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Criticize Microsoft = Fired:

The chief technology officer for a technology firm that works closely with Microsoft Corp. lost his job after he helped write a study critical of the insecurity of Microsoft software. Daniel E. Geer Jr., an expert with nearly three decades studying technology and computer security, learned Thursday he was no longer employed by AtStake of Cambridge, Mass. AtStake declined to say whether Geer resigned or was fired.

Better, Faster, Wireless:

The IEEE has begun to develop a standard that will raise the effective throughput of Wireless Local Area Networks to at least 100 Mbps, which is more than triple the current maximum IEEE 802 WLAN speed of 30 Mbps. The higher-speed standard, IEEE P802.11n, 'Wireles LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer Specifications: Enhancements for Higher Effective Throughput,' will help WLANs meet the expanding bandwidth needs of enterprise and home networks, as well as those of WLAN hot spots.

Deeper 3D Display:

When it comes to three-dimensional displays, there are usually compromises. Some methods have narrow viewpoints that require a user to view the image from directly in front of a screen. Some methods require that the user look through special glasses. Other methods don't provide a lot of depth. Researchers from Seoul National University in Korea have found a way to deepen one type of three-dimensional display method—integral imaging—that has historically suffered from relatively shallow depth, but does not require users to wear glasses.

Survey For Job Seekers?

If high-tech workers and executives want to get a new job, chances are they're going about it the wrong way, a new survey says. The 2003 Survey Of High-Tech Employers, conducted by executive recruiting firm Perry Martel International and the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance, found that while industries or countries have no differences in the way they fill high-tech jobs, the major differences are between executives and non-executives.