Monthly Archives: July 2002
Time Warner Tries to Nip Illegal Cable Access in Bud
A furball fan relayed to el gato a copy of a cease-and-desist letter that Time Warner Cable sent to folks it suspected were transmitting...
Companies to Deliver Devices Built on Palm OS
Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Sony Corp. last month announced devices based on Version 4.1 of Palm OS, just as PalmSource Inc. was announcing new...
Moteran Aims to Help Build Wireless LANs on the Fly
Mitsubishi Corp. is reviving an enterprise wireless technology once targeted at the automotive industry that would allow the formation of WLANs with nothing but...
Lights … Camera … Veepers!
Whether its a powerful tool for improving training, presentation and customer support—or a creator of freaky talking images reminiscent of late-night comedy shows—Pulse Veepers...
Sidgmore: UUNet Is Safe
A week into its financial meltdown, WorldCom Inc. officials were scrambling to assure customers that its networks—especially its UUNet Internet backbone—were not in danger...
Dell Declines Itanium 2
Intel Corp. plans to launch its much-touted Itanium 2 processor this week, with some major computer makers unveiling workstations and servers featuring the 64-bit...
Jockeying for 64-Bit Server Position
Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. late last month rolled out 64-bit mainframe servers in a renewed battle to control a space that...
NEC Builds Worlds Fastest System
Theres a new big dog on the block. On June 20, this years first update of the top 500 supercomputers list (which is updated...
The Hierarchy of Needs in High Tech
Last week, a public relations agency asked me if I were still interested in a topic that Ive been covering for more than 10...
Net Might Need Help From Feds
There hasnt been a lot of good news on the Internet security front lately. Major security holes have been found in popular commercial and...