Stories about: Xerox

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Ethernet is right up there with magnetic resonance imaging, the LP record, air bags, and soft contact lenses. So says the National Inventors Hall of Fame, which included Bob Metcalf, inventor of the ubiquitous LAN technology, in its latest round of inductees.

Xerox research subsidiary, the Palo Alto Research Center, has struck a licensing deal with a high-profile startup in the hopes of building a search engine that could one day rival, Google.

The Internet Archive has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand its book-digitizing efforts, which so far have resulted in the scanning of about 100,000 books now available on the group's Web site.

Electronic Data Systems predicts large customers will save 20 percent over the life of a contract for if they buy into its new Agility Alliance.

IT infrastructure services giant EDS has drawn a line in the sand over the way it intends to drum up new infrastructure business, with selective sourcing, open source and IBM definitely not part of the equation.

Australian IT professionals wanting to build up their skills as computer hackers will be able to do so next month with the launch of a new certified ethical hackers program course.

Intel and Xerox have co-developed a range of microprocessors which will allow digital imaging product manufacturers to bring products to market more quickly, and with a broader range of features, the companies announced Wednesday.

Everybody probably wishes they looked as good at 30 as Ethernet.

JBoss Group LLC will release the developer version of an upgrade to its open-source Java application server this week, employing a programming model that it says should make life easier for developers creating Web applications for large enterprises.

Looking to formalize its royalty-free standards position in May, the World Wide Web Consortium on Wednesday began the final review period for its patent policy.