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Your light fixtures may never be the same

August 31, 2006 Companies are finding ways to use fiber optics and sunlight to brighten up your home, your office--and your grocer's freezer. TAGS: fiber-optics, grocer, photograph

Will fiber optics replace the lightbulb?

August 31, 2006 They distribute data and can separate cells from one other. But can they adequately light a room? Photos: Fiber optics lighting the way TAGS: Davenport Co., fiber-optics, lamp, lightbulb, fiber, energy, metal, wine, light-emitting diode

Verizon's TV dreams

October 13, 2005 Company launches its TV service to better compete with cable operators--what else is up its sleeve? TAGS: Verizon Communications, fiber-optics, IP, SBC Communications Inc., cable company, TV, programming, Microsoft Corp.

Let there be light, optical cables included

August 30, 2006 New company Sunlight Direct looks to commercialize a system for piping daylight into buildings through fiber optic cables. Photos: Sunlight's system TAGS: fiber-optics, CEO

NSA eavesdropping: How it might work

February 7, 2006 Attorney General Gonzales plays it mum, but others offer insights into the agency's surveillance options. TAGS: NSA, backbone provider, fiber, fiber-optics, Sprint Nextel, senator, survey, provider, satellite, AT&T Corp., president

Level 3 buys TelCove for $1 billion

May 1, 2006 Level 3 is buying another communications company as providers of cross-country Internet access continue to consolidate. TAGS: TelCove, Level 3 Communications Inc., fiber, Adelphia Communications Corp., fiber-optics, acquisition, Internet service, AT&T Corp.

Fiber optics help keep oil spills at bay

August 25, 2006 The technology that can carry phone calls can also tell oil companies if a pipeline is about to leak. TAGS: pipe, fiber-optics, pipeline, sensor, British Petroleum Co plc, oil company, Alaska, North America, owner

Verizon's fiber-optic payoff

June 21, 2007 Investors squawked a few years ago when Verizon said it would spend billions to take fiber to the doorstep. Now they're cheering. TAGS: Verizon Communications, subscriber, Bayer AG, fiber, fiber-optics, High-speed Internet, AT&T Corp., Internet service, CEO, broadband, TV, video

Will pasteurization become a bit passe?

June 30, 2006 Israeli start-up offering food and water purification issues age-old cry: We can kill more bugs than you. TAGS: water, fiber-optics, food, Israel, laser, Europe, U.S.

Big talk about broadband

June 21, 2007 Industry executives at the NXTcomm trade show in Chicago roll out ambitious plans for wired and wireless broadband services. TAGS: Verizon Communications, IP television, trade show, fiber-optics, wireless broadband, exec, AT&T Corp., CEO, telecommunications, broadband, Chicago, service provider, Apple iPhone, video

Cities deploying Wi-Fi face challenges

May 1, 2006 Cities already offering Wi-Fi service to residents struggle in the early days to meet users' bandwidth and reliability expectations. TAGS: resident, Wi-Fi network, city, Wi-Fi, fiber-optics, broadband, EarthLink Inc.

Week in pictures: Spacing out

April 14, 2006 roundup NASA shuttle program turns 25, looks to Mars and beyond. Also: Marines, cars, microbes and E. coli. TAGS: Sun Ray, fiber-optics, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sprint Nextel, satellite, electronics

Google takes a bigger bite of Big Apple

October 2, 2006 If Google can make it here, it can make it anywhere. The company opens new digs in Manhattan. Photos: New York gets a mini Googleplex TAGS: Mountain View, New York City, advertising sales, Manhattan, Google Inc., New York, floor, fiber-optics, office, California, video game, video

Cisco outlines next Web revolution

September 19, 2007 Internet, growing urban populations and low hardware costs will fuel another major wave of innovation, company executive says. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., investment, innovation, developing country, population, wave, fiber-optics, women, laptop computer

Year in review: Green tech grows up

December 28, 2006 Venture capital rushed to start-ups dealing in alternative power sources and energy-efficient technology. TAGS: green tech, solar energy, fiber-optics, efficiency, energy, global warming, venture capital, car
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