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Coulomb Technologies, a company that builds electric vehicle charging stations in urban areas, announced a new method of locating charging stations through TomTom navigation systems. When accessing the locations through TomTom, drivers can also pull up the connection type, speed of charging and the cost to recharge a vehicle. This application is being shown off at the Plug-In 2011 conference in Raleigh, N.C., but Coulomb representatives… Read More

Although it still hasn't been officially announced, U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile is widely expected to introduce the first mobile phone build on Google's Android platform next month, in the form of the HTC Dream. The potential problem with this scenario is that, while the Dream supports 3G data connectivity, T-Mobile is the number four mobile operator and only has 3G service up in a handful of markets. T-Mobile introduced 3G… Read More

Have you ever heard of the SexGen Platinum? If you’re a regular on Second Life, you might well have done – you might even own it.   Nowit’s at the center of a lawsuit, which most believe to be the first real life suit between avatars.   So what is SexGen Platinum, anyway? It’s the creation of Kevin Alderman (knownon the site as Stroker Serpentine), who realized that people who had avatars on the popular site… Read More

RadioShack Corporation announced today that it has begun offering MovieBeam's set-top boxes at 1,700 retail locations in 331 mjor metropolitan areas where MovieBeam service is available. At first glance, MovieBeam—backed by Disney, Cisco, Intel, and others—seems like a lot of other set-top box services offering on-demand, rental access to movies. And, indeed, the MovieLink boxes store up to 100 movies, and offer instant… Read More

Last year, the Disney-founded MovieBeam digital movie rental service looked dead before ever having hit the market. Disney took a $24 million write-down on the effort, and rumor was to expect a whole lot of nothing from the effort. But last month, Disney, Intel, Cisco, and VC firms injected over $48 million into the operation, and, suddenly, MovieBeam is ready to go: MovieBeam announced today that it plans to begin offering first-run films… Read More

A new report from Javelin Strategy and Research suggests that while the Internet is by no means a crime- and fraud-free utopia, the majority of fraud and identity theft occurs out in the real world rather than via the Internet. However, folks who get scammed online are losing more and more money. According to the report (available to paid subscribers), in identity theft cases where the source of the information was known, only 9… Read More

Spaceway F1 is the first of two Ka-band satellites that will launch this year, enabling DIRECTV to broadcast local HD channels into several of the nation's largest markets. Initially, DIRECTV will begin launching digital and HD local channels in 12 markets this fall allowing customers — with the necessary HD reception equipment — in those markets to receive popular broadcast network programming in HD. The Boeing 702 model… Read More

The Fox HD programming, from WNYW in New York and KTTV in Los Angeles, will be available to eligible DIRECTV customers in markets where Fox owns and operates stations, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Dallas-Forth Worth, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Tampa, Fla., Minneapolis, Cleveland, Phoenix, Denver, Orlando, Fla., St. Louis, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Mo., Salt Lake City,… Read More

Qwest Communications International Inc. has announced that its voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service is available to business customers nationwide. Qwest OneFlex(TM) services are now available in more than 100 cities across the U.S. allowing small, medium and enterprise business customers to benefit from Qwest's own VoIP solution. Qwest OneFlex is now newly available in more than 100 cities including the following… Read More

Verizon Wireless is offering its enterprise customers mobile high-speed data services that are changing the way people do business. Developed with a range of users in mind, the BroadbandAccessnetwork allows large enterprises, small-medium businesses and mobile professionals to conduct business anytime, anywhere in the BroadbandAccess coverage area via a secure, true high-speed dataconnection with typical user download speeds of 300-500 kilobits… Read More

From the company's press release: Verizon customers in Keller, Texas, soon will be the first to receive groundbreaking high-speed Internet services over Verizon's fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. The company is raising the bar on consumer broadband today by introducing data speeds of up to 30 megabits-per-second (Mbps) in Keller later this summer and in other markets later this year. Prices start at $34.95 per month. The… Read More

Palm introduced its most powerful handheld computer with built-in high-speed wireless connectivity — the PalmTungsten C handheld. As Wi-Fi hotspots become increasingly commonplace in airports, hotels, offices, hospitals and universities across the nation, Tungsten C handheld users can gain fast wireless access to the Internet, email, messaging, large applications and other corporate data while traveling or anywhere within their… Read More

Preface:First, I would like to say that portions of this article originated from a compilation of findings all over the internet. The mod, bench marking, and pictures were done or performed by the authors.My purpose here was to bring them all together into one definitive article. This article is aimed at those who want to squeeze every ounce of performance out of their components that were purchasedon a budget, and don't mind taking the… Read More