IT industry and Personal Computer (PC) news January
2006
IMLogic has been bought by Symantec. IMLogic supplies security for instant messenging systems. This acquisition
by Symantec could see a more robust and comprehensive Norton Internet Security
service coming soon.
VoWLAN is coming Well, a number of computer users can already do this, albeit in a pretty
complicated way, but everythings is going to change. This year we'll see
an increase in the popularity of this technology as more user friendly
systems become available. VoWLAN is Voice over Wireless Local Area Network
and will enable you to use your voice messenging services without the need
for your computer.
Intel's WiMax WorldWide Interoperability for Microwave Access. Intel plans to include
WiMax in its motherboards in 2007. WiMax will allow a much greater speed
and reliability for applications such as videoconferencing and Internet
Protocol Television. WiMax technology can broadcast over a 2 kilometre
radius and has speeds of up to 20 Megabits per second. It can be used to
broadcast TV programs to mobile phones.
Microsoft Windows for Apple Macs In San Francisco Microsoft announced that a five year agreement has
been signed with Apple so that Office software can be developed for Intel
Macs and PowerPCs. The new XML format will also be integrated into the
Mac software.
Clear views Want something funky for your fish tank neon lit computer? Why not
a clear-top drive?! Western Digital have just released the WD Raptor X
which has a see-through top so that you can see the drive working! 150GB,
16MB cache, 10,000 RPM. Now that the technology is there to create clear
vacuum sealed, sturdy drives, we may see more of them on the market. My
only concern is that this is just going to add to the stress if something
isn't working. "Oh no, the arm's not moving. Maybe something's wrong. Oh,
there it goes. Oh no, it's stopped again..."
Samsung 4 ms refresh Samsung have recently released their 4 millisecond refresh rate LCD
monitor. Twisted Nematic 730BF. Now that monitors are 4ms, we should be
able to watch movies on them without any problems, hopefully!
