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Rogue router stumps San Francisco officials
News San Francisco officials are trying to find a device on the city's computer network that was allegedly left there by an IT worker who was jailed for refusing to divulge passwords to the city network, the IDG News Service reported on Thursday.
[September 12, 2008, 10:06]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
News Massachusetts state officials have criticised a decision to adopt OpenDocument as a standard, casting doubt over a closely watched initiative. Marc Pacheco, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Audit and
[November 2, 2005, 9:25]
Darling blames officials for data loss
News Darling confirmed that two discs containing details on about 25 million people had been lost in the post after officials had failed to follow the proper procedures for data handling. Officials sent a second pair of discs that were delivered to the...
[November 21, 2007, 7:16]
Net unprepared for cyberterrorism - US officials
Talkback the Net is unprepared for a 14 year old script kiddie, let alone an organized gang.is this what U.S.tax dollars are being spent on? Bush is an idiot - the next election cant come quick enough
[December 4, 2003, 10:34]
Net unprepared for cyberterrorism - US officials
Talkback First, there has never been a case of cyberterrorism. Second, no one is the private sector, intelligence community or law enforcement arena can even agree upon a definition of "cyberterrorism," let alone terrorism (even the UN cannot agree).
[December 8, 2003, 14:21]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Talkback It might save the cost of the MS Office licence, but what about the cost of retraining staff, redeveloping any systems that interact with MSO, convertng (and verifying) documents from MSO to whatever it is replaced with?
[November 2, 2005, 11:52]
Blaming junior officials not good enough
Talkback The problem is not simply that "instructions and procedures" were not followed; how did a junior official have access to the entire database, let alone clearance to download it all and burn it onto disk?
[November 21, 2007, 9:15]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Talkback Some (political) friends of Microsoft have been brought out in the open and already facts and figures are swept off the table leaving only room for FUD, emotions, fingerpointing, war of words and hearsay.
[November 2, 2005, 21:10]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Talkback The cost of dumping MSO? What a joker. Think of the money saved by dumping it though. I'll agree, I'd rather stay with MSO that Star or the likes, but in a large workplace as such, the savings will be enormus.
[November 2, 2005, 10:08]
ID cards could replace passports, say gov't officials
News Speaking on Friday at the Home Office, Identity and Passport Service (IPS) officials said that, in theory, the biometric ID cards could also be used for identification purposes when travelling beyond the EU, if the UK can reach agreements with...
[November 24, 2008, 7:39]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Talkback Isn't it true that MS 12 will only work with VISTA? What will the cost be to upgrade? Does MS 12 support ALL of the older versions of office? MS has alread bragged they support OD, to a degree. If true, then where is the learning curve, the high...
[November 2, 2005, 13:05]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Talkback Wouldn't MS-Office12 require a similiar learning curve, as well as a state-wide adoption of Windows Vista along with its accompanying hardware-upgrade? What about the cost of verifying that all exisiting Word documents can still be read by MS...
[November 2, 2005, 12:24]
Massachusetts officials clash over move to OpenDocument
Talkback I see this has brought out the usual collection of M$ Corp Klingons ERRRrrrr what re training all they are doing is ensuring that documenys saved are saved in an format that is NOT OWNED by some underhanded scheeming conman and his followers...
[November 2, 2005, 16:51]
Indian officials accuse China of cyber attacks
Blog China is actively engaged in mapping India's computer networks, according to the Times of India. China is mounting "almost daily" attacks against Indian Government computer systems, including scanning networks for possible vulnerabilties to exploit...
[May 6, 2008, 12:38]
US officials order e-ticketing restrictions
News Federal authorities have implemented new regulations for electronic airline tickets as part of tighter security at US airports, effectively taking away much of the convenience of online travel. Commercial airlines will no longer allow passengers...
[September 14, 2001, 9:43]
WAP services for cattle safety
News Farmers are to make unexpected use of WAP phones, employing them to help government officials ensure the safety of British beef. Under it farmers are required to inform officials using specially designed postcards whenever a cow or calf is born...
[September 6, 2000, 12:21]
US Report: FTC study takes Web to woodshed over privacy
News According to a four-page executive summary of the report the FTC is scheduled to release later today federal officials found that for every 100 commercial Internet sites online, 85 collect personal information about their visitors, usually without...
[June 4, 1998, 9:15]
Intel warns of Q3 sales shortfall
News Company officials said weak demand in Europe was mainly to blame. Company officials didn't say whether the sales shortfall would impact its bottom line. At the time, Intel officials said they were bullish on the second half.
[September 22, 2000, 7:35]
Microsoft brews up a Java-like language
News Company officials have said the language has no relationship to the Java competitor, code-named Cool, that Microsoft was developing a year ago. But at the XML DevCon 2000 conference in New York, Microsoft officials said the new language will have...
[June 27, 2000, 8:34]
Pentium 4 launches Monday
News Intel officials have confirmed the Pentium 4 will be released Monday and outlined plans to move the Pentium 4 into the mainstream PC market as rapidly as possible. While the Pentium 4 will begin its life at the very high end of the desktop PC...
[November 15, 2000, 7:58]
