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Its not clear if wireless enhanced 911 systems could have helped rescuers reach people injured at the World Trade Center or Pentagon, but the disasters may spur development of ultrawideband applications that could help in the future. Carriers are considering two location systems. One uses global positioning satellite technology, the other is a network-based process […]

For years, companies that sell videoconferencing equipment have struggled to overcome some bad first impressions. Now, the days of technologically challenging systems that cost a minimum of $50,000 and provide balky communications via exorbitantly expensive networks are over, the new message goes. For about the price of a first-class airline ticket, you can buy a […]

VeriSign on Monday announced that it will buy Illuminet Holdings, a provider of intelligent network and signaling services to telecommunications carriers, for about $1.2 billion in stock. The deal combines two strong players in Internet and telecommunications infrastructure services, and gives VeriSign a much-desired entree into the telco market. VeriSign — which holds the market […]

Sun Microsystems today will announce version 1.3 of Java 2 Enterprise Edition, which is designed to make it easier to use Java in building Web applications and services and linking them to legacy systems. J2EE 1.3 is the first full release to come out of Suns painstaking joint technology building Java Community Process. J2EE 1.2 […]

In the wake of the terrorist attacks, the wireless industry stands little chance of gaining control of airwaves now held by the Department of Defense, experts said. “Game over,” said Rudy Baca, The Precursor Groups wireless and global analyst. “At this point, the arguments the DOD traditionally used have even more credence.” While wireless carriers […]

The Sept.11 terrorist attacks have led to increased security on U.S. borders and in the air that may cause long-lasting changes in how the technology and automotive sectors manage their supply chains. The value to I-managers of Internet-based supply chain management systems could become greater than ever as a result. The temporary closure of domestic […]

Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms, as well as fill in and submit Adobe PDF forms online. An expanded version of Acrobat Reader for Windows offers additional functionality, including support for the visually impaired and the ability to […]

Users of Safewebs free triangle boy service are accustomed to surfing the Web anonymously, but in the latest flare-up between enterprises that want to limit users access to online content and advocates of an unrestricted Net, a Web filtering company now claims it can disable Triangle Boy. Filtering vendor 8e6 Technologies, whose customers include schools, […]

The latest worm to wreak havoc on the Net was still spreading across corporate networks at the end of last week, but rapid response was squishing many Nimda outbreaks. “This will definitely be the biggest malicious code event of the year,” said Roger Thompson, security firm TruSecures technical director of malicious code research. I-managers were […]

TradeSpark, the online energy exchange that was nearly decimated by the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, will begin electronic trading again this week, says one of the exchanges chief backers. TradeSpark, launched in September 2000 by securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald, its technology subsidiary, eSpeed, and five large U.S. energy companies, has become […]

Proof that the Internet will continue to play a key role in mobilizing Americans and serving as a virtual gathering hub in the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks came from an unlikely source last week: President George W. Bush. Bush — whose administration has given low priority to Internet industry issues and offered little […]

I-managers eager to make use of business data obtained through Web analytics are increasingly outsourcing the task to save time and money. Analytics firms, including Coremetrics, digiMine and NetIQs WebTrends, said they are seeing a surge in demand for services provided on the model of application service providers. And I-managers contracting with the firms said […]