Monthly Archives: December 2003
Hitachi, Toshiba Ready Fuel-Cell Attack
At Decembers Eco-Products 2003 show, Hitachi announced its entry into the race to obsolete the battery. The company is now one of two major...
eWEEK Labs Wish List for 2004
Platform neutrality by defaultIts time for vendors and service providers to recognize that we live in a technologically diverse world, particularly when it comes...
Stupid Technology Tricks of 2003
DMCA MisuseA number of organizations this year invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act—written to stave off Internet piracy—in an attempt to limit their competition....
eWEEK Labs Analysts Pick Years Top Products
Samba 3.0Version 3.0 of open-source Samba does a better job than ever of providing users with a replacement for Windows for file and print...
iPod, Therefore I Am
The phenomenon known as the iPod is emerging from the shadows of Napster and the Mac to become a force unto its own. As...
Rise in LCD-Panel Prices Squeeze PC Makers and Consumers
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Shifts in thin-film-transistor liquid crystal display production here may bring changes to the product mix offered by PC makers to customers in the...
Kaleidescape Intros DVD Network Appliance
Extending the reach of digital video, Kaleidescape Inc. recently introduced its Kaleidescape System: a DVD server that lets consumers store and serve their movie...
Homeland Security Gets Small
Ultimately, fighting the war on terrorism may have less to do with giant aircraft carriers and more to do with atomic-scale detection and prevention...
PredatorWatch Prowls for Network Integrators
What PredatorWatch Inc. has is a security monitoring device slightly bigger than the palm of your hand, providing realtime security and reporting tools to...
FreeBSD Unix Gets a Holiday Boost
FreeBSD.org on Tuesday offered Release Candidate 5.2 of its open-source Unix project. The group is prepping a final candidate due in January. A new...