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Quantum sharpens tape-library portfolio
News That means the basic Mako frame can be built less expensively, Hardy said. Gerr said the library device stands out for being able to squeeze a great deal of data capacity into a relatively small frame.
[September 29, 2003, 11:15]
Nuggets: Is Sony's Memory Stick as cool as SmartMedia?
News The Sony Digital Photo Frame PHD-A55 is exactly what it says -- a frame for displaying digital images. So you poke the frame with your stick (with photographs you prepared earlier) and then the frame displays the images and changes 'em periodically...
[June 11, 1999, 14:52]
Get two must-have network tools - for free
News This can be extremely valuable when a network link goes down because it helps you pinpoint where the problem is occurring (ISP, Frame Relay router, VPN server, etc.especially if you periodically run a Traceroute when things are working so that you...
[March 13, 2003, 11:19]
Nuggets: Digital camera goes all the way
News You get a choice of three metering modes: multi, to measure light in several positions in the frame; spot, to measure light in the centre of the frame; and average, to measure light across the whole frame.
[July 27, 1999, 16:15]
Worms sing an ode to security
News One frame can contain the embedded ActiveX control for playing the audio or video lecture, while another frame displays the synchronised URLs encountered in the digital media stream. I refuse to panic when somebody speculates about something like...
[February 27, 2002, 14:13]
The unpopular view
Talkback The developer is not involved, the organisation actually selling the software is the one in the frame. I am going to disagree slightly with my esteemed colleagues. If you acquire a software package for free, your recourse is limited to the amount...
[May 11, 2009, 17:41]
Windows Vista SP1 is secure?
Talkback Make sure they work in the time frame expected. I have been refusing to pay the anti-virus mafia ever since they have put the prices up back in 2002 ( in 2001 NAV annual subscription was £2.99 and NAV was coming free with new PC).
[December 12, 2008, 13:38]
Fury over Facebook terms of service changes
Blog You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat...
[February 18, 2009, 11:34]
Outrage at Gates' knighthood
Talkback A Knighthood is just a title that one person can frame and let it gather dust. I am come on lads, what are they going to do, put now a label on Windowz writing "By Appointment.and expect people to pay more?
[March 3, 2005, 7:58]
How to talk to Microsoft about Linux
Talkback Yeah, at what price, time frame, effort, (business) risk, etc. I especially like the usual FUD response: "if you know what you're doing then Windows is safe". Sigh. It's a straightforward article really.
[June 15, 2004, 22:02]
Stumble across rogue wireless access points
News For the purposes of this article, I'll focus on requesting that the access point transmit a beacon frame. In this Daily Drill Down, I'll show you how to search for and identify rogue access points using NetStumbler on a laptop and the associated...
[November 26, 2002, 15:02]
Nuggets: Kodak camera to go
News The bundled software gets you all set up to start videoconferencing, sending video emails (you'll want to drop the frame rate for this) or getting your holiday slide show to your neighbours before they have time to protest.
[September 24, 1999, 12:12]
New MSN Messenger fuels rivalry against AOL
News representative declined to put a time frame on interoperability. I think ideally it will be Yahoo! Microsoft is close to launching a new version of its instant messaging service that could link its network with rivals such as Yahoo!
[February 7, 2001, 8:38]
Nuggets: More space, less cash
News And if you're of an environmental frame of mind, you'll be reassured to learn that it's TCO-95 approved and MPRII compliant, meaning that its ecologically manufactured using CFC free materials and non-toxic metals, and is fully recyclable.
[January 5, 2000, 10:55]
Taxation changes may hit IT sector
News The UK's Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said that while it broadly welcomes the aim of the legislation, the time frame for its introduction is too short. I think there's limited understanding of the marketplace.
[January 19, 2007, 8:33]
Notebook sales on the up
News As a result, he said, "I think we're going to see a pretty steep incline in the mix in the 2003 time frame.because of commercial interest in portable computing. Notebook PCs continue to move on up in the world.
[May 3, 2002, 14:20]
Comdex: Gartner urges caution on Windows 2000
News Assuming it ships in the mid-2000 time frame with a service pack six to nine months later and IT departments pinned down with Y2K and Euro compliance, European companies look particularly unlikely to upgrade upon launch.
[November 18, 1998, 22:08]
Nuggets: Hi--tech home movies from MGI
News New capture and publishing templates help video editing novices select their hardware, and the type of video output required without having to mess around with fiddly settings like frame rates and codecs.
[February 9, 2000, 14:04]
Changing market puts pressure on graphics software makers
News Taken in freeze frame, the graphics software market appears to fall into a fairly neat division between four key players. I suspect print is dead, or at least going through a different phase. I think Quark is in trouble.
[July 5, 2002, 9:36]
IBM reworks storage offerings to tackle data build-up
News According to IBM, the TS3500 can store up to three petabytes (equal to 3,000 terabytes) in 10 square feet, using what the company called "a completely new design of [tape] library frame". I think between 15 and 20 of the announcements are genuinely...
[September 8, 2008, 8:21]
