Susan Kuchinskas

The Wi-Fi market is about to undergo a sea change, according to a report from Dell’Oro Group. The Redwood City, Calif.-based research firm said that although enterprises will continue to embrace wireless data communications using 802.11 protocols, most segments of the market will decline by 2007. Dell’Oro Group said it expects the wireless LAN/802.11 market […]

Microsoft gave its aging operating systems a reprieve today, announcing that it won’t end extended support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) and Windows Millennium Edition (ME) as scheduled. Users of these elderly, but still useful, operating systems will be able to get paid support and critical security “hotfixes” until June 30, 2006. […]

Sun Microsystems has taken the last of its Cobalt line of server appliances off the shelves. Server appliances were highly regarded at one time. The appliance movement rose out of demands for integrated hardware/software solutions and the move to standardize software workloads, server components and hardware. Analysts predicted the market for the machines that would […]

The Center For Democracy and Technology released a report criticizing spyware and downloadable adware programs for deceiving consumers and wreaking havoc with their computers. The Washington, D.C.-based CDT is a public policy non-profit that advocates privacy, freedom of expression and open use of Internet technologies — and challenging surveillance on the Net is one of […]