After years of talk about wireless technologies' potential for widespread use in medical applications, they appear to be ready for …
IT trembles over mobile management
There is a widespread lack of confidence among IT professionals in their ability to deliver consistent mobile service levels. Yet …
Fiber cuts slash Silicon Valley’s Internet arteries
Cuts in fiber-optic lines early Thursday at two locations near Silicon Valley shut down two IBM facilities and affected an …
Palm Pre: First impressions
Ever since Apple changed the game for mobile devices with the iPhone back in 2007, every major device manufacturer has …
Why WiMax should be on the CIO’s radar
Despite the billions of dollars required to roll out a brand-new wireless network, the slowdown in the economy, and the …
Cell phone, smartphone — what’s the difference?
What is a smartphone? The answer is not so simple, judging by the number of definitions available. In fact, it …
Netbooks: All About the New Ultraportables
The term netbook, coined by Intel, conveys little useful information about this category of machines. Sure, they all have wireless …
Alcatel-Lucent founds 4G industry group
Known as the ng (next-generation) Connect Program, the new industry group will bring together device manufacturers, application developers and content …
Sun premiering JavaFX Mobile component
Proceeding to a critical phase in the rollout of its JavaFX platform for rich media client applications, Sun will ship …
WiMAX coverage to reach 800 million by 2010, Intel says
Intel expects WiMAX deployment to increase rapidly over the next year as the company projects that 800 million people worldwide …
Microsoft enhances office communication with better voice
Nearly 16 months after launching its unified communications platform and taking aim at replacing the venerable PBX, Microsoft now has …
Trends that will change our lives
The past two years have been exciting ones for mobility, with the dawn of netbooks, 4G communications and the first …
Wi-Fi hotspot horrors
Laptops are the main business tool for most mobile workers, and connecting those devices to the Internet via free public …
How carriers will weather the recession
Although Verizon and AT&T have continued to post solid earnings over the past year, they are unlikely to emerge from …
Citrix slashing head count
Citrix plans to cut 10% of its staff, or about 460 employees, the company said after posting disappointing earnings this …
3G networks don’t deliver speeds, Gartner says
The 3G networks of all four major U.S. wireless carriers deliver slower speeds than customers expect, according to Gartner Inc., …
Data center that bets on 100% uptime
A few miles from the glitzy casinos of the Las Vegas strip stands a highly secure, 407,000-square foot building which …
Nokia scraps its WiMAX Internet Tablet
Nokia has scrapped its WiMAX Internet tablet device, just months after it became available in the United States for Sprint's …
Internet, wireless hold up despite deluge of inaugural video streaming
Streaming Internet video of the inauguration of President Barack Obama jammed Internet links and news Web sites today, and wireless …
A Closer Look at the Palm Pre and webOS
The Palm Pre smart phone and the company's much-anticipated new operating system–called webOS–are among the most buzzed-about products to come …