Monthly Archives: December 2001
Geekspeak: December 3, 2001
Sites that seek a quick, easy way to add file storage to their networks should look at Quantums latest Snap Server 2200 NAS appliance,...
Carrying on Speech Vision
ScanSoft Inc. thinks it can make a success with speech recognition where Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. could not.ScanSoft, which has developed digital...
Microsoft Aims .Net at Home Networks
Microsoft Corp., targeting home networks as the next frontier for its .Net service strategy, is developing a server appliance that promises to connect computers,...
Dell Takes Aim at Small Biz
Lightening the load A dual-processor system introduced by Dell Computer Corp. is aimed at making life easier for small and medium-size businesses.In the chips...
Automatic Ethernet Link
To save network administrators trips to the wiring closet—and to save enterprises money—Apcon Inc., of Portland, Ore., has released a physical layer switch that...
What Does LTO Have That DLT Doesnt?
When I first wrote about the LTO format—developed jointly last year by Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Seagate—I was impressed with the Linear Tape Open Ultrium...
Antitrust Procedures Dog Microsoft
Despite Microsoft Corp.s apparent victory in federal court last month, the company faces a barrage of renewed pressures in the antitrust case that has...
Firm Tried Harder
When Avis Rent-A-Car System Inc. takes the wraps off its next-generation online reservation system this week, it will showcase the development work of a...
Flag-Waving Tech Companies Raise Issues
Admirers call it patriotic. Detractors say it reeks of jingoism. Others, including myself, say its marketing. The "it" in this case is the brazen...
Intel Clears Transistor Design Barriers
Intel Corp. this week will tout a new technology it has developed to overcome two looming hurdles that could stymie efforts to build faster...