Stories by Matt Hamblen

Cisco unveils the Nexus 7000, its biggest switch ever

Cisco Systems Inc. Monday announced the biggest switch by far in its history, the Nexus 7000, which is designed for mission-critical data center use.

RIM to support IBM's Connections social networking software

Research in Motion Wednesday announced it will support IBM Lotus Connections on its BlackBerry smart phones, giving users access to the new social software for business.

Motorola mobile sales down; 2007 revenue drops 15%

Motorola Wednesday reported sales of US$36.6 billion (AU$41.9 billion) for 2007, a drop of about 15% from its 2006 sales of US$42.8 billion. The company attributed the drop largely to problems selling mobile devices.

MacBook Air has no WiMax; is Apple on to something?

WiMax-capable prototypes from several vendors were a big part of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week, but the faster wireless networking did not figure into the stylishly thin MacBook Air laptop announced at Macworld Tuesday.

CES - PC-to-Mac file transfer, Intel SSDs draw a crowd

Storage and data transfer technologies were in abundant display at CES, but a couple of new technologies attracted significant interest and crowds.

CES - Wireless power on its way

Wireless power to recharge cell phones, laptops and other devices was demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show this week by at least two vendors whose products are expected to reach consumers later this year.

CES - Reporter's notebook: Devices that everyone noticed

A visitor to the Consumer Electronics Show can't take in all the new products, but some devices caught the eye of just about everybody.

CES - IBM, Emotiv show advances in virtual reality worlds

Hundreds of products at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here are devoted to new ways to input data to a PC or gaming console, including a variety of inputs via voice commands or gestures that are registered via video detection.

CES - Microsoft, Yahoo tout big mobile plans

Google and Apple don't have major booths on the floor of the CES trade show, but they are very much on the minds of their competitors.

CES - OQO shows off WiMax-enabled ultramobile PC

WiMax high-speed wireless networks and devices will be a major topic of interest at CES, and OQO is demonstrating one the first devices to use the technology this week.

CES - Bluetooth SIG hits a landmark decade

It may seem hard to believe for some wireless aficionados, but the Bluetooth Special Interest Group is 10 years old, something that Bluetooth vendors plan to celebrate at a Consumer Electronics Show party in Las Vegas Tuesday night.

Virtualization for consumers? Cisco sees it down the road

Cisco Systems has a reputation for building massive networks for some of the largest organizations in the world.

WiMax plans moving ahead at Cisco

Cisco Systems' US$330 million (AU$376.8 million) acquisition of WiMax wireless provider Navini Networks should be completed in a matter of days, helping bring Cisco closer to its intention of bringing wireless broadband to emerging countries.

Cisco creates Entertainment Operating System

Cisco Systems made its biggest foray yet into the entertainment and social networking world by announcing plans late Tuesday for the Cisco Entertainment Operating System.

Cisco pitches collaboration technologies via videoconference

Using a Cisco TelePresence videoconferencing system to communicate live with IT leaders in other cities, CEO John Chambers kicked off Cisco's annual analyst conference this week.