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Inside the 'ILOVEYOU' worm
News Music files (mp3 and mp2) are hidden and a file of the same name -- containing the worm's script and a .vbs file extension -- put in its place. Among the handful of messages was one from his brother with "ILOVEYOU" in the subject line.
[May 5, 2000, 8:35]
Ofcom proposes long-range 3G
News Although operators have been keen to secure it as an extension band for 3G-derived services — and may yet do so to keep rival technologies like WiMax out of the market — the nature of the frequency makes it even less of a long-range technology...
[September 20, 2007, 14:37]
Asus reveals specs, pricing for Eee 904 and 1000
News The Eee 1000 is Asus's long-awaited extension of the Eee line into 10-inch-screen territory, and brings the company up against rivals' devices, such as the MSI Wind. Because the chassis of the Eee 1000 is larger than other netbooks in the line, it...
[July 10, 2008, 13:20]
Linux: A chipmaker's best friend
News AMD's Hammer line is a 64-bit extension of the language used by the 32-bit chips and will run current software well, but taking advantage of 64-bit features will require software to be overhauled. I think it is the Linux presence that will cause...
[September 3, 2001, 8:41]
EC to investigate broadband rollouts
News Local loop unbundling -- as the process is called -- has long been feted by the EC as a way out of the stranglehold that incumbent telcos like BT and Deutsche Telekom have on telephone lines and by extension, Internet services across Europe.
[March 6, 2001, 9:09]
Oracle aims at the middle ground
News Oracle sees server software, notably its application server and collaboration suite, as a natural extension of its database business, where it already has a large customer base. Looking to take on IBM, Microsoft and others, Oracle plans next month...
[November 23, 2004, 7:35]
Worm alert! LOVELETTER gets nastier
News The attached file has that name plus the .VBS extension. The malicious code is mailed to users as an apparent attachment from a friend, with the subject line "FW:" followed by a random file name. For example, the worm might find the file "mydoc.txt...
[May 19, 2000, 8:33]
DOS to the rescue
News This system is much more intuitive than the 8.3 standard -- eight-character file name and three-character extension -- used by DOS. Click here to see a list of DIR command line switches. When you press [Enter], you'll simply see the command line...
[December 31, 2002, 10:08]
Top 10 tips for protecting your PC in hot weather
News Don't have too many computers running off one power supply, via an extension cable. High voltages can enter the computer through a phone line connected to the modem. To protect your computer during electrical storms, unplug the telephone line from...
[July 6, 2006, 16:40]
Tokyo gets mobile WiMax trial
News Charles Moon, senior analyst in Yankee Group's Asia-Pacific mobile and wireless division, said DoCoMo's interest in WiMax is likely to be an extension of its research into fourth-generation wireless technologies rather than a commitment to rolling...
[March 31, 2006, 17:50]
Vodafone launches unified comms for SMEs
News Under the deal, an extension of an existing long-term partnership, BT Wholesale is supplying IP-enabled voice and broadband as a managed service. Vodafone has launched a hosted, converged fixed-line and mobile voice service tailored to small and...
[September 10, 2009, 17:15]
Further Norton embarrassment for Symantec
News Smart-Scan inspects certain file types, such as executables and documents and has the ability to recognise a particular file type even when its extension has been changed. This is the latest in a long line of embarrassing problems faced by Symantec...
[March 30, 2005, 10:00]
BlackBerry Voice System tailored for Cisco PBX
News Mobile Voice System (MVS), which RIM originally brought out in 2007, turns the BlackBerry smartphone into an extension of the corporate PBX. It will also be possible to dial out from a RIM smartphone using either the BlackBerry number or the...
[May 5, 2009, 13:05]
BT moves closer to universal broadband
News In effect, the cabinet becomes a digital extension of the exchange. In some cases, this is because they live too far from the exchange for ADSL to work, or because their line quality is too poor. A BT spokesman explained on Tuesday that this copper...
[September 13, 2005, 18:05]
Scripting - the basics
News Once you learn the keywords and syntax, you can use a text editor to write the script and then save it with a file extension that is appropriate to the scripting language you are using. By "interpreted," we mean that when it is run, it is carried...
[March 11, 2003, 9:18]
Dual-mode BlackBerry on the way
News Earlier this month, RIM announced that it would make it possible to use a BlackBerry as an extension of a company's PBX system through the introduction of its Mobile Voice System. Balsillie also claimed that most operators were supportive of FMC...
[May 25, 2007, 17:27]
NEC confirms direct PC sales move in UK
News NEC Direct will offer one-year on-site support as standard on desktops and charge £149 for a two-year extension to that arrangement. He also insisted there will be no clash with NEC's corporate sales division which will focus on contract sales...
[February 2, 1998, 15:59]
FBI seeks power to eavesdrop on Net
News A representative of DSL provider Speakeasy said the company "does not support the extension of CALEA to ISPs, because the proposal appears to run counter to our commitment to protect our subscribers' privacy first and foremost.
[July 29, 2003, 14:21]
US politicians oppose tax on net access
News He spoke on behalf of a coalition of internet service providers, "backbone" providers and application and content companies that support a permanent extension of the tax ban. At issue is the scheduled expiration on 1 November of a law, initially...
[May 23, 2007, 11:08]
Oracle database event triggering
News When data in a database object is changed (or, by extension, when an object is created or deleted within a database), the system automatically initiates subsequent downline processes. The database link feature is Oracle's front-line facility for...
[February 26, 2003, 13:55]
