Monthly Archives: May 2006
Google/Skype: The Internet’s Hottest Duo
In March, Google researchers published the first intensive study of Skype user habits.In addition to its findings, what's interesting about the study is how...
Six Apart Suffers Denial-of-Service Attack
Blogging platform provider Six Apart suffered a denial-of-service attack May 2 that limited access to several of its services for about 12 hours.The attack,...
Labs Tip: Squeezing Juice
User groups are getting a little more user-friendly when it comes to sharing technical know-how, as exemplified by Juice.Juice is a user community site...
Readers, Tags Make Splash at RFID Show
The news coming out of this years RFID Journal Live conference in Las Vegas has a collective focus on hardware: RFID tags and readers,...
Dell, Others Join AMD in Green Data Center Push
NEW YORK—Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Sun Microsystems, competitors who rarely see eye-to-eye, are seemingly putting aside their differences to promote greener corporate data centers.
Dell,...
The New Power Generation
Sure, shopping for electronics is no picnic. You drive to a store so large its visible from space and wander the maze-like aisles until...
McAfee Granted Wireless Update Patent
McAfee said Monday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had awarded it a patent regarding methods to update computer files on mobile devices....
Wi-Fi to Cellular Convergence to Ship Soon
LAS VEGAS—Wireless mobility provider Trapeze Networks has teamed with DaVitas Networks, a new provider of mobility software and appliances, to deliver the ability for...
Verizon Cuts VOIP Prices, Nixes Discounts
Verizon Communications has eliminated a discount on Internet phone services it once offered to its broadband customers.
The discounts end and price cuts announced May...
Open Document Format Gets ISO Approval
The Open Document Format has been approved as an international standard by the International Standards Organization, a move that supporters say will serve as...