Wayne Rash

NEW YORK—Mobotix, the German maker of high-resolution, full-frame-rate digital security cameras, announced at C3 Expo here that it has released the highest-resolution, lowest-cost addition to its IP camera line. The M22M includes the ability to monitor sounds as well as video images and delivers up to 30 frames per second at 640-by-480-pixel resolution, which is […]

NEW YORK—Research In Motions co-CEO and Chairman James Balsillie says the company will release a version of its popular BlackBerry handheld device by the end of the year that includes both Wi-Fi and cellular technology. In addition, RIM, of Waterloo, Ontario, will expand its BlackBerry Connect service in the United States, with the service coming […]

NEW YORK—Red Hat Chairman, CEO and President Matthew Szulik told attendees at the C3 Expo here that open-source software is already highly successful. Szulik was the opening keynote speaker at the C3 conference the week of June 26. He said the best-known open-source product, Linux, already runs on 13 platforms ranging from laptop computers to […]

NEW YORK—Transitive CEO Bob Wiederhold announced on June 27 a new version of the companys virtualization software, QuickTransit, for Solaris/SPARC applications. The new software will allow Intel-based computers running Linux to run Solaris/SPARC applications in the same memory space as Linux applications. This makes QuickTransit different from products such as VMware, which can run several […]

West Kingston, R.I.—American Power Conversion is bringing out a new version of its InfraStruXure line of power backup and management devices aimed at the small and midsize business market. A company spokesperson revealed the details on this new system at a meeting at the companys headquarters here. The new InfraStruXure is coupled with a SmartUPS […]

Good Technology is releasing its new service for IBM Lotus Domino users that will allow wireless PDA and smart phone users to have access to their Notes e-mail remotely. The new product, Good Mobile Messaging for IBM Lotus Domino, will support a wide variety of wireless platforms, such as the new Motorola Q, Palm Treo […]

WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, told eWEEK on June 22 that he does not want any sort of net neutrality legislation to be part of the telecom bill currently being debated by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. “Until somebody tells me what net neutrality means, until they can give me a definition, I dont […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on June 21 approved two changes in Universal Service Fund charges for carriers. The first was to change the “Safe Harbor” percentage for wireless carriers from 28.5 percent to 37.1 percent. The second was to require VOIP (voice over IP) carriers to contribute to the USF with a “Safe Harbor” […]

Motorola will be making a new mesh networking device designed to work in a cable broadband environment, the company said in an announcement June 20 at the Cable-Tech Expo in Denver. According to the Schaumburg, Ill., companys announcement, the new product, which draws on Motorolas wireless expertise as well as its dominant position in the […]

WASHINGTON—Saying that proposed changes to the telecom bill currently working its way through the U.S. Senate will hurt consumers, the American Consumer Institute has announced that its pressing senators to leave any regulatory provisions out of their legislation. The public policy group, which studies a wide range of consumer issues, presented an economic study by […]