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Norton AntiVirus puts a lock on e-mail

USERS OF THE Symantec Norton AntiVirus software may have problems getting their e-mail when the program’s e-mail filter fails to run properly.

Nortel takes on wireless video

NORTEL NETWORKS HAS announced a partnership aimed at delivering streaming media over its wireless and IP services platforms.

Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative

Now Available for Community Review The E2E Performance Initiative Design Team has completed the initial draft of the Initiative Design Document. The document is now available for community comment and input through next week. Member comments will continue to be solicited as the Initiative evolves. A series of CFPs will be available and posted during […]

Highlights from Syllabus Magazine: Internet2: Making the Connection

After a rousing discussion on the Civil Rights Movement in his American History class, student Jeff Johnson hits his community college computer lab and fires up Netscape, which launches his personal page in seconds across a high-speed Internet2 connection. Before he can get into his site, he’s prompted by a dialogue box asking him to […]

California Has Most Wired Cities

BOSTON (AP) – You’d expect San Francisco and the Silicon Valley to rank among the nation’s most wired regions. But the rest of California did quite well, too.

Thousands of Educational Institutions to Connect to Internet2 Backbone Network

Washington, DC—Abilene, a nationwide Internet2® network, today announced state education networks in Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia and Washington will establish connectivity under a new policy that allows expanded access to the high-performance educational backbone. Partnerships with Internet2 universities and regional networking organizations will provide institutions such as elementary schools, secondary schools, community colleges, museums and […]

Kodak to Demonstrate Prototype Digital Cinema System

LAS VEGAS — Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will demonstrate a prototype of a higher-resolution, digital cinema system. The unique system will incorporate very high quality image projection, Kodak color management, anti-piracy protection, theatre automation, and multi-screen distribution. Testing will begin in the next several weeks at the Kodak Imaging Technology Center (ITC) […]

VTELs SmartVideoNet Manager Gets Web-Enabled with Version 3.0

AUSTIN, Texas – Building upon the software it pioneered to remotely manage videoconferencing networks, VTEL Corporation (Nasdaq: VTEL) today announced the newly released 3.0 version of SmartVideoNet Manager™, which provides administrators the ability to remotely manage and access real-time information on their VTEL videoconferencing networks from any device connected to a Web browser. With this […]

World’s First Series of Robotic Telecollaborative Surgeries Performed With Computer Motion’s SOCRATES System

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Computer Motion Inc. (Nasdaq: RBOT), the leader and pioneer in medical robotics, announced that a London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) team of surgeons in London, Ontario, Canada performed the world’s first series of telecollaborative surgeries using Computer Motion’s SOCRATES™ Telecollaborative System. To date a total of six robotically assisted procedures have […]

Telekom Austria Launches Broadband Communications via Satellite

Aflenz, Austria — Telekom Austria AG (NYSE: TKA; VSE: TKA) today launches its latest product, SkyMultiMedia, offering ADSL-like broadband data connections via satellite transmission. Successful trials of the technology in Austrian schools have proven that SkyMultiMedia is an effective way to offer high bandwidth data connectivity to areas without current access to broadband communications. Telekom […]