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Web conferencing has become a popular communications medium in corporations for its ability to curb costs and improve productivity. Rather than bring a group of engineers together from various locations for a face-to-face meeting, Web conferencing enables them to meet virtually, which eliminates tra...
The battle for market supremacy between Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 has entered the next phase, one where high definition features will play a key role in determining the winner. "Console and software vendors are working to take advantage of the new capabilities that high-definitio...
An inability to reach a compromise in forging an industry standard has delayed delivery of Ultra Wide Band products and may make it possible for alternative technologies to usurp its role in supporting Personal Area Networks. A rift between the different factions had been ongoing for a few years and...
With cell phones now becoming popular fixtures among the masses, securing coverage in even the most remote geographic areas has become an important goal for service providers. Cell towers are expensive, however, costing from US$100,000 to more than $1 million to set up, and present logistical proble...
The typical picture of a hacker has often been one of an introverted, misunderstood teen with a great deal of repressed anger. Launching an attack and disabling thousands of computers somehow seems to compensate for those feelings. Increasingly, however, while the hacker profile remains much the sam...
Handset vendors have been frantically trying to innovate in an effort to keep their products from becoming commodity items. Consequently, they have incorporated a number of new features into their products, such as cameras, and are offering slim, sleek designs available in a variety of colors. Now, ...
Businesspeople and consumers are becoming more reliant on handheld devices for the obvious conveniences they offer. "We are starting to see users do more with their handheld devices than simply check e-mail," noted Jack Gold, a principal with market research firm J. Gold Associates. "Increasingly, t...
WiFi equipment suppliers are reaching a crossroad: more users are purchasing their products, but at the same time, pricing is declining. To try and prop up their profit margins, suppliers are experimenting with various packaging techniques, such as bundling or unbundling value-added features. For us...
Higher data rates and sophisticated features such as digital cameras, mobile video and advanced gaming mean that more on-the-go functionality is now available to cell phone users. These advances come with a dark side, however, as consumers are struggling to make sure that their phones have enough ba...
By focusing on e-mail devices for corporate clients, Research In Motion (RIM) has been able to carve out a small but lucrative niche in the wireless handset market. As competition among wireless device suppliers intensifies, large companies such as Nokia, Motorola and Microsoft have set their sights...
A growing number of corporations are installing Voice over Internet Protocol applications. While the technology has the potential to cut their telecommunications costs, it also presents new challenges. "IT managers are looking for their vendors to offer them ways to monitor and improve VoIP performa...
Satellite voice service providers have been on a roller coaster ride. In the late 1990s, the industry was abuzz with grandiose expansion plans designed to take advantage of the dot-com explosion. When that boom went bust, providers had to scale back their plans dramatically and some were even forced...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration seem like unlikely partners, yet the two have worked together to solve a number of crimes in recent years. NASA researchers developed sophisticated software called Video Image Stabilization and Registration, or...
Looking for a new cellular service? If so, there are more choices available now than just those from traditional carriers, such as Cingular and T-Mobile USA. Increasingly companies like ESPN and its parent, the Walt Disney Co., are entering the cellular services market, too. "Many firms view offerin...
Times are changing. Microsoft's Windows operating system, which was originally designed for desktop PCs, is being retooled to support supercomputer applications. With the hope of becoming a key player in that space, Microsoft has poured millions of dollars into its Windows Super Computer Cluster, wh...
Increasingly, users are working with cell phones and PDAs to access data. Because finding desired information can be a challenge, companies such as America Online, Google and Yahoo developed search services specifically geared to mobile users. "Mobile search is an area of keen interest to both users...
Delivering products that are faster, cheaper, and more reliable is a common goal among technology vendors. That desire has lead wireless LAN suppliers to develop a new networking technique dubbed MIMO, or multiple input, multiple output, that promises to boost throughput and increase coverage areas....
Next year's holiday season will be different in at least one small way than it was in 2005: The U.S. government recently mandated that financial institutions enhance their online security systems by supplementing the traditional technique of passwords and user IDs with another form of user authentic...
Mobile phones have been gaining more and more functionality, which makes it easier for users to access information, surf the Web, and receive key messages. Along with these new features has come the ability of hackers and unauthorized users to tinker with sensitive information. "Right now, security ...
Convergence has been an ongoing goal for telecommunications suppliers in recent years. Today, cable companies sell not only video but also Internet access and telecommunications services. Recently, they have begun to get ready to deliver wireless services, which would enable them to deliver a quadru...
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