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Motorola Ventures invests in Intellon
August 9, 2005
Intellon, a maker of chips that allow devices to transmit and receive data via power lines, declined to disclose the size of the investment.
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Broadband's power-line push
July 11, 2005
Google's investment in a company offering Internet service over power lines has the industry buzzing.
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EarthLink Inc.
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Internet service
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Google Inc.
Study: Promising future for power-line broadband
September 11, 2006
Delivery of broadband service over power lines could catch on in areas with limited phone, cable outlets, says research firm.
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Buckling down on broadband
December 19, 2005
Congress considers how to update 1996 Telecommunications Act, as a Texas utility readies Net service via power lines.
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Texas to get broadband over its power lines
December 19, 2005
Current Communications teams up with a Texas electric company to offer broadband service over power lines.
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Cinergy Corp.
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Texas
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EarthLink Inc.
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Virginia
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cable company
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TV
Home audio without the wires
December 11, 2006
PCs, notebooks phones have all gone wireless. Will your stereo and TV soon be untethered? Photos: Wireless TV in action
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Consumer Electronics Show
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Google invests in power-line broadband
July 7, 2005
Current Communications, which offers Net service over power lines, attracts cash from Google, Hearst and Goldman Sachs.
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Google Inc.
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Gas pipe broadband?
November 11, 2005
Small San Diego start-up is developing technology that lets carriers deliver broadband services through natural-gas pipes.
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AT&T Corp.
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FCC to clarify rules for powerline broadband
October 31, 2006
Commission expected to classify BPL as it has DSL and cable modem, a move that should help spur further investment in the technology.
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Nanotech to pave way for micro-machines
February 24, 2003
Disposable satellite transmitters, inexpensive medical testing equipment and other devices will become possible over the next 10 years, thanks to nanotechnology.
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IBM Corp.
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battery
Is there green in 'misfit' technologies?
August 8, 2007
Zigbee and other technologies get a second lease on life thanks to efforts to reduce power consumption.
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IBM teams up for broadband over power line
July 11, 2005
Big Blue is partnering with CenterPoint Energy in Houston to turn power lines into a high-speed broadband network.
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EarthLink, GE fund broadband over power line provider
May 4, 2006
Companies contribute to $130 million round of funding for Current Communications' powerline Net access technology.
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General Electric Co.
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North Carolina
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Google Inc.
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Eco house of the future is no hippie commune
October 25, 2006
"Green" house equipped with microbubble spa tub? Panasonic trades hippie flair for upper-middle-class ambience.Photos: Home of the future
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
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Tokyo
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Panasonic
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U.S.
Power line broadband gets popular with tech firms
August 24, 2005
Intel, Cisco and Motorola are helping shape standards and fund companies developing broadband-over-power-line technology.
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Joe Laszlo
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Motorola Inc.
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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broadband
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Intel
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Comcast Corp.
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IBM Corp.
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Google Inc.
Year in review: Dawning of the broadband age
December 20, 2004
In 2004, the number of broadband subscriptions in the U.S. surpassed the number of dial-up accounts--and the gap will only increase.
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Cox Communications Inc.
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SBC Communications Inc.
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America Online Inc.
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Comcast Corp.
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Internet access
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DSL
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U.S.
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video
Next IBM-Apple chip getting high-end feature
December 21, 2004
Big Blue is incorporating technology that lets the chip run multiple operating systems simultaneously.
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IBM PowerPC 970
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Apple Computer
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Intel
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AMD
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