Covad & MegaPath announce merger
Mar 31, 2010 Telecoms
Covad Communications Company, a leading national provider of IP broadband services, and MegaPath Inc., a leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced an agreement to combine the operations of Covad and MegaPath. Pending federal and state regul...Tags: America Today, Amp, Broadband Services, Communications Company, Covad Communications, Data Voice, Ip Broadband, Ip Data, Leading National Provider, Megapath Inc, Merger Company, North America, Regulatory Approvals, Security Services
Covad & MegaPath announce merger
Mar 31, 2010 Telecoms
Covad Communications Company, a leading national provider of IP broadband services, and MegaPath Inc., a leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced an agreement to combine the operations of Covad and MegaPath. Pending federal and state regul...Tags: America Today, Amp, Broadband Services, Communications Company, Covad Communications, Data Voice, Ip Broadband, Ip Data, Leading National Provider, Megapath Inc, Merger Company, North America, Regulatory Approvals, Security Services
Sight unseen, fans hear ‘iPad’ and think ‘iWant’
Mar 31, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
(AP) -- People who lined up to buy the first iPhone knew what they were paying hundreds of dollars for: a new cell phone that promised to be better. Apple Inc.'s newest gadget, the iPad tablet computer, falls into a category that's foreign to most people.Tags: Apple, Cell Phone, Fans, Gadget, Iphone, Iwant, People, Tablet Computer
Intel Launches Xeon 7500 processor series
Mar 31, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Intel Corporation today culminated the transition to the company's award-winning "Nehalem" chip design with the launch of the Intel Xeon 7500 processor series.Tags: Chip Design, Intel, Intel Corporation, Intel Processor, Intel Xeon, Launch, Transition, Xeon Processor
Scientists Address ‘Wrinkles’ in Transparent Film Development
Mar 31, 2010 Science
(PhysOrg.com) -- A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new research* conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and North Dakota State University -- research that also may hel...Tags: Address, Closer Look, Dakota State University, Film Development, Nanotube, National Institute Of Standards, National Institute Of Standards And Technology, North Dakota State, North Dakota State University, Scientists, Solar Cells, Transparent Film, Wrinkles
HP Mini 210: Inexpensive but Average
Mar 31, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
The HP Mini 210 consumer netbook is a basic netbook that does a decent job of providing what you'd expect from a typical product in this category, without any major surprises. Fortunately, it does so at a reasonable price: Mini 210 configurations start at $279, though the model we tested included...Tags: Decent Job, Hp, Netbook, Surprises, Typical Product
NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY - Kingsmill Confessions
Mar 31, 2010 Software
A slice of something slightly sordid perhaps?
Long story, but I’m without Sky+ at the moment. It’s awful. I actually have to watch the adverts now. No more casually skipping through them at 30 times speed any more. No, I’m now at the mercy o...
Tags: Advertisers, Adverts, Confessions, Email Form, Email Tags, People, Pocket Lint, Rsquo, Shame, Sky, Software Online
AMD and Rambus Renew Patent License Agreement
Mar 31, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
AMD to Keep Paying Rambus Licensing FeesTags: Amd, Patent License Agreement, Rambus
Old Science Caught in New Media Whirlwind
Mar 31, 2010 General IT
The right-leaning Drudge Report made it a habit in November and December to trumpet any and all headlines relating to the "Climategate" controversy -- the story involving hacked emails attacking critics of global warming, w...Tags: Climate Data, Conspiracy, Controversy, Drudge Report, Global Warming Deniers, Habit, Headlines, House Of Commons, Old Science, Suspicions, Trumpet, Whirlwind, Wrongdoing
How are droplets displaced by ultrasounds?
Mar 31, 2010 Science
Understanding the physical mechanisms that enable a droplet to be displaced by propagating an acoustic wave along the substrate on which it lies is the hurdle that has been overcome by researchers from the Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et Nanotechnologies (CNRS/France).Tags: Acoustic Wave, Cnrs France, Droplet, Droplets, Electronique, Hurdle, Nanotechnologies, Physical Mechanisms, Substrate
