Matthew Broersma

LONDON—Enterprise voice-over-IP systems can be made reliable and secure, but to do it, many IT managers will have to do a lot more than theyre doing now, said security experts at this weeks VON Europe conference here. Executives from Alcatel, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc. and security firm Codenomicon Ltd. agreed that voice running on […]

LONDON—Enterprise might already be using voice over wireless LAN, but the technology is still far from perfect, admitted networking and telecom executives at this weeks VON Europe conference here. Even the most bullish said that a host of problems, from security to ease-of-use, need to be ironed out before wireless VOIP (voice over IP) can […]

LONDON—Traditional telecommunications providers, tied to their lucrative fixed voice services, are in danger of being swamped by innovative technology emerging from the fast-paced voice-over-IP sector, an analyst said Tuesday at the VON Europe conference here. Arguing that fragmentation is now the name of the game for telecom services, James Enck, global telecom strategist with Daiwa […]

Microsoft has been granted a U.S. patent on using short, long or double clicks on the same button to launch different applications—though only on “limited resource computing devices” such as PDAs or mobile phones. Now, U.S. companies that use such a variety of clicks on one button to launch separate software functions will have to […]

Symantec has identified the first virus that successfully infects 64-bit Windows executables, posing the first threat to an operating system that industry observers say is often left without antivirus protection. W64.Rugrat.3344 is a proof-of-concept virus that infects 64-bit executable files on Windows 64-Bit Edition running on Itanium processors, Symantec Corp. said Thursday. It doesnt require […]

Sun Microsystems has completed the design of its next-generation UltraSPARC processor, code-named Niagara, a move that industry observers say puts Sun on track for delivering the chip in late 2005 or early 2006. Niagara is considered crucial for keeping Sun in the processor market. The server maker confirmed that Niagara taped out Tuesday, meaning the […]

Chipmaker Broadcom Corp. on Monday announced a software tool designed to attack the problem of security on home wireless LANs by eliminating the need to manually enter network settings. At the same time, the Irvine, Calif.-based company said it would update its 54g chipset to increase the range of 802.11g products by as much as […]

The Symbian Ltd. operating system, controlled by a group of cell-phone handset makers, is likely to dominate the market for high-end “smart phones” for the rest of the decade, according to new research. Symbian has climbed to the top of the quickly growing smart-phone industry because of a combination of powerful backing and the fear […]

The European Commission has more than doubled the fine it had originally planned in its antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. because of Microsofts considerable financial resources, according to the full text of the decision, due for publication this week. The decision, which leaked widely on Thursday and was published by the online edition of the […]

T-Mobile has switched on Wi-Fi hot spots at more than 100 Texaco service stations along major roads in the United Kingdom, the company said on Wednesday. The Texaco stations are the latest additions to T-Mobile HotSpots international network of several thousand hot spots. The mobile phone carrier bundles Wi-Fi access with GPRS (General Packet Radio […]