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PacketHop Wireless Mesh Network Survives Initial Trial
PacketHop Inc.’s wireless mesh network has successfully passed a field test by several California state agencies, according to the company’s CEO. PacketHop, whose software is designed to reroute and heal a constantly shifting mesh of wireless connections, was put to the test by the Golden Gate Safety Network, a collection of 12 agencies, including representatives…
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Microsoft, RSA Detail New Dual-Layer Security System
RSA Security Inc. on Tuesday announced a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to develop a version of its SecurID token for the Windows operating system. Revealed at the RSA Conference here, the system will provide an additional layer of security for Windows customers. Under the new plan, users will only be asked to remember a single…
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nPhase and Avnet Applied Computing Solutions Tackle M2M
Avnet Applied Computing Solutions, a specialized integrator of single-purpose computing solutions, and nPhase, a machine-to-machine (M2M) technology company, will collaborate on a new wireless M2M solution. The joint solution will combine both companies’ software engineering, solution design, system integration, life-cycle management and monitoring services into a single wireless offering. The companies announced the new solution…
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Acxiom, TransUnion Introduce Fraud Management Platform
Government and industry sources say fraud losses in the financial services, telecommunications and insurance industries is a multi-billion dollar problem. Identity theft alone reached $1.5 billion in 2002 and is expected to grow to $8.6 billion by 2006, according to a Federal Trade Commission study. Longtime partners TransUnion, a Chicago-based solutions provider specializing in business…
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Decision Nears on Contentious Domain Name Service
The overseer of the Internet’s domain naming system is closer to approving a controversial service for back-ordering Web addresses. The subject of past lawsuits and congressional hearings, the wait listing service, or WLS, is expected to be the most contentious issue during next week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in…
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Yukon to Ship with Features Securely Off
In an effort to make it more secure, Microsoft Corp.’s “Yukon” version of its SQL Server database will ship with certain features turned off, according to Microsoft Director of Product Management for SQL Server Tom Rizzo, in Redmond, Wash. Rizzo said that, while it’s too early to say exactly which features will be turned off,…
