Monthly Archives: January 2001
Rural Locations Out of Wireless Loop
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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...