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NetFlash: Talk about legacy machines…

Opinion
Jan 08, 20042 mins
Networking

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

For more updates from the Consumer Electronics Show, see:

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