Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 5:31:46 PM CET
Bill Gates' Wealth Jumps Nearly $2B Since Friday
Judge Approved Microsoft Settlement Friday
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' personal wealth has jumped by nearly $2 billion since Friday afternoon. That's when a federal judge approved a settlement in the Justice Department's antitrust case against the software company. Gates' stock in Microsoft, which totals nearly 617 million shares, was worth about $34.6 billion by the end of trading Monday.
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 4:49:54 PM CET
Hacker turncoat opines on computer security
Interview with famous hacker Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick, the notorious computer hacker who was one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives when he was arrested in 1995, says he has changed his stripes. After serving a five-year prison term for breaking into the computers of several high-tech firms, stealing software and causing millions of dollars in damage, the 39-year-old has renounced his old ways and launched a career as a public speaker and computer security consultant.
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 3:18:19 PM CET
Sharp ist SCHARF
Actius UM Series
Truly an advancement in notebook technology. Not only is the Sharp PC-UM series notebook computer a lightweight champion (about three pounds) and a sleek traveling companion (about 3/4 of an inch thick), it features a durable magnesium casing, a state-of-the-art retractable keyboard, and Sharp's legendary LCD technology.
¬> <a href="www.sharpsystems.com"target="_blank">Sharp via Gizmodo
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 3:10:13 PM CET
World`s First Commercially Available Illuminated Computer Keyboard
Auravision, LLC today announced the EluminX(TM) line of computer data entry products. The initial product offering, the EluminX Illuminated Keyboard, is a computer keyboard with internal luminescence or lighting -- the first commercially available computer keyboard that remains totally visible even in dark or low-lit workspaces. The EluminX Illuminated Keyboard eliminates the glare from task lighting, eases eyestrain, and makes the keys easy to see. A perfect solution for late night web surfers, gamers, and computer users.
¬> <a href="www.twomobile.com"target="_blank">TwoMobile
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Topic: - on November 5, 2002 at 12:32:34 PM CET
Supercomputer for a day
Thousands of computers across Canada have been interconnected to create a supercomputer that only operated for a day. The 1,360 processor strong supercomputer was used to tackle a problem in computational chemistry that would otherwise take years to complete.
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Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 11:36:10 PM CET
PERSONAL COMPUTER SECURITY
One of the greatest fears computer owners face is the risk of someone breaking into their home and stealing their investment. The effects of data loss, alone, can be devastating! This page will cover a very effective method of protecting your personal computer.
¬> SECURITY
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Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 8:20:01 PM CET
Math discovery rattles Net security
Will Manindra Agrawal bring about the end of the Internet as we know it? The question is not as ridiculous as it was just two months ago. Prof. Agrawal is a 36-year old theoretical computer scientist at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. In August, he solved a problem that had eluded millennia of mathematicians: developing a method to determine with complete certainty if a number is prime. PRIME NUMBERS ARE those divisible only by themselves and 1. While small primes like 5 or 17 are easy to spot, for very large numbers, those hundreds of digits long, there never had been a formula of “primality testing” that didn’t have a slight chance of error.
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Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 10:11:02 AM CET
C64
Dust off that old Commodore!!!!!
These are the games available on Arnold. The list is heavily based on the one by Martin Pugh, which, unfortunately, has not been updated for a long time.
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Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 12:21:49 AM CET
Cordless keyboard wrote on neighbor's computer
While a Stavanger man typed away at his desktop computer his text was also streaming in on his neighbor's machine in a building 150 meters away. Hewlett-Packard have never received a complaint like it. About 10 pm I was sitting and watching TV when the computer, which was in sleep mode, suddenly began to buzz. I looked over and noticed it was waking up. I also saw a red light on the keyboard's receiver box blinking as if I was writing something," Helle said.
¬> <a href="www.aftenposten.no"target="_blank">Aftenposten
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 3, 2002 at 11:01:55 PM CET
"Microsoft Nein Danke" aus Namibia
SchoolNet Namibia, ein Projekt zur Förderung der Schülerausbildung an Computern in dem afrikanischen Land, hat ein Spendenangebot des Softwarekonzerns Microsoft dankend abgelehnt.
Der Redmonder Softwarehersteller wollte Office-Pakete im Wert von 2.000 USD in das afrikanische Land schicken. Die Software war für den Einsatz auf 50 Acer-Laptops gedacht, die SchoolNet preisgünstig erhalten hatte.
Um die angebotene Software nutzen zu können, hätte das Bildungsprojekt jedoch 9.000 USD für Windows-Lizenzen ausgeben müssen, die Microsoft nicht mitlieferte.
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Topic: - on November 3, 2002 at 4:14:04 PM CET
Microsoft focus on Brussels after U.S. decision
After a court victory for Microsoft in the United States, the battle now shifts to Europe where Competition Commissioner Mario Monti may soon impose his own set of sanctions against the software giant.
Monti will make a preliminary decision by the end of the year whether to act against Microsoft Corp for allegedly abusing dominance in its Windows operating system.
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Topic: - on November 3, 2002 at 4:05:57 PM CET
Microsoft Eyes Europe After U.S. Anti-Trust Victory
The software giant faces possible sanctions from the European Commission for unfair competitive practices. A decision is expected by the end of 2002.
¬> Deutsche Welle ¬> InfoWorld ¬> Guardian
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