Articles tagged with: Instant Messaging and Ovi

'Sleep talking' PCs save energy and money

Personal computers may soon save large amounts of energy by "sleep talking." Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers that induces a new energy saving state known as "sleep talking." Normally PCs can be in either awake mode - where they consume power even if they are not being used, or in a low power sleep mode - where they save substantial power but are essentially inactive and unresponsive to network traffic. The new sleep talking state provides much of the energy savings of sleep mode and some of the network-and-Internet-connected convenience of awake mode.  more

Related Tags: microsoft, uc-san-diego, tim, voip, flash-memory, , personal, virus, memory, operating-system, presence, flash, washington, wired, san-diego, usb


Communicating with more than words

ICT is all about communication but it has never provided the semantic richness offered by the non-verbal cues that typically pepper face-to-face conversation. Thanks to European researchers, that is about to change.  more

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Samsung Shows Off Touch Screen WiMAX Phone for the US Market

Samsung Mobile has announced the upcoming availability of its WiMAX enabled mobile phone, the Samsung Mondi. The touch screen Mondi, which takes its name from the Latin word for "world," is designed for use with the Clearwire WiMAX  network.  more

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Starent Networks Introduces Service Convergence Platform

Starent Networks has announced its XT30 Service Convergence Platform allowing operators to tap into existing mobile core networks in order to deploy new multimedia services on next generation Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. This platform provides innovative voice and messaging solutions that bridge devices between legacy and next generation networks, and supports applications such as converged VoIP, Femtocells, messaging and presence solutions.  more

Related Tags: 3g, sim, voip, starent-networks, tim, core-network, iden, fixed-mobile-convergence, 3gpp2, presence, 4g, ietf, session-initiation-protocol


iSkype Therefore iPhone

VoIP provider Skype has confirmed speculation and announced that it has launched a Skype application for the Apple iPhone, which will be available on the Apple App Store from today. The app also adds Skype calling and instant messaging to any second generation iPod touch with a compatible headset and microphone.  more

Related Tags: wi-fi, 3g, iphone, skype, apple, ipod, voip, edge, app-store, gprs, presence, apple-app-store


T-Mobile Agrees to Support Nokia's Ovi Mobile Content Platform

T-Mobile has agreed to support Nokia's own mobile content portal, Ovi on its network and handsets. Under the agreement, Nokia will customise its handsets to support both its own platform as well as T-Mobile's own web'n'walk Internet services.  more

Related Tags: social-networking, mobile-content, maps


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