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Twenty years of viruses and still no cure
News Cohen proved that such a virus could spread through any system that allows information to be shared, interpreted in a general manner and given away, despite the presence of security technologies. Of all the accomplishments in the annals of...
[November 27, 2003, 14:25]
BT creates nationwide Wi-Fi sharing community
News However, its users will be able to access BT customers' shared connections for free. BT and FON have finally confirmed their long-expected tie-in, thus creating the largest Wi-Fi community in the world.
[October 4, 2007, 10:49]
Linux aims for ease of use
News Also up for discussion is its shared-source program, which grants outsiders some liberties with its software, to a lesser extent than the open-source movement does. Linux, having just won the fight for mainstream respectability, has moved on to a...
[August 5, 2003, 11:55]
HP to deliver Unix improvements
News HP also is working on version 4, which will include "policy-based services provisioning" and "zero-downtime virtualisation", and version 5, about which van der Zweep shared no details. HP is preparing to release security and virtualisation...
[December 4, 2006, 8:47]
Massachusetts to use both Open XML and ODF
News The ETRM [proposal] articulates a vision of a service-oriented architecture where information can be shared, re-used and re-purposed based on XML technologies," they wrote. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is to adopt both OpenDocument Format and...
[August 2, 2007, 18:20]
Mono release gives Linux boost to .Net
News We realised that the right way to create cross-platform .Net was to build a coalition with that shared interest" commented Cohen. The Mono project announced the release of version 1.2 of Mono, the open source implementation of Microsoft's .Net...
[November 9, 2006, 12:34]
Oracle proposes safe-data standards
News But then, once this data is in the enterprise, who makes sure that as it flows from one application to another, or is shared from one company to a partner, that the same privacy rules are followed? But is that where leaks happen?
[November 30, 2006, 8:06]
Disaster recovery: Hard lessons from September 11
News Although a company may hold an individual contract with a service provider, the emergency space promised in the agreement is usually shared with other companies. Approximately 8,000 Intel-based servers and approximately 5,000 UNIX servers were lost...
[May 19, 2002, 21:51]
Shadow chancellor slams government over open source
News Within the UK, Osborne's thoughts are at least partly shared by John Pugh, a Liberal Democrat MP who is campaigning for greater use of open-source software in schools. George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the government over its...
[March 8, 2007, 12:28]
Faster WLAN promise may obscure benefits of current products
News The 11Mbps offered by 802.11b will be enough for most people's needs, even when shared with others on the LAN. Suppliers are launching wireless LAN equipment which will be ready for higher speed transmission when European regulations allow its use...
[October 8, 2001, 19:25]
Tech giants partner on security standard
News WS-Policy, WS-Trust and WS-Privacy makes sure information has been certified or that it is understood how the information can be shared with others, Sutor said. The three companies on Thursday will release a new specification, called WS-Security...
[April 11, 2002, 8:32]
Nope, Novell's not dead yet
News The SANs allow data to be shared between multiple platforms rather than NetWare's LAN-based storage paradigm. In the 1980s, the name Novell was synonymous with fast, reliable file sharing. Its flagship NetWare product became the de facto standard...
[December 3, 2002, 9:03]
Microsoft bans employees from music swapping
News Running such programs on company PCs or through company servers substantially increases the risk that our network could be hacked, that viruses could be introduced into our network, and that internal corporate documents could inadvertently be...
[July 29, 2002, 9:07]
Lib Dems to oppose Mandelson copyright powers
News Another amendment from the Tory peers would mean the business secretary would not be able to decide how costs of the copyright crackdown are shared between rights holders and ISPs. Clause 17 of the bill, introduced on 20 November, gives the...
[December 8, 2009, 14:50]
Apple Mac Pro (2x2.26GHz Xeon, 2009) review
Reviews As with the older Mac Pro, the new model comes in either single-chip quad-core or dual-chip eight-core configurations, but Apple has now upgraded to Intel's Xeon 5500 chips, based on the Nehalem core shared by Intel's Core i7 consumer desktop chips.
[March 23, 2009, 12:09]
Toshiba Tecra R10-112 review
Reviews Graphics are handled by Intel's integrated GMA 4500MHD chipset, which uses shared system memory and so isn't suitable for graphics-heavy work. Design The Tecra R10 has a predominantly silver livery inside and out, except for the black frame around...
[March 31, 2009, 12:36]
Surviving multiple managers
News Everyone shared ideas for the site, and we found that some opinions conflicted with others. Two, three, or even four supervisors could be above you. For those of us who work on multiple projects, the number can jump even higher.
[June 12, 2002, 11:21]
Stallman takes Gates to task over GPL attacks
News The Microsoft "shared source" programme, he says, is not about sharing at all -- it is just another name for a nondisclosure agreement. Attacks by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on the GNU General Public License (GPL), under which a lot of open...
[May 1, 2002, 11:07]
HTC S740 on Orange review
Reviews On the top you'll find the main on/off switch, while bottom houses a mini-USB connector that's shared between the power adapter, PC cable and headphones. Design The HTC S740 — which measures 116mm by 43.4mm by 16.6mm and weighs 140g — is a tall...
[May 18, 2009, 15:16]
VeriSign: Cybersecurity starts with schools
News Forensic analyses of where attacks are coming from can happen in a fraction of a second versus having to figure out network address translation buffers and shared IP addresses and revolving IP addresses.
[January 4, 2005, 13:15]
