John Cox

Senior Editor, Infrastructure

 

jcox@nww.com (978) 834-0554 Fax: (978) 834-0558

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Recent articles by Cox

Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health problems caused by hormone imbalance, letter says - Network ...
Jan. 05, 2009
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been suffering from a hormone imbalance that's led to a gradual but steady weight loss for most of the past year.

Macworld Expo 2009: Wall Street's vote on the Apple keynote -- booooorrrring | NetworkWorld ...
Jan. 06, 2009
Wall Street had its own reaction to Apple's Last Macworld Keynote: boring. Reuters reports that Apple's stock price slid 0.7% from the start to the end of the day, even as the NASDAQ overall gained 1.7%. The stock ...

Tweetie: multi-account Twitter client for iPhone | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jan. 06, 2009
Twitter-on-the-go addicts can use Tweetie, an Apple iPhone (and iPod Touch) application that lets you manage multiple Twitter accounts. At Oreilly's Inside iPhone blog, Dave Aiello likes Tweetie so much, he wonders ...

Macworld Expo 2009: New 17-inch Macbook Pro, with 8 hours of battery life | NetworkWorld. ...
Jan. 06, 2009
Apple today showed what you can do with battery technology on a notebook computer. This is the part I find fascinating about Apple: yes, the graphics are hot, the MacBook itself is cool, Mac OS X isn't Windows and so ...

Macworld Expo 2009: the "Other Steve" - Wozniak -- shows up at Expo | NetworkWorld.com ...
Jan. 06, 2009
Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn't, but Apple's other Steve, Steve Wozniak, showed up today at Macworld Expo 2009 doing what he loves to do: enthuse over cool stuff. Former PC World editor Harry McCracken, and now ...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health problems caused by hormone imbalance, letter says - Network ...
Jan. 05, 2009
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been suffering from a hormone imbalance that's led to a gradual but steady weight loss for most of the past year.

Microsoft's mobile challenge: creating a browser you can love
Dec. 19, 2008
With the pending 2009 release of Internet Explorer Mobile 6, Microsoft is making a major change in its approach to the mobile Web. And it's about time, according to some.

Reproduction of 2,100-year-old calculator deepens mystery
Dec. 17, 2008
A new working model of a 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator reveals the sophistication and precision of mathematics, astronomy and engineering in the ancient world.

Macworld 2009 will be Apple's last
Dec. 16, 2008
Apple Tuesday announced that the January 2009 Macworld Conference & Expo will be its last.

Trapeze swings for Newbury Networks
Dec. 15, 2008
WLAN vendor Trapeze Networks - itself owned by Belden - Monday announced  its acquisition of Newbury Networks, a Boston-based vendor of WLAN-based location systems.

Computing for Good: Web technology to solve human problems
Dec. 11, 2008
Two Georgia Tech students created an easy-to-use Web application that lets health agencies in Africa monitor and protect blood supplies. It's one of several projects from the schools' Computing for Good course, and part ...

IT struggles to close the cell phone gap
Dec. 08, 2008
Want or need to bridge the gap between cellphones and enterprise networks? You've got options when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence (FMC).

Broadcom combines 11n WiFi, Bluetooth, FM radio on one chip
Dec. 08, 2008
Broadcom Monday is unveiling a chip that packages 802.11n, enhanced data rate Bluetooth and FM radio for mobile phones.

Macworld Expo 2009: Apple's "iPhone gloves" patent | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jan. 05, 2009
Engadet picked up a new patent filing by Apple (hat tip to Jason Grigsby): for gloves with an inner layer of material that will work with the iPhone touchscreen. The idea apparently is being able to use the iPhone's ...

Macworld Expo 2009: Jobs' health, Apple's future | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jan. 05, 2009
Macworld Expo 2009 kicks off this week, the last of these shows for Apple itself, and the first in a decade without the opening Tuesday keynote by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. But Jobs has stolen the spotlight today: with ...

Mobile phone market continues to weaken
Dec. 04, 2008
Weakening economies are slowing sales of low- and high-end mobile phones.

Nokia's new N97 vs. the iPhone: Latest smartphone showdown
Dec. 02, 2008
Nokia N97 vs. Apple iPhone: Nokia swings for the fences with new N97 "mobile computer" designed to blend tightly with mobile Web services and applications.

Five steps to creating a "mobile office"
Nov. 24, 2008
The Canadian expert agency shares five steps for creating a mobile office.

Aruba reports record revenue, but non-GAAP net income drops
Nov. 20, 2008
On the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued its fall, by another 455 points, WLAN vendor Aruba Networks reported record first quarter revenue, but also a much higher net loss compared to a year ago.

Plug-and-surf Wi-Fi module and solar-powered access point on tap from Meraki - Network ...
Nov. 20, 2008
Meraki has unveiled two products that make it even simpler to deploy its Wi-Fi mesh network, one that fits into a electrical wall outlet, the other that runs without relying on an electrical grid at all.

Proxim unveils 802.11n access points
Nov. 18, 2008
Proxim Wireless has released its first draft-802.11n wireless LAN access points, with throughput ranging from 170M to 320Mbps and list price tags of $800 and $1,100.

Challenges mount for ultra-wideband wireless
Nov. 06, 2008
When WiQuest shut down operations recently, it was yet another jolt to ultra-wideband wireless, which underlies wireless USB products.

Facebook key to campus identity, but also a distraction
Oct. 31, 2008
Facebook and MySpace have become essential elements in the campus “experience” for Arizona State University freshmen, according to a recent ASU research project.

Education IT chiefs debate open source
Oct. 30, 2008
The concept of open source software seems so firmly entrenched in higher education that it comes as almost a shock to realize there's actually a debate over it.

Five questions for Educause President Diana Oblinger
Oct. 30, 2008
A conversation with Educause President Diana Oblinger on the latest issues involving education and IT.