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Microsoft Outwits Blaster Worm

SimonV · Aug 18, 2003 4
Microsoft Outwits Blaster Worm

The second wave of an Internet attack by the "blaster" worm barely caused a ripple Saturday.

Microsoft Corp. said it had no major problems from the worm's attempt to turn thousands of infected computers into instruments targeting the software company's Web site and network.

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Registration for open source project brought forward

SimonV · Aug 15, 2003 0
With a worm designed to exploit a Windows flaw once again in the news, Sun Microsystems has decided to bring forward the registration date for its open source rival to Microsoft.

Dubbed Project Mad Hatter, the Linux-based desktop is being promoted by Sun as a more secure and less expensive alternative to Windows

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Floppy drives near extinction

SimonV · Aug 14, 2003 5
Floppy drives near extinction

A flash-drive maker has developed a device that can boot PCs

In a move that may speed the death of floppy disk drives, M-Systems on Tuesday said its USB flash memory storage device can now start a PC's boot-up process.

M-Systems said that if users plug the flash memory device into the USB port of a computer that has crashed and turn on the power, the machine will start to boot up. Booting up a computer loads an operating system into its main memory.

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China reveals massive smart ID card plan

SimonV · Aug 14, 2003 0
China reveals massive smart ID card plan

China's 960 million citizens will be issued with digital smart ID cards, starting from next year

China will replace paper national identification (ID) cards with electronic identity cards starting in 2004, according to wire agency Dow Jones.

The new digital ID card, which uses smart ID technology, will be carried by 960 million Chinese citizens. The embedded microchip in the plastic card stores an individual's personal information, which can be read and checked against databases kept by China's security authorities.

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Linux closes on Windows in usability tests

SimonV · Aug 11, 2003 5
Linux closes on Windows in usability tests

The open-source operating system may be beginning to lose its user-unfriendly reputation with recent improvements, according to a German study

Linux is only marginally more difficult for users to learn than Windows XP, according to a study carried out by German usability testing agency Relevantive.

The tests, which compared SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional running the KDE 3.1.2 desktop environment to Windows XP, found that users were able to learn and complete tasks in Linux nearly as quickly as they could in Windows, and in some cases more quickly.

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IT workers need more skills - bosses

Phil · Aug 10, 2003 0
Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England can all expect to see an increase in demand for IT jobs over the next year.

However, the increase in demand for IT staff - estimated to grow by 4 per cent in some regions over the next twelve months - is likely to be offset by further downward pressure on jobs in London and the South East.

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'Ethical' hackers probe for holes

SimonV · Aug 10, 2003 0
'Ethical' hackers probe for holes

TORONTO -- In a 17th-floor corner office in north Toronto, computer nerds are feverishly attacking Corporate Canada -- and getting paid for their efforts.

''If you have a system on line, you will be a target. You are either a target of choice or a target of opportunity,'' said Simon Tang, manager of Deloitte and Touche LLP's Internet security team.

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IPv6

tripwire45 · Aug 8, 2003 3
I just read this article: http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2914431,00.html published by URL. It says in part, that we could use IPv6 on most computers right now. How? It's a completely different system.

Google introduces free news alerts

Phil · Aug 8, 2003 0
Google is expanding its news section with tools to let users sign up for news alerts or search specific news publications.

With the news alerts tool, users type in the news topic they would like to track, and choose whether they would like to receive bulletins once a day or "as it happens." The alerts will be sent to the e-mail address supplied by the user.

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