CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Bluetooth is a short-range wireless networking technology that allows portable devices such as cell phones and handhelds to connect to one another and share data at transfer rates up to 720 kilobits per second. The emergence of other wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi and ultrawideband, has narrowed market opportunities for Bluetooth, but analysts still expect shipments of Bluetooth products to grow significantly. "Many of those other wireless technologies are complementary to Bluetooth," said Joyce Putscher, an analyst with research firm In-Stat/MDR. She added that the automotive industry will be one of the catalysts for continued growth of the technology.

Bluetooth chip shipments reached 69 million in 2003, up from 35.8 million in 2002, according to In-Stat/MDR, Shipments are expected to exceed 100 million in 2004, Chipmaker Broadcom is scooping up Bluetooth software company Widcomm for $49 million as it looks to find more customers of the short-range wireless networking technology, Irvine, Calif.-based Broadcom has signed an agreement to buy privately held Widcomm for $49 million in stock, The deal is expected to close by June 30, Broadcom is reserving about 1.23 million shares for the acquisition, and up to $3 million of the acquisition price may be paid in cash, she believed she could so she did iphone case according to the company, Both boards have approved the deal..

The move is meant to increase Broadcom's influence in the Bluetooth market. The company will essentially be adding Widcomm's Bluetooth software to its portfolio of chips, while also giving Broadcom a longer list of customers to sell to. Widcomm's software ships as part of nearly 100 products from more than 80 customers, including Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Samsung and Sony Electronics. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, "We want XORP to be the Linux of routing," Hodson said, "People will be able to download she believed she could so she did iphone case the routing code and modify it for whatever purpose, Our intention is not to be in competition with Cisco or Juniper (Networks), per se, but if it can be used to build a router that saves someone money, then that's good, too.", The software has some advantages, Unlike older code, each component of XORP runs on a separate process, Because of this design, if one software component fails, it won't affect others using the same hardware, By contrast, software functions in Cisco's IOS run on a single process, so if one piece of the software fails, the entire router is affected..

"I don't see open-source routing replacing high-end routers in enterprise or service provider networks," said Dave Passmore, an analyst at Burton Group. "But in the real low end, like in the D-Link and Linksys category of product, free software could be very useful.". XORP also lacks many of the bells and whistles found in offerings from big-name routing companies. For example, initially, XORP will support beta-level code for Routing Information Protocol and Border Gateway Protocol. Hodson said Open Shortest Path First and Intermediate System to Intermediate System Routing Protocol will be added later. The software also doesn't support advanced features such as built-in security or quality-of-service features. But Hodson is optimistic that the open-source community will help get the software up-to-speed.