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Five years ago: Netscape fires blank, MS bids for 'push' reins
News As Netscape fired a blank by releasing a new beta of its Communicator Web client yesterday that skipped the Netcaster broadcast capability, Microsoft was continuing its efforts to take over the reins of push technology.
[May 8, 2002, 7:31]
RoadSync for Series 80
Downloads Direct Push technology allows users to receive new e-mail messages, calendar, and contact information in real time Remote Wipe command allows IT administrators to wipe sensitive Exchange data from the device over the Web, in case a device gets...
[September 27, 2005, 8:00]
Quotes of the Week, May 12-16
News "A lot of people are riding this push technology bandwagon and everyone and his brother claims to have push technology. The technology's already in place. We sold it because the technology was too costly to build, it did not have upward mobility in...
[May 16, 1997, 14:50]
Research shows push email on the rise
News Push email is a technology that involves a company's email servers "pushing" mail to users' mobile phones as soon as it arrives, as opposed to the phones "pulling" email from the servers at the user's request.
[June 26, 2007, 13:30]
Orange push email trial nearly complete
News A London borough used as a Microsoft showcase has almost completed testing its push technology, which automatically sends new emails straight from a corporate mailserver to mobile devices as they arrive.
[March 22, 2006, 11:30]
Heavyweights back software distribution push
News Leading software companies are teaming up on a standard for distributing software electronically using so-called "push" technology. The move toward the standard for electronic distribution of software could reduce the need for using CD-ROM or...
[August 15, 1997, 9:17]
Push to talk heads for Wi-Fi
News Push-to-talk technology enables callers to connect to other cellphones with just the push of a single button, similar to a walkie-talkie. In the decade since the technology was developed by Nextel Communications and Motorola, push-to-talk services...
[August 12, 2004, 9:35]
IBM slams RFID criticism as 'anti-retail'
News A leading IBM executive has described critics of radio-frequency identification technologies as confused and described their push against the technology as masking an "anti-retail" thrust. Ian Adair, manager for e-business and wireless solutions...
[April 29, 2004, 16:20]
CES: Real makes a break for the TV
News RealNetworks is seeking to push its digital music technology past the personal computer in a bid to get closer to the way ordinary people listen to music. The company has also struck deals with a handful of chipmakers, including Hitachi, Philips...
[January 8, 2002, 9:29]
Nextel may expand 'push to talk' service
News Nextel Communications is exploring whether to offer a global version of its popular "push to talk" walkie-talkie feature for mobile phones, as rivals work on their own US-centric versions of the technology.
[May 21, 2003, 13:06]
BlackBerry 8800: a first look review
Reviews RIM has developed a reputation for turning its users into addicts, thanks largely to its pioneering push email technology, and its latest offering will do nothing to dispel that reputation. The phone includes noise-cancelling technology — this...
[February 13, 2007, 12:03]
Virtualisation in the Linux kernel
News A push is under way to endow Linux with a virtual partitioning technology used by rival operating systems to make servers more efficient. Before that, developers added a related technology, called "jails", to the FreeBSD version of Unix.
[January 20, 2006, 10:50]
RIM gets “Pushy” over new BlackBerry developer APIs
Blog Push technology provides a proactive mechanism for developers to deliver data (in the form of both content and alaerts) to BlackBerry smartphones via Java-based applications as it becomes available. This technology, according to RIM, enables online...
[May 7, 2009, 7:41]
Microsoft adds voicemail alert to .Net
News Microsoft on Monday said it will partner with Comverse Technology to offer voicemail message notification technology through its .Net Alerts service, another deal to bolster the software giant's mobile communications push.
[March 17, 2003, 16:22]
IE 4.0 UI tweaks will include return of double-clicking
News Through its testing, the company also found that only 40 percent of users have an active interest in the push technology, touted as a major feature of the new browser. Microsoft officials said they expect interest in the technology to grow as it...
[September 5, 1997, 11:40]
IBM turns virtual storage into a reality
News He says virtualisation technology can push utilisation rates to above 80 percent. They also may boost other companies selling virtualisation products, said Mike Kahn, managing director of technology consulting firm The Clipper Group.
[June 3, 2003, 11:56]
'Walkie-talkie' mobile phones face testing time
News Nextel Communications and two other carriers are expanding their services for a mobile phone walkie-talkie feature called push to talk -- but a new study predicts a turbulent next few months for the technology.
[June 24, 2003, 7:55]
IBM expands 'on-demand' computing
News IBM plans to add muscle to its "on-demand" computing push on Thursday with the debut of several efforts designed to help it defend its position of power in the technology world. We take everything we do at IBM -- hardware, storage, software...
[May 1, 2003, 7:47]
US regulators turn on to power-line broadband
News But the push for commercialising the technology appears to be growing. The FCC unanimously adopted an order designed to reaffirm and build on the first set of rules issued for the technology in 2004, which had drawn a number of reservations from...
[August 4, 2006, 11:20]
Veitch speaks: Expect a Net profit
News The author lists virtual reality markup language (VRML) and push technology as two examples. It is a similar situation with push technology. The piece went on to criticise the assumption that the rise of the Net was at the heart of an unprecedented...
[November 21, 1998, 14:26]
