Overheard in the tech blogosphere:

Networking


November 24, 2008  3:33 PM

Overheard: What’s another name for white space device? Brick



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
FCC, testing, white space device, Wireless

shellypalmer.jpg Unfortunately for the companies developing these devices, they've yet to demonstrate a device that...

November 12, 2008  1:19 PM

Overheard: How will power-line broadband work?



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
broadband Internet, modems, power-line broadband, Technology

rural.jpg International Business Machines Corp. said it has been hired to work with rural electricity cooperatives to...


November 12, 2008  2:38 AM

Overheard: Using fast flux for nefarious purposes



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
botnets, fast flux, load balancing, Security, Technology

skoudis3.gif Since the summer of 2007, there has been an explosion of large-scale fast-flux botnets. With this technique, bad...


November 11, 2008  2:51 AM

Overheard: Cognitive radio will change wireless fee structures



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
cognitive radio, Wireless, wireless spectrum

radio-wave.jpg The potential for cognitive radio technology to redefine existing wireless services becomes clear when one...


November 3, 2008  8:59 PM

Overheard: White space, the Dixie Chicks and wireless microphones



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
CDMA, FCC, FDMA, Technology, white space, Wireless

wirelessmicrophone.jpg As part of an ongoing effort to bar internet devices from the country's television white...


October 27, 2008  1:34 PM

Overheard: Who will be the first cabinet-level CTO?



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
broadband, CTO, National CTO, Technology

white-house.jpg A month or so ago the question of whether the next president should have a CTO came up in a work conversation...


October 14, 2008  7:28 PM

Overheard: Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) QoS



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, Wi-fi, WMM

david_callisch.jpg To really solve these VoIP problem, Wi-Fi systems must be able to constantly choose transmission paths...


September 16, 2008  6:34 PM

Overheard: NBAR is a powerful application-layer firewall



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
application-layer firewall, Cisco, deep packet inspection, firewalls, NBAR

ddavis.jpg NBAR is a...


August 12, 2008  5:51 AM

Overheard: Monetizing web video with product placement



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Cisco, Frank Rose, Video

frank_rose.jpg Sure, the YouTube explosion was fueled by amateurs, but it will be showbiz professionals who cash in on Web...


July 22, 2008  4:22 PM

Overheard: Municipal wireless and privacy



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Wi-fi, WiMAX, Wireless

wifi_logo.jpg While some cities have seen their dreams of providing wireless Internet access for all fade, others have forged...