V.92 standard will add speed, take phone calls
The microelectronics group of Lucent Technologies Inc. of Murray Hill, N.J., this fall will begin incorporating new V.92 features into its analog modem chip set to speed upstream data transmissions, establish Internet connections faster and let PC users accept telephone calls without dropping an Internet connection.
This screen is great for text; moving images are another story
Users who do intensive work such as computer-aided design or Web authoring will probably like IBM Corp.'s new flat-screen portrait monitor.
INTERNAUT
Cheap and fast are the bywords when small organizations opt out of maintaining their own Web servers or business applications and turn to low-cost service providers. If needs change, they can abandon their new providers just as fast without forfeiting lots of money or locking themselves into certain platforms.
Microsoft Internet keyboard has the right touch, plus USB
Joe. Java. That steaming mug of coffee is enemy No. 1 to the keyboard. One little spill and sometimes the keys no longer work.
At IRMCO, peers honor GSA's Bates and FBI team
SEPT. 5'Sandra Bates, the commissioner of the Federal Technology Service, and a systems team at the FBI yesterday received service awards at the Interagency Resources Management Council 2000 conference in Williamsburg, Va.
Personal Firewall blocks unwanted'and wanted'traffic
As always-on digital subscriber line and other broadband technologies become the norm for remote access, firewall protection is a necessity. But no one wants a security tourniquet to cut off the inward flow of information.
System Commander 2000 keeps dual OSes in harness
Many power users would like to have more than one operating system available on a single computer, but a lack of storage usually has prevented them.
Line printer refuses to go the way of the dinosaur
Reports of the death of line printers have been greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain.
LAB NOTES
Virtual Copier or organizer? Go to <a href="ftp://ftp.virtualcopier.com/2.1/VC21DCTr.exe">ftp://ftp.virtualcopier.com/2.1/VC21DCTr.exe</a> to download a trial version of Virtual Copier software from Imagination Software Inc. of Silver Spring, Md. It files and retrieves scanned paper documents for printing, copying, e-mailing or use in several groupware applications.
Missouri and Utah CIOs leave for private sector
SEPT. 5—Missouri and Utah are losing their chief information officers to the private sector.
Fingerprint access isn't yet handy enough
Get ready to replace passwords with patience if you plan on moving to biometric log-ons.
Census signs five-year contract with SAS for software, services
The Census Bureau has signed a $16.5 million, five-year contract with SAS Institute Inc. for unlimited use of the Cary, N.C., company's software and services.
Execs: Linux not ready for DOD prime time
The Linux open-source operating system has yet to find a place in the command and control market, speakers said last month at the LinuxWorld trade show in San Jose, Calif.
Compaq rolls out thin, rack-mount servers
Compaq Computer Corp.'s thin-server products include a 1.75-inch-high unit with a 133-MHz front-side bus and up to 4G of memory.
CYBER EYE
A little more than 200 years ago, Dr. Edward Jenner discovered he could protect people against the smallpox virus by vaccinating them.
Silanis' electronic signature app is ready for use with XML forms from JetForm
Silanis Technology Inc. of Montreal has released a version of its ApproveIt electronic signature application for use with Extensible Markup Language forms from JetForm Corp. of Ottawa.
FCC takes payments online
The Federal Communications Commission now accepts credit card payments for many of its license applications, renewals and routine regulatory fees.
POWER USER
AutoCAD 2000i has adopted online collaboration in a big way. I recently tried the new incarnation of the industry-leading computer-aided design package from Autodesk Inc. of San Rafael, Calif., which extends the collaborative features of AutoCAD 2000, also known as AutoCAD R15.
FROM THE EDITOR
Your colleagues in Washington are involved in a rather epic pursuit: building a single Web portal to the entire federal government.
THE 50 STATES
HI, DAD. The Public Health Department has posted information on its Web site to help Alabama-born adoptees get copies of their original birth certificates.
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