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Big Blue appoints new patent supremo
News Kelly also will oversee technology leadership efforts such as the IBM Academy, a group that tries to anticipate the most promising directions for future product development, Blair said. John Kelly, the executive who led IBM's microprocessor work...
[October 14, 2004, 9:30]
New UK tech awards open for nominations
News Ten categories are now open for nomination, and ZDNet readers can nominate their favourite suppliers in four of these: Customer service and support of the year, E-commerce site of the year, Most promising technology of the year, and Outstanding...
[August 6, 2003, 13:30]
Apple 'to benefit' from Microsoft's dallying
News That was up 38 percent from 3.3 million units in the earlier year, according to American Technology Research. Apple has an opportunity to further boost sales of Macs, which have already grown significantly in past years, said Shaw Wu, an analyst...
[March 24, 2006, 8:55]
Manx Telecom sets date for super-3G
News O2 has become the first UK network operator to officially adopt the high-speed mobile broadband technology HSDPA, the operator said today. The technology will be launched in conjunction with O2's local subsidiary, mobile operator Manx Telecom, and...
[October 20, 2005, 17:25]
Wireless Web fails the screen test
News Although the technology industry has been subjected to a deafening level of rosy predictions for the better part of a year, the US public has reacted with little more than a shrug. In effect, the stampede of companies joining the wireless gold rush...
[January 18, 2001, 12:15]
Bluetooth shipments take off
News Analysts projected that chipset shipments of Bluetooth, the short-range radio technology for connecting PCs, consumer gadgets and peripherals, will push above five million this year, with some estimates topping 13 million units.
[December 3, 2001, 13:33]
Netscape: A decade of survival
News The move is a surprise, considering the company laid off hundreds of Netscape programmers less than a year ago and is reported to be developing a standalone browser based on Microsoft's rival Internet Explorer technology.
[October 22, 2004, 12:35]
Toshiba fires up methanol fuel cell
News But with the leading power technologies having only another 15 percent to 25 percent room for improvement through chemistry, "fuel cells seem like the only promising technology for more efficient portable power source," Ozbek said.
[March 6, 2003, 8:39]
Web hits US election jackpot
News Adam Powell, vice president for technology and programs at The Freedom Forum, said the Web's timing couldn't be better. The Internet itself has gone from being a promising political sensation to a blip on the campaign radar screen in the past year.
[November 9, 2000, 8:04]
Palm Bluetooth coming next month
News Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology for connecting PDAs to computers, mobile phones and other devices. See ZDNet UK's Mobile Technology News Section for the latest news, reviews and price checks on mobile phones, PDAs, notebook computers...
[January 16, 2002, 13:00]
Apple's new iSync puts bite on Bluetooth
News The company added support for the wireless technology to Mac OS well more than a year before Microsoft added Wi-Fi to Windows. But the technology has been slow to take off. With iSync, Apple ushers in the first, practical application for Bluetooth...
[September 30, 2002, 8:35]
CNET technology awards celebrate excellence in IT
News David Lester of the London Stock Market won 'CIO of the year', CapGemini won 'integrator/outsourcer of the year', VMware Virtual Centre won 'most promising technology of the year', Brands2Life won 'PR campaign of the year' and Worth won 'marketing...
[September 29, 2004, 14:05]
Microsoft to simplify security alerts
News To address both issues, Microsoft plans to "create a less technical end-user security bulletin that we will host, while continuing to offer more technical alerts for technology professionals. Microsoft is promising customers that it will simplify...
[November 20, 2002, 10:41]
Motorola tech gets flashy
News Motorola is creating the two methods because design limitations threaten to hamper today's most widely used silicon-based flash technology manufacturing technique -- called floating gate -- as the average size of memory cells in a chip grows smaller.
[February 7, 2003, 10:46]
AvantGo chief: Forget convergence
News The Bluetooth-mobile phone solution is most effective used with a wireless technology called GPRS, which is not yet in wide use. See ZDNet UK's Mobile Technology News Section for the latest news, reviews and price checks on mobile phones, PDAs...
[June 24, 2002, 17:03]
Establishment wakes up to green tech
News We acquired ChevronTexaco's gasification technology about a year ago, and we've been working on that, and we believe that is going to be a significant growth opportunity for it. For example, thin film can generate more power with less sunshine...
[January 30, 2006, 11:20]
Via chips away at security issues
News But the company plans to step up security with a new technology it calls LaGrande. Via sees the application of its security technology in a number of areas, ranging from PCs to game consoles and other consumer electronics devices used for...
[January 21, 2003, 16:34]
Secret of Ginger to be revealed?
News Ginger is the brainchild of Kamen, who won the 2000 National Medal for Technology, and the New Hampshire-based company he founded called DEKA Research and Development. More details on Ginger, the alleged scooter at the centre of controversy and...
[November 30, 2001, 9:12]
Wireless firms get the urge to merge
News But Cisco typically snaps up younger companies with promising technology rather than swallowing large, struggling public companies in a merger. Most recently, Cisco bought privately held Hammerhead Networks for up to $173m in stock and Navarro...
[July 12, 2002, 14:14]
Comdex: Tracking the product trends
News Exhibitors who aren't showing (or promising) wireless technology better have compelling products or they'll be talking to empty chairs. First of all, Comdex/Fall is just too big -- Key3Media Group, the enterprise that now owns and produces the huge...
[November 13, 2000, 8:49]
