Stories by Stephen Lawson

Microsoft patents on-body networking

Microsoft has a patent on a new kind of network: Your body.

NEC unit to admit defrauding needy schools

NEC-Business Network Solutions (NEC/BNS), a unit of NEC America, is set to plead guilty Thursday to defrauding a U.S. government program to help needy schools use the Internet.

Siemens moves to merge telephony, data center

Telephony servers now emerging are set to transform enterprise phone systems into just one more service provided through the corporate data center.

Microsoft goes open source with WiX tool

Anyone who thought Microsoft's settlement with long-time nemesis Sun Microsystems seemed surreal were in for another shocker Monday, when the software giant made some of its source code freely available on the Internet.

Vendors, carriers eye WiMax wireless broadband

Manufacturers and service providers looked at the emerging WiMax wireless technology last week and saw a possible rival to wired broadband services -- at the end of what some see as a long standardization process.

Network gear gets connected

Future networking devices such as switches and routers could meet new user demands more quickly and cost less after the completion this week of the ASI (Advanced Switching Interconnect) specification.

Linksys goes Hollywood with wireless DVD player

Two of the hottest consumer technology trends will come together early this year in a combined DVD player and wireless multimedia adapter from Cisco Systems Inc.'s Linksys division, introduced Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

In-flight Web, phone calls draws closer

On Monday, a provider of in-flight Internet access will move a step closer to delivering a system that may someday let airline passengers make calls from their own mobile phones.

Intel, partner team up on home automation

Intel is teaming up with a wireless control network vendor so consumers can control lights, thermostats and other devices through the same interface they use for wireless entertainment gear.

Sober virus in the wild but slow-moving

An e-mail-borne virus that apparently originated in Germany is in the wild but has not yet spread widely or affected many users, an antivirus researcher said Monday.

Motorola goes small with mobile architecture

Motorola introduced a mobile device architecture on Wednesday that it says will lead to smaller, less expensive and more secure devices for communications and entertainment.

Sony Ericsson adds video to P900 phone

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications went Hollywood with its smartphone platform, unveiling its P900, a successor to the P800, that can record video clips.

Apple should have used Intel chips, Sculley says

Apple Computer should have adopted the Intel architecture when it had the chance, former chief John Sculley said Tuesday.

WLAN coming to almost all notebooks, IDC says

Wireless LAN (WLAN) chips will plummet in price and show up in almost all notebook PCs by 2007, according to a new study by research company IDC, the report's author said Thursday.