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Developers Warned Over OOXML Patent Risk
News The covenant, Yu warned, has never been tested in court with regards to intellectual-property rights, and it includes no mention of any forum — the court or tribunal and country — in which to resolve a dispute.
[February 14, 2008, 11:56]
City Firms Warned Of Hackers In Disguise
News Firms were warned by Inspector Norman Russell -- top ranking crime prevention officer with City police -- to be especially vigilant when taking on temporary staff in an interview with the London Evening Standard, published Monday.
[April 11, 2000, 8:04]
Banks Warned Over IT Security Flaws
News While this extra accessibility is of benefit to many customers, at the same time, it can increase exposure to external attacks, he warned. The number of security flaws within financial institutions' IT systems is growing fast, due in part to...
[June 14, 2007, 13:52]
Upgraders To XP SP3 Warned Over IE Downgrades
News Windows XP users who install the operating system's third service pack will not be able to roll back their versions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft's deployment manager for Internet Explorer 8 has warned.
[May 9, 2008, 17:03]
Government Warned Of Hacking Danger
News The Prime Minister has been warned that placing more of the government's infrastructure online will leave it vulnerable to computer hackers, in a leaked letter from the head of the House of Commons published in The Times Friday.
[April 7, 2000, 16:31]
Scots Warned Over .sc Domains
News Scottish companies were warned this week over the promotion of the .sc top level domain (TLD) as a Scottish identity on the Internet. UK registry Nominet, which oversees the .uk domain name, said Scottish businesses that are attracted by the offer...
[March 21, 2002, 17:38]
Ignore Consumer Tech At Your Peril, CIOs Warned
News Analyst Gartner has warned that technologies such as wikis and the services offered by Google and Skype will increasingly find their way into the enterprise, and CIOs and IT directors will not be able to stop the trend by simply banning or...
[May 5, 2006, 16:30]
Businesses Warned Against Consumer-class PCs
News Businesses have been warned they risk higher costs if they buy cheaper consumer PCs in favour of business-class systems. Some businesses buy consumer-class PCs and laptops for company use due to their lower initial cost, but analyst Gartner has...
[December 4, 2007, 14:09]
IT Departments Warned Over Ageism
News Perhaps a more important driver that will help address ageism in IT is the looming skills crisis facing the UK but Swain warned that older IT workers must ensure their skills are bang up to date. Changes to discrimination laws and a skills shortage...
[February 23, 2005, 10:05]
BT Warned To Play Fair Over Broadband Advert Blitz
News A spokeswoman for the regulator told ZDNet UK that Oftel had been aware of BT Wholesale's plan for some time, and warned that the company mustn't act unfairly by giving too much support to its own retail operations.
[January 16, 2002, 9:59]
News Burst: Chip Industry Warned Of Imminent Slowdown
News A Silicon Valley analyst firm has warned that a downturn in the processor market could hit in the next six months. Advanced Forecasting (AFI) said Tuesday that a "significant slowdown" could hit most of the integrated circuit industry in early 2001...
[August 16, 2000, 10:21]
Linux Users Warned About Firefox Flaw
News Security firm Secunia warned on Tuesday that a flaw rated as "extremely critical" has been found in Firefox 1.0.6. Users running Firefox on Linux may be vulnerable to a security vulnerability that can be exploited to compromise the user's system.
[September 21, 2005, 17:10]
Companies Warned After RSI Payout Over Mouse Use
News Employers are asking for trouble if they turn a blind eye," Joyston-Bechal warned. The Guardian newspaper has paid out £37,500 to settle a repetitive strain injury (RSI) claim made a former Guardian freelancer.
[June 8, 2006, 11:10]
Singaporeans Warned Not To Text And Drive
News Text messaging while driving is an offence in Singapore, a police spokesman has warned. Drivers caught will be slapped with a fine and imprisonment as the act threatens lives, said police spokesman Phillip Mah in a letter to The Straits Times.
[August 29, 2003, 10:20]
Email Users Warned Of PDF Risk
News Security vendors have warned email users to be as vigilant about PDF attachments as they would for other file formats, after seeing a sharp rise in spam containing infected PDF files. Email security vendor Messagelabs reported on Tuesday that PDFs...
[August 2, 2007, 8:43]
Users Warned Over IE Clipboard Exploit
News Windows users were warned over the weekend of an exploit in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser that lets any Web site copy the contents of the Windows clipboard without the user knowing. Popular Windows site NTFS highlighted the exploit, which...
[December 23, 2002, 11:32]
Alexander Warned Over Broadband Complacency
News AOL has warned the new e-commerce minister that Britain is still facing big problems in the rollout of broadband Internet services. Responding to comments made last week by Douglas Alexander, the ISP said this country still has some big obstacles...
[June 25, 2001, 15:27]
Companies Warned Over Virtualisation Threats
News Companies have been warned not to rush into adopting virtualisation technology as hurrying could leave them at risk of security threats. It warned that simply applying the technologies and best practices for securing physical servers won't provide...
[April 5, 2007, 8:57]
Businesses Warned Of Profiling Dangers
News Businesses and police have been warned of the dangers of profiling by the information commissioner Richard Thomas. Profiling refers to when companies collect a set of data that identifies a type or category of person or an individual themselves.
[March 28, 2007, 17:26]
Memory Makers Warned Against Overconfidence
News Gartner issued a similar report in August and also warned that changes in demand or hasty production increases could erase most of the progress. ISuppli described the increase in DRAM demand and prices in the third quarter as seasonal, meaning they...
[October 6, 2003, 14:10]
