Google, Intel, Sony Prepare 'Smart TV' Platform

Friday, 10 September 2010 23:01

Intel and Google appear close to announcing a deal with Sony for Internet-enabled TVs at a Google developer conference this week in San Francisco.

The deal would help Sony to differentiate itself in a challenging and highly competitive marketplace for television sets. Last week, Sony reported pricing pressure on its Bravia LCD televisions, contributing to a half-billion-dollar loss in Sony's consumer products and devices division.

Intel has been actively gearing up for the past year to provide both silicon and software to Internet-enabled TV ventures, according to Eric Kim, SVP and GM, digital home group, Intel Corporation, speaking at a May 11th investor presentation.

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Africa finally getting saved from slow speeds.

Friday, 10 September 2010 23:01

I can’t wait to have a 10MB link in my house, be able to download 1GB file in 10mins, be able to call my sister in USA without a buffering signal.
I can’t wait to watch some of my favorite movie series like 24, Boston legal online with an HD quality online.
Just imagine with this marine cable you will be able to access your favorite sites that you know are really heavy and so annoying to download that you actually have to keep your self busy by either making a cup of coffee or take a bath for it/them to fully display. Sites like Youtube, omg, cnn, bbc will be accessed in less than a second.

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History of Submarine communications cable

Friday, 10 September 2010 23:01

A submarine communications cable is a cable laid beneath the sea to carry telecommunications between countries, continents, islands.

The first submarine communications cables carried telegraphy traffic. Subsequent generations of cables carried first telephony traffic, then data communications traffic. All modern cables use optical fiber technology to carry digital payloads, which are then used to carry telephone traffic as well as Internet and private data traffic. They are typically 69 millimetres (2.7 in) in diameter and weigh around 10 kilograms per meter (7 lb/ft), although thinner and lighter cables are used for deep-water sections.

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