John Cox

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com Inc., is one of the most famous e-commerce entrepreneurs in the world

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. formally has become a technology services company, providing an array of e-commerce services for leading U.S. retailers.

Cisco Systems Inc. this week will answer the challenge of a pack of aggressive wireless LAN switch vendors with a plan for managing WLANs across an enterprise network.

You have a wireless LAN with 50 access points. You manage it using running shoes, bailing wire and spit. Now, a host of companies say they've got a solution and it looks a lot like something you already use: an Ethernet switch.

Medical students at The Ohio State University in Columbus are no longer tethered to their desks, thanks to an US$8,000 project that lets them carry a key application with them on hospital floors.

Just when you thought you were starting to get a handle on wireless LAN (WLAN) switches, a new company introduces a WLAN router.

Starbucks Corp.'s rollout of public access wireless LAN hotspots in its coffee shops is paying off, according to a company executive speaking at this week's CTIA 2003 show in New Orleans.

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is deploying an 802.11a, 54M bit/sec wireless LAN as part of a new strategy to create a much more interactive classroom, where cadets are not simply passive listeners to an information broadcast by a teacher, but active participants. A high-speed wireless LAN is one element in creating this interactivity.