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Li-Fi - an alternative for Wi-Fi?

Visible light communication (VLC) or simply "Li-Fi" uses rapid pulses of light to transmit information wirelessly. Now, with a new generation of high-brightness light-emitting diodes, it may be ready to compete with conventional Wi-Fi. VLC enc...

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802.11ac - next generation high-speed WiFi

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has shown what might be the next version of high speed WiFi. Currently named 802.11ac, the new proposed standard is able to deliver 120Mbps throughput to three receivers at the same time. 802.11ac uses...

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Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapters declared illegal

If you've been thinking about buying a one piece Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI cable to bring videos from your Macbook to an HDTV, you may want to get it now. According to a report from TechRadar, the group behind HDMI has decided they don't meet th...

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Google promises to speed up websites!

Google launched a new service on Thursday that can automatically speed up a website's page load times. That's a good thing, as separate studies from Google and Aberdeen Group have shown faster-loading sites boost customer satisfaction and ad re...

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AMD Catalyst™ 12.4 Windows Update Released

AMD Catalyst 12.4 Windows update is released: NEW FEATURES Windows XP support for the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series - In addition to Windows 7 and Windows Vista support, Catalyst 12.4 now also introduces...

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Cyber attack hits Governments, IOC and UN

IT security firm McAfee claims to have uncovered one of the largest ever series of cyber attacks. It lists 72 different organisations that were targeted over five years, including the International Olympic Committee, the UN and security firms. McAfee...

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Google+ iPhone app now available

We've been playing around with Google+ for a few weeks now, but until today the mobile options for the iPhone owners among us were limited to a clunky phone browser version of the G+ website. Today that changes with the launch of the official Googl...

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Netflix price hike angers users, many customers...

Some Netflix customers called it a slap in the face. Others a betrayal. Many threatened to drop the movie service. On Wednesday, many of them vented on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere, seething over Netflix Inc.'s decision to raise its prices by u...

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Trojan GGTracker attacks Android users

Lookout Security Firm as identified a new Android Trojan named GGTracker that is downloaded to a user’s phone after visiting a malicious webpage that imitates the Android Market. The Trojan then proceeds to sign up the user to premium SMS services with...

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Google revises Google+ naming policy

After banning many Google+ accounts over the weekend that they assumed weren't using real names, Google offers an explanation and some work arounds. The latest and fastest growing social media network has a strict policy to use their first and last...

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