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Strike To Cripple Swansea's Public Services
News Council workers in Swansea have voted in favour of industrial action in support of striking IT staff in a move that could cripple public services. Over 100 IT staff have been on strike since August over fears about job security if the £100m Service...
[October 7, 2004, 11:55]
Will Macromedia's Flash Plans Cripple The Web?
Talkback One thing you do not cover in your article is the intrusive nature of Flash. Not only has the primary use for it become advertising, it also manages to suck CPU resources while diplaying some advertiser's concept of a slick ad.
[June 1, 2005, 16:18]
Will Macromedia's Flash Plans Cripple The Web?
News Flash is having growing pains. Installed on more than 96 percent of PCs connected to the Internet, Macromedia's Flash player has become the de facto standard for running Web page animations, which in turn are generally created by Flash-conversant...
[April 2, 2002, 10:00]
Y2K Deja Vu Set To Cripple Unix Program
News Software running on thousands of computers worldwide will become inoperable in a few weeks because of an obscure date-related glitch, and developers are rushing to create and apply patches. Sound familiar?
[December 22, 2003, 7:55]
Handset Delays Could Cripple 3G Rollout
News Industry experts are warning that the success of forthcoming third-generation (3G) mobile services could be threatened by a lack of handsets. Writing in the latest issue of his Wireless Outlook, analyst Andrew Seybold said that it is possible that...
[August 29, 2001, 17:13]
Going, Going, Gone....mobile Auction Results
News The auction for 3G mobile phone licences ends Thursday as analysts warn the high price paid could "cripple" operators. It is either going to cripple them or make them hungry to get services out. The government has made an extra £22.5bn for its...
[April 27, 2000, 10:51]
Mobile Terrorism The New Front Of Cyber-Terrorism
Talkback Mobile terrorism in the context of mass cyber-crime could ultimately cripple cellular communications across entire countries. As increasing numbers of customers have discarded their landline in favor of cellular phones, handset level...
[December 4, 2007, 17:06]
MP To Propose Tougher Cybercrime Laws
News At its most basic a DoS attack will cripple a Web site or server with constant requests, creating a flood of traffic which it is unable to cope with. Last year a number of UK bookmakers were targeted with extortion scams which threatened to cripple...
[March 14, 2005, 7:40]
Microsoft Warns On Messenger Vulnerability
News Buffer-overflow vulnerabilities allow hackers to execute potentially harmful programs on a victim's computer that could delete files or cripple the system's security. Microsoft issued a security alert after discovering a weak spot in its popular...
[May 9, 2002, 17:11]
Non Intrusive Learning Patterns (NILP): The Intelligent Spam Filtering Technology Of The Future
White Papers Spam menace is one of the biggest issues that cripple email traffic on the Internet today. The immediate impact of spam can be measured by way of huge bandwidth loss, usage of network and computer resources and the wastage of productive time, both...
[March 12, 2008, 0:01]
The Politics Of Patents
Talkback In short: (software) patents cripple innovation and (local) markets. It's the old: 'money makes more money' story. Basicaly it's an arms race. If you can fund more weapons then your opponent then you're more likely to win the war.
[July 12, 2006, 0:35]
EC Hits Microsoft With €280m Fine
Talkback the green eyed monster just because they cant write software worth a light they need to try to cripple the leader by other means.fake patents , anti-trust etc , government stooges are happy to do as requested by their real paymasters.
[July 12, 2006, 20:35]
Chip Glitch Hampers Latest Xeon Launch
News Intel and server partners plan to launch the "Nocona" version of the Xeon processor for dual-processor servers on Monday, but a supporting chip called "Lindenhurst" that handles input-output chores has a flaw that in rare circumstances can cripple...
[July 30, 2004, 9:00]
McNealy 'thrilled' Sun's Unix Licence Is Safe
Talkback Sun is desperately trying to cripple Linux's server side capability, while taking advantage of Linux on client side. Sun is hardly out of the dog fight, as it is financing SCO's attack, along with Microsoft.
[July 31, 2003, 9:40]
Sky Hit By Return Of Windows Media DRM Crack
Talkback The main point that everyone at MS and every other DRM encumbered company fail to get is that simply put the more you try to cripple a people the more they kick ass back and even bent Governments fall the far side of the pond be warned DUBYA...
[September 12, 2006, 20:52]
Enabling A Fast, Efficient, And Resilient Infrastructure With Symantec Data Center Availability Solutions
White Papers Clearstream International/Deutsche Borse Group must ensure that it delivers uninterrupted transaction performance via its integrated trading and settlement services, with an outage potentially threatening the business and even cripple the...
[August 29, 2006, 0:00]
Liberal Democrats Accused Of Double Standards Over Patents
Talkback The €4bn hole we would kick in the EU budget would completely cripple the whole organisation. How do we "crash" the EU? Very simple. If the UK withdraws then the EU is finished. The CAP would have to go and there would be riots in France as the...
[June 24, 2005, 22:06]
Keep Your Systems Running Smoothly With These PC Maintenance Best Practices
White Papers Failure to keep your systems updated and properly patched can cause network outages that cripple businesses. This sample chapter, taken from A+ Exam Cram 2 Lab Manual, discusses how to keep your systems properly maintained.
[May 19, 2006, 1:00]
Compliance Threatened By Archiving Failures
White Papers Failing to comply with federal regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Sarbanes-Oxley, leaves companies open to huge fines that could cripple a business financially.
[August 9, 2006, 1:00]
Why UnumProvident's Salesforce Relies On Palm Treo Smartphones
White Papers Includes the ability to remotely wipe data from a lost device, or cripple its functionality This case study highlights the business benefits that UnumProvident is realizing through the use of Palm® Treo™ smartphones.
[July 20, 2007, 12:57]
