How would you like a computer that’s, as one collector put it, “simpler, easier to understand… easier to program, a lot less susceptible to crashes, and… can’t be infected by the latest copycat Internet worm”? You might have to go back in time. In our latest “A Wider Net” story, take a trip through the history of computing and networking with computer museums that feature everything from the original Ethernet taps “pulled from the ceiling at Xerox PARC” to the world’s first router. Talk about legacy machines… http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105widernetvintage.html?net
How would you like a computer that’s, as one collector put it, “simpler, easier to understand… easier to program, a lot less susceptible to crashes, and… can’t be infected by the latest copycat Internet worm”? You might have to go back in time. In our latest “A Wider Net” story, take a trip through the history of computing and networking with computer museums that feature everything from the original Ethernet taps “pulled from the ceiling at Xerox PARC” to the world’s first router.
Talk about legacy machines…
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105widernetvintage.html?net
CES: Motorola chooses Motia’s smart antenna technology
It’s a technology that has been used in cell phone transmitters – and now wireless LAN devices can have it, too. Motorola is adopting smart antennas, which look for clients and transmit directly to them.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0107cesmot.html?net
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https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/ces.html?net
Tech CEOs: Hiring offshore workers helps U.S.
U.S. IT companies need to hire foreign workers in order to stay competitive in the global market, but the U.S. government could also help by passing laws that improve the country’s education system and encourage spending on IT products, says a report released by the Computer Systems Policy Project.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0107techceos.html?net
Interference questions dog broadband over power lines
Ham radio operators and at least one federal agency contend that broadband over power lines interferes with their radio signals, and if the radio operators have their way, the emerging technology that could offer Internet users another broadband service choice might not get off the ground in the U.S.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0107interquest.html?net
