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Carry-On Cash Metricom has enough cash and cash equivalents to survive through August, but in Securities and Exchange Commission filings, the companys own auditors say they doubt the provider of wireless broadband Internet service is viable. In its annual report, Metricom says it will need another $500 million to achieve positive cash flow from operations. […]

Broadband is coming, vendors like Cisco Systems would have you believe, as they tout their products with glossy ads pitching the idea that 1.5 megabits per second to a home could be as statistically unremarkable as owning 1.7 cars or having 2.8 kids. But the market that was set to become a hotbed of broadband […]

Wireless service providers are in a quandary: They need to continue lowering prices to draw new customers, but dropping prices too low could spiral their industry into operating like a commodity business. If operators misstep, they risk losing their staying power. “They want to maintain growth, so they will continue to reduce prices,” said Andrew […]

Handspring has done what Microsoft hasnt been able to do: push Palm to innovate its hardware. Handspring, which licenses the Palm Operating System for its handhelds, was ahead of Palm again with the release last fall of the Handspring Visor Prism, featuring a brilliant, high-color screen. Weighing in at about 7 ounces, the Prism drags […]

E-Mail Blamed for Postal Woes E-mail is one of the reasons that has the U.S. Postal Service considering cutting back to a five-day delivery service, eliminating Saturdays from its appointed rounds. The Postal Service last week said that reducing delivery service to five days was one of several options?along with consolidating postal facilities?to reduce spending […]

As EarthLink launches a new wireless partnership this week, the nations second biggest Internet service provider is testing its newfound freedom. Two months after renegotiating the exclusive relationship it had with Sprint, EarthLink is cutting new deals, while realizing that the ties that bind it to Sprint are still strong. In 1998, Sprint purchased 27 […]

The next blimp you see floating above your town could be delivering more than cheesy advertising for post-ball-game activities — it might be part of a new wireless communications network. Platforms Wireless International has developed a system that attaches wireless antenna equipment to a blimp hovering 15,000 feet above the ground. The single craft provides […]

In order to protect enterprises from themselves, 3Com this week will announce a network interface card with firewall technology embedded directly on the chip. As enterprise networks grow, theyre also opened up to more employees, contractors and partners, increasing the chance that security will be breached. A recent government survey found that 70 percent of […]

Zeus Technology is still a small player when it comes to serving up Web sites, but it seems to be gaining some of the power its name suggests. The Zeus Web Server was the only one besides Apache Server to post gains in a February survey of servers conducted by the U.K.s Netcraft. The well-known […]

IBM has quietly started a hacking-for-hire business service for its top customers, as part of its push to provide a total solution that includes security testing. The effort, which follows on the heels of similar efforts by banks to prevent physical break-ins, is aimed at making sure companies can block any intruders looking for corporate […]

While the White House was busy deciding who should lead its technology policy, industry sources at a high-tech town meeting said they now expect more federal action in the form of tax breaks and other support. Following the meeting between President Bush and approximately 150 industry leaders recently in Washington at which Bush named venture […]

Many solutions providers are launching security practices to lock down corporate networks or to teach customers how to combat hackers and crackers. Some solutions providers are even sending their employees to hacker school, where a typical one- to four-day course can cost $750 to $3,500. For a look at a typical course, tag along with […]