2009
CPU Socket: LGA1156 socket for Intel Core i7/Core i5/Core i3 Processors Chipset: Intel P55 Express Chipset Memory: DDR3 2200 (O.C.)/1600/1333/1066MHz Power Phase: 48 Hybrid Phase PCIex16 Slots: 2 Multi-GPU: CrossFireX/SLI Gbit LAN x 2 Audio:10-ch HD, DTS Storage: 6x SATA 3Gb/s 1 x eSATA (by bracket) 1 x Ultra DMA 2 x SATA 6Gb/s USB: 10 x USB2. 0/1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Woman, 84, bikes 150 miles for MS Oct 29, 2009
For the past 26 years, 84-year-old Lan Yin "Eiko" Tsai has worn a dress and high heels to bike 150 miles for MS research ... But Lan Yin "Eiko" Tsai is continuing the 150-mile bike ride she's done for 26 years ... Lan Yin Tsai doesn't give the impression that she could go five miles on that bike, let alone 150. (CNN)
Juniper Gets OEMed by Dell Oct 29, 2009
But he noted that over time, the two plan to expand the products to enable enhanced integration and management with Dell's other networking hardware and software ... "Brocade is largely coming at it from a storage perspective and has a very healthy business in Ethernet LAN switching, while Juniper is a recognized leader in WAN and security solutions and they bring expertise in that space.". (SmallBusinessComputing)
Lock Down Your Wi-Fi Router Oct 27, 2009
What happens when you add a Wi-Fi router to your wired LAN ... Should he connect it through the LAN or the WAN port ... Aaron Weiss, the Wi-Fi Guru over at our sister site Wi-FiPlanet. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Shattered Horizon - Release Date and Pre-order Offer Revealed Oct 27, 2009
Futuremark Games Studio will host dedicated servers for North America, Europe and Australia and New Zealand at launch with the server code being made available to everyone shortly afterwards. Game server hosting companies, clan and e-sport communities, and tournament and LAN party organisers can contact Futuremark Games Studio for early access to server code via fgs [at] futuremark [dot] com ... Use your rocket pack to fly freely through space and then land on any surface. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
How will KVM virtualization affect RHEL Xen users? Oct 27, 2009
Users install the appropriate kernel on the server based on whether or not they plan to virtualize ... Furthermore, the paravirtualized device drivers -- special drivers for LAN and DISK that allow guest OSes to interact directly with the hypervisor for improved performance -- must be replaced. (Search Enterprise Linux)
Bugs and Fixes: Stymie Malicious Media, Network Attacks Oct 27, 2009
A network problem in the Wireless LAN AutoConfig Service (see ) could let remote attackers "own" vulnerable Vista or Server 2008 systems. PCs that lack wireless cards or run other Windows versions are safe. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Bail denied for suspect in Calif. pot-house case Oct 24, 2009
The outcome of the case against Lan Lee, an American citizen, and Yuefei Ge, a Chinese national, could be a gauge of how seriously the public considers a crime that until now has been handled only by judges ... The outcome of the case against Lan Lee, an American citizen, and Yuefei Ge, a Chinese national, could be a gauge of how seriously the public considers a crime that until now has been handled only by judges ... The case could further complicate the administration's plans to close the... (Fresno Bee -- State)
Silicon Valley engineers on trial Oct 24, 2009
Lan Lee, 44, and Yuefei Ge, 36, allegedly stole trade secrets from NetLogic Microsystems in Mountain View, Calif ... "They planned to build, market and sell in China the chip that is a direct competitor.". (EETimes)
Nokia Files Patent Suit Against Apple Oct 24, 2009
The suit, filed today in Federal District Court in Delaware, alleges that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) infringed Nokia (NYSE: NOK) patents for GSM, UMTS or 3G WCDMA, and wireless LAN standards. "The patents cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and are infringed by all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007," the Finnish mobile giant said in statement. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Apple Sued by Nokia Oct 24, 2009
The 10 patents in the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. state of Delaware, relate to technologies fundamental to devices using GSM, UMTS and/or wireless local area network (LAN) standards, Nokia said ... "This is about competition against Apple," said Alfred Zaher, partner and intellectual property attorney at Blank Rome LLP in Pennsylvania. (Datamation)
Nokia sues Apple for patent violation Oct 23, 2009
The 10 patents in the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. state of Delaware, relate to technologies fundamental for devices using GSM, UMTS and/or local area network (LAN) standards, Nokia said ... IT services major Mahindra Satyam has appointed Bobby Gupta as its new business development chief, overseeing its operations in Australia and New Zealand. (India Times)
Nokia sues Apple over iPhone Oct 23, 2009
"The ten patents in suit relate to technologies fundamental to making devices which are compatible with one or more of the GSM, UMTS (3G WCDMA) and wireless LAN standards," Nokia said ... Find the best mobile phone plan ... Find the best broadband plan. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
First 'Elite Summit of Chinese Business Women' to Take Place in Shanghai 2009 Oct 20, 2009
This award evaluates from the view of corporate philanthropy, social responsibility, public influence, commercial values and the Rose Value so comprehensively built into this honorary model for businesswomen, according to the Organizing Committee ... Many CEOs and senior managers from foreign and domestic famous enterprises have been invited to attend this event, including officers of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the Bureau of the Shanghai... (JCN Network, Japan)
CONSISTEL Wins One of the Largest In-building Contracts to Design and Deploy Wireless Network at Integrated Resort in Marina Bay -- Singapore's First World Class Integrated Resort Oct 17, 2009
CONSISTEL, with its wealth of experience in the telecommunication business, will design, plan, install, optimize and commission a multi-system active wireless network ... To address this challenge, CONSISTEL will deploy its Optima system to support numerous technologies including GSM900, GSM1800, 3G, Tetra and iDEN. Optima's advanced Wire-It-Once architecture ensures coverage for current and future cellular and enterprise wireless voice and data services, including wireless LAN (WLAN), mobile... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
New Wi-Fi spec allows access point bypass Oct 15, 2009
The work explicitly addresses possible enterprise wireless LAN concerns, though these parts (and others) of the specification are not yet final, Figueroa says ... Enterprise WLAN administrators will have "some influence" over this environment, though precisely how and to what degree hasn't been determined yet. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Cisco's Virtual NICs Boosts its Unified Computing Oct 14, 2009
The promise of Cisco's unified computing system (UCS) is its ability to tie servers, LANs and SANs together by way of virtualization. But while the system provides a degree of network consolidation, it also has the ability to generate more virtual server traffic than traditional network interfaces are typically designed to handle. (Datamation)
Not Your Father's Virtual Machine Oct 14, 2009
" There's no reason to stop virtualization with desktop PCs, though, and the industry hasn't. Take the various security features attached to a virtual server. The virtual server might be entirely software as a virtual machine, but its security features are usually entrusted to a number of separate physical devices, like firewalls and routers. Now, though, companies are virtualizing that security layer, making it as easy to move as the virtual server itself. Applications are being virtualized... (Channelnewsasia.com)
IIJ Strengthens Compliance Function of IIJ Secure Web Gateway Service Oct 13, 2009
Most LAN environments use this protocol because it makes it easy to manage the network without configuring each device individually ... The statements within this release contain forward-looking statements about our future plans that involve risk and uncertainty. (Primezone Releases)
Competition to co-dependence: old embraces new in Chinese media Oct 10, 2009
"For traditional media, it's not the time to talk about change or not, but to find ways to changes as quickly and effectively as possible," said Peng Lan, a journalism professor with the Beijing-based Renmin University of China. "We are not expected to become new media replacing all the traditional ones, but to build a platform to better serve the netizens," said Chen Juhong, editor-in-chief of China-based Tencent. (Xinhuanet, China)
SiGe experts push CMOS envelope for Light Peak transceivers Oct 9, 2009
The dual channels on the Ensphere chip permit Light Peak to function like an optical local-area network (LAN) that has no native protocol but instead allows multiple existing electrical protocols to coexist on the same 10-Gbit/s fiber. By daisy-chaining the optical cable from device to device, each data stream can originate and terminate at different locations along the fiber simultaneously. (EETimes)
How to Choose a Wireless Router Oct 9, 2009
To share files between your home PCs-in words, a home network or in technical terms, a "local area network" (LAN). A wired router can do all three of these things, but every PC would need to be plugged into the router with an Ethernet cable. (Datamation)
Could Brocade and NetApp Get Acquired? Oct 6, 2009
A Brocade deal could come less than a year after the storage and Ethernet networking vendor Foundry Networks in a direct challenge to Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), as the two storage switch leaders prepare for a new era of -LAN convergence. HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Oracle may be considering acquiring Brocade, while Stifel Nicolaus analyst Aaron Rakers said IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR) are other possible acquirers. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Elbit Systems of America Presents IRCS -- Integrated auto-routing Radio Communication System Oct 5, 2009
IRCS is an advanced military communication system that enables direct voice and data communications among command posts and front-line echelons via radios and communications devices of various kinds -- VHF, HF, Multi-Channel Radios, LAN, WAN, PABX, Satellite and Cellular networks ... Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high performance products and system solutions focusing on the commercial aviation, defense, homeland security, and medical instrumentation markets ... The Company,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Red Corner Notice Oct 3, 2009
Apart from the heightened firepower wielded by the Maoists - like landmines and rockets - the government's worry also stems from the fact that they control vast tracts of land that are among the most mineral-rich in the world, much of it now inaccessible ... One major factor is the blind adherence to the strategy of "individual annihilation of class enemies" (the murder of landlords, government officials, constables and even teachers seen as representing the bourgeois state) on the assumption... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Femtocell solutions: Key questions to ask before you ... Oct 2, 2009
At first glance, the femtocell value proposition seems like a win-win for the customer and the network operator ... Enterprises may want to isolate the femtocell traffic from all other enterprise traffic by using a virtual LAN () connection or a separate physical Ethernet connection. (SearchMobileComputing.com)
IDF 09: More speed on the go Oct 2, 2009
As it is still in the first phase this year, Intel is planning to release an improved Core architecture, codenamed Westmere, said Intel architecture groups executive vice-president and general manager Sean Maloney ... It will support multiple devices from high-definition displays, LAN, storage and more in just one slim cable. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Smartphone Review: The Palm Pre Oct 2, 2009
Wi-Fi Planet Marketplace ... Price: about $150 (with cellular plan)Pros: Cool dual-interface form factor, powerful processor, good Wi-Fi performanceCons: No Outlook desktop synchronization, Wi-Fi under-utilized ... We tested Wi-Fi performance the best way we could, by measuring Internet connection speeds on the Pre over our wireless LAN connected to a high-speed cable modem. (SmallBusinessComputing)
A Networking Primer: What’s a MAC Address? Oct 1, 2009
Wake-on-LAN offers a way to send a remote signal to revive a computer that s in a power-saving mode (e ... (Almost all systems built within the last several years support Wake-On-LAN, though you may need to turn the feature on in the system ... You can download a free Wake-on-LAN utility (for Windows). (SmallBusinessComputing)
Quake-born waves devastate Samoas Oct 1, 2009
Four tsunami waves roared ashore soon afterward, reaching up to a mile inland, Mike Reynolds, superintendent of the National Park of American Samoa, was quoted as saying by a parks service spokeswoman ... Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi looked shaken today on board a flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Apia, Samoa's capital ... New Zealand's acting Prime Minister Bill English said any death tolls for the Samoas were only "guesses" so far, and that authorities in Tonga... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Data storage resources needed for VDI Oct 1, 2009
Even with offline support, VDI depends on a reliable network and sufficient bandwidth on both the local-area network (LAN) and wide-area network (WAN), and the larger the VDI deployment the more likely network upgrades will be required. Add to that the cost of cooling, electricity and data center space, and it adds up to a significant IT infrastructure investment. (Search Storage)
FCoE Is Ready, Is It Time to Care? Sep 30, 2009
Today, after all, most organizations have to run parallel network infrastructures for their LANs and Fibre Channel at the server access layer. This requires separate switches, network interface cards (NICs), host bus adapters () and cabling. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Network Intrusion Detection & Preve... Sep 24, 2009
LAN & Internet Network Security Monitoring with NIDS/NIPS Software ... Network-based Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention Systems (NIDS or Network IDS, Network IPS or NIPS) are used by IT professionals to monitor and protect Local Area Networks (LANs) against viruses, hackers and other IT security threats ... A Linux NIDS/NIPS can be used on a LAN that contains only Microsoft Windows desktop PCs and servers. (Suite101.com)
Voice of the People | Sept. 24 Sep 24, 2009
We were surprised at the front-page headline, Lack of donations halts plans for dream campus, with the ensuing article about Clinton Junior College ... As a Clinton trustee, I'm not aware of plans to halt anything at Clinton ... The school p 0000002F lans a major new facility that would house, amo 00004000 ng others, additional classrooms, laboratory space, an auditorium and a new gymnasium. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Order of War Hits Retail Sep 23, 2009
Planning multi-pronged strategic assaults, players will navigate their ways through missions based on key historic events and operations from 1944 ... The first features American forces versus German forces as they land on the beaches of occupied France on D-Day ... The second lets players change sides, commanding German forces in Poland battling against the mighty Soviet Army and in France battling American troops. (IGN PC Games)
Working with Michael Landon (1) Sep 22, 2009
" Landon was a complex man. He could be kind, as he always was to me, and very loyal, as he was eternally to the men and women of his crew whom he kept working for year upon year, and whose members would not take jobs so they could remain available to him.Michael was a sentimental man whose shows were sometimes a little sticky, but which often found just the right touch of sweetness. At the same time, he could be reckless, sarcastic, spoiling for a fight and ever defiant of any authority but his... (Malibu Times, CA)
AP: Baby Formula Illegally Marketed Abroad Sep 20, 2009
Workers at a women's health clinic in Dong Nai province had an exclusive deal with Dutch Lady, a brand of , based in Meppel, the Netherlands, said Dr. Vo Thi Kim Loan, the clinic's former vice director ... Several other big formula companies also tried to land a deal with the clinic, said Loan, the former vice director ... Another mother, Nguyen Lan Huong, said she received four calls from Abbott. (CBS News)
'Bold Move'... Sep 19, 2009
Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, plans to propose a new so-called net neutrality rule Monday that could prevent telecommunications, cable and wireless companies from blocking Internet applications, according to sources at the agency ... I on the other hand still like balance, in the things that I read, that is why I don't read extreme left blogs or extreme right blogs ... They are usually more balance than most outlets out there. (The Drudge Report)
Lenovo T400s Thinkpad: One tough cookie Sep 18, 2009
If youre working on a plane and need to dim the screen, working in a pitch black condition with no backlit keyboard could be difficult ... 0, LAN port, WiFi, WiMax I/O ports: Two USB 2. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
ASUS Launches Lynnfield Platform Rackmount Servers with New Intel Xeon 3400 Processors Sep 18, 2009
Taipei, Sept 18, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - ASUS today announced the launch of its new RS300-E6 Series servers featuring the Intel 3420 PCH chipset and Intel Xeon 3400 Series Processors. With dual or quad core processor configurations, the RS300-E6 Series can scale up performance immediately to support high-volume workloads. (JCN Network, Japan)
New Pioneer CDJ Digital Turntables Bring the Art of DJing to New Heights Sep 17, 2009
1-inch full-color 480 x 234 LCD panel for displaying song titles and jacket art as well as detailed track information so DJs can select songs at a glance. The wave data of each song is also illustrated on screen, showing high and low amplitude to further assist DJs. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Arasan Chip Systems Adds IEEE 1588 PTP Support to Ethernet IP Cores Sep 16, 2009
"System designers can extend their LAN products to enable a single network that can support hard, real-time environments by using Arasan's Ethernet cores with IEEE 1588 PTP.". Arasan's Ethernet IP cores can parse all standard IEEE 1588 frames and has hardware time-stamping for both ingress and egress frames performed at the respective ports. (Primezone Releases)
Agito Networks Delivers Mobility Solution to Hertford Regional College to Improve Voice Connectivity and Reduce Expenses Sep 16, 2009
"The long-term strategic partnership and scalable network design, delivered by Convergis and the HRC IT team, meant the college already had a solid, voice-ready network available. With Cisco VoIP and campus-wide Cisco Unified Wireless LAN already deployed, the Agito RoamAnywhere was the logical additional hardware requirement.". In addition to Agito Networks' Mobility Router and Cisco's WLAN and IP-PBX, HRC's has deployed Nokia handhelds and subscribes to T-Mobile cellular service ... "The... (PR Newswire)
Vietnam Think Tank Disbands To Decry Restrictions Sep 15, 2009
"With this new decision, we can hardly operate," said Pham Chi Lan, an economist and vice president of IDS. "It would be very difficult for us to raise our voice as an institution. That is why we decided to close.". The decree would prohibit the institute's researchers from discussing its research in public symposiums and would only allow them to share their work with the government, Lan said ... Offensive: Sexually explicit or offensive language. (CBS News -- World)
Hot List Article: Intel Delivers Security and Manageability for Business PCs Sep 15, 2009
They also can't securely manage or protect a notebook or desktop PC in certain types of remote locations, such as over an open wired LAN outside the corporate firewall ... Using a secure tunnel for communications, technicians can remotely maintain, update, and repair both notebook and desktop PCs outside the corporate firewall, on an open wired LAN, or at sites that don't have a proxy server ... Leading management software companies such as HP, LANDesk, Microsoft, and Symantec have optimized... (IntranetJournal)
802.11n Ratified Sep 15, 2009
11n-2009 amendment, "defining mechanisms that provide significantly improved data rates and ranges for wireless local area networks (WLANs)." ... Paul Nikolich, IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee Chairman said in Friday's press release, "Everyone involved in the 802.11n process--and no one more than Bruce Kraemer 'Chair of the IEEE Wireless LAN Working Group', whose strong leadership has been instrumental from the start--deserves congratulations because this is a key data communications... (HardwareCentral)
Left wing extremism gravest threat: PM Sep 15, 2009
"It has influence among sizeable sections of civil soc 00004000 iety, the intelligentsia and the youth. It still retains a certain lan. All this adds to the complexity of the problem. I expect you to keep this in mind as you devise newer and better strategies to deal with the problem," the prime minister told the gathering. Expressing concern over the volatile situation in the northeast, Manmohan Singh said: "The situation in the northeastern parts of our country is far from comfortable. In... (India Times)
Global Sources collaborates with Vietnam's largest trade association to promote exports of home products Sep 14, 2009
" Collaboration further enhances Global Sources' products and services for Vietnam suppliers Global Sources continues to expand its products and services for Vietnam suppliers. These include Global Sources Online ( ), the China Sourcing Fairs ( ), Private Sourcing Events ( ), Global Sources trade magazines and Vietnam Sourcing Reports. About Global Sources Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business uses... (PR Newswire)
Vietnam police release another detained blogger Sep 13, 2009
"This afternoon they told me to go to the police and I saw my daughter was out already," said Quynh's mother, Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan ... Quynh, who blogged under the name "Me Nam" or Mother Mushroom, as well as Hieu and Trang had written critically of a government plan to exploit bauxite reserves with the help of a state-owned Chinese company and of China's claims to sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea ... Hieu and Quynh were also involved in plans to print and distribute t-shirts to... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Access Files Wherever You Go With Weezo Sep 12, 2009
It's an application that helps you host your files, media, and services over the Internet or just on your local LAN. All that's needed on the client side is a Web browser. You can use it for yourself or share with your friends. (SmallBusinessComputing)
IEEE ratifies 802.11n wireless standard Sep 12, 2009
New spec, already used in draft version, will increase wireless LAN performance ... 11n specification for wireless LANs, seven years after the ratification process began and a couple years after information technology shops started using draft-n devices. (FCW.com)
Ohio Official Says Castration Comment A Joke Sep 12, 2009
Offensive: Sexually explicit or offensive lan 00002472 guage ... Mourners Mark the Eighth Anniversary of the Sept. 11 Plane Crash in Pennsylvania. (CBS News)
Critical Patch Tuesday Misses Serious Hole in FTP Sep 11, 2009
There are critical vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine, the wireless LAN autoconfig service, Windows Media, Windows TCP/IP, and the editing component of DHTML Active X.. Of the five critical patches, two will require mandatory restarts, causing some level of disruption within the enterprise, according to Paul Henry, Lumension security and forensic analyst. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Home Network Technology & Connectivity Use: Ethernet, 802.11, Coax, and Powerline Sep 11, 2009
The number of home LAN physical layer interface shipments will surpass 500 million in 2010, and the installed base of home networks will surpass 300 million in 2011. Global and regional forecasts are provided for home networks, with North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific broken down by use of Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 802. (Multichannel News)
Wi-Fi, powerline to merge in Atheros-Intellon deal Sep 9, 2009
(09-08) 16:13 PDT -- Wi-Fi chip vendor Atheros Networks plans to acquire , a maker of chips for home powerline networking equipment, for about US$244 million ... Most consumers with home LANs use Wi-Fi, but a number of vendors and industry groups, including HomePlug, offer other systems that claim to provide more speed and reliability than wireless ... Atheros hopes to hold on to the engineering talent of 129-employee Intellon, though it hasn't made any firm plans in advance of the deal closing.... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Microsoft Patches Critical MP3 Flaw Sep 9, 2009
The final critical patch corrects a problem with the Wireless Lan AutoConfig Service that can allow specially crafted attack packets sent over a wireless connection to take over vulnerable Windows Vista and Server 2008 machines. Other versions of Windows aren't affected, and any computer without a wireless card is of course safe as well. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Atheros buys Intellon for $244 million Sep 9, 2009
By combining Atheros' wireless LAN and Ethernet products with Intellon's products, Atheros will further drive the adoption of the digital home ... The acquisition is a good fit as 1) it enables Atheros' entry into the broadband over power line space, which is synergistic to the WLAN segment in the home networking market; additionally, Intellon has a strong potential in the Smartgrid market; 2) the powerline market is expected to grow at a (greater) 30 percent CAGR in the next few years, faster... (EETimes)
Broadcom Becomes World's First to Introduce Single Chip IAD with Integrated ADSL2+, 802.11n and DECT, Enabling Voice, Video, Data, and Wireless Bundled Services Sep 8, 2009
11n wireless LAN (WLAN), along with Gigabit Ethernet switching, Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), and voice over IP (VoIP) for IADs and high-end residential gateways ... The integrated DSL+WLAN solution eliminates the need for consumers to purchase a separate DSL modem, wireless router and DECT cordless base station, significantly reducing the cost of home networking ... "The highly integrated BCM6362 ADSL2+ and 802.11n wireless LAN solution reaffirms that Broadcom is at the... (PR Newswire)
Mother in tearful plea for Vietnam blogger's release Sep 7, 2009
"Help us to get her free!" Nguyen Thi Tuyet Lan told AFP in a tearful telephone conversation from the southern coastal city of Nha Trang, where her daughter Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, 30, has been held since Wednesday ... She had blogged about a controversial bauxite mining project in the Central Highlands and also about two South China Sea archipelagos, the Paracels and Spratleys, her mother said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Four area students perfect on SAT Sep 7, 2009
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Marissa Pan simply likes books, and Tanya Nguyen prefers balance in her life ... Liu is one of four metro Atlanta students who scored a perfect score on this year's SAT.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
A light at the end of the recession Sep 6, 2009
Need: Planning, organizational skills; attention to detail; basic writing skills ... 210 New York Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305 ... College of Staten Island. (New York Post -- Business)
ASUS Leads the PC Hardware Industry with a New Motherboard Series Featuring Optimized Designs Sep 2, 2009
0 x16 (at x16/x16/x1 or x16/x8/x8 mode) 1 x PCIe x4 2 x PCI Multi-GPU: Supports NVIDIA SLI Technology Supports ATI CrossFireX Technology Storage: 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports 1 xExternal SATA (SATA On-the-Go) 1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices LAN: Dual Gigabit LAN controllers 2*Marvell88E8056 PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2 Audio: ADI AD2000B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC Other I/O ports: 1*PS/2, 1*eSATA, 1*IEEE1394a, 2*LAN, 8*USB, 1*Optical S/PDIF out,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Broadcom Announces GPON Product Family to Complement Its Broadband Carrier Access Portfolio Sep 2, 2009
0 host and devices, and support for Broadcom's latest wireless LAN (WLAN) devices utilizing PCI Express(R) ... "Our presence and commitment to the carrier market are well established with leadership in DSL, Ethernet and WLAN products. The global GPON standard provides next generation FTTH and FTTN opportunities and we look forward to extending our leading access technologies and investments in this area." ... Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates,"... (PR Newswire)
Asian markets slip as China plunges nearly 7 pct Aug 31, 2009
Asian stocks fall as China plans to curb capacity ... Wednesday's announcement that Beijing plans to cut capacity in steel and other sectors comes after economists had warned that China's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package was creating a glut in a range of industries ... HONG KONG -- Asian markets fell sharply Monday as Chinese stocks plunged nearly 7 percent and Japanese shares weakened after the country's opposition party came to power in a landslide victory. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
