April 18, 2001
Fast Company: Hard Cell.
Those maneuvers took place in early 2000. A little more than a year later, Gary Koerper has found vindication. His company, Kyocera Wireless Corp., has embraced his project -- a highly advanced "Smartphone" -- and is now manufacturing and shipping it by the truckload.
Industry Standard: Smart Call.
While the market's getting crowded with handheld devices that are the digital equivalent of the Swiss Army Knife, the unimaginatively named QCP 6035 is first-to-market with the industry's true killer app: a mobile phone and a Palm combined.
NY Times: Last Boom in Town: Demand Still Grows for Online Security.
But computer security has changed drastically in recent years, and thanks to the boom in computer attacks, security is burgeoning, too: investors have rewarded companies that try to ease the burdens that businesses face.
Economist: The human touch.
For these tasks, which require judgment, expertise and experience that cannot be easily captured in software, some firms have adopted the unusual tactic of using people as part of their network infrastructure. Such “cyborg” companies use computers as levers for the mind...
Computerworld: New Tools Address Denial-of-Service Threat.
Concerns about denial-of-service attacks are resulting in a growing number of products and services aimed at helping companies detect, trace and block the threat. But most of the technologies do little to prevent such attacks outright, users said.
Editor & Publisher: Seattle Gets Afternoon Web Update.
Seattlep-i.com, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Web site, has added an afternoon edition that includes fresh news, stocks, sports, weather, and that evening's events. The 4 O'Clock News update will also include links to updated traffic reports and restaurant reviews.
Wired News: Minitel: The Old New Thing.
Nevertheless, even its most ardent proponents recognize that Minitel can’t hold out forever against the onslaught of the Internet. The momentum behind the Net is simply too great for this enduring symbol of l’exception française to survive in the long term.
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