Wednesday, February 13, 2002
Gates rallies developers around .Net Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates cast his company's .Net initiative wide Wednesday, releasing the final version of the long-anticipated developer toolkit, Visual Studio .Net, as well as the underpinnings of its emerging Web-based development platform, called the .Net Framework.
Thursday, January 31, 2002
Secure execution engine Traditional approaches to computer security can result in an uneven spread of security around a company's networks and computers.
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Microsoft launches CE .Net with support for wireless Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new version of its Windows CE operating system and previewed a set of upcoming home networking technologies, code-named "Mira", at this month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Sun mirrors customers by doing more with less Sept. 11 will be long remembered for its horror, but will likely also go down in history as being the figurative last straw for business.
Thursday, January 10, 2002
Weathering the storm Sept. 11 will be long remembered for its horror, but will likely also go down in history as being the figurative last straw for business.
Thursday, December 13, 2001
They just don't believe it It is both humorous and frustrating to learn that no one believes in the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch or ASPs.
Sunday, December 09, 2001
Most U.S. Interior Department Web sites still off-line The U.S. Department of the Interior is slowly getting back online after a federal judge last week ordered all of the department's computers to be disconnected from the Internet.
Monday, November 26, 2001
‘Badtrans’ infects PCs, raids personal data A new variant of a mass-mailer Internet worm that installs a back door program which can allow attackers to access recipients' computers was spreading on the Internet Monday, according to virus alerts from a number of anti-virus companies.
Thursday, November 15, 2001
Computer recycling continues to be a tricky business Tracey Hyndman has been trying to take out the garbage for six months now, but she just can’t bear to do it.
Thursday, November 15, 2001
Hackers are still using tried and true methods A security study released last month sounded another call to arms for network administrators to secure wireless networks, showing how hackers can use traditional methods to attack otherwise secure fixed networks from a wireless entry point.
Monday, November 12, 2001
Sony puts a chunk of memory on a key chain As computers and other digital devices become more pervasive, the need to transfer files between machines becomes greater. Sony Corp. will on Monday join a small number of lesser-known companies with the unveiling of its Micro Vault, a stylish and cool new key chain device designed to make this task easier.
Tuesday, November 06, 2001
Experts warn against increased U.S. cyberattacks There is a high probability that the U.S. critical computer infrastructure, such as the Web site of the U.S. Department of Defense, is being targeted for distributed denial of service attacks by cyberprotestors, according to a warning issued Friday by the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC).
Thursday, November 01, 2001
Computer recycling still hard Tracey Hyndman has been trying to take out the garbage for six months now, but she just can’t bear to do it. That’s because her garbage includes five eight-year-old computers and monitors that she knows must be recyclable.
Monday, October 15, 2001
New Windows XP machines hit market More desktop and notebook computers sporting Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system hit the market Friday from a pair of PC makers, less than two weeks before the operating system is set for its official launch.
Wednesday, October 10, 2001
IBM pumps up its PC product line IBM Canada Ltd.’s suite of personal computers got a performance boost on Tuesday with the unveiling of several new IBM-exclusive technologies.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
IBM brings IT to an elementary level Computers are cool, and it’s time more girls realize it, according to Jelena Lukovic
Sunday, September 09, 2001
Compaq offers free upgrade to Windows XP Compaq Computer Corp. will offer free upgrades to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Home Edition operating system for most Presario computers purchased in North America on or after Sept. 1, the company has announced.
Friday, August 31, 2001
One costly worm The worldwide labour costs associated with cleaning up the Code Red worm and its variants totalled more than US$2 billion as of August
Wednesday, August 29, 2001
IBM scientists present tiny computer circuit Taking another step toward post-silicon semiconductors, IBM Corp. scientists on Sunday presented a computer circuit made from a carbon nanotube, a tube-shaped molecule of carbon atoms that is 100,000 times thinner than a human hair.
Thursday, August 23, 2001
SETI phone home Looking up at the sky, one wonders if Carl Sagan was right — all that space with nothing for us to communicate with or interact on a species-to-species basis is a waste.
Monday, August 13, 2001
Study: Code Red costs top $2 billion The worldwide labour costs associated with cleaning up the Code Red worm and its variants, including the still-rampaging Code Red II, now total more than US$2 billion — and are rising, according to one research firm tracking the menace.
Thursday, August 09, 2001
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Tuesday, August 07, 2001
More serious Code Red II worm on the loose A new and potentially more serious version of the Code Red computer worm began circulating over the weekend, according to several computer security-related companies and services.
Thursday, July 26, 2001
Phonetics tackles telco troubles with Sensaphone Nothing in this world is completely problem-free. Multi-million dollar data centres, call centres and computer rooms occasionally experience disturbances that could inevitably affect millions of dollars in revenue. To help alleviate this problem, Phonetics Inc. of Aston, Penn. recently released the Sensaphone 2000, a monitoring and reporting system that allows telecommunications operators to monitor unattended or remote sites on a 24/7 basis.
Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Canadian PC market declines for first time Canadians didn’t buy many computers this spring — resulting in the first ever decline in PC sales since market-watchers started keeping records, according to a report released Tuesday.