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Flat-panel iMac pictures leaked
News Dubbed iPhoto, the program also packs a service component. But the first signs Apple would finally deliver the new model came in early December, when Morgan Stanley analysts Gillian Munson and Sterling Levy reported Apple had placed component...
[January 7, 2002, 8:55]
Microsoft developer tool pricing pilloried
News Visual Studio Team System will have three client editions aimed at different job functions — architect, developer and tester — as well as an optional server component for managing source code and collaborating with other programmers.
[March 24, 2005, 8:50]
ZoneAlarm Pro 3.0 review
Reviews Depending on how you set up ZoneAlarm Pro, each time a program or a program component on your PC wants to access the Internet, the firewall displays an alert to let you know whether the activity is authorised.
[April 23, 2002, 21:22]
Mono Project aims to bring .Net apps to Linux
News The class library is the component that allows applications to perform critical functions such as XML processing, file I/O and connecting to the network. The CLI is the component that will allow programs written in C# to run on non-Windows...
[October 30, 2001, 10:23]
Two-headed hard drive aims for 'perfect' Web security
News The Internet should have one-way component like diodes, and the two-heads hard disk drive can be (that) one-way component," the company said. A Japanese start-up has come up with a mutant piece of hardware that it says may deliver "perfect security...
[July 24, 2002, 11:51]
Get started with Java servlets
News The featured component created with the servlet API is the servlet itself. Figure B illustrates the typical interaction between a browser, a servlet, and a business-logic component. The servlet, listening on port 80, fields the request, extracts...
[September 18, 2002, 9:11]
LG LP-XG2 review
Reviews You can, however, change to a wide-screen image if you're using one of the video inputs, so it's shame that there's no component video input. The lack of either component or digital inputs means you won't get the best image quality out of the LP-XG2.
[August 16, 2002, 15:46]
Q&A: The science behind 'friendly fridges'
News Do you consider emotion to be a critical component of intelligence? Emotion is a critical component of all human and animal function. ZDNet recently reported on a radical Artificial Intelligence system called EMIR (the Emotional Model for...
[July 12, 2002, 8:16]
Microsoft promises end to 'DLL hell'
News You ship an application that uses component A. Someone else writes an application that also uses component A, but installs a newer version, and this breaks the first application. Strong binding means an application or component can bind to a...
[March 6, 2003, 14:52]
PC boom boosts Dell
News Despite this increase, component costs fell in general in the quarter, executives said. We actually saw component costs on an overall basis continue to decline during the second quarter, albeit at a slower rate that we saw in other quarters," Jim...
[August 15, 2003, 12:55]
Microsoft's meltdown
Leader The component you deployed as a mature, trustable component of your security has reverted back to beta — or, worse, an unknown mutant made from some novel mix of source versions. Forget your opinions about Microsoft.
[March 9, 2007, 13:03]
KDE getting ready to go native on Windows
Talkback Make interdependent switching of every software component on their computer as easy as possible. Make them want to switch, .every component. I definitely agree that the availability of cross-platform software increases the likelihood that a...
[February 9, 2005, 10:54]
MS puts coders on bug alert
News As part of the security initiative, every manager has to justify not only the group's programming decisions, but how the software is configured as a component of Windows. In December, a flaw in the universal plug-and-play component of Windows XP...
[February 8, 2002, 9:36]
Mobile phones to get Palladium-style chips
News It aims to replace existing proprietary systems that add a security component outside the core, which ARM says can cause problems for mobile device software. Security-enhanced processors are an essential component for the future of mobile phone...
[May 27, 2003, 14:31]
How IBM is cashing in
News After months of research, the three executives concluded that the best way for IBM to leverage its R&D investments was to become a full-fledged component supplier and integration partner to third parties.
[September 21, 1999, 15:52]
Flaw threatens major worm attack
News In June 2001, his company released details of another Microsoft flaw, in a component of Web server software. The component, known as the remote procedure call (RPC) process, facilitates such activities such as sharing files and allowing others to...
[July 28, 2003, 8:55]
ICQ flaws open PCs to attack
News A bug in the component could allow an attacker to use the way the software handles email to cause it to execute code, if the attacker can impersonate the user's email server. Because that component doesn't have adequate security, an attacker could...
[May 6, 2003, 7:21]
IE8: Another Application Compatibility Platform
Blog IE8 allows for an additional level of security with the CATID_SafeForScripting and the CATID_SafeForInitializing component category registry settings. Adding the unique identifier of an ActiveX control to the pre-approved list of ActiveX controls...
[October 12, 2009, 11:18]
PHP flaw threatens Web servers
News The collection of software making up the solution is commonly referred to as LAMP, where each letter stands for the software component used: the Linux operating system, the Apache Web server, the MySQL database, or the PHP scripting language.
[July 23, 2002, 9:31]
BT's convergence con-Fusion
Leader The most frustrating part of BT Fusion is that convergence is clearly a good idea, especially in business where it should be an essential component in an integrated messaging environment that encourages new services alongside better cost control.
[June 15, 2005, 15:05]
