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RSS ports in newsUS turns to tech to shore up its ports
News In addition to airports, ports featured heavily in Chertoff's speech. He said he has pushed Congress to approve over $500m in funding, and he noted that President Bush has asked for new technologies to screen cargo coming into US ports for nuclear... [20 Mar 2006]
System migration causes UK ports chaos
News Ports slid towards chaos last week as a major electronic customs clearance system tried to migrate from its mainframe to a Windows-based system. Community Network Services announced today at 13:00 that it had reverted to its mainframe system and... [09 Jun 2003]
Lineo ports Linux to PDAs
News Embedded Linux developer, Lineo, has ported the open source operating system to handhelds, whilst retaining support for Windows CE applications. According to Bryan Sparks, CEO of Lineo, Embedix PDA is designed to gradually lure developers away from... [25 Jan 2000]
Brainpower ports investment data to FINEST
News Brainpower, a developer of tools for investment professionals, has announced it will allow data from database vendor I/B/E/S to be integrated with Brainpower's analytical decision support tool, FINEST. [29 Oct 1999]
Lotusphere 2000: Lotus ports Notes for mobile devices
News Lotus is to offer a version of its Notes groupware software for mobile and Internet-based devices. Speaking at the seventh annual Lotusphere conference, Jeanette Medlin, director of marketing for Notes and Domino, announced the availability of... [19 Jan 2000]
Geo ports video streaming technology to Intel chips
News Video and audio streaming company Geo Interactive has formed an agreement with Intel to port its A2 MPEG 4 video decoder technology onto the chip giant's StrongARM processor, which is used in mobile devices. [15 Jun 2000]
IBM ports DB2 to Linux
News IBM has released a Linux version of its DB2 database software, adding further credibility to the upstart operating system (OS). IBM said Linux "offers users stability, functionality and value that rivals any platform in the industry". [03 Aug 1999]
Software AG ports Microsoft to Linux
News Linux, the free Unix-based operating system (OS), received another vote of support today. Software AG said it will support it with porting middleware, which allows data within a Linux environment to be sent to a DCOM-based (Distributed Component... [24 Aug 1998]
Lotusphere 99: Lotus ports Domino R5 to Linux
News Lotus is to port its Domino R5 groupware to the Linux operating system, but said it has no plans to run the Notes client on the open source operating system in the immediate future. Speaking exclusively to Silicon.com, VP of product management... [27 Oct 1999]
Intentia ports Movex software to Unix
News Swedish ERP vendor, Intentia, has launched a version of its Movex software for the Unix platform. The company has begun by offering Movex for IBM's AIX operating system, but it will bring out a version for the Project Monterey OS by August of next... [05 Nov 1999]
New Phatbot worm out there?
News A new variant of the Phatbot worm may be on the loose and attempting to attack SQL Server ports, according to a warning the SANS Institute issued on Monday. The worm probes Transmission Control Protocol ports 2745, 1025, 3127, 6129, 5000, 80 and... [20 Apr 2004]
Tiscali enters unmetered access arena
News Tiscali UK is launching into the national ISP market with a deal for unmetered dial ports from BT Wholesale. Unmetered dial ports are a means of providing consumers with permanent access to the internet for either a fixed or a low price. [03 Oct 2001]
Bush steps in to resolve dockers dispute
News For more than a week now, 29 West Coast ports have been closed by strike action, meaning a number of large technology firms have lost a crucial link in their supply chains. If the panel determines the parties have not been negotiating in good faith... [08 Oct 2002]
US fires up RFID immigration border trial
News The goal of the technology is to speed up - if not automate - secure entry and exit of visitors at the nation's ports, according to a Homeland Security press release. The chips are embedded in Customs and Border Protection Form I-94A, which the... [09 Aug 2005]
Olicom switches on to Ethernet
News One of the first products is the Crossfire 8730 translation switch which consists of four 100Mbps Ethernet ports and 20 TR ports. Token Ring (TR) vendor, Olicom has taken its first step to recognise Fast Ethernet. [11 Mar 1999]
