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Options for the new machines will include Apple's new wireless-networking technology, Airport Extreme, which supports speeds of 54 megabits per second and is also backward-compatible with standard Wi-Fi gear.
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While both Opteron and Itanium ran newer 64-bit software, AMD's chip was also backward-compatible, enabling it to run software written for older 32-bit processors.
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And all of a sudden your relatively old refrigerator or air conditioner doesn't work because the new operating system isn't backward-compatible with the systems in these devices.
CNN: Home, sweet networked home
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The Aircell Smartphone will be backward-compatible with all Aircell Axxess communications systems currently in production, and available as a drop-in replacement for the company's prolific Aircell Axxess flush-mount handset.
ENGADGET: Aircell announces world's first 'airborne smartphone'
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But it's backward-compatible with the B standard, meaning that a router or other access point that uses the G standard can also support a notebook outfitted for the B standard, but only at the slower speed.
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When it is finished in the second half of this year, the specification is expected to deliver data rates of 10Mbps for home phoneline networking and also to be backward-compatible and interoperate with existing HomePNA 1Mbps technology.
CNN: Home networking group picks next phoneline spec
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Backward compatible with USB 2.0, G-Technology's USB 3.0 drives deliver speeds 10 times faster than USB 2.0 and six times faster than FireWire 800.
ENGADGET: G-Technology kicks out USB 3.0 G-Drives for Macs, keeps your Retina MacBook Pro well-fed