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At 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi, sitting in a makeshift radio shack on Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland, plucked from the ether the telltale dot-dot-dot that represents the letter s in Morse code from a transmission sent from Poldhu, England 2,200 miles away .
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Tuesday wasted little time making some noise at the Streaming Media East 2001 show when it demonstrated its new Windows Media platform, a product whose key striking feature is that it kills the “infamous buffer” snag that irks streaming media lovers.
Microsoft Corp. on Dec. 10 announced changes to its offer to settle private antitrust lawsuits by donating reduced-price software, computers, and training to needy schools. The changes are designed to answer criticism the donations will extend the company’s market dominance into education.
Company still wants merger to happen, but says it will continue to offer its products whatever the outcome.
At the Bluetooth Developers Conference here this week, the wireless network technology is finally coming down to earth, with device makers beginning to deploy it in large numbers but with interoperability and cost issues looming.
VBrick Systems recently announced it has become a sponsor of the Internet2 Consortium, joining universities, industry and government in the development and deployment of advanced Internet applications and network services. A not-for-profit organization led by over 180 U.S. universities, Internet2 is developing and testing new technologies that will enable revolutionary applications such as digital libraries, […]
Computerworld’s annual gift-giver’s roundup of some of the neatest high-tech gadgets and gizmos around.
Washington, DC — World Education Network, Inc. (www.wedn.net) has one-way and two-way digital satellite services with conventional Internet delivery to ensure global access of e-content. WEDN’s Acting President and Sr. VP of Business Development, Dr. Michael C. Hrinko, Ph.D. stated, “We evaluate international e-learning opportunities based upon their potential convergence with our corporate goals and […]
We call, we fax, we page, we email and this is how we manage to get things done. With so many communications tools at hand now, we can almost take for granted the many ways we have to reach family and friends, public officials, emergency services, employers or potential employers, landlords…
Building on the success of the Virtual Internet2 Member Meeting, the Internet2 community is organizing a series of monthly Internet2 Virtual Briefings. The first Virtual Briefing, titled Authorization: Pioneering Efforts, will take place from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST (1500-1630 UTC) on Wednesday, December 12; an agenda and information on how to connect are […]