Thor Olavsrud

Online metrics firm PC Data told clients Tuesday that it will cease operations on April 13. Paris-based NetValue and comScore Networks both picked up assets of the company. “Over the past few months we have worked internally to explore several options to continue to provide the quality products and services you demand,” Ann Stephens, chairman […]

It doesn’t take an Adam Smith or Alan Greenspan to see that the economy in general — and the technology sector in particular — has taken a Rocky-like beating in the past few months, with company after company lowering earnings and announcing restructurings. What’s harder to see is when the numbers will claw their way […]

San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. Monday moved to open the doors to 3-D virtual worlds on the Web with the Adobe Atmosphere Web tool. The Atmosphere tool is for authoring, viewing and interacting with “immersive” virtual 3-D worlds. Adobe said it will allow end-users to “walk the Web,” and suggested that the software will […]

Santa Clara, Calif.-based 3Com Corp. Monday threw its weight behind the IEEE 802.1x authentication standard, calling it an important addition to its security strategy for wireless networks. IEEE 802.1x is a key feature of Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows XP OS. It provides a “network login” capability between PCs and edge networking infrastructure. 3Com said it […]

A new worm targeting Linux machines running the BIND DNS server is rapidly making its way across the Internet and has the potential to create serious damage, according to the SANS Institute’s Global Incident Analysis Center (GIAC). The GIAC team uncovered the worm — which may have originated with a hacking crew in China — […]

IBM Friday unveiled a 64-processor server in an attempt to win back ground lost to competitor Sun Microsystems. Big Blue raised the curtain on the eServer x430, which utilizes the new Intel 900 MHz Pentium III Xeon processors, at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany. The server offers Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) architecture and […]

San Jose, Calif.-based router and switch-maker Foundry Networks Inc. and AOL Time Warner expanded an existing relationship Thursday in a move that will see Foundry advertising splashed across AOL’s online, print and television properties. Word of the deal on Thursday briefly helped Foundry Networks stock, which at the height of the frenzy reached $200 last […]

Microsoft Corp. Thursday warned that users of its software products should beware of two fraudulently obtained digital certificates mistakenly issued in its name. Microsoft said VeriSign Inc. recently informed it that on Jan. 29 and 30, 2001, VeriSign erroneously issued two Class 3 code-signing certificates to a person posing as a Microsoft employee. Both certificates […]

Bluetooth, a short-range wireless technology billed as a replacement for cables and infrared (though more enticing possibilities lurk around the corner), is slowly but surely gaining recognition in its bid to become a core wireless technology. The technology added momentum Wednesday as companies at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany and CTIA Wireless 2001 […]

QUALCOMM Inc., an early developer of the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology that has become a standard throughout wireless communications today, took center stage on Tuesday at CTIA Wireless 2001 in Las Vegas as it showed off an array of new technologies that will likely serve as the foundation of many 3G wireless networks […]

The race to roll out 3G wireless services appears to be gaining steam, with three operators airing their plans at CTIA Wireless 2001 in Las Vegas this week. Until this week, industry watchers had concluded that 3G services were still years away from making it to the U.S. 3G promises greatly increased wireless bandwidth, making […]

Intel Corp. Monday unleashed its 1GHz mobile Pentium III processor, and a host of PC manufacturers are already seeking to capitalize on the new processor by speeding notebook computers utilizing it to market. Compaq Computer, NEC, Toshiba, Micron Electronics, Dell Computer, Gateway, Sony and Winbook plan to put computers with the speedy new chip on […]