China goes on spam offensive
News China is launching an offensive on the problem of spam. Critics suggest it is going to achieve very little by way of limiting spam either within China or outside of the country. New anti-spam regulation will be introduced by the Ministry of...
[February 23, 2006, 10:20]
VeriSign goes on security offensive
News VeriSign has integrated its various security services as part of a new initiative that aims to get businesses on the offensive when it comes to protection. The company outlined the three groups of services that underpin the Security Intelligence...
[October 8, 2003, 9:10]
Dell launches green offensive in Emerald Isle
News Dell is going on a green-tinted offensive in Europe before the widespread adoption of stringent rules on hardware recycling by EU member states. The computer maker's first strike will be a free computer recycling day at its European manufacturing...
[September 8, 2004, 15:20]
Microsoft accelerates public sector offensive
News For the past two to three years, the Redmond, Washington-based software maker has launched a multi-faceted diplomatic offensive to expand internationally and stem the growing interest in Linux and open source software among government buyers.
[February 2, 2005, 12:30]
VIA changes 'offensive' chipset name
News A VIA spokesman said the company decided to make the change, which will mean reprinting documentation and publicity materials, because of possibly offensive meanings connected with the term "KZ". Chipset maker VIA Technologies has confirmed it will...
[May 26, 2000, 14:42]
Microsoft accelerates public sector offensive
Talkback "Microsoft agreed to allow countries to examine the company's source code" WRONG - Microsoft agreed to reveal only parts of the source code - there are still some parts they want to keep secret even from government bodies (you've got to ask...
[February 2, 2005, 13:25]
Australia cracks down on offensive content
News Under the new laws, "the use of a telecommunications service to carry offensive Internet content" will become a criminal offence. While it is currently illegal to use a telecommunications service in an "offensive" way, the new laws will cover...
[August 21, 2003, 10:40]
Microsoft goes on green Vista offensive
News Microsoft has commissioned a report which claims the new power-management features in Vista can help companies "massively" reduce carbon emissions resulting from the use of desktop PCs. The study, which compared energy usage between Windows XP and...
[March 22, 2007, 13:17]
Photos: Google's Euro charm offensive
News YouTube founders Steve Chen (left) and Chad Hurley (right) announced on Tuesday that the video-sharing site is launching internationally. Only nine countries, including the UK and Ireland, will be part of the initial rollout but there are plans for...
[June 21, 2007, 16:12]
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Downloads This next chapter in the Call of Duty franchise raises the brand's trademark cinematic intensity to unprecedented heights with all new single-player levels, plus an enhanced multiplayer experience with new maps and new modes of play.
[February 4, 2005, 6:00]
Sun goes on the software offensive
News The best form of defence, allegedly, is attack. Never one to do things by halves, the chief executive of Sun Microsystems Scott McNealy has taken this strategem on board -- and then some. Confronted with a stalling stock price -- caused to some...
[September 18, 2003, 16:50]
IBM turns on the charm in grid offensive
News IBM is ramping up its recruitment efforts with application companies in an effort to make an emerging distributed computing technology, called grid computing, pervasive in corporations. In 2005, the company expects to work with between 40 and 50...
[December 15, 2004, 8:35]
Global piracy offensive launched
News A global database of fishing boats is to be built in a bid to control the number of illegal fishing expeditions. The High Seas Task Force (HSTF), whose members include the World Conservation Union, the
[March 6, 2006, 9:05]
Security vendors switch to offensive
News Security companies focus on a proactive approach to fighting viruses and network intrusions at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Click here to view the video.
[March 8, 2004, 10:25]
Siebel planning major online CRM offensive
News Reflecting the Comdex trade show's emphasis on corporate computing, Siebel Systems chief executive Tom Siebel took the stage on Tuesday to tout his company's server software and online services. Siebel sells customer relationship management (CRM...
[November 19, 2003, 9:20]
Offensive Language and Untrue Facts
Talkback This article just does not represent the truth of either products discussed in the article, it uses offence language like shit, etc.and tries to make a point which is factual not true.per text is a wrong fact.
[February 1, 2007, 9:47]
IBM goes on the Power5 offensive
News IBM is expected to announce a new generation of Unix servers on Tuesday, systems it believes powerful enough to let Big Blue topple rivals Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. As previously reported, IBM will announce low-end and midrange models...
[July 13, 2004, 9:05]
Redmond launches phishing offensive
News Microsoft has filed 117 lawsuits against people who it charges created phishing Web sites designed to look like pages hosted by the software giant. The suits, filed Thursday in Seattle in US District Court for the Western District of Washington...
[April 1, 2005, 10:15]
Tech firms go on a legislative offensive
News The beginnings of another offensive took place in 2004, when Intel, Sun, Gateway, Royal Philips Electronics and other tech firms announced their support for a bill that antagonised the recording industry.
[March 28, 2006, 16:20]
GIMP - what's in a name?
Blog Comment I find it odd that you find the term GIMP potentially offensive. I can't place the term within any realm of common-use offensive terminology; perhaps it's a British thing? Seriously, open source apps often have to resort to 'weird' names, because...
[May 8, 2009, 9:34]



