Dec 19, 2010

Telstra this week announced that, along with Huawei, it had completed some infrastructure tests that demonstrated downlink speeds over wireless of up to 149Mbps. Using the 1800MHz spectrum during a six month trial, peak speeds of almost 150Mbps were registered. The Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology used during this test is viewed as the major upgrade path for...

Dec 19, 2010

And boy, is this overdue! Nokia are planning a complete rewrite of the Symbian Operatng System. Once the king of mobile phone OSes, Symbian has been under siege of late, first from Apple’s iOS, then Android, and now Windows Phone 7. Due for release in 2011, the changes include a new look and feel for the user interface, a more flexible home screen, an...

Dec 19, 2010

IBM’s Watson Supercomputer will be asking exactly that in February 2011. Starting on St Valentine’s Day, and continuing for three days, Watson will be competing against two of Jeopardy’s super champions in Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. IBM state that it will be donating Watson’s winnings to a charity of its choice.

Dec 19, 2010

In the United States, the military is looking at issuing their troops with mobile phones. A section known as the Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC) is investigating ways that the Army may be modernised, and that includes the use of gadgets like smartphones, pads, and the like. As well as the more obvious use as a phone, they’re looking at using...

Dec 12, 2010

Coming on to the market just in time for the holiday season is the ultra cool Parrot AR Drone. Here we have a device that has very few redeeming qualities and not much in the way of practical uses, but it’s just so much fun, and it’s lack of practical uses is a part of its appeal: this one is just for fun, and there is absolutely nothing at all wrong...