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For the last few years, wireless carriers and manufacturers have been pushing smartphones as the way to go. But now that a growing number of Americans are using them, the system seems like it's starting to choke.New York and San Francisco are giant dead zones for many iPhone users. Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerrys, had two outages within a week recently, highly unusual for the reliable devices. Last January, some of the 2 million people attending the presidential inauguration couldn't get phone service because the area around the nation's capital was so congested with cell traffic. Complete Story...
Shares of chip designer Cavium Networks Inc. ticked up Friday as Jefferies & Co. initiated coverage of the stock with a "Buy" rating, predicting strong sales growth for the company over the next few years.
Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. said Friday its third-quarter profit climbed 37 percent, boosted by strong revenue at its Food Network and HGTV networks.
Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. is turning Fine Living into the Cooking Channel and moving the cable network from the hills of Tennessee to New York City's food-oriented Chelsea Market.
Canada's industry minister said Thursday he will review the sale of Nortel's enterprise division to U.S. telecom company Avaya to determine if the deal significantly benefits Canada.
When Cesar Conde walks into a room, his youthful looks and earnest countenance have at times led people to confuse the trim executive with an intern.
DVD copying software sold by RealNetworks Inc. appears to be an illegal pirating tool, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a legal battle that's been closely watched in Hollywood and elsewhere.
Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. posted a 49 percent jump in second-quarter profit Thursday, driven by strong fee revenue from its television affiliates.
The big broadcast networks, already suffering from terrible ratings, will catch a break if the planned transition to digital signals is put off until June.
The race is still on for 4G, or fourth-generation, cell phones and service, but the contest for speed may not be decided this year because of the economy, as well as wireless carriers continuing to build out and improve 3G networks.
Aruba Networks Inc. shares fell Friday after an analyst downgraded the stock to "Equal Weight," saying that despite strong sales, ongoing capital investments are limiting the company's ability to increase its earnings.
Brocade Communications Systems Inc., dominant in an obscure corner of the data storage market, wants a piece of a bigger pie: Cisco Systems Inc.'s cash cow business of networking equipment that shuttles Internet traffic.
The marriage between the gay characters Kevin and Scotty in the season finale of ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" helped the network win the highest praise Sunday from an advocacy group that pushes for more visibility of such characters on television.
Barack Obama's plan to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at a Denver outdoor stadium instead of the arena in which his party's convention will be held sent the television networks scrambling Monday.
Federal law does not bar satellite television provider EchoStar Communications Corp. from leasing a transponder to another company to transmit network signals, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday.
ABC, CBS and NBC have set aside a prime-time hour on the Friday after Labor Day to simulcast a fundraiser for cancer research.
New data released Wednesday show online views of videos soared 66 percent in the U.S. in February from a year earlier, with TV networks grabbing just a pittance of those eyeballs.
The moment of truth has arrived for those TV writers walking the picket lines for the past three months, pounding the pavement and tossing their laptops in hopes of trying to break the backs of the networks.
Geeta Citygirl just figured something was wrong with her phone when she realized the greetings she was sending as the ball dropped New Year's Eve weren't getting through. In Los Angeles, a half-dozen New Year's text messages bounced back to Reggie Cameron on Wednesday, more than 24 hours after he thought he sent them out.
A point-and-click computer program that can automatically hack into vulnerable wireless networks - or probe them for weak spots - has been released by US researchers. Experts say it highlights the importance of ensuring that wireless networks are configured securely.
Major International Hacker Pleads Guilty for Massive Attack on U.S. Retail and Banking NetworksWASHINGTON- Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and to steal data relating to tens of millions of credit and debit cards, announced Assistant Attorney Genera …
Web service performs last online wishesNew service based in Sweden called Webwill offers to manage e-mail and social networking accounts after death.
Social Networks Are an Untapped Values to Employees And Employers, Research Shows"The network of connections that exist in any workplace -- the communications and information flows between employees, partners, and customers -- represent an "untapped information asset" that can be quantified and analyzed for patterns of influence, relative importance in the or …
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | TV accused of fanning political instabilityKARACHI: Pakistan's television networks are heaping political pressure on an increasingly unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari with critical and influential programming that offers a voice to the poor. In the decade since military ruler Pervez Musharraf issued licences and so …
CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.comCNN, which invented the cable news network more than two decades ago, will hit a new competitive low with its prime-time programs in October, finishing fourth – and last – among the cable news networks with the audience that all the networks rely on for their advertising.
Review: Motorola's Cliq is a social butterflyReview: Motorola hopes to entice people with the Cliq, its first phone that uses Google's Android software, and it may have a good shot.
Late-Night Vulnerability: The Letterman scandal and Conan O'Brien's injury highlight how much the networks have riding on individuals.LOS ANGELES -- An apologetic David Letterman trotted out before the cameras Monday night with a quip that raised questions and fetched laughs: "There's a possibility," he said, "that I'll be the first talk-show host impeached."
Making Sense Of Social MediaMANCHESTER, N.H. -- Are you a Facebook follower? Do you tweet? How about text? Many people are caught up in the online social media whirlwind, while others watch from the sidelines, wondering what's going on.
Verizon defends setting broadband measurement bar so lowVerizon insists its adherence to a 768/200kpbs definition of broadband has nothing to do with resistance to upgrading its networks. AT&T says it knows that real-time video will become an essential Internet application, "over time"—but what about the here and now?
TWITTER ANALYSIS: 40% of Tweets Are Pointless BabbleWith Twitter being such a hot trend right now, research firms have been anxious to study how people are using the social platform, and analyze trends in aggregate view.
Network Chiefs Slam White House For Making Obama Available To Their Reporters top execs at the big networks beat their breasts over the fact that Obama is holding too many press conferences, forcing networks to decide whether to air them, rather than their hit shows.
Why did the U.S. halt a 2003 plan to bring down Iraq's financial system? : fear of collateral damageIt would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history.
After ninety plus years, Walter Cronkite has reached that final sign off, and "That's the way it is".
Dispute Erupts Over Who's Helping Iran Eavesdrop - World Watch - CBS NewsThe source of the surveillance technology used by Iran's Internet service providers remains an unresolved political question that could prove an embarrassment for any western company linked to Tehran's censorial regime.
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How to retaliate in cyber attacks debatedIn the murky world of computer espionage, the United States faces hard choices on how to retaliate when government or privately owned networks come under cyber-attack, senior military and intelligence officials said Tuesday.
TV's Fuzzy Future: Left to Their Own Devices, Viewers Are Cutting the CordAs alternative means of watching "television" rapidly mature, the Danny Ledonnes of the world are at the vanguard of a potentially potent economic and social force.
Running to Ceragon and cellular upgrades due to "Susan Boyle effect"The relay of information over networks due to Apple's iPhone and its competitors is forcing communications companies to invest in the type of equipment supplied by Ceragon, because existing network infrastructure is old, and part of it is near the point at which it will not be …
Supreme Court: FCC 'Fleeting Expletive' Profanity Rule OK WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday in favor of a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single curse word on live television, yet stopped short of deciding whether the policy violates the Constitution.
How Network TV Will Reinvent ItselfBecause of growing competition and dwindling TV ad dollars, the big networks will be forced to make major changes, and fast . . . . For decades network TV has been about reach.
CBS's March Madness Online Ad Revenues Up 30%-- Gravy for CBS, which, thanks to a $6 billion, 11-year deal signed in 1999, gets to keep all its "new media" revenues.
Cotton Candy Can Help Labs Grow TissueExcerpt: Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people.
It's the network: Researchers examine behavior influenced by network structureA team of computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania investigating the political, social and economic struggle between individual self-interest and the need to build a consensus have learned that, depending only on the structure of the network of participants, they can …
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