Bob Liu

NEW YORK — The two popular misnomers with the storage segment of IT is that network-attached storage (NAS) is a networking technology based on Ethernet while storage area networks (SAN) rely on fibre channels. Storage networking can even run over “scuzzy” — small computer system interface (SCSI) — albeit cannot be deployed as easily or […]

After more than a year of monitoring the load balance of its customers’ server networks, Mercury Interactive, one of the largest providers of enterprise testing and performance management solutions, plans to extend into an area that very few companies have ventured into: security testing. On Tuesday, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company will introduce what it terms […]

NEW YORK — PC Expo, now known as the TechXNY show, kicks off with a week-long series of conferences beginning Monday and the exhibition floor opening to the public Tuesday morning. But after nearly two decades, this hallmark IT trade show is being held amid the harshest conditions in its history. TechXNY/PC Expo is coming […]

Long considered a premium brand in the home office, Hewlett-Packard is hoping to extend its reach into the living room with the introduction of the HP Digital Entertainment Center — a hybrid, digital audio device that bridges the PC and consumer electronics realms. HP’s Entertainment Center, which will be due out this fall in time […]

In a major coup, the U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a partnership with Monster.com, which is owned by TMP Worldwide, to help standardize job-hunting on the Internet. The agreement was announced today at the U.S. Department of Labor’s 21st Century Workforce Summit in Washington by Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and Jeff Taylor, chief […]

Three years ago, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. launched a full-scale assault on the Internet. Determined to regain its lead in an age gone digital, the venerable Chicago-based company (which incidentally is older than the United States of America) poured its resources into various Web efforts. By the fall of 1999, Encyclopaedia Britannica created a free Britannica […]

Intel Corp. and Comcast Cable Communications Inc. have struck an agreement to jointly develop and test a set of home networking products consisting of a new residential broadband gateway, wireless network adapter and cable modem based on the so-called Wi-Fi wireless networking standard. With the announcement coming out of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s […]

When Compaq Computer Corp. announced its new Evo line of workstations and notebooks earlier this week, it may have found an aesthetic and ergonomic way around a major, new bone of contention. The new line will be armed with MultiPort, an optional, snap-in wireless solution whereby users can plug a module into the USB-interface that […]

This week the Dallas-based semiconductor giant debuted a new chip, the ACX100, that increases the coverage area of wireless local area networks (WLAN) by as much as 70 percent and doubles the data transmission rates under the 802.11b standard. To hasten its rollout to market, TI is offering three reference designs for original equipment manufacturers […]

Blocked out of the race to provide wireless networking connectivity under the newer Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11g specification, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) is charging full-speed ahead with its rollout of products to support the existing IEEE 802.11b standard. On Monday, the Dallas-based semiconductor giant will announce a new chip, the ACX100, […]

Loudeye Technologies Inc. is beginning to see a payoff in its revamped strategy of providing digital music archiving and distribution. In April, the Seattle, Wash.-based company announced its plans to concentrate on its business of providing infrastructure technology to enable delivery of digital music. On Wednesday, Loudeye announced an agreement with their newest client — […]

When Compaq Computer Corp. announced its new Evo line of workstations and notebooks earlier this week, it may have found an aesthetic and ergonomic way around a major, new bone of contention. The new line will be armed with MultiPort, an optional, snap-in wireless solution whereby users can plug a module into the USB-interface that […]