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Intel’s mobile Pentium 4 on track for 2002

Intel Corp.’s mobile Pentium 4 processor will be released during the first half of next year, along with a specialized companion chip set called the 845MP, Bob Jackson, principal engineer with Intel’s Mobile Platforms Group, said here Monday at the Microprocessor Forum.

The Internet, untethered

The Internet is going mobile. To succeed, it must learn from the mistakes made in the fixed-line Internet boom, argues Tom Standage

James Madison U.’s PBS station enters digital realm

James Madison University will become the home of a revolution in television viewing Thursday, Oct. 18, when the local PBS station WVPT, located off Bluestone Drive on Port Republic Road, officially will switch from analog to high definition digital broadcasting.

Is That a PC on Your Wrist?

IBM, Citizen team up on the WatchPad, a wristwatch PDA that uses Bluetooth to connect to a PC.

U.S. government seeks input to build its own Net

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT revealed this week that it is looking into building its own Internet, dubbed GovNet, to ensure the safe transmission of sensitive government communication.

Simulis Integrates Interactive Device Training and Competency Testing Into Docent Enterprise E-Learning Platform

Simulis LLC, a leading provider of simulation based industrial equipment training courseware, today announced that it has integrated its interactive device training and competency testing in the Docent Enterprise e-learning platform. Simulis has engineered a methodology for capturing the click streams of users engaged in simulation based device training.

The NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI)

The NSF Middleware Initiative (NMI), announced September 24, aims to develop an integrated middleware infrastructure for research and education. EDUCAUSE, Internet2, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the Southeastern Universities Research Association, the University of California at San Diego, the University of Chicago, the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, and the […]

Microsoft Alters Volume Licensing Plans

Microsoft bows to enormous pressure from customers, altering some of the conditions of its controversial new volume licensing plans and again extending the transition period for them to sign up for its Software Assurance offering.

Intel Looks Ahead to 20 GHz

Chip’s new naming scheme highlights performance over frequency.

Pocket PC 2002 launches

With the official launch of Pocket PC 2002 comes a flurry of new PDAs from Compaq, Casio, and newcomer Toshiba. Check out our first impressions of the hardware.