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Seem Software is now shipping Truster, a PC-based lie-detector system based on an algorithm developed by the Israeli military.
- Keywords:
- lie-detector, security, Truster, Seem Software, phone
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/04/liedetect.idg/index.html
Similarly, year 2000-related glitches have already cropped up in many forward-looking computer applications, from
drug-expiration dates to manufacturing systems. All provide a sneak preview of the problems expected to arrive in January 2000.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, Year 2000, millennium bug, glitches
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/28/y2k.preview/index.html
With the upcoming release of NCAA Football 99 for the PC, EA will finally destroy the old football-on-the-consoles-will- always be better myth.
- Keywords:
- games, gaming, football, college football, EA Sports, NCAA Football '99, sports, PC games
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/14/ncaa.idg/index.html
SoftBook Press is readying an electronic book to tap in to what it says is an annual market of $72 billion for printed information.
- Keywords:
- e-books, digital books, Negroponte, Web, Internet, SoftBook
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/28/ebook.idg/index.html
New downloadable books save time, paper, and
space.
- Keywords:
- entertainment, books, e-books, electronic books, NuvoMedia, Rocketbook, Softbook, publisher
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/05/ebooks.idg/index.html
A new study has found that experienced home PC users are spending less than novices for their computers, a finding with implications for business users.
- Keywords:
- newbie, computers, PCs, recycle
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/06/newbiebuyer.idg/index.html
Here's your indispensable guide to notable add-ons, compilations, updated versions, and other potential bargains.
- Keywords:
- games, guide, Tomb Raider, gaming, Battlecruiser 3000AD, Rayman Gold, Race Pack, Duke, Caribbean:, Life's, A, Beach, Juggernaut:, The, New, Story, The Jet Age, 747 Jumbo Jet, FSwow, Terror, in, the, Air, All-Star Sports, Pinball Madness, Puzzle Madness, Dark Angael, Fighters Anthology
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/06/busts.idg/index.html
A new global survey of year-2000 readiness shows that many firms do not plan to test new systems and up to two-thirds of businesses in some countries -- particularly in Asia, South America, and the Middle East -- are expected
to have at least one significant mission-critical failure.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, Gartner, Year 2000, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, Australia, Germany, Russia, China, India, Israel, Argentina, Venezuela, Meta Group, Giga Information Group, Information, Technology, Association, of, America, (ITAA), millennium bug
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/10/massmess.y2k.idg/index.html
New Web-based service lets you pick up messages at your address of choice.
- Keywords:
- e-mail, services, messaging, in-box, Web-based email, email, Network Solutions Inc., Dot Com Mail, NSI, POP3
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/31/freemail.idg/index.html
The lead developer behind the drive to build a distributed computing infrastructure for Java on Wednesday loosely outlined the driving principles behind Sun
Microsystems' next-generation Jini project.
- Keywords:
- Java, Jini, Sun, Microsystems, James, Gosling, Microsoft, JavaSpaces, distributed, computing, application, development, software
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/20/jinigos.idg/index.html
In the battle against child pornography, one of the authorities' best allies turns out to be hackers, the ultimate haters of authority.
- Keywords:
- pornography, online, children, Sonoma, State, hackers, security, pedophilia
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/18/childporn.idg/index.html
The other editorial-types around the office here are salivating in anticipation of Homeworld's release.
- Keywords:
- games, gaming, PC games, Homeworld, Relic Entertainment, Sierra Studios, real-time strategy, real time strategy, RTS
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/24/homeworld.idg/index.html
Texas investigation of Nolo Press may have
far-reaching implications.
- Keywords:
- legal, online, law, online legislation, Web, Web development, Internet, Net, WWW, Worldwide Web, Nolo Press, Electronic Frontier Foundation, ALA v. Pataki, Texas, Living, Trust, Maker, 2.0
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/04/legalweb.idg/index.html
Corporate support adds to stability, low cost and collaborative improvements.
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/22/danglinux.idg/index.html
Most Americans are willing to give up their privacy for a bargain.
- Keywords:
- privacy, security, online, Web, Net, Internet, WWW, trends, e-mail, email
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/18/howmuch.idg/index.html
It's mosquito season again in New England, and I've been thinking about small, buzzing things that are annoying. How
about all those gadgets and devices that are starting to talk to the Internet? You know: screen phones, smart handheld devices, WebTV - even new types of video games.
- Keywords:
- handhelds, Pilots, PalmPilots, PDA, personal digital assitant
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/21/badgadget.idg/index.html
Some of the most versatile network security tools are public-key cryptography and the use of certificate authorities (CA) to ensure the secure transmission of data across an intranet or the Internet.
- Keywords:
- security, public, key, certificate, authorities, Internet, data, transmission, IPSec, SSL, SET, S/MIME, X.509, DES, encryption, standards, digital, signature
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/20/safejewels.idg/index.html
An IETF working group has approved the MHTML standard for sending and
reading Web pages without the need for a browser--by embedding HTML into
e-mail messages or attachments.
- Keywords:
- browser, Internet, e-mail, Web, pages, IETF, standards, MIME, HTML, Multipurpose, Internet, Mail, Extensions, messages, connections
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/27/mhtml.idg/index.html
Embedding executable files inside HTML documents via dynamic HTML (DHTML) opens up a Pandora's box of security issues.
- Keywords:
- HTML, e-mail, security, hacker, DHTML, browser, Netscape Communicator, Qualcomm, Eudora, Outlook, Outlook Express, Back Office, Microsoft, Windows, password
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/17/html.bug.idg/index.html
Receiving a bill is rarely a joyous moment, but Electronic Data
Systems (EDS) says it will make the experience a more positive one
with new Web-based billing software that its Electronic Business
unit plans to introduce this week.
- Keywords:
- iBilling, Electronic Data Systems, EDS, Internet commerce, electronic commerce, e-commerce, i-commerce
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/12/ibilling.idg/index.html
If you or your company's employees are having trouble getting all the local phone lines you need, take a moment to shed a sympathetic tear for Harold and Evelyn Chamberlain of Hendersonville, N.C.
- Keywords:
- Access, phone, line, telecommunications, universal, service, cables, ISDN, DSL, POTS
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/24/ringaling.idg/index.html
New technology added to cell phones that allows authorities to pinpoint the location of 911 calls.
- Keywords:
- Emergency, 911, cellular, phone, technology, remote, computing, telecommunications, Federal, Communications, Commission, Global, Positioning, System
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/GPS911.idg/index.html
Marauding hackers are waiting to bring down your business. The reality: Danger is often as close as the office next door.
- Keywords:
- privacy, security, hacker, job, career, Steve Jobs, Pixar, e-mail, email
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/13/hacker.idg/index.html
A sudden shortage of Intel Corp. Pentium II 266MHz and Pentium II 300-MHz CPUs has left local PC assemblers struggling to meet orders.
- Keywords:
- Intel, shortage, CPU, processor, Pentium, Pentium Pro, chip
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/17/shortage.idg/index.html
An early look at IE5 offers better loading of pages and control over the way Web sites appear.
- Keywords:
- Internet Explorer, Microsoft, browser, Web, surf, Internet, Net, online, WWW
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/17/ie5.preview.idg/index.html
A little-known Internal Revenue Service procedure may send a sigh of relief through those members of the IT community looking for ways to maximize expenditures on year-2000 projects.
- Keywords:
- Internal Revenue Service, IRS, deduction, write-off, year 2000, Y2K
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/24/irsy2k.idg/index.html
Pentium Pro Overdrives are the last in Intel's upgradable CPU line.
- Keywords:
- CPU, processor, Pentium, Pentium Pro, chip, upgrade, fast, quick, speed, Intel, MMX
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/12/cpupgrade.idg/index.html
Web sites surreptitiously gather information about where we go online and what we read. Massive databases sell information about us we don't share even with our families. Is it any wonder we've turned into a nation of paranoids?
- Keywords:
- online, privacy, Web, Net, Internet, WWW, Worldwide Web, spam, hacker, law, legal, protection, security, secure, protect, FTC, Oniline Privacy Alliance, Federal Trade Commission, antispam, Department of Commerce, Congress, dirty dozen
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/06/paranoid.idg/index.html
Why Intel, Sun, and Oracle have all jumped on the Linux bandwagon.
- Keywords:
- Linux, Intel, Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, Windows NT
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/05/linux.idg/index.html
Direct3D support brings out the full glory of Microsoft Baseball's exquisitely rendered players and stadiums.
- Keywords:
- gaming, games, baseball, Microsoft Baseball 3D, PC games, sports, WizBang
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/17/3d.baseball.idg/lofton.html
Microsoft says a dangerous prankster has sent out a fraudulent e-mail message about a phony Internet Explorer browser upgrade.
- Keywords:
- Internet Explorer, hacker, Microsoft, pranks, hoax, warning, e-mail, email, phony
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/20/iefake.idg/index.html
Windows NT 5.0 is still a far-off product by virtually any measure, but that didn't stop Microsoft officials from talking enthusiastically about the software giant's plans for the operating system beyond Version 5.0.
- Keywords:
- operating system, Windows NT 5.0, beta 2, Jim Allchin
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/19/ntbeta.idg/index.html
The super office suite's upgrade gives Net gains -- Microsoft style.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, Office 2000, Web, Net, Internet, suites, Excel, Internet Explorer, IE, Word
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/office2k.idg/index.html
Appeals court is asked to keep depositions closed in antitrust case.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, Department of Justice, DOJ, Justice Department, lawsuit, antitrust, anti-trust, Windows, Win95, Win98, browser, Internet Explorer, IE4, bundling, Bill Gates
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/19/mediacircus.idg/index.html
Microsoft worked early this week to patch the first reported bug in Windows 98, which throws the operating system's calendar off by one or two days if it is rebooted in the seconds before the date rollover.
- Keywords:
- Windows 98, date, rollover, bug, New Year
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/19/win98date.idg/index.html
Some year 2000 doomsday specialists are having a field day with the monumental mess of the new, high-tech Hong Kong airport, which was staggered by computer system foul-ups last month. What they see is a sneak preview of the millennial havoc possible on Jan. 1, 2000.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, Year 2000, millenium, disaster, doomsday, Hong Kong, airport, scheduling, Chep Lak Kok, Kuala Lumpur, networks, networking, travel, planes
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/20/foulup.idg/index.html
If you tend to shuffle between Internet Explorer and Communicator, here are some tips for helping them coexist.
- Keywords:
- browser, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Microsoft, IE4, online, surf, Net, Web, WWW
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/12/harmony.idg/index.html
Silicon Graphics (SGI) said Tuesday it has released a new supercomputer that can sport as many as 2,048 processors and which will be used by scientists to study such problems as how the world's climate works and how automobiles can be made more energy efficient.
- Keywords:
- cray, Silicon Graphics, supercomputer
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/13/cray.idg/index.html
Hardware vendors and Year-2000 experts have voiced skepticism about some consultants' Y2K fixes.
- Keywords:
- year 2000, year-2000, y2k, Y2K, millennium, bug, complaint, compliance, consultants, National, Software, Testing, Laboratory, NSTL, Dell, BIOS, Prove It 2000, YMARK2000, RTC, Real Time Clock
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/consultants.idg/index.html
Intel's rivals could bring notebook-PC price tags down to $1000 or less.
- Keywords:
- processor, chip, CPU, Intel, Cyrix, Pentium, AMD, Advanced Micro Devices, WinChip, notebook, portable PC, National Semiconductor, Integrated Device Technology
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/21/notebkcuts.idg/index.html
Although Intel is rolling out two new, cheaper, more powerful chips and making other price cuts, corporate users aren't expected to change their buying strategies.
- Keywords:
- Intel, chip, CPU, Celeron, Pentium, processor, MicroDesign Resources
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/25/nosurge.idg/index.html
In an effort to protect insurance companies, regulatory moves by 47 states allow insurers to exclude loss and damage claims caused by year-2000 problems from business insurance policies.
- Keywords:
- Year 2000, Y2K, insurance, exclusion, Maine, Massachusetts, Alaska, millennium bug
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/insurance.idg/index.html
These editing tools can make you the Spielberg of vacation videos.
- Keywords:
- video, editing, edit, tools, VCR, camcorder, video camera, videotape, HandyCam, Sony, Studio 400, Pinnacle Systems, All-in-Wonder Pro, ATI, VideoWave 1.5, Premiere 5.0, Adobe, Lumiere, Video, Studio, 2.0
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/14/videoedit.idg/index.html
Memory prices are once again starting to climb, but industry observers caution buyers not to rush out to stock up as they prepare for Windows NT upgrades because the uptick will likely be followed this winter by the traditional price cuts.
- Keywords:
- RAM, random-access memory, price
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/06/ramprice.idg/index.html
Readers have flooded my mailbox
with their own experiences with Win98. Many readers are grateful
that I described a Win98 feature that they had never heard of and a
utility, the Version Conflict Manager (VCM), that helps them
exchange versions of system files that may have changed.
- Keywords:
- Windows 98, DLL, competitor, version Conflict Manager, VCM, reader feedback, Microsoft
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/03/livingston.idg/index.html
Almost a quarter of employees' online time is spent -- gasp! -- for fun.
- Keywords:
- Web, surf, careers, job, trends, SurfWatch, sites, The, Wall, Street, Journal, CNN, The, New, York, Times, Playboy, Penthouse, Charles Schwab, E-Trade, Quote.com, TV Guide, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/13/surfing.idg/index.html
Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s decision to make Solaris available for free to noncommercial developers appears to be winning the company a lot of friends.
- Keywords:
- Sun, Solaris, operating system, OS, Linux, John Hall, Unix
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/17/free.solaris.idg/index.html
These security essentials let you defend yourself against spies.
- Keywords:
- security, snoops, privacy, e-mail, document, files, anticookie, antispam, encryption, biometrics, information, leaks, utilities
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/11/snoops.idg/index.html
Symantec, maker of antivirus software, said it has spotted the first Java virus, which was posted on a hacker Web site.
- Keywords:
- antivirus, software, Symantec, Sun, Microsystems, Java, hacker, security, infection, Java, Virtual, Machine, JVM, class, files, parasite, mail
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/19/javavirus.idg/index.html
This month SunWorld reviews two of the first books riding the coattails of Microsoft's newfound notoriety. Edstrom and Eller's <EM>Barbarians Led by Bill Gates</EM> and Quittner and Slatalla's <EM>Speeding the Net</EM> offer insider accounts of life within the Redmond giant and its arch-rival, Netscape.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, Netscape, Communications, competition, Internet, software, browser, wars
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/03/bkrevu.idg/index.html
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