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But as Adrian Kingsley-Hughes pointed out in his blog...
Talkback "if it's not a security issue, why do we see file extensions such as .txt.exe or .txt.cmd or .txt.pif on malware already? It's obviously there to fool someone.http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?
[May 6, 2009, 20:06]
Oracle expresses sales optimism
News Oracle touted its growth in the server applications market on Wednesday and pointed to trends that it believes will further bolster its business. He also pointed to regulatory changes that require businesses to increase the period that they have...
[July 15, 2004, 11:40]
Bristol: Microsoft aggressive, not anti-competitive
News On day two of the trial, Microsoft attorney David Tulchin pointed out that Bristol tried to maintain strict control of its code and planned to "attack and dominate" markets, the same actions it was accusing Microsoft of taking.
[June 7, 1999, 11:25]
Bug hunters find 'cookie' hole in IE
News Computer bug-hunters have pointed out a way to snare personal information from a "cookie" file if the victim uses Microsoft Internet Explorer and clicks on a disguised string of JavaScript code. More recently, he has pointed out a series of Web...
[May 12, 2000, 8:39]
Ab-normalization at Experts Exchange - Part 1
Blog I'm always disappointed when beginners are pointed the wrong way. It's obvious that this beginner should start with redesigning his database structure and should be pointed to an article about database normalization.
[December 10, 2008, 17:03]
Possible prior art for Microsoft XML patent found
News A ZDNet UK reader pointed out on Thursday that SXP, a library for converting C++ programming objects into XML files, was made available on Sourceforge in February 2000. Microsoft wouldn't say whether it believed the SXP library was an example of...
[June 2, 2005, 18:40]
Solve Windows 2000 DNS server problems
Talkback Now, IE is pointed to my server address, trying to bring up the monitor manager it used to be pointed to. I to have the same problem and got the same error, but only after I uninstalled Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security for SMB.
[September 29, 2004, 20:00]
Incompetent CIOs are costing and wasting billions...
Talkback The point is that many CIOs are incompetent and psychologically dependent on MS junk and propaganda, and I believe that poor, (in fact, incompetent) decisions being made should be pointed out, and the people making them should be called to account.
[April 10, 2008, 3:23]
EC: European IT research is too 'fragmented'
News In a speech on Tuesday at the ICT 2008 symposium in Lyon, Viviane Reding pointed out that European spending on IT research and development — both public and private — remains far below that in the US.
[November 27, 2008, 9:33]
Google's Brin: Time to speed up the web
News In a conversation at Google's I/O developer event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Brin pointed out how software gets twice as slow every 18 months — an effect he named 'Page's Law', after his partner Larry Page and in an ironic reversal of Moore's...
[June 1, 2009, 17:20]
Swim through Web data or sink, warns VRML guru
News The co-creator of VRML pointed to the exponential growth of documents on the Web since the invention of the first 2D GUI Web browser, NCSA's Mosaic. Not surprisingly, Pesce pointed to VRML, with its '4D' - 3D plus live updating - as the way to...
[July 3, 1997, 14:56]
Possible prior art for Microsoft smiley patent found
News Several ZDNet UK readers pointed out over the weekend that X-faces, a technology that allows users to include images in Usenet news posts or in the headers of emails, appears to cover a similar technology.
[July 25, 2005, 17:30]
Turning the tide against RIPA
Leader As those concerned with human rights have pointed out, this means proof of innocence rather than proof of guilt — a fundamental change in the way the law works. We have previously pointed out that with modern encryption, it is possible to have...
[August 15, 2006, 17:25]
Shouldn't your servers be sweating?
Blog Comment As has already been pointed out, running hotter reduces reliability. As has also been already pointed out, the answer to reducing the amount of cooling you need is to not generate as much heat in the first place, but that will happen as the...
[August 12, 2009, 12:11]
Intel Xeon launch promises faster, greener computing
News Specifically, the company is pointed to technology within the chip that makes it more flexible while also offering faster speeds and more efficient use of energy. The company pointed to enhancements in the memory subsystem, as well as the I/O...
[March 31, 2009, 8:49]
Clinton calls for IT to fight terrorism
News He pointed out that during his presidency, technology had been responsible for 30 percent of US economic growth, and emphasised the importance of technological development for debt-burdened countries.
[February 27, 2002, 14:35]
HP's Hogan glories in growth
Blog We have grown the software business very quickly,” Hogan pointed out, “from $1bn to $3bn in two years”. But not for Hogan who in his keynote pointed this out. As Hogan pointed out, all of the companies that HP buys are, ”number one or two in their...
[December 9, 2008, 14:19]
Boom in requests for Linux drivers
News In an email exchange with ZDNet UK's sister site, ZDNet Asia, he pointed to his blog post of June this year, which said the Linux Driver Project receives, on average, two requests a month from manufacturers to have drivers written.
[August 17, 2009, 11:54]
US Report: Consumers fume over AOL-Netscape
News ISPs now face the awkward prospect of offering browser software from either Microsoft or AOL, both of which run competing online services, as San Jose attorney Lewis Mettler pointed out. Others pointed out that a strong Netscape browser could aid...
[November 27, 1998, 9:33]
Wanadoo closes serious security hole
News This was pointed out, and it has now moved the files, meaning the hole now finally appears to be closed. Wanadoo's spokesperson thanked the forum's owner for bringing the matter to the ISP's attention, but pointed out that "he is under a legal...
[May 19, 2006, 16:55]
