Sean “Puffy” Combs, aka Puff Daddy, founded Bad Boy Records in 1993 and went on to become one of the most successful artists and producers in the hip-hop music scene.
A Manhattan judge issued a warrant for rapper Black Rob after he skipped a court date Friday.
Rob, 31, whose real name is [...]
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As we’ve reported repeatedly, voice-over-data (VoX) services will provide huge benefits to small business and SOHO telephony customers. Falling prices and expanded features should quickly spur the adoption rate. A number of encouraging announcements came out of May’s Networld+Interop show.
Today, state-of-the-art DSL and cable-modem users employ a firewall/router such as Ramp Networks’ WebRamp 700S or [...]
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At the edges of networks, power consumption can be more important than speed. For example, in equipment such as DSLAMs (digital subscriber line access multiplexers), low power means higher port density (more DSL lines in a given space), which ultimately means lower cost to the consumer.
With a focus on low power, TDK Semiconductor just introduced [...]
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Whose job is security, anyway? At Networld+Interop, responsibility for security began moving from the host processor to dedicated security processors. Security specialist Hi/fn, for example, introduced the 7951 security coprocessor for DSL and cable modems. The device, which can work alongside a number of different microprocessors, supports IPSec, PPTP (point-to-point tunneling protocol), and many other [...]
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When we talk broadband, it’s always easy to focus on end-user data rates delivered via DSL, cable, or other channels. But the last mile is far from the only broadband challenge. In fact, without the transmission and switching technologies that operate in our network backbones, the last mile would be irrelevant.
Luckily, several semiconductor vendors specialize [...]
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Since 1998, Mitsubishi has been alone in promising that its TVs will be upgradeable to HDTV. Now, the company has announced the details. Mitsubishi will offer a digital receiver module that will have an IEEE 1394 interface and will support HAVi (home audio video interoperability) control of IEEE 1394 devices. The company hasn’t announced availability, [...]
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As Sony’s upcoming PlayStation2—with its Internet links and its DVD player—has made clear, game machines are no longer solitary entertainment systems. They’re evolving into powerful, connected platforms that serve as onramps into an online gaming universe. Announcements from the recent E3 Expo show indicate how far the trend will go.
Sega made a bevy of announcements [...]
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One would think Microsoft might take a meek approach to new markets, given its ongoing government troubles. But the company continues to try and hammer out a presence in the DTV market beyond PCs. After years of mostly failure, Microsoft seems on the verge of some success in set-top boxes. The giant has a new, [...]
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The best thing about the PVR (personal video recorder) is having TV your way, at your time, and with no commercials, if you so desire. But quite frankly, the world’s Multiple Service Operators (MSOs) don’t like that one bit. They fear PVRs will hurt their ability to generate local ad revenue.
At Cable 2000, NDS and [...]
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It continues to look like the PC will serve as a key transition platform, giving consumers a low-cost look at early DTV technologies (see “HDPC” and “Finely tuned, or finally tuned?“). Several recent announcements indicate that the PC will assume roles as a set-top box, a digital PVR (personal video recorder), and a DTV receiver.
At [...]
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