Topic: - on November 9, 2002 at 11:39:29 AM CET
Symantec undeletes mail deletion bug
Symantec has issued a fix for a serious bug within Norton Internet Security 2003 which is responsible for the unexplained deletion of emails for some users. Users are advised to run the LiveUpdate automatic updating facility to fix the flaw.
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Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 5:18:04 PM CET
Standard for sports data launched
A new computer language was launched Thursday to simplify the formatting, storage and publishing of sports information for newspapers, Web sites and other media. The final draft of the language, called Sports Markup Language or “SportsML,” was released at the Sports Media & Technology trade show in New York.
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Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 12:27:33 PM CET
Open source gloats over leaked Microsoft memo
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE advocates have concluded that a leaked Microsoft memorandum detailing a survey it conducted of IT professionals on their views of open source software shows that Microsoft's public relations tactics on open source are failing and, to win out against the software giant, open source software advocates just have to "stay the course."
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Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 11:44:48 AM CET
Holograms in Motion
The new video holograms produce fully 3-D images that float in space near the viewing screen. "Someday we're going to wonder how we used to put up with 2-D images," says Stephen Benton, who heads the Spatial Imaging Group at the MIT Media Lab.
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Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 11:40:33 AM CET
Windows XP Tablet PC
Since the dawn of the PC era, various companies have undertaken various initiatives to move computing away from keyboard and mouse-based input and towards the more natural interfaces of pen and voice. And while voice computing has seen some limited success, pen computing is set to explode with the introduction of Microsoft's Tablet PC platform, driven by a new Windows XP version logically named Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:27:47 PM CET
Predict when the 200,000th bug in the Mozilla
browser will be reported, and you could win an unusual prize.
In a tech industry equivalent to guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar, the development group behind the Mozilla browser is challenging geeks to guess the exact date and time when the project's 200,000th bug will be reported.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:24:37 PM CET
Tiny chips weigh heavily on environment
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A microchip's energy and material requirements stand out in comparison with those for an automobile. The study notes that one passenger car needs about 3,300 pounds of fossil fuel. Although that's far greater than what’s needed for a microchip, the study says that the ratio of the manufacturing phase's fossil fuel and chemical inputs to the weight of the final product is about 2-to-1 for a car, but 630-to-1 for a microchip.
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Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 11:32:00 AM CET
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The Alienware® Area-51m system is the first mobile gaming machine designed with the highest level user in mind. This conveniently compact unit eliminates the cumbersome task of transporting your entire desktop system including case, keyboard, monitor, speakers, etc. From LAN parties to business meetings to classroom lectures, this system can go virtually anywhere. High-Performance Laptop Chassis (Standard) Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.8GHz 533MHz FSB w/ 512KB Cache Hi-Performance Heatsink/CPU Cooling Fan Intel® 845E+ICH3M Chipset - FC-PGA 478PIN DDR 512MB DDR PC-2100 - Two SO-DIMMs 40GB 5400 RPM ATA100 ATI Mobility RADEON 9000 64MB DDR
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 12:35:24 PM CET
Mitnick's 'Lost Chapter' Found
A missing chapter from hacker Kevin Mitnick's recent book has been published on the Internet. Mitnick said he didn't know who had posted the chapter online. E-mails to the yahoo.com address listed with the original post went unanswered.
"I feel pretty good about the chapter being available," Mitnick said. "For a long time I was portrayed as the Osama bin Laden of the Internet and I really wanted to be able to tell my side of the story. I wanted to be able to explain exactly what I did and what I didn't do to people who thought they knew me."
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 11:19:17 AM CET
Is Linux breaking Microsoft's grip?
Open-source software gave Microsoft a one-two punch this week, with the European Union and an African nonprofit educational organization showing preference for Linux systems. The European Union awarded on Thursday a $249,000 (250,000 euro) contract to U.K.-based system-integrator Netproject to study the feasibility of moving the information systems of several member countries' governments to the Linux operating system from Microsoft's Windows OS.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:48:48 AM CET
Microsoft Has No Plan to Pay Dividends
Microsoft Corp.'s executives said on Tuesday the company had no plans to pay dividends from its $40.5 billion in cash holdings as long as the software giant faced the threat of further litigation.
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Topic: - on November 6, 2002 at 10:15:56 AM CET
Make Windows Work Better
104 Windows Tips
There's a lot you can do to make Windows faster, easier, more reliable, even more fun. We've got 104 tips for Windows users to help you get the most out of your computer.
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