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Mystery surrounds wiped Oyster cards
News An investigation has been launched into how 60,000 Oyster smartcards were made inoperable over the weekend. The travel smartcards were corrupted when swiped at ticket gates in the London Underground, causing major ongoing disruption to the capital...
[July 14, 2008, 15:58]
56K modem wars may be near end
News After failing in September to resolve the issues, which involve spectral shaping and mapping technology, the International Telecommunications Union this week voted in favor of a compromise proposed by Intel Corp.
[December 8, 1997, 11:38]
Cisco: Home devices will end up in businesses
News Cisco will fold its acquisitions such as Linksys into its own brand, according to the company's chief executive. John Chambers told European press earlier this week that he did not see Cisco's products in the consumer and enterprise sectors as...
[July 27, 2007, 11:24]
UK Tech Week: TI predicts major growth in mobile comms
News In his keynote speech at UK Technology Week, Richards predicted that in two years time all mobile phones will have Global Positioning Systems (GPS), users will be able to tailor their phones using programmable chips and digital modems will be...
[October 7, 1998, 12:07]
Hackers can come in through the front door
News Daniel Lewkovitz has been known to resort to some fairly unorthodox measures to demonstrate security flaws. One CIO was so sure I wouldn't get past his firewall he just about promised to eat his hat," Lewkovitz said.
[March 19, 2002, 16:35]
Operators ally for mobile IM
News Some of the world's biggest mobile operators are joining forces to make instant messaging services interoperable amongst their collective customers. China Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone were among the 14 network providers that have signed up...
[February 15, 2006, 7:45]
European e-commerce user group launched
News The International Commerce eXchange (ICX) is the first user group for secure electronic commerce in Europe and received funding from the European Commission. Aimed at "any organisation with an interest in e-commerce, including small/medium...
[February 20, 1998, 12:21]
Talks on IM harmony falter
News Barriers between instant messaging products are proving hard to dismantle, sparking new tactics in a brewing standards war over the nascent technology. Talks held by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that aimed to set technical...
[June 11, 2001, 9:10]
more fud! iphone is not a closed platform for the enterprise
Talkback ludicrous! a CIO complained about the initial lack of a Lotus Notes client for iphone: The closed and proprietary nature of the device means it is unsuitable for our needs.huh? apple's ground-breaking business model breaks control of the carriers...
[July 12, 2008, 3:01]
WebTV blacks out for 350,000
News All 350,000-plus subscribers were blocked from accessing the service when the registration server -- the computer that subscribers access to log on to the service -- went down on WebTV Networks' interactive TV service between approximately 7:30 PM...
[June 29, 1998, 10:33]
Eliminate EDI by migrating to the Web
News The same difficulties, barriers, implementation headaches, and user grumbles are always present. Every day, companies around the world are migrating applications to the Web and expanding the potential of their businesses in the process.
[July 21, 2003, 14:13]
Experts: Broadband access is priority over fibre
News According to Anna Bradley, chair of the Communications Consumer Panel, barriers for consumers — such as a lack of knowledge or confidence in the web — also need to be removed for more people to engage with the internet.
[January 27, 2009, 7:51]
Is there a future for US child protection bill?
News And while COPA differs from the CDA in that its scope is limited to profit-making sites instead of all sites, and that those putting up "age-verification" barriers would be exempt, "We showed clearly (during the January hearings) what the problems...
[April 6, 1999, 9:39]
US Report: Legal Prof. says US Court wrong on Microsoft
News The one thing that makes computer software so different is you don't have all of the physical [barriers] to guide you. In fact, Einer Elhauge says he would have reached the opposite conclusion about Microsoft's ability to force computer makers that...
[June 30, 1998, 11:14]
'Extreme geek' resells iTunes song
News Queried by a reporter about the issue recently, an Apple executive downplayed questions over the download resale policy, saying technical, if not legal, barriers would largely prevent such transfers from taking place.
[September 11, 2003, 15:40]
Windows PatchGuard 'hindering security'
News Barriers to the kernel A protective feature in Windows is locking out the good guys, but letting in a lot of bad guys, according to security software makers. Microsoft designed PatchGuard to safeguard core parts of Windows, including Vista, against...
[August 11, 2006, 8:50]
It's the business processes that are bound to MSOffice
Talkback With the "format-protocol-interface-application specific process" barriers in place though, they have years at their disposal. The barriers to this emerging desktop-Web-device platform of business processes and systems will prove even more...
[December 31, 2008, 7:27]
