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Pioneer to crowdsource car navigation, add augmented reality
Pioneer will soon launch a new car navigation system in Japan that uses dashboard cameras to scan the road ahead for approaching street signs and other cars, and will share images of road conditions with other vehicles.
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London Grid for Learning delivers WiFi and VoIP to 2,000 schools
Two thousand schools across London are set to benefit from a new Wi-Fi service and Voice over IP (VoIP) technology, which will be delivered through the Public Services Network project developed by London Grid for Learning (LGfL) and Virgin Media Business.
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Avaya SME switches to rival Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent products
Avaya has unveiled low-end Ethernet switches for small and midsize enterprises and remote branches that include features usually found in higher-end enterprise-class switches.
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Juniper launches ACX Universal Access router range
Juniper Networks this week has unveiled access routers designed to provide an on-ramp to the service provider network from residential, business and mobile networks.
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Cisco Aironet 3600 access point boosts tablet performance
Cisco has today announced a new wireless access point, the Aironet 3600 Series, which the company claims is the industry?s first three spatial stream 802.11n access point with a fourth antenna.
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100G Ethernet with Brocade MLXe router implemented by medical group
100G Ethernet has been implemented by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), a nonprofit medical research organisation, to boost their network bandwidth for advanced data analysis.
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Cross-site scripting is a security threat forever, claims hacker
Websites that accidentally distribute rogue code could find it harder to undo the damage if attackers exploit widespread browser support for HTML5 local storage and an increasing tendency for heavy users of web apps never to close their browser.
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Software upgrades could produce self-tuning wireless access points
Researchers say wireless access points could double as analysis tools that detect radio-frequency interference and automatically adjust to preserve the quality of Wi-Fi connections.
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Samsung shows off optical drive with Wi-Fi connectivity
Samsung has announced its new SE-208BW Smart Media Hub, which is an optical disk drive that comes equipped with Wi-Fi and allows users to stream CDs and DVDs to smartphones, tablets, and computers.
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IT consultant recovers MacBook stolen during London riots
When Greg Martin returned home last Wednesday morning after a night of intense rioting in London, his West End apartment had been ransacked.
