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Home PCs fight bugs in anthrax quest
News New anthrax-fighting drugs are to be developed on home and office PCs, according to Oxford University, Intel, Microsoft and United Devices. Seti@Home is by far the world's largest distributed computing system, with three and a half million users...
[January 22, 2002, 17:41]
Home PCs at most risk from Nimda
News As antivirus experts complete a more detailed analysis of the Nimda worm and companies clean up their networks on Wednesday, several security groups are worried that home computer users will not secure their PCs.
[September 20, 2001, 9:13]
Home PCs put cybersecurity at risk
News A study of home PCs in the US has found that about 80 percent had been infected with spyware almost entirely unbeknownst to their users. The study, funded by America Online and the National Cyber Security Alliance, found home users mostly...
[October 25, 2004, 9:25]
Employees value home PCs over gym membership
News Over a third of employees who already have home PCs and Internet access provided by their employer would prefer to keep this fringe benefit over membership to a health club, according to research. Furthermore, half of those European workers who do...
[May 11, 2001, 15:36]
PowerGen provides staff with cheap home PCs
News But current legislation makes no similar tax break provision for individuals to purchase home PCs for personal use. The Income and Corporation Tax Act 1998, which was amended in the Finance Act 1999, says that if a company loans PCs or software to...
[June 26, 2001, 16:11]
Microsoft and Sony to converge PCs and home electronics
News Microsoft and Sony announced plans yesterday to cross-license software, including the Windows CE operating system, as part of an effort to "create a convergence," between PCs and home electronics. The two companies also agreed to support and...
[April 8, 1998, 7:00]
SP2 trickles down to home PCs
News Microsoft has started to send out its latest major security patch to home PCs -- but some people won't get it for a while. Microsoft plans to cap the number of home PCs updated each day so that demand for the update does not overwhelm its servers...
[August 20, 2004, 8:25]
Cheap Linux PCs targeted at home users
News My sense is that most people who are culturally attuned to the PC market have bought PCs, one way or the other. While Red Hat and SuSE may be strong in Linux used on servers, Sundaram said he believes the competition is open for PCs.
[June 24, 2003, 8:32]
Microsoft puts PCs into heart of home entertainment
News The others are: Windows XP Home for standard consumer PCs, Windows XP Professional for business, Windows XP Tablet PC for tablets and notebooks and the embedded version for devices. But consumers will not be able to buy the new XP version and...
[July 16, 2002, 8:19]
Home PCs put cybersecurity at risk
Talkback I would suggest that it is NOT the home PC, but the operating system that it runs, that puts cybersecurity at risk. And a certain ubiquitous software vendor should be held far more responsible for the deficiancies of their product.
[November 8, 2004, 0:54]
Home PCs need thinning out
Talkback Yep, And how long would it be until the use of these were mandatory for all citizens. How long would it be until microsoft was made the 'state system' with all other ' operating systems being illegal.
[December 9, 2004, 17:55]
Home PCs need thinning out
Talkback This is the very matter what I've been thinking for sometime. I know there are many people who only need a black box to communicate via the Internet rather than a versatile but complicated personal computer.
[December 9, 2004, 19:55]
Home PCs need thinning out
Talkback You can run your PC from a USB key http://www.goosee.com/puppy/flash-puppy.htm .You can run your PC from a CD http://www.mirror.ac.uk/mirror/ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.6-2004-08-16-EN.iso
[December 9, 2004, 22:19]
Home PCs need thinning out
Talkback A well crafted article to further demonize the general purpose computer. By stroking the egos of those who are technically inclined, feeding off frustration with that FAFSS nonsense, all the while writing in a friendly buddy buddy tone.
[December 10, 2004, 10:01]
Home PCs put cybersecurity at risk
Talkback It is difficult to distinguish some marketing research tools from spywares. As president Bush needs support from ad firms, very limited choices are left for the US government.
[October 26, 2004, 21:51]
Home PCs need thinning out
Talkback Wow! I had no idea George Orwell was posting on here! I think theres a difference between stating that PC's are too complicated for the average user, and that maybe a different approach is needed, and advocating the hiring of the gestapo.
[January 4, 2005, 9:14]
Lost PCs can phone home
Talkback I purchased PC Phonehome and it worked for 1 month. After the 30 days were over I noticed that it wasn't sending an email to my preconfigured email address and decided to email PC phonehome technical team swong@pcphonehome.com (he is useless) and...
[November 16, 2005, 15:24]
Spammers conscript home PCs to do dirty work
News Junk emailers are spreading viruses that let them send spam anonymously through home computers, according to an email security firm. The programs are likely to have been specifically designed to use home computers as a large pool of open relays for...
[June 27, 2003, 13:03]
Budget: £20 million to buy home PCs for teachers
News Gordon Brown has announced a £20 million fund "for teachers to have computers at home". The government will also promote training with "370,000 teachers to be computer trained" in next financial year.
[March 9, 1999, 15:29]
Thieves caught out as PCs 'phone home'
News Computers that 'phone home' after being stolen are guiding police to the doorsteps of thieves across the world. Tracking technology has helped police sniff out thousands of stolen machines, uncovering UK computers as far away as Argentina...
[April 15, 2008, 9:14]
