Monthly Archives: January 2001

Rural Locations Out of Wireless Loop

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Green acres may be the place to be—but not for decent cell phone service.Despite the rapid deployment of wireless services in North America, most...

Fast-As-Cash Wireless

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Someday, walking into a store or fast-food spot may be like stepping into an invisible Web of networks, each communicating with a number of...

Sierra Offers CDMA Access

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Putting CDMA wireless access into a Type 2 PC Card, Sierras Wireless AirCard 510 modem, available this month, gives portable-PC users 14.4K-bps bandwidth (up...

Palm Loses Tech Pilot

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Bill Maggs, Palms chief technology officer, unexpectedly resigned last week — less than a year after he joined the company — leaving the handheld...

Cisco Expands Broadband Portfolio

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Patching up its broadband access portfolio, Cisco Systems will unveil an integrated access device today that offers small and midsized businesses a myriad of...

Track Work

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Slip your favorite CD into your computer. If your CD software works like most, it will almost instantly display the title and artist of...

Locking Up Data on a Curve

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Help is here for managers who must ensure that data and signatures on handheld computers and wireless devices are authentic and secure.ECC (elliptic curve...

Fast Facts Matrix: January 22, 2001

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Real SecureRealNetworks last week acquired Aegisoft, a developer of secure digital media software technologies, in a stock deal worth about $12 million. RealNetworks says...

Sound Hack?

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A hacking challenge, sponsored by the music recording industry, is drawing fire from academic researchers who feel the ballyhooed contest was as much a...

Oh, Crystal Ball

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If you didnt see the first wave of affordable, high-speed Internet connectivity coming, you have nothing to worry about. Heck, the DSL extravaganza, at...