Stories about: Network Communications

Whitfield Diffie has been credited with making privacy possible in the digital age. As a co-inventor of public key cryptography, he is one of the most respected contributors to the field of computer security and is in constant demand as a speaker.

Web 2.0 might mean something different to nearly everyone familiar with the term. According to Fidelity Labs' Charles Berman, it could one day mean wider use of colorful, 3-D, graphical interfaces along the lines of what you see in virtual worlds like Second Life and popular games like World of Warcraft on business Web sites and desktops.

A pair of powerful earthquakes off the coast of Taiwan damaged undersea cables and disrupted telephone and Internet access in Asia on Wednesday.

Users of high-performance computers are already making plans for x86-based, quad-core processors due from Intel next month and from Advanced Micro Devices by mid-2007.

WiMax equipment and component makers this week announced steady progress on fixed wireless broadband products but looked eagerly to a future mobile WiMax as industry participants gathered at the Wireless Communications Alliance's WCA International Symposium & Business Expo in San Jose, California.

If you're looking for a cost-effective way to off-load voice traffic onto your data network, but can't choose between the alphabet soup of voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) standards on offer, your decision may soon be simplified.

The National Security Agency, the government's security arm, along with help from Network Associates Inc., last week announced it has made a security-enhanced version of Linux available for download.

Top executives from Intel Corp. outlined the company's plans for encouraging and speeding the development of sophisticated wireless applications and of peer-to-peer computing.

In a move aimed at bolstering its mobile communications offerings, Intel has announced the takeover of Xircom. The acquisition complements Intel's existing network access businesses because it now will be able to provide products for notebook and mobile computing.