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The 7 Phases of the Internet

Each phase of the Internet—from networks to people to things to agents to senses to ubiquity to the quantum world—has ...
Is the Mobile Internet Device dead on arrival? Or, has the MID — a ‘Net-connected device that’s usually described as being bigger than a smartphone and smaller than a netbook — just not caught on yet?
Ubuntu Linux today released the first developer’s version of its new Ubuntu Mobile Internet Device (MID) Edition 8.04 operating system, which is aimed at device manufacturers that build Internet-ready ...
Hoping to get your hot little hands on the tinker-friendly edition of Sharp's Snapdragon-powered IS01 Android MID? If you live in Japan, today's your lucky day -- assuming you're willing to overlook ...
(NAPSI)-If youre out and about and need to connect to the Internet, you basically have two options: public Wi-Fi or mobile broadband. Public Wi-Fi hotspots, usually provided by coffee shops, ...
Mobile broadband devices will be subject to the security problems that have long plagued PCs, said a panel of security experts at this week’s Mobile Internet World conference. You’re in for a nasty ...
Samsung Telecommunications America announced the first WiMax-enabled Mobile Internet Device (MID) today at the International CTIA Wireless conference. Called the Mondi, the touch-screen, pocket-size ...
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about NVIDIA’s new ION platform that will bundle an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GPU with an Intel Atom CPU to offer advanced graphics capabilities for ...
Acer is interested in touch-screen devices, which it sees that as a key for one-handed mobile Internet devices Fresh from the launch of a mini-laptop the company hopes will catapult it into a new ...
Samsung's in-house web browser, aptly called Internet, has finally arrived on Windows 11 PCs - the app can be downloaded now, ...
Internet-connected mobile devices will outnumber humans by the end of this year, but the statistics includes a lot more than just phones and tablets, Cisco says. <a ...