* Test: Voice over Wireless LAN * Microsoft patches Windows, offers malware removal tool * IBM retains patent crown, frees 500 patents for open source use * Microsoft CFO retires * Today on Layer 8
We tested the VoIP capabilities of WLAN switches and access points from Aruba, Chantry (now Siemens), Cisco and Colubris in terms of audio quality, QoS enforcement, roaming capabilities, and system features. See who came out on top – and who declined to participate – and learn why adding VoIP to a WLAN, in theory an easy move, is actually rather difficult. Test: Voice over Wireless LAN http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/011005rev.html?net
We tested the VoIP capabilities of WLAN switches and access points from Aruba, Chantry (now Siemens), Cisco and Colubris in terms of audio quality, QoS enforcement, roaming capabilities, and system features. See who came out on top – and who declined to participate – and learn why adding VoIP to a WLAN, in theory an easy move, is actually rather difficult.
Test: Voice over Wireless LAN
https://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2005/011005rev.html?net
Microsoft patches Windows, offers malware removal tool
On its first “patch Tuesday” in 2005, Microsoft offered patches for several serious Windows security holes and released a new tool that lets users remove malicious software from their PCs. Additionally, Microsoft said it now has a formal closed beta test program for testing security updates.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0111micropatch.html?net
IBM retains patent crown, frees 500 patents for open source use
IBM received more U.S. patents than any other company in 2004, marking the 12th consecutive year Big Blue has topped the list of patent winners. To celebrate the occasion, IBM pledged to make available 500 of the software patents it holds to the open source community. This decision however, was greeted with cautious optimism by some of the open source developers it was intended to help.
IBM retains patent crown, frees 500 patents for open source use
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0111ibmopens.html?net
Developers voice mixed reactions to IBM patent policy
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0112develvoice.html?net
Microsoft CFO retires
Microsoft’s CFO John Connors is retiring from the company to become a partner in a Seattle-area venture capital firm, the company announced on Tuesday.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2005/0111connors.html?net
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Greenies target Apple’s rotten recycling record; hacker hits Secret Service e-mail; the mobile phone virus starts at home; and “The Daily Show” is coming to your cell phone; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
