Monthly Archives: January 2005
New Spec Could Put RFID Into Action
EPCglobal Inc. hopes to finally propel radio-frequency identification from pilot status to wide-scale deployment with a new interoperability specification.
The UHF Generation 2 protocol, released...
HP Headphones Tune in Bluetooth
Bluetooth, the short-range wireless connectivity technology thats supposed to banish some cables from our personal spaces, is much less a part of my daily...
Microsoft Exec: Windows, Linux Squeeze Unix
Linux distributions continue to amass on the border of Windows Servers enterprise territory, but top executives at Microsoft Corp. are not blinking. Thats because...
Dell Bolsters High-End Blade System
Dell Inc.s latest PowerEdge 1855 server blade platform packs a solid design, a good management package and competitive pricing, making it a worthy competitor...
Unix Vendors Trade Barbs
Large Unix vendors are spending as much time disparaging one another as they are dealing with the threat to their businesses from Windows and...
Gateway Opens Retail Channels
Gateway this month will start selling desktop and notebook PCs at more than 600 U.S. Circuit City stores, the latest move by the computer...
Symantec Eyes One-Stop Shopping
Looking to solidify the companys place at the top of the security heap, Symantec Corp. executives are considering a new pricing model in which...
CISO Keeps His Eyes on the Road
While chief security officers and CIOs have a broad range of issues to concern themselves with in todays climate—regulatory compliance, threat management, user education,...
Retro Afterglow
From: [email protected]: Monday, January 3, 2005 12:34 AMTo: eWEEK readersSubject: iPod, therefore I am; a Powell presidency; Larrys longingsAs yule-log embers flickered in his...
Grids Can Be Great
In the coming year, I doubt that any information technology topic will be more hyped than grid or utility computing. When I talk about...