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Microsoft veteran launches tool start-up
News The new company, Intentional Software, was created with Simonyi's business partner, Gregor Kiczales, a professor at the University of British Columbia. Intentional said the new tools should make it easier for programmers to make incremental changes...
[September 17, 2002, 14:19]
Modular Messaging: Release 3.1 With Microsoft Exchange - Messaging Application Server (MAS) Administration
White Papers To help address this unfulfilled need, it describes Operator Undo, a tool that pro-vides a forgiving operations environment by allowing operators to recover from their own mistakes, from unanticipated software problems, and from intentional or...
[February 20, 2008, 0:02]
Second WGA lawsuit faced by Microsoft
News In this most recent lawsuit, the parties allege Microsoft violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Consumer Protection Act, the Computer Spyware Act, and also engaged in intentional misrepresentation of the software program.
[July 6, 2006, 9:45]
EU lawmakers threaten open source
News The proposed directive, which was adopted by the European Commission last month, would allow criminal sanctions against "all intentional infringements of an IP right on a commercial scale". The European Commission has proposed a law that could...
[August 1, 2005, 17:45]
Encrypted phone blocks snoopers
News But CryptoPhone is unique in that its phone is cheaper, and the complete source code to its encryption software is available, allowing independent auditors to check for accidental bugs and intentional back doors.
[November 20, 2003, 9:45]
Oracle lawsuit accuses SAP of spying
News Among its claims, the lawsuit alleges SAP and TomorrowNow engaged in computer fraud and abuse, computer data access and fraud, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage. Oracle announced on Thursday that it has filed a...
[March 23, 2007, 7:43]
Photos: Microsoft veteran blasts into orbit
News After leaving Microsoft in 2001 — he'd been there 20 years — he founded Intentional Software. The former software programmer, who was born in Hungary during the Cold War years, also had a chance to tour the Baikonur Museum, where he came across...
[April 11, 2007, 12:19]
Making IP infringement a crime
News The directive claims that it will apply to "all intentional infringements of an IP right on a commercial scale". Developers of proprietary software in commercial settings would be less affected, as the company they work for would generally be held...
[August 1, 2005, 17:30]
Rootkits: A sign of things to come
News The irony of the Sony situation is that few mainstream users are intentional music thieves — most just want to listen to CDs on their computers. When reports of other interesting software showing up on Sony music CDs, such as SunnComm Technologies...
[December 13, 2005, 15:00]
Esquire tests wiki ethos
News With that dynamic in mind, Jacobs decided to craft an article about Wikipedia, complete with a series of intentional mistakes and typos, and post it on the site. It's the same argument programmers make about open source software: since everyone can...
[September 30, 2005, 16:45]
Government launches review of intellectual property laws
News The proposed directive, which was adopted by the European Commission in July, would allow criminal sanctions against "all intentional infringements of an IP right on a commercial scale". In July, an attempt to allow software patenting in Europe...
[December 2, 2005, 13:10]
Mac rumour mill is working overtime
News There are even unsubstantiated reports of intentional disinformation spread to detect sources. Under Jobs, Apple has reportedly instituted extensive security measures to prevent the premature release of software and hardware specs as well as the...
[July 13, 2000, 13:49]
Apple sues Mac-clone maker Psystar
News The infringement, Apple said "is and continues to be intentional, wilful and in conscious disregard of Apple's rights". Apple licenses the use of its Macintosh operating system software for use only on Apple-labelled hardware," the Mac maker said...
[July 16, 2008, 17:15]
Attacker attempts to plant Trojan in Linux
News The recent incident raises questions about the security of open-source development methods, particularly how well a development team can guarantee that any changes are not introducing intentional security flaws.
[November 7, 2003, 7:39]
Novell to share details of Microsoft pact
News Regarding Novell's stock option situation, the review "did not find any evidence of intentional wrongdoing by any former or current Novell employees, officers or directors", Novell said in a statement on Wednesday.
[May 24, 2007, 10:45]
Hollywood heads up anti-piracy charge
News But it will highlight Hollywood's legal attempts to permit the intentional disruption of peer-to-peer networks and limit the unauthorised copying and conversion of digital TV signals. The idea is straightforward: Future hardware and software would...
[July 23, 2002, 8:14]
Open source renders patching a problem
News This is intentional due to previously discovered cryptographic weaknesses in SSL 2.0. One of the most persistent problems with software is patch management — and the larger the enterprise, the larger the problem.
[November 17, 2005, 11:10]
EU anti-piracy directive heads for final vote
News Although it goes on to say, 'This would normally exclude acts done by end consumers acting in good faith,' the meaning of 'indirect economic advantage' is unclear and the directive is not limited to intentional infringements," the EFF argued in an...
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
Apple breaks silence on security
News Is that intentional? Tribble, vice president of software technology, started at Apple in the early days of the company, as manager of the original software team and helped to design Mac OS. Do you compare yourself with any other software vendor...
[March 16, 2006, 10:05]
What's Good for Security is Good for Operations: Why Configuration Assessment Followed by Change Auditing is Key to Operational Stability
White Papers Without a way to know when change occurs and whether it's desired, not desired, accidental, benign, malicious, intentional, or originating from inside or outside, IT teams have few options for preventing negative consequences and minimizing damage.
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