Swatch, Microsoft launch wireless data watches
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Swiss watchmaker Swatch and US software company Microsoft have launched a new range of wireless data watches, the companies announced Wednesday.
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Microsoft and JiWire have struck a deal through which they will offer advertising on municipal Wi-Fi networks. The goal is to assess user willingness to tolerate advertising in return for free or subsidized access to Wi-Fi networks.
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Microsoft has previewed &quot;Whitehorse,&quot; a set of visual design tools intended to support the design and validation of Web services-based applications.
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Chip maker wants you to know about the benefits of a wireless network.
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New technologies wirelessly transmit high-definition video.
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Workshare announced an updated version of its content-protection suite Monday, adding a network-monitoring appliance to augment the company's standalone desktop-monitoring software.The network-based Protect Network appliance, which monitors outbound network Web, instant messaging, FTP, and mail channels, sits at either the network egress point or in front of critical data repositories. It is designed to prevent unauthorized transmission of content.It works in conjunction with other pieces of the company's Content Protection Group suite, including endpoint-security software, Workshare Protect 6, which monitors for unauthorized content use on the desktop. The Workshare Management System is a centralized policy and management server used to establish content-security policy through Workshare's pattern-matching technology."It analyzes what the content is, including whether encryption should be applied, and prompts the user or stops some kinds of transactions," says Marty Jost, senior director of product marketing. "Workshare will also detect hidden fields in spreadsheets, which users may include by mistake."Workshare makes use of a fingerprinting technology to protect unstructured data through automatic or manual blacklisting and whitelisting and can automatically crawl Microsoft file shares. When Workshare detects potential policy violations, it can notify the manager or block traffic.The latest version of the product provides enterprise-wide distribution and management of the software, making it easier to deploy than the previous version, which was manually installed. Workshare has 130 employees and was founded in 1998 by Barrie Hadfield, CTO, with $20 million in venture capital funding from Steelpoint Capital Partners, Intel Capital, and Quester.London-based Standard Chartered Bank, which has global operations that extend into Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, has tested the Workshare content-protection system and is poised to deploy it to approximately 60,0000 desktops worldwide."As a bank, we have a lot of sensitive information and account data as well as proprietary data," says John Meakin, group head of information security at Standard Chartered Bank. "We have to put in place a mechanism that tracks what happens across the network."Sometimes it's necessary for bank representatives in a mobile environment to share client data under certain circumstances, Meakin says, and Workshare would be useful in applying restrictions, such as checking to make sure data is encrypted before it's transmitted. "Workshare will enable us to see where the information is going and intervene," he says.Workshare Protect 6 costs $30 per seat, and the network-monitoring appliance starts at $5,000.Network World is an InfoWorld affiliate
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Swiss watchmaker Swatch on Wednesday introduced &quot;Paparazzi&quot; watches that use Microsoft&#39;s Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), giving Dick Tracy wannabes yet another watch brand to choose from.
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Technologists have long dreamed of using the Internet to send data about consumer products to shoppers in real time, wherever they happen to be. Researchers at Microsoft Corp. claim they're getting closer to making that happen.
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Microsoft and watch maker Swatch are offering a smart wristwatch that receives news, sports, weather and other information using Microsoft&#39;s MSN Direct broadcast technology.
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Researchers are developing an RFID-enabled watch system to help the memory-challenged find their stuff. But making sure it doesn't track too much is a big privacy concern. By Michael Bradbury.
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Microsoft Corp.  and watch maker Swatch  are offering a new line of wireless data watches, the companies said on Wednesday, bringing the era of Dick Tracy wristwatch radios one step closer.
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In the works: wearable products that use Bluetooth, a technology that lets devices communicate wirelessly over short ranges.
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The Web conferencing leader will release a product for sales calls that watches clients to see whether they pay attention.
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Microsoft researchers talk about a variety of location-based tools they are developing.
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BetaNews begins its countdown to next week's Consumer Electronics Show: From dual-mode handsets to a new technology dubbed Femtocell, hardware vendors and service providers are doing their best to meet a strong desire among consumers for seamless device connectivity across the growing tangle of networks.
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Microsoft has tuned up its software for service providers, but consumers shouldn't expect much in the near future.Photos: Is IPTV software ready for prime time?IPTV chugs along
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Radar Networks is unveiling a new tool that provides a smarter way to find information and increase productivity.