Comdex Fall, Las Vegas: 56K Modems Picture Looks Fuzzy
News While US Robotics (USR) cranked up the hype for its X2 56Kbit/sec modems at Comdex in Las Vegas this week, standards doubts were still muddying the picture for visitors. USR and Cardinal Technologies are following the same DSP-based route that...
[November 21, 1996, 9:26]
Samsung Claims A GPRS 'world First'
News Samsung launched the world's first Class 8 multi-slot GPRS phone Monday, the compact and light SGH-Q100. Promising packet-switched data speeds of up to 56Kbit/s thanks to its quartet of data receive channels, the 85g Q100 also boasts a decent-sized...
[December 12, 2000, 8:44]
Clio Rebirth, Vadem Fattens Up Handheld
News Vadem on Monday updated its Clio handheld Windows CE device. The newest version of the three-pound Clio C-1050 offers a faster 168MHz NEC VR4121 processor, increases RAM to 32MB, includes a 56Kbit/s modem and a larger 9.4in 640 by 480 resolution...
[October 18, 1999, 14:37]
BT To Woo Businesses With New Free ISP
News British telecoms giant BT hopes to up-the-ante once again in the "free" Internet stakes by bringing free Net access to the business community. The new service, called BT Access, will provide businesses with 56kbit/s Internet access, 20MB of Web...
[September 29, 1999, 10:29]
USR Sets 56K Modem Price... In US Dollars
News Across the pond, prices will stretch from a $60 (£40) software upgrade for recent buyers of Sportster and Courier modems to $239 (£160) for an all-new external unit with voice capabilities. Buyers who acquired their USR units after November 25 get...
[January 24, 1997, 11:20]
MS Midnight Feast Spooks Users
News The company offered a PC, multimedia CD-ROMs, day-glo T-shirts and books in a virtual raffle for users who downloaded the final build at 12.00 midnight Pacific Daylight Time. However, the so-called Midnight Madness free-for-all turned into a...
[August 13, 1996, 17:10]
ST And Telia Show-off Fruit Of 60Mbit/s VDSL Alliance
News In Geneva and Stockholm today, STMicroelectronics and Telia Research demonstrated the first VDSL (Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line) products to come out of their joint development project announced in June.
[November 2, 1999, 15:50]
A Year Ago Today: MS Midnight Feast Spooks Users
News Microsoft's come-and-get-it freebies offer for users who downloaded its Internet Explorer (IE) 3.0 full release at the witching hour last night ended up spooking users who jammed Big Green's Web site.
[August 13, 1997, 13:24]
Quotes Of The Week, August 12-16
News "We'd been using that since before Microsoft was in the Internet business and they just didn't want to know. They threatened that they'd get a cancellation of the mark in Illinois, as if they controlled the State of Illinois!
[August 16, 1996, 12:09]
The High Tech Van That Is A CEO's Dream
News From the outside, the van looks much like any other. But the sleek, black exterior actually hides perhaps the world's most advanced mobile office. The vehicle belongs to Scott Jones, chairman, CEO, and president of Escient Technologies, LLC, who...
[April 26, 2002, 16:22]
