Monthly Archives: September 2005
FCC Gives Nod to Cisco SDRs
Under a new rule designed to increase the capabilities of wireless hardware, the Federal Communications Commission has begun certifying the use of software-defined radios...
Competitors to RIM Step Forward
Several mobile e-mail access companies this week will announce products and services designed to compete with Research In Motion Ltd.s BlackBerry platform, but RIM...
Google Testing Secure Wi-Fi Service in Calif.
Google last week confirmed it is conducting beta trials of a free Wi-Fi service in a few San Francisco locations but declined to say...
Seeing Beyond the Hype of Skype
Skype, a company that almost no one had heard of barely two years ago, came out of nowhere to achieve immense popularity as a...
Intel Joins Roster of Virtual Iron Investors
Chip maker Intel, through its investment arm, Intel Capital, has joined the list of investors in Virtual Iron, whose technology is designed to enable...
Vendors Ramp Up Itanium Backing
Supporters of the Itanium architecture are looking to crank up backing for the Intel Corp. platform just as competing systems makers launch initiatives in...
Startup Refreshes Data Caching
A startup hopes to challenge the old guard in the wide-area file services arena with a new technique for caching data that is more...
Device Keeps Large Files Moving
Accellion Inc. next week will release the latest version of its file transfer appliance, which is designed to help administrators and users more efficiently...
New Tools Drive VOIP Adoption
Executives and market watchers surveying the voice-over-IP space insist that integrated communications applications, not cost savings, will drive future adoption of the technology among...
Skype Execs Keynote Derailed by Glitches
Peer-to-peer VOIP player Skype is aiming to become "an ecosystem where people around the world can be connected for free," CEO Niklas Zennström said...