Monthly Archives: February 2004
RoboHelp becomes a better assistant
RoboHelp X5, the first version of the popular help-authoring system since eHelp was acquired by Macromedia, gains welcome features that greatly expand the audiences...
Going Modular
Everybody knows there are several operating systems for phones: Symbian, Windows, Palm. So why would anybody come up with a new one?But thats just...
Cingular Snaps Up AT&T
Cingular Wireless LLC last week announced plans to buy AT&T Wireless Services Inc., following years of rumors and an 11th-hour bidding battle with Vodafone...
Sprint Expands Hot-Spot Roaming
As Wi-Fi hot spots pop up all over the world, so do hot-spot roaming agreements. Last week, Sprint PCS Group and STSN announced a...
PDAs: An Rx for Paper Cuts
A major health insurance company is providing PCS and networked handheld computers to thousands of doctors, hoping to cut down on paperwork and prescription...
Mobile Robots Take on New Chores
Wireless links and cheap processing power make mobile robots increasingly practical for industry and public-safety applications.Originally inspired by the fictional R2-D2 "droid" of the...
A Call for Innovation
Innovation. In defending Microsofts monopoly, Bill Gates said it was the goal of the companys product strategies. More recently, Hewlett-Packard boss Carly Fiorina championed...
The Bush Technology Budget
On the surface, the Bush administrations proposed fiscal year 2005 budget looks as if it gives technology investment its due. But a closer look...
Wipros World-Class Ambitions
Vivek Paul is at the center of the outsourcing debate. As vice chairman of Wipro Ltd. and CEO of Wipros global IT, product engineering...
Sabre Rebuilds on the Fly
It was about 10 years ago when executives at Sabre Holdings Corp. decided they needed to start thinking about moving their online travel business...