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The wireless networking technology is starting to reach a critical mass, with a long list of products either on the market or ready to debut over the next year.
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Senator Richard Alston's Framework for the Future report came under fire before it was even released today, boding ill for the governments attempts to demonstrate it is acting decisively to improve Australia's ICT industry.
Frustrated by the lack of a copy protection standard that might help the digital content business reach the mainstream, a high-profile digital media group is taking matters into its own hands.
Developers of three-dimensional rendering technology for the Web known as X3D are bracing for a standards war with Intel--a former backer of the project--just as their recently sundered collaboration bears fruit.
BackWeb is banking that corporations will be receptive to revisiting push technology for B2B after retooling it to address the criticisms that had doused its popularity.
Lego Mindstorm's Vision Command System is an example of toys and technology converging. According to industry insiders, more such toys are on the way.
Technology was supposed to make us more productive, and it has. Voice recognition was supposed to make technology easier for us to use, and it has -- to some extent -- but it's been a long haul.
In a rush to market that's reminiscent of the dot-com bubble's headiest days, a stampede of companies is following Apple Computer pell-mell into the online music sales business.
Another tradition-bound industry is being swept up in the online exchange frenzy—this time it's the insurance business.
Just when consumers have learned to use--and pronounce--the wireless networks known as 802.11, along comes a few new versions that threaten to confuse the market.
When is an idea truly original? Should it be protected from copycats at all costs? Will patent enforcement inhibit free enterprise and hinder consumer satisfaction? These questions are plaguing e-commerce law-makers and practitioners as Web businesses inundate the US Patent and Trademark Office with patent proposals.
The so-called smart phones that will flood North America in the next several months may be too smart for their own good.
Hampered by high prices and disagreements over protocols, the much-hyped technology is now suffering a growing lack of support from industry leaders that could jeopardize its future.
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