With its Java Technology for the Wireless Industry 'road map', released on Thursday, Sun and its allies began exercising a little more control over Java, which carriers use to sell downloadable games, ring tones or business applications.
Although the current equipment is non-WiMax compliant, Alvarion says that 5.8GHz WiMax equipment is on its road map. BT press officer Ross Cook said: "Northern Ireland is the first place to adopt radio [broadband] and a lot of people will be...
The software maker has not had a full release of its desktop operating system since Windows XP debuted in October 2001, although the company has shipped specialised versions of the operating system, such as the Tablet PC and Media Center editions.
A £2.2m project to create a 3D map of the pipes and cables buried under UK roads is aiming to reduce road works and cut accidents caused by workmen digging through electricity lines. Tony Cohn, professor of automated reasoning at Leeds and lead...
He said: "We have a big franchise, so it's important that customers have a road map. IBM is bringing more of its WebSphere middleware suite to the mainframe, part of ongoing investments to keep the venerable server modern and cost-effective.
Microsoft announced its road map and pricing for web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses. Enabling telecommuting, which many employers and workers increasingly favour, is likely to be a selling point for the...