Microsoft is requiring large PC makers to stop selling XP-based systems
Talkback How is it that a software company can issue orders to independent PC manufacturers? The real losers here are the consumers, having something forced on them that , just maybe, they don't need, or want.
[September 24, 2007, 14:19]
Goldman analysts to disclose holdings
News Goldman Sachs is requiring analysts to disclose stock ownership in the companies they cover, as investors and Congress continue to make noise about potential conflicts of interest. The latest revision will be added to Goldman's policy of requiring...
[August 10, 2001, 11:18]
Trade agreement has domain name dispute language
News The draft text of the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement released this week proposes requiring operators of country-code top level domain names in signatory countries to adopt a controversial system for settling trademark disputes over...
[July 9, 2001, 12:15]
US investigates 'anti-terrorist' data retention
News In a radical departure from earlier statements, US attorney general Alberto Gonzales has said that requiring ISPs to save records of their customers' online activities is necessary in the fight against terrorism, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com...
[May 31, 2006, 9:15]
SketchUp
Downloads Anyone who loves sketching by hand but finds using CAD cumbersome or frustrating will appreciate SketchUp's unique approach: Instead of requiring users to learn a vast, complicated set of commands SketchUp combines a compact yet robust tool...
[February 28, 2006, 6:00]
Appeals court overturns Microsoft injunction
News Appeals Court has overturned a preliminary injunction against Microsoft Corp.saying that a lower court made substantial errors when it prohibited Microsoft from requiring computer manufacturers that license Windows 95 to license the Internet...
[June 24, 1998, 9:13]
How the Democrats' win affects tech
News Similarly, not one Democrat opposed a more recent amendment requiring the executive branch to disclose its data-mining technologies, while 165 Republicans did. By an 11-11 tie, a GOP-dominated committee failed in June to approve rules requiring...
[November 10, 2006, 10:20]
Insurer Boosts Network Reliability and Security, Cuts Cost of Manual Updates
White Papers The process was also time-consuming, requiring up to 90 days of staff-time per year. As a result, NCCI has confidence that servers requiring specific updates are identified and updated. NCCI Holdings, Inc.needed the most accurate, reliable, and...
[December 6, 2008, 0:23]
MS must stop bundling IE 4.0
News District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled in an interim order that Microsoft must "cease and desist" practices requiring computer manufacturers to bundle Windows 95 with its Internet Explorer browser.
[December 12, 1997, 9:27]
Token Frenzy
Downloads The game requires the player to locate specific tokens on the roadway so it's a kind of search and locate, requiring good memory to play the game effectively. There's also a few nasty tokens you want to avoid and each level has a faster...
[December 11, 2006, 7:42]
Warning email hides scam
News The email, headlined "Online Banking: Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud" purports to come from the address validate@westpac.com.au and includes a link to a Web site below the message "As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the 'Best...
[December 18, 2003, 9:50]
HP Disaster Proof Solutions: Ensuring Application Availability
White Papers ESG has found that there is an increase in the number of companies and organizations requiring 24 x 365 days of IT uptime. The needs of these organizations go far beyond simply recovery, requiring an environment that maintains business continuity...
[March 5, 2008, 12:27]
Windows patch hits the security conscious
Talkback And add more easy and actually working roll-back possibilties into each and every patch without requiring a reboot. PS: extra bonus if such possibilities would be made available for existing customers without requiring to sacrifice (some) budget or...
[October 18, 2005, 20:35]
3DEM70
Downloads DEM70 will render 16 or 24 bit color three dimensional projections, red-blue projections requiring red-blue 3D glasses for viewing, or color 3D projections requiring Liquid Crystal (LCD) electronic shutter glasses for viewing.
[April 23, 2000, 7:00]
Longhorn and the Linux long-game
Talkback For example; if your network consists of using 802.11b wireless you have a total throughput of 54Mbps and a range of 30 feet before requiring a repeater. Now regardless of what client type you're deploying, you will not deploy faster using 802.11b...
[March 11, 2005, 5:25]
EC plans biometric border checks
News The Commission is also investigating the possibility of requiring electronic authorisation for outside travellers as an alternative to requiring a visa. Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals...
[February 15, 2008, 7:20]
PGP platform tackles data breaches
News PGP's system allows administrators to set policies for their devices and connections, for instance requiring that certain types of devices are either disallowed or encrypted. If encryption is required, PGP Endpoint encrypts the device or connection...
[July 22, 2008, 15:44]
Office 2008 for Mac: a first look review
Reviews It displays a schedule and lets you track and colour-code items in a list without requiring Microsoft's Entourage personal information manager. With household account balancing in mind, Excel's new Ledger Sheets is built to crunch numbers without...
[January 11, 2007, 7:32]
Focus on these four areas when securing mobile devices
News And in many cases, the business application requires that they be able to accomplish this synchronisation during the day rather than waiting for a nightly upload or requiring the outbound employee to come back to a home base to synchronise data.
[August 6, 2003, 10:25]
Industry group urges government to think twice on open source
News Intellect was taking part in a consultation by the Office of the E-Envoy and the Department of Trade and Industry on the use of open-source software, which has proposed requiring open-source licences for publicly-funded software development.
[June 19, 2003, 13:52]



