Tim Scannell

Music industry executives may sing a different song, but U.S. colleges and universities are, for the most part, addressing concerns about piracy and illegal file sharing. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) sent letters to 40 colleges and universities in 25 states asking them to look […]

Buyers of the latest 801.11n -based wireless networking gear, you’ve been warned. The high-speed wireless networking speculation may promise blistering data rates of 100 megabits per second and up, as well as trump earlier Wi-Fi flavors in speed and distance, but it’s not quite baked enough for the products in the market, research firms say. […]

Voice over IP (VoIP) service providers have primarily pushed the technology as a cheaper alternative to traditional landline phones. Now, it may also be a way for smaller companies to look a lot bigger in the global pond. VoIP service provider Voxbone uses the Internet-based architecture as a platform to provide inexpensive local telephone numbers […]

If you’re a business owner in upstate New York and use a wireless LAN to handle sensitive customer data, you better make sure it’s secure. It it’s not, you may be breaking the law and could be slapped with a fine. That is the message coming out of Westchester County and the city of White […]

If less is more, is more too much? No way, said Sybase, which released a beta version of the upgrade to SQL Anywhere database software. The upgrade includes a grab bag of more than 200 new features — many expanding the company’s reach into government and health care applications. Most of the improvements in SQL […]

Patients are calling for a way to be more involved in the health care process by using the Internet. And it’s the goal of a handful of hospitals and health care providers looking for a way to make it happen. This not only includes billing and administrative issues, but clinical and diagnostic areas as well, […]

BEA Systems and HP announced a strategic partnership this week that combines their radio frequency ID (RFID) talents. Under terms of the agreement, HP will offer BEA’s WebLogic RFID products as part of its manufacturing, consulting, integration and support services that target supply-chain problems across multiple industry segments. In addition, the agreement will provide RFID […]

Bees do it. And if the cyber-strategists working at such high-level organizations as the National Security Agency and the Los Alamos National Laboratory are right, ‘smart swarming’ may be en effective way to solve even the toughest security problems. The idea is to get lots of people focused on a security issue, or even a […]

It started out as the little technology that could. Today, more people than ever are using the short-range Bluetooth wireless mode of communication to swap files and talk on phones using headsets and earpieces. Since the technology is essentially designed to replace cables, users rely on it to wirelessly print from their notebooks or handheld […]

What is believed to be the first instance of a mobile phone virus in the U.S. reportedly occurred in an electronics store in Santa Monica, Calif. The Cabir virus, discovered on a Symbian-based phone, was capable of doing little more than blocking Bluetooth connections or quickly draining the host device’s battery. However, its existence marked […]

Landline telephones may soon need a lifeline as more people cut the cord in favor of Voice over IP (VoIP) and wireless phone alternatives. VoIP subscribers in the U.S. are expected to hit the 32.6 million mark by 2010, which means that roughly 40 percent of all broadband households in the country will be using […]

All’s fair in love and war. Just don’t send a dolphin to do a robot’s job. That was the lesson learned during the early days of the Iraq war when the military sent in four dolphins equipped with cameras and sensors to scout around the harbor for submerged mines and other nasty devices. “The story […]