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Nokia’s Energy-Saving E52 - Ready for Exchange And Notes
[...] This technology, which Nokia calls Call Connect, allows users to have one voice mail system, and it also allows them to route calls to one device. [...] In addition to eight hours of talk time, the Nokia S52 smartphone offers noise cancellation technology that makes it easier to talk and listen to calls. For enterprise users, Nokia is including VPN (virtual private network) technology that allows the phone to sync with the company's voice mail system. [...]
Security Researchers Crack 768-bit RSA Encryption
[...] The news comes within weeks of reports that the GSM A5/1 encryption system, which prevents phone calls from being intercepted by rapidly switching between 80 radio frequencies, has been cracked. German computer scientist Karsten Nohl published details of the algorithm used to encrypt calls using GSM technology at the end of December. [...]
Enterprises Get Access To FBI Search Technology
[...] Still, he referred to Chiliad's technology as a step towards a larger trend IDC calls Unified Access. . [...] For the past several years, every time someone at the FBI wanted to search for a name in its Investigative Data Warehouse, they could count on technology from Chiliad working in the background. [...] Officials at Chiliad refer to this process as connecting the dots, a task sure to challenge organizations as the amount of data in the world continues to expand. Now, after years of focusing on the government sector, Chiliad wants to take their technology into the enterprise space. [...]
iPhone Users Can Cut Costs With Skype
[...] Durchslag characterised the convergence of technologies as a marriage of Skype's simplicity, ease-of-use and quality and Apple's elegance of design and richness. Skype's voice over IP (VOIP) technology allows users to make phone calls over the Web. The application allows users to make free Skype-to-Skype calls from any Wi-Fi zone to other Skype users worldwide, as well as make calls to landlines and mobile phone at low rates. [...]
Enterprises Tune Into Video Conferencing
[...] They also said the technology helps build relationships and enables users to pick up subtle cues that might otherwise be missed in phone calls or emails. [...] Cisco is increasingly relying on video conferencing and telepresence technologies for everything from internal meetings among far-flung employees to releasing corporate news to the outside world. [...] GIPS' survey echoes the results of other studies that are finding that enterprises are increasingly turning to new communications technologies, including UC, VoIP (Voice over IP) and telepresence, to improve their collaboration capabilities, improve production and reduce costs in such areas as travel. [...]
Intel Attacks Ignorance Of US Authorities
[...] Intel officials dispute calls by the FTC that they should open up their technology for use by competitors as a remedy. Such a move would hinder Intel's ability to innovate or compete, the chip maker says. [...] As in the prior complaints and lawsuits, the FTC said that over the past decade, Intel has used its dominance in the x86 processor space to coerce systems makers like Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM into limiting their use of products from AMD. In addition, the agency claims that Intel altered some of its technology&mdash. [...] Intel says the Federal Trade Commission has no understanding of the processor business and has faulty knowledge of graphics technology. [...]
IT CEO On £650K Bemoans State Of UK Tech Industry
[...] The report calls for the government to change tax incentives for investment in technology businesses, as well as other fiscal incentives to help UK tech companies increase research and development. [...] I am similarly pleased to be adding my sponsorship to this cross-party panel which endorses the Micro Focus Technology Manifesto's priorities for generating the extra employment desperately needed by the UK, said Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour). With the right encouragement, the UK technology industry has potential to nurture British talent and generate many more jobs over the coming years. [...] The implementation of these recommendations, combined with the expertise and drive of UK entrepreneurs, would mean that, in 20 years' time, our children would be able to boast that the UK's technology industry was amongst the top five in the world, the source of high value employment, income, wealth, and national prosperity, said Micro Focus chief executive Stephen Kelly in the report. [...]
eWEEK’s Top 25 Technologies Of The Decade
[...] Like virtualisation, VoIP technology has been around for more than 10 years. However, it's only in the last 10 years that the technology has reached a real state of usability. Skype helped show consumers how cheap and easy voice calls can be from a PC, while SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) signaling eased standards-based interoperability among vendors, opening the door for the integration of many different kinds of products into the communications mix. [...] Power over Ethernet is still a relatively new technology, and many companies haven't implemented it yet. But companies that have moved to POE have seen major benefits, especially in the ability to run devices such as VoIP (voice over IP) phones, access points and other appliances without the need for a wall wart to provide power. [...] Virtualisation has been around for more than 10 years, but it was in the last decade that it really took off. And, to a large degree, the impetus for this drive to virtualise was VMware technology. Offering everything from simple-to-use products that let consumers run virtual machines to the most robust enterprise-class virtualisation platforms, VMware has made it possible to run whole farms of servers with very little hardware involved. [...]
Customisable Bluetooth Headsets Launched
[...] Icon uses standard microUSB charging technology and boasts a user-friendly, On/Off slide switch and one button, as well as Simultaneous Multipoint, which allows users to manage two calls from two different phones at the same time. [...] Bluetooth headset maker Aliph announced the launch of its Jawbone series, consisting of six headsets all including MyTalk, which the company is billing as an industry-first platform for Bluetooth headsets. The technology allows users to customise the headset through Audio and Dial applications. [...] Icon also boasts lethal NoiseAssassin 2.5 with wind reduction, a proprietary technology that eliminates background noise from mobile phone conversations. [...]
Cisco Touts Borderless Networks With Revamped Switches
[...] The strategy essentially calls for creating a network infrastructure that enables users to access the networks from anywhere with any device at any time, according to Robert Soderbery, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco's Ethernet Switching Technology Group. [...] In addition, Cisco unveiled its TrustSec security solution, which enables businesses to put security policies in place for all of their access technologies, including wired, wireless and virtual private networks (VPNs). The service protects transactions on the network, enables for user authentication and ensures network access based on that identity. [...]
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