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Netsky writers claim credit for Sasser worm
News The worms infect vulnerable systems by establishing a remote connection to the targeted computer, installing a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, and then downloading themselves to the new host. The programmers, who have referred to themselves as...
[May 4, 2004, 8:35]
Modern PCs to challenge WWII codebreaker
News While the Colossus project remained completely secret during the war and for a period afterwards, the people who contributed to it went on to use their knowledge to design computer systems. Colossus, the cipher-breaking World War II computer, is to...
[November 15, 2007, 14:09]
MS kept OEMs on short leash
News In their testimony, Ransom, Packard Bell/NEC's senior vice president of marketing, and Kies, a senior product manager at NEC Computer Systems Division, touched on Windows 95 and Windows 98 licensing terms and what Packard Bell/NEC was allowed and...
[April 30, 1999, 9:13]
Why did Microsoft take so long?
News The security flaws could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running any of those Windows systems or allow a malicious coder to create a worm that would affect a large number of systems connected to the Internet.eEye notified Microsoft of...
[February 13, 2004, 14:00]
Network defenders get stuck in to Honeynet challenge
News So the fact that these individuals with average skills are able to cause so much havoc, says that the set-up of our computer systems is extremely lacking," he said. When I consider how much reliance the world puts on its computer systems...
[July 19, 2002, 9:53]
An insider's guide to Oracle certification
News Hence, Oracle DBAs commonly possess a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, or business administration. An in-depth understanding of operating systems and computer-science theory is imperative as well.
[April 26, 2002, 16:30]
Tech stocks hit all-time high
News Compaq Computer Corp. Dell Computer Corp. Apple Computer Inc. LRCX) picked up $1.81 per share to $29.69 and Novellus Systems Inc. Cisco Systems Inc. Microsoft Corp. MSFT) shot up $2.81 per share to $84.94.
[February 26, 1998, 10:51]
Apple refreshes Mac OSX
News Apple Computer has issued an update to its Mac OS X operating system just three weeks after the software's debut. Firmware is software resident on a computer's hardware that manages hardware functions, typically independently of the operating system.
[April 17, 2001, 8:08]
New Windows release will boost Itanium
News Windows Server 2003 doesn't officially launch until 24 April, but computer makers would be free to sell systems ahead of the official release, according to Microsoft. The companies wouldn't further discuss the reasons for the hesitation, but some...
[March 31, 2003, 11:50]
California Graphics plans New Year Voodoo 2 card
News UK availability will be through Luton, Beds.based Mentor Computer Systems. Mentor Computer Systems: 01582-483381 Aimed at the serious gamer market, the 3D Wizard includes one Pixel/fx and two Texel/fx processors and is planned to ship with12Mb of...
[December 15, 1997, 14:46]
Russia's cybercrime-fighting Bond villain
News But anyone using computer systems to send spam or spy on people is a criminal. He began studying computer viruses in 1989, when he discovered the Cascade virus on his own computer. A graduate of the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and...
[January 10, 2005, 16:05]
Why 64 bit is the 'new' catchword
News Advanced math rears its head in large financial systems, computer simulations, CAD/CAM workstations, graphics rendering, and more importantly, encryption. However, there are already a number of ways to allow a 32-bit computer to address more than 4...
[April 8, 2003, 12:25]
C# gains support
News First, by virtue of its monopoly in desktop computer operating systems, Microsoft has a superior mechanism to distribute the infrastructure needed to run C# programs, CLI or its big brother called the .Net Framework.
[October 11, 2002, 14:08]
Hacking's not just for geeks
News Hacking was once the domain of the computer geek, who pushed software to the limits and beyond," she said. Released last month the 2002 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey, conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, AusCERT and the NSW Police...
[June 19, 2002, 10:41]
Multi-million pound IT heist foiled
News Seven men were jailed on Monday after attempting to steal millions of pounds worth of computer equipment. Around £26m worth of computer equipment was in the warehouse on 24 December. Members of the Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad, working...
[July 3, 2006, 16:05]
VMWare locks down Windows
News The EMC subsidiary plans to announce on Monday a test version of Assured Computing Environment, which lets an outside computer run a second instance of Windows that can be locked down to prevent unauthorised copying or network access.
[September 20, 2004, 8:05]
Virus crashes stock exchange systems
News The Russian Trading System (RTS) was forced to cease trading for an hour on Thursday after being hit by a computer virus. It's not clear which virus was to blame, but the RTS did reveal that it arrived over the Internet and attacked a computer...
[February 3, 2006, 16:25]
A Year Ago: Merced makes early advances
News HP, IBM, Sequent Computer Systems Inc. Currently, system vendors, including Compaq Computer Corp. Microsoft Corp.will distribute an SDK as part of Beta 2 for Windows NT 5.0 that will enable developers to create applications that are compatible with...
[February 23, 1999, 7:16]
Interesting points
Talkback So Where are the Terrorists.a alleged Cyberterrorist that supposedly caused damage to US government and US military computer systems, who left a note on a computer system saying 9/11 was no accident and he is SOLO and he will continue to disrupt...
[August 7, 2009, 14:58]
Tech execs: Green datacentres are crucial
News But for future tech, it is examining uses of virtualisation software, or software to run multiple applications on a single computer instead of two parallel systems, he said. Jan Rabaey, a professor in the department of electrical engineering and...
[September 10, 2008, 8:28]
