Monthly Archives: February 2001
Wireless LAN Holes
The integrity of wireless LANs is under attack with the revelation of several holes in the WLAN security protocol. As a result, IT managers...
Just Grab It Out of Thin Air
Security experts got a scare recently after a hole was found in an encryption code, allowing hackers to easily snatch transmissions passing through wireless...
Vertigo Tool Aimed at Palm Os Developers
Although debate rages on, longstanding problems with the development of hosted applications for Palm OS-based handhelds could be solved by an Extensible Markup Language...
Auction Aggravation
To bid or not to bid. The recently postponed 700-megahertz wireless spectrum auction has confused wireless operators. They are unsure about the possible uses...
Fast Breaks Newsfront: February 12, 2001
Direct to SkiesRupert Murdochs plan to add U.S. satellite beamer DirecTV to his Sky Global empire is taking a slightly different path than some...
Cover Your Palm
To those of you who may have been unconvinced by recent warnings about the security risks of PDAs, the situation is even worse than...
Geekspeak: February 12, 2001
Do you think music just wants to be free? Or maybe youd just like to record and save your favorite streaming-media programs? Either way,...
Log on to Save
Pacific Gas and Electric, one of Californias embattled public utility providers, is trying to make nice with its customers. But the method of accessing...
My Next Three-Year Plan
What users want is not more features on their desktops, but richer services on corporate and Internet servers. Competitive advantage is coming from distributed...
This Single Point of Failure Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Once again, it seems Microsofts misfortunes are to serve as an object lesson to the rest of the online world. In the wake of...