Posted on December 1st, 2000 by admin
Dallas Semiconductor has introduced a wearable Java-based computer for applications like network security, building access, and electronic signatures. LinkUp Systems has announced support for Tao Group’s Java Virtual Machine for Internet appliances and other convergence products. And on the refreshment front, Lavazza, a European kitchen-appliance manufacturer, has introduced an Internet-connected coffee machine based on eDevice’s [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2000 by admin
These days, the name of the game for OS vendors is creating a vast and experienced developer community. The availability of programming talent weighs heavily into OS selection. For example, the fact that legions of programmers know Windows might spur a product-development team to pick that OS, even when another choice might be technically superior. [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2000 by admin
Despite Intel’s continuing efforts to derail it, the IEEE 1394 standard (called Firewire by Apple and iLink by Sony) keeps gaining momentum. Ample support now makes it easy to add the fast point-to-point interface to PC products. However, developers of embedded systems including Internet appliances have had little help. Microware plans to rectify that situation [...]
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Posted on May 1st, 2000 by admin
If support in the developer community is any indication of success, then Palm will continue to prosper. The company just announced that more than 50,000 developers have registered to create applications for the Palm OS. In one of the latest announcements, Club Photo announced a product that allows Apple users to download and display color [...]
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Posted on March 7th, 2000 by admin
Close to 40 years after three inmates fled from the supposedly escape-proof Alcatraz island prison, the search for them — dead or alive — continues.
The U.S. Marshal’s Service says the Alcatraz escape is its oldest open case. Since 1979, it has continued to follow leads, mostly dead ends.
FBI documents and a [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2000 by admin
Trying to meet the burgeoning demand for connected, multimedia-capable appliances, QNX Software Systems, Criterion Software, RealNetworks, and 3dfx Interactive have teamed to offer an open product-development tool suite. Companies that want to offer game consoles, set-top boxes, Internet radios, and other convergence devices can significantly accelerate the design cycle using the tools. The partnership helps [...]
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Posted on January 1st, 2000 by admin
Content to let others duke it out in the PDA and cell-phone markets, startup FlashPoint Technology is targeting its Digita OS for imaging products such as digital cameras, scanners, and printers. Digita can host add-on software, and FlashPoint believes an extensible OS will be popular for imaging products. The company claims [...]
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Posted on January 1st, 2000 by admin
Until Universal plug-and-play or Jini arrives, Hewlett-Packard’s JetSend may offer the best alternative to linking PDAs, palmtops, and digital cameras directly to printers. To print today, you usually have to upload the data to a host PC for printing, or at the very least make sure your device has a printer-specific [...]
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