Topic: COMPUTER - on March 5, 2005 at 9:22:00 AM CET
How Firefox Works
A Web browser is sort of like the tires on your car. You don't really give them much daily thought, but without them, you're not going anywhere. The second something goes wrong, you definitely notice.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 5, 2005 at 9:16:00 AM CET
Tracking PCs anywhere on the Net
A University of California researcher says he has found a way to identify computer hardware remotely, a technique that could potentially unmask anonymous Web surfers by bypassing some common security techniques.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 6:08:00 PM CET
Euro ministers set to OK patent measure
European ministers are expected to give the OK for the controversial Computer Implemented Inventions Directive to proceed when they meet Monday.
The European Commission has already nixed efforts to send the directive, which would allow software to be patented, back to the European Parliament, effectively restarting the legislative process. This could have enabled the bill to be reworked or even junked altogether.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 12:12:00 PM CET
Firefox extension adds a "Yahoo! Search"
Personally, I like it because it gives me a compact representation of search results and I can get a "bird's-eye view" of 30 results even without scrolling, whereas a regular Web search typically shows me 2 results without scrolling and 10 with scrolling. If the sidebar has focus (if it doesn't, hit F6), then you can navigate with the keyboard by using the arrow keys or the number keys.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 11:35:00 AM CET
Slipstreaming Windows XP with Service Pack 2
It's been a while since I've covered slipstreaming, or combining, a service pack into Windows (link), but the release of Windows XP Service Pack with Advanced Security Technologies (hereafter referred to as SP2) warrants some discussion. That's because XP SP2 is a huge change from the original shipping version of XP, offering as many new features and capabilities as a major new Windows version. For this reason, many people are going to want to install XP SP2 directly the next time they install Windows, and skip the time-consuming and potentially insecure step of installing the initial XP version first, and then applying SP2 after the fact.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 10:21:00 AM CET
Microsoft Loses Key Windows Architect to Google
One of Microsoft's key Windows architects has defected to Google. But at least so far, no one is talking about what Marc Lucovsky's new role will be at one of Microsoft's major rivals.
A 16-year Microsoft veteran, Lucovsky was one of a handful of "Distinguished Engineers" at Microsoft. He is credited as one of the core dozen engineers that came from Digital Equipment Corp. to Microsoft and built the Windows NT operating system. He was charged with building the Windows NT executive, kernel, Win32 run-time and other key elements of the operating system. NT was the precursor to Windows Server.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 4, 2005 at 9:24:00 AM CET
Better security not about tech: Mitnick
Companies eager to tighten up their information security perimeters should focus not on technology but on teaching their employees how to say 'no', ex-hacker done good Kevin Mitnick told a full house at Toshiba's MobileXchange conference in Melbourne yesterday.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 2, 2005 at 8:50:00 AM CET
How secure is your computer?
“Honey pot” experiment shows unprotected Windows SP 1 at risk
A Windows computer without the latest security patches is in big trouble.
That's the conclusion from a "honey pot" experiment conducted by StillSecure, a Louisville network security firm.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 1, 2005 at 12:28:00 PM CET
Firefox Gains Beginning to Slow
The growth rate of Firefox’s usage share on the web has slowed slightly in recent months, according to the latest U.S. data from WebSideStory (Nasdaq: WSSI), a leading provider of on-demand web analytics. Firefox grew 0.74 percentage points in the last five weeks and 0.89 percentage points in the previous six weeks before that. This compares to a jump of 1.03 percentage points between Nov. 5 and Dec. 3, which coincides with the release of Firefox Version 1.0 on Nov. 9.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 28, 2005 at 10:44:00 AM CET
Microsoft Closes Activation Loophole
Microsoft is closing a loophole that enabled unscrupulous resellers to use Windows XP product keys that were stolen from large OEMs. The result: customers who purchase Windows on a new PC will not be able to activate, nor reinstall their operating system without first calling Microsoft.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 28, 2005 at 9:32:00 AM CET
Feedview
is a Firefox extension that shows newsfeeds/blogs in a more stylish way. Without the extension Firefox just shows the default xml stylesheet. It also adds the ability to add a livemark (even if the is not set) and the ability to switch article lengths.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 27, 2005 at 12:54:00 PM CET
Microsoft admits targeting Wine users
The software giant has admitted specifically excluding users of the popular Windows compatibility toolkit with its update tool
Microsoft prioritised making its anti-piracy tool prevent users of Wine, an open source toolkit that allows users to run Windows applications under Linux, from downloading Windows updates, the software giant said on Friday.
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