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Boeing to Deliver “Jekyll & Hyde” by Satellite for Broadway Television Network

Digital Satellite Transmission Delivers Alternative Content in Highest Quality

Windows XP: A moving target?

Beta schedules are made to be broken, goes the software developers’ adage.

Convene.com Uses Collaborative Web-Based Training (CWBT) to Make Classrooms Come Alive

SAN FRANCISCO — Convene.com today announced the signing of an agreement with WebEx Communications, Inc., the leader in communications infrastructure for Web meetings, to integrate the WebEx Interactive Platform into the Izio™ online learning platform. With reduced travel budgets and training resources, many companies are looking for cost effective alternatives to reduce expensive Instructor-led classroom […]

PC price wars begin to shake loyalties

Once reluctant to change PC horses in midstream for lower prices alone, large companies faced with stringent cost-cutting policies are finding it increasingly difficult to ignore the temptation of dramatic price cuts.

Click2learn Part of Elite Think Tank Driving Research on Next Generation of Powerful, Personalized, Interactive Learning Based on SCORM Specification

BELLEVUE, WA, – Click2learn (NASDAQ: CLKS) has joined the U.S. Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative (ADL), the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO), and an elite group of leading technology companies to foster a new generation of powerful, personal and interactive learning technology. As part of the Customized Learning Experience Online (CLEO) Lab, Click2learn will […]

New IBM Transistor Could Revolutionize Computers

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced two new developments Friday, one of which involves a leap in computer chip technology that company researchers say could make today’s computers look slow and primitive by comparison.

IBM introduces personal computers with higher speeds

IBM announced five new IntelliStation M Pro workstations and 12 new NetVista A60 business and A60i home desktop systems — all boosted by advanced Intel Pentium 4 processors at speeds up to 1.7GHz. The new IntelliStation M Pro features new Fire GL4 graphics based on IBM’s copper chip technology, increasing performance in ways designed to […]

George Mason University’s Advanced Internet Lab Completed New Round of Leading-Edge MPLS Testing

FAIRFAX, Va.—The Advanced Internet Lab at George Mason University announced today the completion of new leading-edge code testing for Multi-Protocol Label Switching. The tests focused on demonstrating vendor interoperability and the ability of the MPLS Label Distribution Protocol and MPLS Resource Reservation Protocol for traffic engineering to efficiently provision networks using traffic engineering and Virtual […]

Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio Now Available

San Francisco, California —Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio, the standard for creating interactive, rich media content, including 3D for the Web, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and more. The studio includes a new version of the Shockwave Multiuser Server, Havok physics engine for 3D game behaviors, support for […]

Microsoft Visio 2002 Released to Manufacturing With Widespread Industry Support

REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing of Microsoft® Visio® 2002 drawing and diagramming software, the first new version of the product developed by Microsoft since the company acquired Visio Corp. last year. Industry partners and early evaluators are calling Visio 2002 a significant step forward in business diagramming and technical […]