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2001: Year of the virus
News Antivirus experts say that the worm spread with even greater speed than February's Kournikova worm, the other major email germ of the year. But the ratio of emails that contain viruses has also increased, from roughly one in 1,500 emails last year...
[May 10, 2001, 15:06]
1999 - year of DVD?
News I think 1999 is going to be the year of DVD," said Wainwright. While Freeman forecasts DVD player sales jumping from 1.5 million this year to between 3 million and 5 million players in 1999, the analyst believes that DVD-ROM-equipped PCs are...
[January 4, 1999, 8:47]
Year-old Bluetooth vulnerability invites mobile worm
News For the past year, mobile phone vendors have been trying to fix several Bluetooth security vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to create an MSBlast-type worm that spreads from handset to handset without any user intervention.
[August 3, 2004, 13:40]
Borland will beta Latte by year end
News Borland has said it will make a beta version of its Java development tool openly available by the end of the year, and ship the product early in 1997. The firm said it also will ditch the industry practice of awful Java puns by dropping the Latte...
[October 31, 1996, 11:14]
2000 Roundups: The year that was
News Roundup: 2000 Roundup: A Year of unmetered access? Once upon a time, starry-eyed futurologists predicted we'd be floating around on jetpacks in the year 2000. Well, Rupert Goodwins is here to put you in the picture as to what actually went on in...
[December 28, 2000, 12:31]
A Year Ago: Microsoft launches UK Expedia
News According to company officials the UK site is the first in a series of European launches scheduled for next year. European e-commerce gets a much needed boost today with the launch of Microsoft's online travel-agency, Expedia .
[November 12, 1999, 6:00]
Network Developer Saves Customers 85 Hours, $2,300 a Year With Automated Backup Solution
White Papers ReliableNetwerks now helps customers saves 85 hours and U.S.a year with the automated backup feature, and expects to boost revenue by offering customers easy-to-use recovery features, remote access capabilities, and seamless integration with third...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
Intel to go quad-core this year
News Intel quad-core server and desktop processors will arrive this year instead of next, Chief Executive Paul Otellini said Wednesday, firing a new competitive volley against rival AMD. We notified customers we're pulling in both the desktop and server...
[July 20, 2006, 8:50]
More 3G sales lined up for this year
News The Croatian government said this week it aims to sell off 3G licences by the end of the year, probably using a beauty contest, which costs participants less than an auction. The Taiwan government is looking to release bidding rules by July and...
[February 16, 2001, 14:28]
A Year Ago: Exploring the human-machine frontier
News A year later he followed this up with a second chip implanted to determine whether a computer could follow his movements as he walked around. Professor Kevin Warwick, head of the Cybernetics Department at Reading University is at the forefront of...
[December 28, 2000, 6:03]
10 Year Battery Powered Satellite Tracking Launches!
White Papers PearTrack launches the world's first self contained GPS tracking system with a 10 year battery life which is specifically designed for shipping containers. The GPS/GSM device is covertly fitted inside the container, protecting it from damage and...
[June 27, 2009, 1:21]
Mobiles to get PowerVR 3D this year
News The first portable products using Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX 3D graphics technology will ship this year, and will represent a "significant step ahead" from products such as Nintendo's GameBoy Advance and Nokia's N-Gage, Imagination said...
[January 8, 2004, 16:35]
Denver Solutions Group and IBM Put Year One's e-Commerce Engine Into Overdrive
White Papers Based in Braselton, Georgia, Year One's web site averages roughly 500,000 page hits each day and rings up about $400,000 in sales every month. With that kind of activity, Year One needed a solid technology infrastructure.
[August 25, 2009, 10:14]
2004: The year of desktop Linux?
News Linux is poised to surpass Apple's 2.9 percent of the market, as projected a year ago. But a funny thing has happened over the past year: large organisations have actually started making commitments to Linux desktops, in a trend that is likely to...
[December 22, 2003, 15:20]
Forecasts clash on year-end e-tail sales
News And Barnes&Noble.com said its fourth-quarter net sales are expected to range from $110m to $135m, which means they could fall below last year's sales of $114m. A report from Goldman Sachs analyst Anthony Noto, done in conjunction with Harris...
[November 8, 2001, 15:18]
A Year Ago: Government snooping will cost taxpayers millions
News Failure to hand over such keys could result in a two-year prison sentence. Plans to seize encryption keys from crime suspects will leave them vulnerable to theft and misuse Government snooping plans will cost the taxpayer "hundreds of millions" of...
[March 1, 2001, 6:04]
LookBack '98: A year in the life of the Bug
News Action 2000 -- the government sponsored millennium bug organisation -- started the year with a cuddly black bug in the yellow triangle of the campaign logo. Designed to draw attention to the issues of the millennium date change, by the middle of...
[December 24, 1998, 6:11]
A Year Ago: Exclusive: S3 expands into sexy consumer markets
News To round off the year, S3 promises major RioPort announcements to follow up the recent rollout of the Rio 500 player. S3 is making wide forays outside its core expertise. Traditionally a graphics card company that has dabbled in other silicon...
[September 6, 2000, 7:01]
Olivetti will sell PC unit this year
News Completion of the sale is expected before the end of the year. Reports in today's financial press say the Italian giant will sell its PC unit and part of its Omnitel cellular communications business in order to reduce crushing debts.
[October 4, 1996, 9:38]
Hackers say they'll take off New Year's
News This time, however, they have a message for others looking to circumvent security on the Net: Don't hack over the New Year's weekend. On Wednesday, Hackers In Paradise, a group that has claimed responsibility for defacing more than 30 sites...
[December 23, 1999, 10:16]
