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OUT THERE
8:41 PM EDT 9/13/05
This topic, OUT THERE, is a bit of a catch-all for items that, IMO, don't really warrant a new topic of their own -- yet :-)
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Re: OUT THERE -- flash memory and solid-state disks (SSDs)
8:32 PM EDT 9/13/05
as a reply to Ross Riker.
"Samsung chip paves way for 32GB memory cards next year ;
Samsung announces 16Gb NAND flash memory chip"
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/09/12/HNsamsung32gb_1.html
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Re: OUT THERE -- BPL (broadband over power lines)
4:53 PM EDT 10/23/05
as a reply to Ross Riker.
"Power line broadband gets popular with tech firms" By Marguerite Reardon, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: August 24, 2005
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035-5842825.html
P.S. Some of the Talkbacks were interesting.
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Re: OUT THERE -- e-video / IPTV
11:45 AM EDT 10/13/05
as a reply to Ross Riker.
Not sure yet what implications this will have for the libraries, but it is interesting:
"Will anyone buy video iPod?"
http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/12/technology/video_ipod/index.htm
http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html
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Re: OUT THERE -- Broadband
3:52 PM EDT 10/20/05
as a reply to Ross Riker.
An article about broadband (or the lack thereof) in the U.S.:
"Free American broadband!"
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/10/18/broadband/index.html
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Re: OUT THERE -- BPL (broadband over power lines)
4:54 PM EDT 10/23/05
as a reply to Ross Riker.
Article: "Surfing Through the Power Grid"
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69271,00.html
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Re: OUT THERE -- Broadband
11:19 AM EST 11/18/05
as a reply to Ross Riker.
Article: "Gandalf to speed up Internet access"
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/index.php?p=77&tag=nl.e539
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Re: OUT THERE -- a new internet infrastructure?
10:45 AM EST 12/21/05
as a reply to Ross Riker.
Three part article:
"The Internet Is Broken" By David Talbot
http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Networks/wtr_16051,258,p1.html
http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech-Networks/wtr_16055,258,p1.html
http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_16056,258,p1.html
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Re: OUT THERE -- power line carrier (PLC) networking
12:45 PM EST 1/13/06
as a reply to Ross Riker.
This seems to be the inside of the building complement to broadband over power lines:
"The Internet socket rocket" By Matt Lake, CNET Reviews, January 9, 2006
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6028_7-6414313-1.html?tag=nl.e501
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Re: OUT THERE -- Broadband
2:44 PM EST 2/28/06
as a reply to Ross Riker.
"U.S. Hitting A Ceiling On Internet Households" By Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb News, Feb 24, 2006 -- http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180207781
"Rural areas lagging in broadband Internet" By Jessie Seyfer, Mercury News, Feb. 27, 2006 -- http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13973796.htm
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Re: OUT THERE
11:38 AM EDT 9/5/07
as a reply to Ross Riker.
"Faster wireless in works to transfer large files from gadget to gadget" -- http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/biztech/09/03/faster.wireless.ap/index.html
or
http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/19334/
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Re: OUT THERE -- USB 3.0
11:19 AM EDT 10/1/07
as a reply to Ross Riker.
The title below is a bit misleading. The post says the specification will be released in 2008, with products to likely follow in 2009 or 2010.
September 18, 2007 2:25 PM PDT
"USB 3.0 brings optical connection in 2008"
Posted by Stephen Shankland
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9780794-7.html
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Re: OUT THERE -- USB 3.0
2:05 PM EDT 10/1/07
as a reply to Ross Riker.
I saw the info someplace else ... there will be some really interesting changes here if flashdrive speeds continue to increase. The only reason some users will want access to a computer is to be able to use its processor!
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