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Stealth P2P network hides inside Kazaa
News Working behind the scenes According to CNET Download.com, a popular software aggregation site owned by ZDNet UK publisher CNET Networks, the Kazaa software -- and by extension the Brilliant software -- was downloaded more than 2.6 million times...
[April 2, 2002, 9:21]
OneCare runs into tracking trouble
News Computrace LoJack works behind the scenes on a PC and is designed to contact Absolute Software. These files are not identifiable to users as components of Computrace LoJack, but once quarantined, LoJack will be rendered useless," Hackett wrote in...
[December 15, 2005, 9:20]
BBC's iPlayer numbers revealed
News From what to expect over the next year of development to a detailed look at the iPlayer's hardware, infrastructure and operation, this detailed interview takes you behind the scenes of the enormous on-demand video service.
[May 11, 2009, 12:06]
Windows 7 details to be revealed in October
News This blog will provide context over the next 2+ months with regular posts about the behind the scenes development of the release and continue through the release of the product. In an interview with ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, CNET News.com, in May...
[August 15, 2008, 8:16]
Instrumental to chip success
News That's because the chip giant has largely been a behind-the-scenes player for the last two decades. He recently spoke with ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com to discuss TI's rivalry with Intel, the future of electronics and why the world needs...
[September 2, 2005, 11:05]
Sex, lies and videogames
News The ruckus broke out after the public learned that top-selling video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" included sexually explicit scenes that could be accessed using code that quickly spread across the Internet.
[August 23, 2005, 15:00]
Morpheus tracks user surfing habits
News Thus, when a file swapper visits a site such as Radioshack.com, eBay.com or a handful of others, their computer visits a separate site behind the scenes before loading the final destination site. That software has been one of the most quickly...
[March 20, 2002, 9:52]
Learning from virtual plagues
News Patrick Bowman, a production coordinator at Activision (not the maker of WoW) and an avid WoW player who fell victim to the plague, saw similar scenes, and like many others, decided it would be amusing to see if he could intentionally spread the...
[October 17, 2005, 13:00]
Sun gets closer to Web services elite
News A behind-the-scenes battle over security standards threatens to further divide the organisation. Sun is quietly working on its own royalty-free specification for Web services security, which could rival a similar set of specifications proposed by...
[June 20, 2002, 12:29]
PGP Corporation sees potential of deperimeterisation
News PGP is working behind the scenes with telcos, ISPs and managed service providers to build security systems that integrate readily, said Dunkelberger. CNet News.com's Joris Evers contributed to this report
[June 9, 2006, 13:40]
Video: Behind the scenes of tech design
News CNET's Brian Cooley takes a look behind the scenes at the Silicon Valley design house where the Mac was shaped. What do they think is the next big thing?
[August 15, 2007, 11:27]
iPhone officially lands in China
News Crowds queued up for the phone many hours in advance at several locations — although scenes did not quite match the frenzy of the first iPhone launch day in the US. For the full story, see Wi-Fi-free iPhone officially lands in China on CNET News.
[November 2, 2009, 9:40]
Sanders to step down as AMD chairman
News Sanders and others worked behind the scenes to prepare AMD for a new, more stable era. CNET News.com's Michael Kannellos contributed to this report. Sanders is to hand over his post as chairman of chipmaker AMD in April, completing the transition...
[February 18, 2004, 14:50]
Behind the scenes: Unlocking iPhones in Vietnam
News Every obstacle presents an opportunity. I saw this first-hand in Hanoi, Vietnam. The obstacle in question: the iPhone 3G. Since its launch, it has proven a much tougher nut to crack than the original iPhone.
[December 2, 2008, 14:41]
Photos: Behind the scenes for Vista
News Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com
[November 9, 2006, 10:49]
Star Wars Web site goes into Hyperspace
News Among other features of the service, subscribers to Hyperspace will be able to watch never-before-seen deleted scenes from "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones". For everything Internet-related, from the latest legal and policy-related...
[May 30, 2003, 14:25]
Yahoo! shifts to open-source scripting
News s rationale for making the switch to the open-source PHP provides both a technical look behind the scenes of one of the Web's largest and most trafficked Web sites and a clearer picture of its ongoing adherence to the open-source ideology.
[October 31, 2002, 7:53]
'Star Wars' effects studio shifts to Intel
News Currently, a number of studios have deployed Intel-based machines for their render farms, conglomerates of hundreds of servers working in tandem to refine scenes and special effects. To find out more about the computers and hardware that these...
[July 22, 2002, 8:02]
Microsoft sets XP update release date
News Behind the scenes As previously reported by CNET News.com, Microsoft had been expected to complete work on the update by the end of the week. Check out ZDNet UK's Windows XP Resource Centre for the latest news, 'final code' reviews, comment, a...
[September 2, 2002, 8:01]
HP ready to get down to business
News Concurrently, and unlike in many mergers, HP and Compaq have worked furiously behind the scenes to be able to operate as one entity immediately after the formal integration. Conventional wisdom has it that the hardest part is yet to come for...
[May 7, 2002, 10:39]
