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Low Power, Highly Reliable, Wireless, Infrared Local Area Networks Demonstrated

Penn State engineers have shown that broadband, wireless, indoor, local area communication networks that rely on non-line-of-sight infrared (IR) signal transmission can offer low error rates as well as safe, low below one Watt power levels.

New Technologies to Burn CDs Your Way

Next-generation drives from Yamaha and Sony set new CD-burning performance standards.

PictureTel Announces ‘Universidade De Sao Paulo’ Harnesses the PictureTel 900 Series Integrated Collaboration Platform for Distance Learning

PictureTel(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:PCTL), the world leader in integrated collaboration, announced today that The “Universidade de Sao Paulo” (USP), the largest institute of higher education and research in South America, and the third largest in Latin America, has deployed the PictureTel 900 SeriesINTO as part of the university’s distance learning program at “Escola Politecnica” (EPUSP), its […]

ADL supports deployed pilots

One ADL application is proved in the combat environment. Delex Systems, Inc. of Vienna, VA, holds a contract with the Navy and the Joint ADL Co-Laboratory to conduct an applied research project using the companys adaptive learning technology with Web-based instruction for EA-6B Prowler pilots. During the air war over Yugoslavia in 1999, the company […]

Macromedia Unleashes Public Beta Of Sitespring

Macromedia (Nasdaq: MACR) says it is ready for the public to start poking and prodding at Sitespring before it puts it on the store shelves.

IDC Says Apple K-12 Education Leader

Apple is the dominant leader in K-12 education according to a report issued by industry research firm, IDC. IDC’s Report, “Apple, Still at the Head of the Class: Installed PC Market Share in K-12 Education, 2000-2001,” shows Apple is leading the way in both desktops with a 27.7% share, and portables with a 34.7% share […]

Microsoft’s Java decision a mixed bag

Sun Microsystems said it is “disappointed” by Microsoft’s decision to not include Java software in its Windows XP and Internet Explorer products, although analysts said the move could help Sun in the long run.

Microsoft planning sweeping price changes

Microsoft Corp., reacting swiftly to a recent appeals court ruling on its antitrust case, is considering sweeping changes to its pricing models for hardware vendors and its largest corporate customers.

The Russian Net

With its vast distances, highly educated population and desperate need of a modern communications system, Russia would seem the perfect place for the Internet to take hold. But while much of the Western world jumped online in the 1990’s, Russia, embroiled in political turmoil and growing poverty, missed the revolution.

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