Monthly Archives: June 2004
Patent Suit Roils RFID Standards Groups
RFID vendor Intermec Technologies Corp. is suing rival Matrics Inc. for patent infringement. One of the Intermec patents cited in the litigation covers a...
SIA Predicts Boost in Chip Sales, Calls for Nano Research
The chip industrys trade association said Thursday that it expects sales of semiconductors to finally recover from the dot-com bust. But the group advised...
Skype to Expand VOIP Service
LONDON—Skype Technologies SA, makers of the free peer-to-peer VOIP application, plans to offer a paid service by the end of the year that will...
DeviceLock Blocks Data Thieves
SmartLines DeviceLock blocks security breaches cause by insiders copying sensitive data to removable media. Whether on one computer or the entire network, the administrator...
SCO Trying to Hold Industry for Ransom
Thinking about SCOs chances of prevailing in its battle against Linux, I am reminded of a cartoon I once saw. It shows a scientist—probably...
Biotech Conference Faces Down Critics
SAN FRANCISCO—The annual BIO conference of the Biotechnology Industry Organization made a splash here, on the streets as well as in the expo hall....
AOL Builds Web, Audio Conferencing into AIM
America Online Inc. wants to make instant messaging a doorway into other communications services.The company on Thursday launched access to Web conferencing and audio...
VOIPs Cry: More Secure Data Nets
LONDON—Enterprise voice-over-IP systems can be made reliable and secure, but to do it, many IT managers will have to do a lot more than...
SCOs Revenue Plummets as Legal Costs Mount
Mounting legal costs and dwindling license revenues drove The SCO Group back into the red for its second fiscal quarter, as it poured money...
Microsoft Research Opens Its Doors
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Finding the shortest distance between two points sounds easy enough, but computing that route takes too long and consumes too much computer...