7:13 PM
Bandwidth on Navy ships is extremely limited, with sailors on non-essential computers getting below dial-up speeds. However, by the end of this year, the Navy will have 4G LTE on at least 3 of its ships...and Android smartphones owned by the sailors will actually run on the shipboard network! The Navy is getting a ruggedized, ocean-going LTE network similar to what Verizon and AT&T have that can provide 300 Mbps of data:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/navy-wwan/
MIT study found that using stiffer pavements on the roads in the U.S. could reduce gas consumption by as much as 3%...saving 273 million barrels of crude oil per year ($15.6 bil) and reducing CO2 emissions by 46.5 mil metric tons! The roads would also have lower maintenance costs, so governments would save money:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Energy-Civil-Engineers-Find-Savings-Where-The-Rubber-Meets-The-Road/
Washington State researchers developed a new technology that can triple the capacity of lithium-ion batteries--this would be a game-changer for smartphones, tablets and laptops. This technology is mature enough that it could be in market later this year:
http://news.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=31776&TypeID=1
One of the Google Maps cars was involved in a pretty bad accident...it is really smashed up!
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/23/google-maps-car-involved-in-accident-investigating-should-be-a-breeze/
A jury unanimously decided that Google's Android does not infringe on all 8 claims from 2 of Oracle's patents. this concluded the trial's second phase, which focused on Oracle's claims of patent infringement--and is already the longest civil trial that the judge has been a part of:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57440235-93/jury-verdict-android-doesnt-infringe-oracles-patents/
http://www.androidcentral.com/jury-finds-android-did-not-infringe-oracle-patents
Comcast is enabling its subscribers to make calls and send texts via WiFi networks, a huge threat to wireless providers and to Skype and Google Voice. Comcast subscribers can make calls using a 4G or 3G wireless data plan and won't use wireless minutes. Text messages can be sent an received to more than 40 countries. 4 family members will be given phone numbers that enables them to make calls and texts for free. Earlier this week Comcast and other cable networks (Time Warner, Cablevision, Cox, and Bright House) announced that they would allow subscribers to freely roam across their respective WiFi networks...providing huge areas of coverage around the country for the calls/texts:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/comcasts-voice-2go-wi-fi-calling-service-takes-aim-carriers-skype/2012-05-23
Microsoft launched its social networking offering (called So.cl) that is geared at competing with Google Plus, not Facebook.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/microsoft-vs-google-time-its-social-networking-193900?
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/navy-wwan/
MIT study found that using stiffer pavements on the roads in the U.S. could reduce gas consumption by as much as 3%...saving 273 million barrels of crude oil per year ($15.6 bil) and reducing CO2 emissions by 46.5 mil metric tons! The roads would also have lower maintenance costs, so governments would save money:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Energy-Civil-Engineers-Find-Savings-Where-The-Rubber-Meets-The-Road/
Washington State researchers developed a new technology that can triple the capacity of lithium-ion batteries--this would be a game-changer for smartphones, tablets and laptops. This technology is mature enough that it could be in market later this year:
http://news.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=31776&TypeID=1
One of the Google Maps cars was involved in a pretty bad accident...it is really smashed up!
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/05/23/google-maps-car-involved-in-accident-investigating-should-be-a-breeze/
A jury unanimously decided that Google's Android does not infringe on all 8 claims from 2 of Oracle's patents. this concluded the trial's second phase, which focused on Oracle's claims of patent infringement--and is already the longest civil trial that the judge has been a part of:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57440235-93/jury-verdict-android-doesnt-infringe-oracles-patents/
http://www.androidcentral.com/jury-finds-android-did-not-infringe-oracle-patents
Comcast is enabling its subscribers to make calls and send texts via WiFi networks, a huge threat to wireless providers and to Skype and Google Voice. Comcast subscribers can make calls using a 4G or 3G wireless data plan and won't use wireless minutes. Text messages can be sent an received to more than 40 countries. 4 family members will be given phone numbers that enables them to make calls and texts for free. Earlier this week Comcast and other cable networks (Time Warner, Cablevision, Cox, and Bright House) announced that they would allow subscribers to freely roam across their respective WiFi networks...providing huge areas of coverage around the country for the calls/texts:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/comcasts-voice-2go-wi-fi-calling-service-takes-aim-carriers-skype/2012-05-23
Microsoft launched its social networking offering (called So.cl) that is geared at competing with Google Plus, not Facebook.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/microsoft-vs-google-time-its-social-networking-193900?