Stories about Speed

Sydney-wide iPhone test: which carrier has best speed and coverage?
Four networks, 150 locations and one sprawling city - Sydney’s most thorough testing of iPhone carriers reveals the winners and sinners for speed and coverage.
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Windows 7 may slow PC sales
Vista may have been a groaning, hefty beast needing fast hardware, but Windows 7's snappy performance on older computers has the computer industry worried.
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Optus admits slow broadband problem
Optus has admitted that it has been "shaping" internet connections to a slower speed than advertised.
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SPEED BOOST: Latest Windows 7 beta is faster
Something felt odd having installed the latest Windows 7 beta; it took a while - but it soon clicked that the performance has gone up a notch.
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Microsoft: IE faster than Chrome or Firefox, nyah nyah
Via its own research Microsoft has determined that its Internet Explorer 8 browser (expected to launch next week) is faster than both Google’s Chrome 1.0 and Firefox 3.0.
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Banned iPhone ad shown in Australia
Did you buy the iPhone based on promises of "really fast' 3G, only to find it was a dog speed-wise? You've been sucked in by iPhone ads, banned overseas for false advertising.
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How does Windows 7 improve performance?
"We believe we can get below 1% idle CPU utilisation with Windows 7." What technical tricks is Microsoft using to try and get the next release of Windows to those levels?
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Windows 7 gets SSD-friendly
Microsoft wants Windows 7 to run better on solid state drives in notebooks and netbooks, but draws the line at adopting a new SSD interface designed to replace ATA.
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HOW TO: get Windows XP running well on the Eee PC
So you know someone who's bought one of the new Eee PCs running Windows XP? Take pity on them and make a few of these changes to make it run better.
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Inside the self-tuning "Genetic" Linux
Inside the self-tuning "Genetic" Linux Can the application of genetic algorithms improve the performance of the Linux kernel? Perhaps, and if you're game enough, you can find out for yourself.
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