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Technology industry giants AT&T Corp., Intel Corp. and IBM, along with two investment companies, today confirmed that they are creating a new company that will build a network of wireless LAN “hot spots” across the United States. Previously known under the code name “Project Rainbow,” the new company will be called Cometa Networks and will […]

Network Associates Inc.s Sniffer division is adding support for high-speed wireless LAN networks. Starting this week, the companys Sniffer Wireless protocol analyzer will be able to troubleshoot for both 802.11b and 802.11a networks. Previously the Sniffer line of wireless security management products supported only 802.11b networks, which offer data transfer rates of up to 11M […]

If the annual gathering of technologists and technology that is Comdex/Fall is any indicator of things to come, wireless computing will continue its drive into the enterprise, where smaller, more manageable hardware resides. Hardware manufacturers, wireless providers and software developers, including Dell Computer Corp., Nokia Corp. and Microsoft Corp., to name a scant few, were […]

Licensees for Microsoft Corp.s Tablet PC operating system are at eighteen and counting, but notably missing are two of the giants in the industry—IBM and Dell Computer Corp. While they are loyal Microsoft customers for desktop and notebook systems, both companies said they have no immediate plans for the Tablet, in spite of its status […]

IBM is continuing its push to let customers interact with corporate applications through speech. The Armonk, N.Y., company this week will announce WVAA (WebSphere Voice Application Access) software, which takes existing applications available through a corporate portal and makes them voice-accessible. Customers can dial in using voice commands to access corporate applications and have information […]

Users looking for big things from little machines are getting special attention from vendors that are packing new technologies, ranging from digital audio players to cameras, into handhelds and phones. The plethora of wireless and handheld technologies was a significant focus for visitors last week at the scaled-back Comdex show here. The shows MobileFocus kickoff […]

LAS VEGAS—IBM has plans to make its notebook customers feel more secure, both in terms of the well-being of their personal data and in the sanctuary of their companies WLANs. The company next year plans to launch several new applications to ease management of mobile PCs, both for the IT manager in the home office […]

LAS VEGAS—Netgear Inc. this week at the Comdex Fall 2002 show announced a line of WLAN products based on the upcoming 802.11g standard, which offers data transfer rates of up to 54M bps in the 2.4GHz radio frequency range. The Santa Clara, Calif., company announced a PC Card, access point and router, all based on […]

Microsoft Corp. has formed two new mobile hardware partnerships, one aimed at cost-conscious corporate customers and the other at cutting-edge consumers. The Redmond, Wash., company has teamed with Samsung Semiconductor Inc. to develop a design for inexpensive handheld computers based on Microsofts Pocket PC operating system, officials said last week. Devices based on the design […]

Wireless LAN technology is big, and to keep it that way, device and networking manufacturers are driving it into things small. At Comdex in Las Vegas this week, manufacturers will demonstrate 802.11b, or Wi-Fi, wireless networking technologies on a host of handheld devices. Symbol Technologies Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., for example, will each introduce handhelds […]

Research in Motion Ltd. has scored a partnership hat trick, while Microsoft Corp. has lost one of its core partners for its Smartphone 2002 platform. RIM, of Waterloo, Ontario, this month announced licensing deals with Palm Inc., Handspring Inc. and Nokia Corp. Palm and Handspring, two of RIMs competitors, are licensing the companys keyboard design, […]

Mobile phone chip manufacturer Qualcomm Inc. has plans for technology that lets small devices transfer data via a Universal Serial Bus interface without having to use a PC as a middleman. The San Diego company last week announced it has licensed USB On-The-Go technology from TransDimension Inc., a small company in Irvine, Calif. Many devices […]