Laura Rohde
Rohde is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
Cisco targets IP phone flaw
Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday reacted to a warning from the U.K.'s National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) that it had discovered a software flaw capable of causing the company's IP (Internet Protocol)...
U.K. jumps back on the biometric I.D. card bandwagon
The U.K. government on Wednesday reintroduced its high-tech plans for a national identity card program using biometric technology, this time promising to answer concerns raised by the opposition parties earlier in the year over civil...
U.K. jumps back on the biometric ID-card bandwagon
The Labour government of U.K. Prime Minster Tony Blair has again committed itself to establishing a system of ID cards with embedded chips that carry personal information and biometric identifiers.
Vodafone adds users but warns that growth will slow
Mobile phone giant Vodafone Group PLC on Tuesday reported a 2 percent increase in revenue for its fiscal year 2005 while narrowing its losses. The company's chief executive officer (CEO) warned that high levels of market penetration...
PalmSource CEO steps down
Following in the footsteps of its former parent company, PalmSource Inc. is parting ways with its first chief executive officer (CEO) and will be headed by an executive within the company on an interim basis as it searches for a...
PalmOne gives interim CEO full-time gig
PalmOne Inc. has taken the term "interim" out of Ed Colligan's job title, making him the company's new chief executive officer (CEO) and president, the PDA (personal digital assistant) maker announced Monday. The move comes just days...
W3C moves forward with mobile Web initiative
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) formally launched the Mobile Web Initiative at its WWW2005 Conference in Chiba, Japan, on Wednesday, putting out a call for participants to join two working groups focused on making Web access from...
W3C gets proactive with Mobile Web Initiative
Group will develop authoring guidelines, checklists and tips on things to avoid, all with an aim of helping content providers develop Web content that works well on mobile devices.
British Airways takes off with Cisco VOIP
British Airways PLC (BA), Europe's third-largest airline, has tapped Cisco Systems Inc. to build a telephone system using VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) for its 14,000 office and airport workers, Cisco announced Wednesday.The...
LifeDrive on the horizon for PalmOne
PalmOne Inc. plans a new category of mobile computing products called mobile manager, and will unveil the first such device later this month, the company said in a statement Monday. But it appears Amazon.com Inc. has beaten PalmOne...
LifeDrive PDA on the horizon for PalmOne
PalmOne is expected to unveil a new mobile device next week for users looking to carry, file and manage content such as music and video.