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If you think next generation 4G wireless service is going to add even more to your growing telecommunications bill, the venerable NetZero brand has an alternative. Customers can receive their 4G wireless service at no cost, for up to a year. Of course, there are qualifications. Customers will have to buy either an antenna stick for a single device, or a mobile hotspot, which turns the 4G data connection into a Wi-Fi hotspot. And there's a limit of 200 megabytes monthly. LightSpeed, WarpSpeed The antenna sells for $49.95, the mobile hotspot for $99.95, and both are available on the Web site of United Online, which owns the NetZero brand. The hotspot supports as many as eight Wi-Fi enabled devices simultaneously, within a 150-foot range. The 4G Stick supports one laptop or netbook through a USB port. Users who exceed their monthly limit lose their connection for the rest of that month, unless they sign up for a paid plan to begin immediately or next month, or for a Top Up to offer extra data limits within that month. There are no overage charges. The free subscription is only available for one year, and, if a user signs up for the paid plan, they cannot go back to free. The company said its service delivers download speeds up to 10 Mbps and uploads up to 1.5 Mbps. To throttle back and conserve their monthly download totals, users can set service at LightSpeed, for up to 1 Mbps, or WarpSpeed, which provides the full transmission speed. There are four paid plans, starting at $9.95 monthly, which provides 500 MB monthly. The top plan is $49.95 for 4 GB, and none of the plans require a contract. Clearwire's WiMax United Online CEO Mark R. Goldston described the new free plan as a one-year tryout, without any commitments. United Online is reselling capacity... newsfactor.com »

You'll love the blistering data speeds on the new iPad models with 4G wireless. What you may not love is how fast you could exhaust your monthly data allotment, or the cost of using that data when the preferred method of connecting, Wi-Fi, is unavailable. Less than 24 hours after purchasing the Verizon Wireless version of the iPad + 4G -- and choosing a $30, 2GB monthly data plan from Verizon -- I was shocked by the notification on my iPad's screen: "There is no data remaining on your current plan." My remaining options for the month included changing to a $50 5GB data plan or an $80 10GB plan. (AT&T offers a 250MB plan for $14.99; 3GB for $30; and 5GB for $50.) I was all too aware that you can consume gobs of data while streaming a movie, say, on Verizon's or AT&T's speedy 4G LTE data networks. Heck, you can use up your entire monthly allowance watching an hour of high-definition video. You can also stream video on a 3G connection, and that same movie carries the same amount of data no matter how it is being delivered. The difference is that 4G provides a far superior viewing experience, without the hiccups and starts and stops that might make you give up on movie watching or certain other activities under 3G. And 4G LTE loads data faster than on the pokier networks. (Verizon claims that 4G downloads 10 times faster than 3G.) So by its very nature, 4G encourages you to do more -- and ultimately spend more. In my case, I wasn't watching video. What nailed me, I think, is that I was wirelessly downloading a number of the apps that I had already purchased for my older iPad onto the latest model. Those apps were made available through Apple's iCloud. To... newsfactor.com »

 Теперь за $19,99 в месяц можно неограниченно совершать звонки по всей России. ruformator.ru »

Теперь за $19,99 в месяц можно неограниченно совершать звонки по всей России.
Оформившим подписку на безлимитный тарифный план на год Skype сделает скидку 15%. Безлимитные тарифы, позволяющие совершать неограниченное количество вызовов на самые популярные направления по всему миру, пришли на смену подписке SkypePro еще в 2008 году. Можно было выбрать одну из 34 стран мира ( it.siteua.org »

Хочу поделиться с читателями радостными новостями. Ну не столько радостными, сколько забавными и смешными, особенно если рассмотреть эти новости, не как отдельные информационные сообщения, но как последовательные факты в цепочке событий. nag.ru »

Хабы: Я пиарюсь Дамы и господа, здравствуйте! Сегодня хотелось бы рассказать о выборе места и бизнес-плане. Предыдущий пост Читать дальше → habrahabr.ru »

Хабы: ИТ-Инфраструктура, Восстановление данных, Блог компании КРОК Знакомая ситуация? Есть такая штука – непрерывность бизнеcа. Эта сфера уже достаточно развита и подразумевает, что ваш бизнес может продолжить работу без происшествий даже после попадания метеорита в дата-центр или офис. Интересно, что сейчас в России успешное внедрение планов аварийного восстановления бизнеса обладает побочным эффектом в виде быстрого карьерного роста предложившего и внедрившего. Читать дальше → habrahabr.ru »

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Scott Thompson outlined how the Internet pioneer will revive itself by putting in place a new structure to sharpen its focus on users, advertisers and overlooked areas such as commerce. Reuters: Internet News »

В основу нового плана агентства NASA работы по программе «открытого правительства» (Open Government Plan) положены принципы сторонников программ с открытым исходным кодом — и не только в области программного обеспечения. osp.ru »

Сегодня сайтом дня объявляется Data Liberation Front.
Это проект, в рамках которого группа разработчиков из Google, работающих за деньги Google, разрабатывает инструкции и инструменты, которые помогают пользователям Google перестать пользоваться Google.   &img_0     Лого Data Lib it.siteua.org »

Генеральный директор Yahoo Скотт Томпсон намеревается вполовину уменьшить размеры компании и сосредоточить усилия на основных и наиболее прибыльных направлениях бизнеса. osp.ru »

В Московское РУВД Минска обратились родители пропавшей несколько дней назад 19-летней Любови Левицкой. Сотрудники милиции попросили всех небезразличных участников интернет-проекта ГУВД Мингорисполкома Перехват оказать посильную помощь в поиске девушки. bybanner.com »

(Reuters) - A Google Inc engineer who wrote a computer program capable of collecting personal data from people's home wireless networks, told at least two other Google employees about it, although the company asserted it did not know, a U.S. government report showed. Reuters: Internet News »

In a sign that it is expanding its portfolio of prepaid devices and plans, the nation's leading mobile carrier will begin offering a no-contract smartphone tomorrow for $80 including unlimited talk, text and data. And it is also offering prepaid for a 4G LTE data hotspot. The new plan is cheaper than the current prepaid plan for smartphones, which does not include unlimited talk and text. Those customers pay $64.99 up front for 450 minutes plus $30 for unlimited data. The average device cost of $199 is also higher than the Samsung Illusion announced today at $169.99. 'Plans Evolve' The news comes shortly after Verizon released first-quarter figures showing that its 93 million customers now include 5 million prepaid connections, having risen sharply from a net loss of 27,000 in the first quarter of last year to a gain of 233,000 in the first quarter of 2012. Postpaid subscribers, meanwhile, fell by 44.7 percent. "We have always had prepaid plans but they evolve because the kinds of people who use them evolve," Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney told us. She said that while in the past prepaid was only for value-conscious customers, today they are being used by people who operate cash businesses, by exchange students or by families that want to teach teenagers how to manage their monthly usage. (When prepaid limited voice plans run out the phone won't make calls until additional minutes are purchased for the interim until the next billing cycle.) Verizon also has a $50 flat-fee prepaid plan for basic phones and in some areas, as a promotion, offers that rate for a limited number of smartphones. The 3G, touchscreen Samsung Illusion is a modest offering compared with recent releases by the South Korean tech giant, now the leading handset supplier in the world. The Illusion has a 3.5-inch screen, currently... newsfactor.com »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The activist hacker group Anonymous said on Friday it planned to attack Russian government websites in order to support opposition protests ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president. Reuters: Internet News »

Правительство Ирана уже давно блокирует ряд зарубежных топ-сайтов, в список которых вошли Google, Facebook, Twitter. itnovosti.org.ua »

Brace yourself, parents: You may have to share your monthly wireless data allotment with your Netflix-loving kid. In a bid to sell and connect more devices to their wireless networks -- and generate more money per subscriber -- major carriers are preparing to introduce "data share" plans. In such plans, customers get a fixed bucket of monthly data and share it among family members or among multiple wireless-enabled devices such as tablets, smartphones and security monitors. For example, a plan could have 5 gigabytes for two devices, instead of 3 GB for one. A typical current wireless family plan allows you to share voice minutes, but any data allotment has to be assigned to individual devices. The changes come as wireless companies are trying to improve profit margins even as they invest heavily in the next new generation of fast wireless networks, called 4G LTE. The carriers are tinkering with their data plans to maximize revenue and also to try to bring in new waves of users still using call- and text-only phones. Fran Shammo, CFO of Verizon Communications, which controls Verizon Wireless, told analysts Wednesday that it will introduce a data-share plan and phase out unlimited data plans. "Customers have told us that they want to share data, similar to how they share minutes today," Verizon Wireless said in a statement Thursday, confirming Shammo's comments. "We are working on plans to provide customers with that option later this year." Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility, has said in recent days it will have a similar plan. Sprint declined to comment. Verizon and AT&T didn't give pricing or details of their data-share plans. But analysts say they'll be structured to make it easier for users to add new devices and to expose more people to the Web or streaming a movie while on the move. "Now, if you... newsfactor.com »

Как известно, победа в недавних торгах открыла перед компанией Micron Technology возможность выступить спонсором реструктуризации компании Elpida Memory, которая сейчас проходит через процедуру банкротства. Хотя переговоры с Micron Technology одобрены японским судом, курирующим дело о защите Elpida Memory от кредиторов, часть держателей облигаций последней недовольна развитием событий. Противники сделки с Micron связались с SK hynix и GlobalFoundries, чтобы подготовить альтернативный план реструктуризации, что хотя и редко практикуется, но предусмотрено нормами, регулирующими такие случаи. Об этом сообщает Reuters со ссылкой на информированный источник, непосредственно знакомый с обстоятельствами дела. На условиях сохранения анонимности тот же источник сообщил, что компания SK hynix, выбывшая из торгов во втором раунде, выразила заинтересованность в тайваньской части Elpida Memory (вероятно, речь идет о дочернем предприятии Rexchip Electronics). В свою очередь, компания GlobalFoundries рассчитывает приобрести фабрику Elpida Memory в Хиросиме. Хотя пока идут лишь предварительные переговоры, но SK hynix и GlobalFoundries согласны заплатить цену, которая устоит другую сторону. Если суду будет представлен альтернативный план, может состояться новый этап торгов. Для этого план должен получить одобрение сначала суда, а затем - кредиторов Elpida, включая банки. Противники поглощения Elpida компанией Micron уверены, что две сделки принесут больше средств, чем одна. Источник: Reuters #vk ixbt.com »