The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010.
Banks should stop forcing customers to create long, alphanumeric passwords because they can't protect against today's threats, according to AT&T computing researcher William Cheswick
AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric on Wednesday announced a trial run of broadband sent over power lines, an emerging alternative to cable and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access.
Excite@Home's history is filled with tense boardroom skirmishes, ill-conceived acquisitions and executives who governed the operations from afar. Once considered one of the pillars of the Net revolution, Excite@Home was largely a victim of its own grandiose ambitions
An Alabama woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple in the US, claiming the iPhone 3G's speeds were slower than advertised.
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The world of speculative telecommunications investments has quieted down considerably since the beginning of the decade, when hype-fuelled carriers plunked down billions to reserve the right to carry mobile phone calls, video calls, and massive volumes of spam at high speed using then-fanciful 3G mobile technology.
The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.
With the iPhone freshly launched in Europe, only now are we starting to get an idea of the true extent of Apple's power over the mobile operators.
It wasn't too long ago that vendors still made a lot of their money through equipment markups. Telcos were the same, with comfortable profit on ISDN, STD calls, calls to mobiles and other heavily used services padding out financial reports.
As a number of horror stories reveal, corporate networks aren't the safe and tightly controlled entities they should be. Here we expose just how wrong it can go and ask leading industry figures to light the way towards effective network management.
David Dorman is determined not to repeat history by coming late to VoIP, as AT&T did with Internet access in the 1990s.
When your money moves, it almost certainly travels using SWIFTNet, a network for financial institutions. We chart the ups and downs of a few Australian companies which are upgrading to the network.
Running a virtual private network can save you money on leased lines, but can also create a lot of work. Can managed VPN services save you the trouble?
Can AT&T succeed in Australia while it's US parent struggles with a tough market at home. ZDNet Australia puts the hard questions to MD Steve Lowe.
Businesses should rethink perimeters, shed the firewall and allow people to "skinny dip" on the Internet, according to security and communications researcher, William Cheswick.
En route to Melbourne this weekend, Formula 1 team AT&T Williams' lead driver Nico Rosberg hopes to power ahead thanks to a new sponsorship deal with Lenovo.
The wireless mobile industry is abuzz about the potential of third-generation networks delivering higher bandwidths that are expected to usher in a broadband-like wireless Internet. But will it be the wireless Internet of our dreams?
Despite some flaws, the Apple iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated phone and MP3 player.
We take an early look at the long-awaited iPhone -- a beguiling combination of touchscreen iPod, mini tablet and quad-band smartphone.
Soon you won't have to ask your AOL instant messaging partner "What's Up Doc?" via text. You can let Bugs Bunny say it for you--Brooklyn accent and all.
Intel demos quad-core notebooks
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