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Articles tagged with: Instant Messaging and Personal
'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, , ovi, virus, memory, operating-system, presence, flash
Survey finds smartphones transforming mobile lifestyles of college students
Once reserved for busy business executives, smartphones are now being incorporated into the mobile lifestyle of college students, says new research from Ball State University. A recent survey of about 300 college students found that 27 percent own a smartphone as compared to the national average of 19 percent for working adults. more
Related Tags: sim, smartphone, eu, text-messaging, edge, smartphones, tim, ims, smart, USA
Rich Communication Suite Initiative Gains Momentum
The GSMA has reported significant progress in the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) Initiative, a service providing enriched communication capabilities such as in-call multimedia sharing, conversational messaging and presence-enhanced contact management, all accessible through a user's mobile phone contact list. The initiative has generated considerable momentum across a number of fronts since the GSMA brought RCS into its work programme in September 2008, including the delivery of the RCS Release 1 specification, the addition of new programme participants and the successful completion of interoperability tests. more
Related Tags: orange, nokia, sim, voip, rsa, alcatel-lucent, sfr, 3, ims, siemens, gsma, rich-communication-suite, nokia-siemens, presence, testing, interoperability, rcs
Gemalto Offering SIM-Based Windows Live Mobile IM to Argentineans
Gemalto has announced the successful implementation of Microsoft's Instant Messenger service built into its SIM cards, and will be available for the Argentinean marketplace through Personal's new SIM cards in the coming weeks. more
Related Tags: sim-card, gemalto, microsoft, sim, wind, mobile-internet, windows, mobile-instant-messaging, windows-live, Argentina
New-Generation Workers Want Technology Their Way
Millennial generation students and employees (those aged 14 to 27) expect to use their own technology and mobile devices for work and are increasingly choosing their place of employment based on how accommodating companies are to their personal technology preferences, according to a survey released today by Accenture. In addition, more than half (60%) of Millennials are either unaware of their companiesÃ' information technology (IT) policies or are not inclined to follow them. more
Related Tags: social-networking, text-messaging, open-source, accenture
NeuStar Delivers Unified Mobile IM Service to Hong Kong Operator
Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong has ordered a mobile instant messaging platform from NeuStar, to enable its customers to have access to Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger and the 3 Community from one central application. Hutchison Telecom trades under the Three brandname. more
Related Tags: wind, hutchison-telecom, 3, neustar, hutchison, windows, mobile-instant-messaging, windows-live, Hong Kong