An Australian PhD student claims to have developed a method for squeezing extra bandwidth out of ordinary copper lines. The improvement could extend the life of copper infrastructure, allowing it to...

Although the IEEE 802.11n standard has not yet been officially accepted, many manufacturers have jumped on the draft standard, most notably Cisco. The introduction of 802.11n devices to the Wi-Fi...

Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a technique that may revolutionize data storage within a few years. The technology, which involves manipulating charged copper particles is...

IDC reports that the pace of Linux server adoption has slowed because the rate of Unix migration to Linux has also slowed. In comparison to the growth of Windows-based servers, the growth rate of...

(Photo Courtesy of IBM) IBM Research and MediaTek are working on a chipset that will transmit data wirelessly at speeds of up to 2.5 Gb/second. The proposed chipset will take advantage of the 60 GHz...

Microsoft IIS is aiming to cut significantly into Apache's global installed user base, but according to the October 1 numbers posted at Security Space, the plan isn't coming off quite as...

The InfoTech Research Group has conducted a study of enterprises and their willingness to make social networking sites available to employees on company time. About half of the organizations surveyed...

Number 3 semi-conductor manufacturer texas instruments has developed a wireless microcontroller for processing passports and government IDs. The microcontroller uses FeRAM technology that provides...

According to statistics compiled by NetApplications, the popularity of Macintoshes is on the rise, jumping to nearly 7 percent, a 40 percent increase from a year ago. About half of Macintosh users...

In its monthly survey of IT professionals, outsourcing firm Hudson indicated that IT workers were more confident in the stability of their jobs than were employees in most other sectors. Overall,...

Microsoft has released Windows XP SP3 to its beta testers. The release co-incides with a hotfix for Windows Vista. The KB941649 Vista hotfix addresses several issues including battery life for mobile...

To the cheers of Yahoo! users worldwide, the company has announced that it will begin blocking fake e-Bay and PayPal emails in an effort to reduce phishing scams directed against its users. The...

Microsoft announced last week that it would extend the lifecycle of Windows XP, having earlier targeted January 2008 as the products end-of-life. The company now says that XP will remain available...

If you're in IT, you should be keeping a watchful eye on the housing market, according to former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. The downturn in the housing market is a bellweather for...

Earlier this month, WebEx released an upgraded version of its Web collaboration services. WebEx Fall 2007 includes more than 100 improvements to its market-leading Web collaboration suite. The new...

According to a recent survey by SupportSoft, two-thirds of IT managers are dissatisfied with help desk technology investments. Only one-third of respondents report that they are completely satisfied...

Information Week ran an interesting article last week on the emergence of mashups and the challenges they pose for IT. With a growing number of tools available to amateur developers, IT departments...

According to the National Association of Computer Consulting Businesses (NACCB), IT employment in August dipped slightly, countering an anticipated rise. The decline, .1 percent, represents a loss of...

Traditionally, "risk management" as it applied to IT, focused on security strategies designed to minimize, discourage or eliminate threats from hackers, disgruntled employees, and...

According to an article that appeared in the Washington Post last week, Comcast has begun to disconnect subscribers whom the cable provider says consume too much bandwidth. Comcast says that users...