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iWork productivity software targets Microsoft’s Office
San-Francisco - Apple Computer announced its iWork '05 productivity software suite as part of a cavalcade of products putting it on a collision course with Microsoft and its Office chief…
Troy-horses infects Windows Media files?
Video files appear that download malicious application when they are run. These files are .wmv files infected by and , two Trojans that take advantage of a new technology incorporated…
Taiwan police seize 60,000 suspect AMD CPUs
Based on tips provided by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Taiwan, the police Friday raided an electronics company located in Tainan, southern Taiwan, and seized a total of 60,000 suspect AMD…
Software Piracy: What You Should Know
Whether you call it borrowing, copying, sharing or "fair use," software piracy is illegal and puts Cornell's students, faculty and staff, as well as the university itself, at risk for…
Has Microsoft gone soft on piracy?
Users of illegitimate Windows XP copies will be allowed to download and install Microsoft's upcoming security patch -- Service Pack 2 (SP2), according to one Microsoft executive. This wasn't the…
Legal software in Ukraine: Problems of the making Computer piracy in Ukraine is prosecuted
The orientation of the software market towards disposing of counterfeit products is inadmissible for the civilized state. The use of unlicensed software is a serious obstacle in the way of…
Five Myths About Software Copy Protection
1. Software piracy is a victimless crime. 2. Software copy protection makes software more expensive. 3. Software copy protection gets in the way of the legitimate user. 4. Inexpensive software…
Standards for Evaluating Software Protection Systems
If you or your company has decided to protect your software, you will probably be evaluating hardware-based security solutions, commonly called "dongles." What should you look for in a software…
Software Computer Piracy and Your Business
Small Business Administration The personal computer (PC) has become a necessity for today's successful small business operations. These increasingly powerful machines use sophisticated software programs for a variety of applications.…
IDC: 3 future technologies
According to IDC's recently published research, we have top 3 technologies for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) market."The current ICT industry structure is inefficient and highly fragmented with numerous…
Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land
A 22-year-old gamer has spent $26,500 (£13,700) on an island that exists only in a computer role-playing game (RPG). The Australian gamer, known only by his gaming moniker Deathifier, bought…
Windows XP SP2 Firewall shows your files and printers to every Internet user
After you set up Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), you may discover that anyone on the Internet can access resources on your computer when you…
phpBB Attachment Mod: new vulnerabilities discovered
Due to two new discovered vulnerabilities and the release of phpBB a new attachment mod version has been update your Attachment Mod to version as soon as possible. You are…
The History Of Computers During My Lifetime – The 1980’s
by Jason Patterson The Commodore VIC-20 Riding on the success of the PET, Commodore drove its engineers to make computers that anyone could afford. The 6502 based VIC-20, introduced in…
The History Of Computers During My Lifetime – The 1990’s
by Jason Patterson The IBM RS/6000 In the early 1980's IBM had been right at the forefront of RISC research with the IBM 801 project led by John Cocke, but…
AMD Mobilizes Against Centrino
AMD (Quote, Chart) took the wraps off a batch of new mobile processors it hopes will steal market share away from Intel's Centrino empire. The company's new Mobile AMD Sempron…
FireWire Groups Converge
The various groups working on the interconnect technology commonly known as FireWire are joining forces to help speed up adoption. The Dallas-based 1394 Trade Association said it will merge with…
All Chips Great and Small for AMD
AMD is approaching the semiconductor industry from both sides of the spectrum. The Sunnyvale, firm inked a deal Tuesday with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Quote, Chart) out of Singapore to augment…
HyperTransport Broadens Its HPC Scope
A technology group working on faster data transfer between devices announced a new specification targeted at improving high-performance computing systems. The HyperTransport Technology Consortium said today that it has approved…
Japan: Making 3G Look As Slow As Smoke Signals
DoCoMo is already testing 4G technology that blows by current data speed limits Mamoru Sawahashi has been driving in circles for 16 months, but he feels like he's making plenty…