Stephen Lawson - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Stephen Lawson

Article | 16/12/2004 FCC to consider allowing cell phones on planes

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday kicked off efforts that could reshape the communications services available to airline p...

Article | 22/11/2004 First software-defined radio approved

A technology that could transform wireless communications got a boost on Friday when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced its fi...

Article | 1/10/2004 Nortel details plans to lay off 3,250 employees

Nortel Networks will lay off approximately 1,400 employees in the US and about 950 in Canada, with those employees to be notified by the end of June 2...

Article | 30/09/2004 Linksys goes dual-band on Wi-Fi

With its eyes on the future of home entertainment and a relatively uncluttered band of radio spectrum, Cisco Systems' Linksys division on Wednesday un...

Article | 23/09/2004 Study shows DSL leading in broadband growth

Broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) led a global boom in broadband Internet access over the 12 months ended June 30, growing to about 78 million t...

Article | 9/09/2004 Rosedale chips fuel Intel's WiMax drive

Intel expects its first-generation WiMax chips to spawn devices for wireless broadband end users that cost less than US$200 and won't require a visit ...

Article | 10/08/2004 Google, Yahoo reach licensing deal

Google Inc. will license technology patented by Yahoo Inc. subsidiary Overture Services in one of two dispute settlements that the Internet search gia...

Article | 29/06/2004 Sun reveals Java work with Nokia, Vodafone

Sun Microsystems will leverage Java for more advanced mobile phone applications through deals announced Monday with Nokia and Vodafone Group..

Article | 24/06/2004 Microsoft patents on-body networking

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

Article | 31/05/2004 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...

Article | 4/05/2004 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.

Article | 6/04/2004 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...

Article | 27/01/2004 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 --...

Article | 22/01/2004 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 AS...

Article | 9/01/2004 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 S...