Motive Fixes Home Networking Glitches
News Software developer Motive Communications will launch a new application this week that aims to help telcos and ISPs solve their customers' technical problems. Motive believes its software will appeal to telcos who are looking to increase their...
[October 3, 2002, 14:22]
Architecture Is Policy: Cooperative Development As A Means For A Standards-Based Implementation For Privacy On The Internet
White Papers The motive of this document is to bring together global business, non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, policy makers and technical standards bodies to encourage the development and deployment of practical solutions to the technical, social...
[September 7, 2003, 0:00]
Distributed Computing's Prime Moment
News Although the arrival of profit motive has transformed distributed computing, its roots remain in academic pursuits such finding optimal Golomb rulers or alien radio signals. Prime numbers, once a mathematical curiosity but now crucial to encrypted...
[December 13, 2001, 13:44]
Internet Hero Nominee Walks Off With Villain Award
News Those who thought his only motive in attending was a hope of picking up the Internet Hero prize were proved wrong when Watkin asked for last year's Internet Villain award on behalf of the department, "which we're owed.
[February 21, 2003, 8:03]
Russian Spammer Found Dead
News The case is being treated as murder though no motive has yet been established, according to reports citing the public prosecutions office of Moscow's central district. In July 2003, Russia's deputy communications minister, Andrei Korotkov, became...
[July 26, 2005, 18:05]
Former Brocade Execs Face Stock Options Charges
News Marmaro sent a statement to reporters saying that "financial gain is always the motive in securities fraud cases, and here there was none. In a case with far-reaching implications for Silicon Valley, former top executives of Brocade Communications...
[July 21, 2006, 8:35]
Melissa Virus: Man Charged
News William Megarry, an FBI special agent, said authorities have yet to pinpoint a motive. He faces several charges, including interruption of public communications, conspiracy to commit the offence, attempt to commit the offence and third-degree theft...
[April 6, 1999, 8:42]
Echelon: The French Fight Back
News For them, says Nataf, financial gain is not the principle motive. In March, a former CIA director, James Woolsey, confirmed that the US monitors European communications, to keep an eye on any economic bribery activities.
[June 29, 2000, 11:13]
Linux: The Back Door Is Open
News First, the Netscape and Microsoft browser instances show that quality software can be given away -- if there is an ulterior motive for doing so. And it's gaining support from mainstream developers, most notably Informix, Oracle and the Web's first...
[September 15, 1998, 10:30]
ISPs Told To Help Eradicate Sober
News ISPs have an economic motive to overcome reluctance to inform users that their machines have been compromised, Hyppönen argued. We have on occasion made outbound contact with members in specific situations, such as the Mydoom worm, but have no...
[January 9, 2006, 13:40]
