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VoIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is a method that is used for taking analog audio signals. It is much like what you would hear when you talk on the phone. With VOIP they are turned into digital data that can be transmitted over the Internet. Many people have never heard of this system and the […]

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British Skynet Launched Into Orbit

Monday, March 12th, 2007

Today is the day that the first of three new British satellites, which have been destined to become the backbone for high-speed communications for its military and its allies was launched. Skynet 5 was boosted into orbit by an Ariane 5-ECA rocket, which will take roughly a week to achieve its final geostationary orbit.
“We’ve already […]

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‘Patch Tuesday’ Delayed

Friday, March 9th, 2007

It’s the first time since September 2005 that Microsoft will be completely miss patching and fixing any critical flaws on ‘Patch Tuesday’, with only non-critical patches due to arrive thanks to problems in fixing 9 outstanding vulnerabilities so far. Because Microsoft is not at all pleased with the quality of critical patches due for Patch […]

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X-Box 360 Updated Already

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Microsoft has planned to release a 512MB Memory Unit for the Xbox 360 in April of this year and drop the price of its original 64MB memory unit. The size of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade games also will jump from 50MB to 150MB. The 512MB unit will ship worldwide on April 3 and be priced […]

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Blu-Ray Vs. HD-DVD

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

The time has come for the blu-ray discs to battle it out with the dvd. This is the biggest battle since the video and the dvd went head to head. In January, anyone looking for a winner of the war between the two next-generation discs designed to replace DVD would have picked Blu-ray over the […]

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