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Unified 802.11n Wi-Fi Standard to Emerge in Mid-2006

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The first products that support a fully unified 802.11n Wi-Fi standard will start reaching the market in the second quarter of 2006,...

Its About Time for IBM to Leave PCs Behind

Almost exactly 24 years ago, IBM got into the personal computer business. Now, its getting out, as it prepares to sell off what remains...

MS Rolls Out Second Interim Beta of SQL Server 2005

Microsoft Corp. on Friday released its second Community Technology Preview of SQL Server 2005 and rolled out a new, free tool to manage SQL...

IBM Prepares to Leave an Industry It Created

In August 1981, the world of computing changed. When IBM launched its first IBM PC, most observers at the time simply thought it was...

The Hidden Risks of Demo Discs

In mid-November, members of Sonys PlayStation Underground received the Holiday Demo Disc and discovered that after executing one of the game demos on the...

Sun Proposes New Open-Source License

Sun Microsystems Inc. has proposed a new open-source license to the Open Source Initiative, but Linus Torvalds and others doubt that it will help...

Rights Management Can Protect or Offend

Ask people about digital rights management and most will offer an opinion regarding the rights and wrongs of peer-to-peer file swapping. But ask Microsoft...

Analysts: Is Lenovo Right for IBMs PC Biz?

A report in The New York Times that IBM is poised to sell off its PC unit has provoked mixed reactions and tentative interpretations...

Microsoft Gives NT Server 4, Exchange Server 5.5 Users a (Small) Reprieve

While Microsoft continues to emphasize that it is not extending its basic support for NT Server 4.0 beyond December 31, it is continuing to...

Governments Health IT Rhetoric Comes Up Short on Cash

A request for $50 million to fund health IT projects didnt make it into the spending bill passed by Congress late last month. Despite...