China Airlines signs for Boeing in-flight Internet
Taiwanese carrier plans to install service on long-range aircraft by late 2004 China Airlines Ltd. has become the latest Asian carrier to signal that it intends to equip its aircraft with a broadband Internet system supplied by The Boeing Co.,…
Subtraction by addition
Spin doctors at Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems and Oracle are telling us this week that the formation of the Java Tools Community organization should help provide for a smoother path to interoperability between Java tools. So now, we can add…
Interference questions dog broadband over power lines
Groups claim emerging technology disrupts radio signals Ham radio operators and at least one U.S. 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…
Veritas to buy Ejasent for $59 million
Veritas to offer UpScale tool for making upgrades and maintenance faster, cheaper Storage software maker Veritas Software Corp. has agreed to acquire application virtualization technology developer Ejasent Inc. for $59 million in cash, Veritas said Wednesday. Ejasent’s principal product is…
Infineon launches its first flash memory chip
As next step, Infineon plans to increase NAND-compatible chip’s capacity from 512Mb to 2Gb Nearly one year after establishing a joint venture targeting the lucrative market for flash memory chips, German chip maker Infineon Technologies AG and Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.…
Survey: Interest in grid computing grows
One in five companies is seriously considering deploying grid technology One in five companies may deploy grid technology during the next two years, according to a survey of some 550 database administrators and developers by Evans Data Corp. Santa Cruz,…
Linux platform being developed for Asia
Japan’s Miracle Linux and China’s Red Flag Software collaborate on creating Asianux Japan’s Miracle Linux Corp. and China’s Red Flag Software Co. Ltd. are jointly developing a Linux server platform for corporate and government users in the Asian market. Working…
Ex-Microsoft exec to head Macromedia mobile unit
Juha Christensen named president of unit focused on expanding use of Macromedia’s Flash Juha Christensen resigned as Microsoft Corp. corporate vice president of mobile devices in November to join a startup but has instead signed on with Macromedia Inc. Christensen…
MS offers broad beta of Windows Server 2003 for Opteron
Customer preview program makes beta version easily available Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday made broadly available a beta version of its Windows Server 2003 for systems using the Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) 64-bit Opteron processor. The beta version of Windows…
Jobs unveils new iPod Mini, GarageBand software
MacWorld Conference & Expo intrigues users SAN FRANCISCO – The iPod now has a sibling. Apple Computer Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs unveiled a slimmed down companion to its iPod portable music player during a keynote address at Apple’s user…
