Microsoft-Entwickler stahl offenbar bei AltaVista


Ein Microsoft-Mitarbeiter steht unter Verdacht, Code des Suchmaschinenbetreibers AltaVista entwendet zu haben. Laut amerikanischen Nachrichtendiensten sei der 29-Jährige vor zwei Jahren von AltaVista entlassen worden, bevor er in der Entwicklungsabteilung für die MSN-Suche eine neue Anstellung fand.

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Alleged Hacker Now Works for Microsoft


A man accused of hacking into search engine company AltaVista's computer systems about two years ago is now employed by Microsoft Corp., reportedly working on search technology. Microsoft spokeswoman Tami Begasse said Friday that Chavet, who lives in suburban Kirkland, is an employee of Microsoft. She declined further comment on the nature of Chavet's employment or when he started at the company, citing Microsoft policy on not discussing personnel matters.

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Microsoft empfiehlt Mozilla Firefox


Auf MSN wurde ein Artikel veröffentlicht, der in der Endkonsequenz die Abkehr vom Microsoft Internet Explorer empfiehlt und als Alternative auf den Browser Firefox der Mozilla Foundation verweist.

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Sony Launches 20 Gigabyte Walkman To Rival iPod


Sony has announced that it is launching a Walkman digital music player which can store 20-gigabytes. Sony say it can carry 13,000 songs, more than Apple's iPod which can store 10,000 songs and Sony have undercut the price of an iPod too.


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Kochen mit AMD


Ein findiger Bastler mit zu viel Freizeit hat einen Weg gefunden, Eier auf einem herkömmlichen Athlon XP zu braten.


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Could laptops run on spinach?


Spinach power is not just for Popeye, it could work for computers too. US researchers have made electrical cells that are powered by plant proteins.

The biologically based solar cells, which convert light into electrical energy, should be efficient and cheap to manufacture, says co-creator Marc Baldo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They could even be used to coat and power laptops, providing a portable source of green energy.

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Netzwerk Karten problem


Network card problems

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Internet Explorer Is Too Dangerous to Keep Using


Why? Because Internet Explorer, like Outlook, has finally become, to my mind, a permanent security hole that masquerades as a useful application.

Strong words? Have you really thought about this latest exploit? It could hit every Internet Explorer (IE) browser that merely visited any page served by an infected Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server).

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The U.S. government's Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning Web surfers to stop using Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser.

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Firefox 0.9.1 released


Firefox bringt seit der Build 0.9 zahlreiche neue Features mit (überarbeitete Icons, neuer Theme Manager, neuer Extension-Manager, Online-Update-Funktion uvm.)

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Rückrufaktion: Neue Intel-Chipsätze bringen PC zum Absturz


Nachdem Intel erst am vergangenen Montag seine neuen Chipsätze präsentiert hat, teilte das Unternehmen am vergangenen Samstagabend mit, dass durch die Chipsätze PC-Abstürze sowie Boot-Verweigerungen verursacht werden können.

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Experts Shut Down Server Used In Widespread Web Attack


Computer experts shut down Friday a server in Russia that was infecting machines with a virus after malicious code on normally friendly Web sites had them requesting the virus.

News.com reported that while computers were still searching for the server, they weren't able to download anything from it.

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Virus setzt Finanzämter außer Gefecht


Am Freitag gab es in den Finanzämtern in Hamburg einen Totalausfall des Computersystems. Dieser wurde von einem Computervirus ausgelöst. Der Virus konnte erst am späten Nachmittag identifiziert werden.

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