Aug 19
pakistan, global, idf, 2.3ghz, 3.5ghz, MobileBroadband, mobile broadband, internet, mobile internet, MobileInternet, wimax, intel
Filed under: Wireless
While much of the world rallies around LTE, Intel’s still doing its thang with WiMAX. According to Garth Collier, general manager of WiMax at Intel Asia-Pacific, the outfit is gearing up to “start supporting other markets outside of the US at 2.5GHz and in other spectrum profiles.” As it stands, the Centrino 2 chip package supports a version of the technology that uses the 2.5GHz spectrum, and while Mr. Collier didn’t specify which WiMAX profile would be added in 2009, deductive reasoning leads us to believe that 2.3GHz (used in South Korea) and 3.5GHz (used in Pakistan) are in the cards. Beyond that, details are few and far between, but we’d expect to hear something a bit more solid at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
[Via InfoWorld, image courtesy of CNET]
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May 06
OTA HD, broadcast, ota, OtaHd, broadcasting, itv, freesat, england, global, launch, europe, official, bbc, satellite, uk, programming
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We knew it was coming, and after waiting for quite some time for FreeSat to go from concept to reality, television viewers across the UK can finally indulge. If you’ll recall, a recent survey found that just 5-percent of Europe’s HDTV owners actually bothered to tune into HD programming, but now that number is likely to change. Effective today, 98-percent of the UK can fork out a one-time fee of £49 ($96) to £120 ($234) in order to acquire a FreeSat set-top-box, and after an £80 ($156) installation, users will have subscription-free access to BBC HD, ITV HD (coming soon), Channel 4’s digital service and around 70 other TV / radio channels. Better still, that number is slated to rise to 200 before the year’s end, and unsurprisingly, the launch is expected to boost available high-def offerings in the region. Anyone across the pond have their equipment set up already? How’s the service?
[Thanks, Ivan]
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Aug 13
DellLinux, dell linux, open-source, emea, global, worldwide, ubunto, germany, france, europe, china, software, dell, uk, OpenSource, open source, linux
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Nary a month after Mark Shuttleworth proclaimed that we’d all be seeing a few more Linux-based Dells in the not-too-distant future, Dell has officially announced plans to offer certain pre-fabricated desktops and laptops to those in Europe and China. Initially, the Inspiron 6400n lappie and Inspiron 530n desktop will be available to customers in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, and it was also stated that “Dell and Novell intend to offer SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 factory-installed on select consumer [machines] in China.” The expansion of Linux-equipped machines into international markets came after the outfit reportedly “received many requests from customers all over the world to offer Linux” in their neck of the woods, and while the Chinese will still be waiting a bit to get their orders in, those in Europe can snag an Ubuntu-packed 6400n for around £329 ($665) or 530n for £399 ($806) right now.
[Via Direct2Dell]
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