Webpages concerning "Tech"
How to keep your passwords private and still remember them.
- Keywords:
- password, security, how-to, tips, tricks
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/password.idg/index.html
3Com Corp. has licensed a wireless Web browser from Phone.com Inc., part of an effort to optimize its Palm Computing platform for use in a new generation of mobile phones.
- Keywords:
- 3Com, Palm, handheld, PIM, PDA, smart phone, PalmPilot, Internet appliances, portable, palmtop
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/04/palmphone.idg/index.html
More new-car shoppers are using the Internet to find automotive information, increasing from 25 percent in 1998 to 40 percent during the first quarter of 1999.
- Keywords:
- car shopping, Internet research, consumer trends, automobiles, cars, J.D., Power, &, Associates, Autoshopper.com
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/25/carshop.idg/index.html
Anti-virus vendors are warning their users of a new virus, toadie.exe, which is spreading across Internet chat sites and e-mail in the form of an executable program.
- Keywords:
- virus, toadie.exe, Internet, chat site, e-mail, Toadie, IRC
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/30/toadie.idg/index.html
Advanced Micro Devices saved a surprise for the launch of its Athlon processor -- a 650MHz version that AMD claims is the fastest x86-type processor on the market.
- Keywords:
- Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, 650MHz chip, microprocessor, fastest chip, Intel, PIII
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/09/athlon.idg/index.html
To dot-com or not to dot-com? With the potential cost savings and expanded reach of Internet commerce too great to ignore, even a global corporate behemoth such as General Motors is now fully designing its long-term business strategy around the Internet.
- Keywords:
- General Motors, e-commerce, Internet commerce, online business, business strategy, corporate strategy, Internet economy
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/17/gm.ent.idg/index.html
Security company confirms accusations of a bug in AOL's instant messaging software.
- Keywords:
- America Online, AOL, bug, security, instant messaging, AIM
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/20/aolbug.idg/index.html
Amid latest chat fight, AOL releases a new version of the software that ignited the battle.
- Keywords:
- AOL, AIM, AOL Instant Messenger, instant messaging, AIM 3.0, America Online, e-mail, messaging
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/25/aim3.idg/index.html
Brightmail Inc. announced Thursday that AT&T WorldNet Service has agreed to implement the Brightmail Anti-Spam Service, which according to the company keeps unsolicited e-mail, or spam, out of a user's inbox.
- Keywords:
- AT&T WorldNet, ISP, Internet, e-mail, spam, filter, Brightmail Anti-Spam Service
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/27/bright.mail.idg/index.html
Standards task force weighs options in AOL-Microsoft spat.
- Keywords:
- instant messaging, AOL, America Online, Microsoft, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, Tribal Voice PowWow
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/24/truce.idg/index.html
Raising the bar on trademark protection, a U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that the Avery and Dennison trademarks of the office products company Avery Dennison Corp. are not famous enough to prevent another company from registering them with the .net domain.
- Keywords:
- Avery Dennison, trademark, domain name, Internet, e-commerce, lawsuit
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/26/avery.dennis.idg/index.html
From Thailand's sun-soaked beaches to the trekking routes of the high Himalaya, the Internet is cropping up throughout Asia's backpacker trail and keeping a new, wired generation of travelers connected.
- Keywords:
- Hotmail, Nepal, remote Internet access, e-mail, correspondence, messaging, Asia, Katmandu, Microsoft, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/02/asiatrail.idg/index.html
Need pens? Notebooks? Clothes for the kids? A few companies are going where some big retailers aren't -- using the Web to take some of the late-summer stress out of back-to-school shopping.
- Keywords:
- back to school, school supplies, school shopping, home computing, family computing, children, Internet, Net, Web, e-commerce, e-business
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/27/school.idg/index.html
International Web portal company Orientation.com has launched Orientation Bangladesh, a portal that gives the developing country a presence on the global Internet.
- Keywords:
- Bangladesh, Web, portal, Orientation.com, Internet, third world
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/bangladesh.idg/index.html
Electrofuel's juiced-up PowerPad delivers stunning results in <i>PC World</i>'s lab tests.
- Keywords:
- notebook, portable PC, laptop, PC, battery power, Electrofuel, PC battery
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/17/battery.idg/index.html
IT and business managers need to cooperate on disaster-recovery and insurance plans.
- Keywords:
- IT, managers, business, cooperate, disaster recovery, backup, insurance, data recovery, Y2K
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/25/disaster.ent.idg/index.html
In a tight labor market, recruiting former IT staffers is good for business and good for corporate morale.
- Keywords:
- careers, management, IT jobs, jobs, boomerang employees, returning employees, job market
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/23/boomerang.ent.idg/index.html
Boston residents soon will be able to avoid long lines at City Hall by paying parking tickets and excise taxes online at electronic kiosks set up across the city. Several were to be in operation by the end of June, and one was to be unveiled in late July at the Boston Public Library. The library terminal will be the first to use Bell Atlantic's Digital Subscriber Line high-speed communications ser...
- Keywords:
- Boston, kiosk, city hal services, e-commerce, technology, telecom, Internet, Web, Net
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/10/boston.kiosk.idg/index.html
The California Department of General Services (DGS) recently introduced its Subscription Outreach Service (SOS), an Internet-based contracting notification system that electronically delivers state and local contract advertisements to registered businesses.
- Keywords:
- California, CA, DGS, SOS, Internet, Net, Web, contracting, contractors
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/09/easycontracting.idg/index.html
After a successful pilot test this spring, the Census Bureau has decided it will allow up to 100 million citizens to file their census forms via the Internet during the next national head count. Census said people who receive the standard census form, known as the short form, will have the option of filling it out online rather than mailing it in. About 100 million households will receive the shor...
- Keywords:
- Census, 2000, Internet, Net, Web
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/17/census.idg/index.html
Can NT sysadmins collaborate and share their knowledge like open source fans?
- Keywords:
- Windows NT, sysadmin, systems administration, open source, community, collaboration
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/17/together.idg/index.html
In a stunning move, Compaq has laid off more than 100 people in labs in Redmond, Wash., who worked exclusively on porting Windows NT to the Alpha platform. The company has effectively discontinued support of Microsoft's operating system on Alpha.
- Keywords:
- Compaq, Alpha server, Microsoft Windows NT
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/24/nt.dump.idg/index.html
Next time you're watching a wrenching video clip of search dogs sniffing through twisted steel and crumbled cement, perhaps you can take heart that one of your own has helped get the rescue animals to the scene. Sandra Kay Miller, remote access specialist for Elixir Technologies, is the resident computer guru for the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation. In her volunteer capacity, she has been ...
- Keywords:
- IT, career, volunteer
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/04/difference.idg/index.html
Reports put together by the Congressional Research Service and information about the U.S. Supreme Court topped the list of documents that a public advocacy group determined should be available to the public over the Internet but are not yet online. The Washington, D.C.-based Center for Democracy and Technology's
- Keywords:
- Government, Web, Information, court
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/06/infosought.idg/index.html
A U.S. group that works to unify state laws Friday overwhelmingly approved a controversial proposal to adopt common licensing rules for software and other information technology transactions that critics contend would hold IT companies hostage to the whims of software vendors.
- Keywords:
- UCITA, software license, law, IT, intellectual property, NCCUSL
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/02/ucita.idg/index.html
Corporate portals are growing beyond their novelty status as interesting GUIs with stock and weather information. As they grow more complex, IT managers are looking beyond their own departments to administer them. Companies such as HP and Yahoo are leading the way.
- Keywords:
- portals, corporate, enterprise, outsourcing, HP, Yahoo
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/27/outportals.ent.idg/index.html
Covad Communications has developed a software platform that lets customers order digital subscriber line services online and also automates the process so the lines get turned up sooner.
- Keywords:
- Covad Communications, DSL, digital subscriber line, telecom, xLink, ISP, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/19/covad.idg/index.html
In the race for customer satisfaction, Dell scored tops again while Compaq surprised researchers conducting the most recent quarterly survey at Technology Business Research (TBR).
- Keywords:
- Dell Computer Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., customer, satisfaction, survey, Technology Business Research, TBR
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/11/delltop.ent.idg/index.html
Portable electronic book readers will make their classroom debut next week at Resurrection Catholic School in Dayton, Ohio. A pilot program calls for electronic books to be used for every subject in a fourth grade classroom for a minimum of one grading period. Electronic books are smaller, cheaper and simpler than laptop computers but give users the ability to create original text, graphics and au...
- Keywords:
- electronic books, technology, classroom, Dayton
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/ebook.class.idg/index.html
The D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board is upgrading its computer network to meet Year 2000 compliance requirements. The upgrade, under a $5 million contract with the OAO Corp., began last month. It must be completed by Oct. 23 in order to meet the Multistate Lottery Association's requirement and Washington, D.C.'s own gaming guidelines, said Georgia Bailey, project manager at Greenbel...
- Keywords:
- Lottery, Washington D.C., Y2K, year 2000
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/16/lottery.y2k.idg/index.html
Midwest Micro and Dell are releasing budget Intel Celeron-500 systems this week, and PC World's PC WorldBench results attest to their speed.
- Keywords:
- Midwest Micro, Delll, Intel Celeron-500
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/03/celeron500.idg/index.html
Future systems will sport one-touch connection to tech support.
- Keywords:
- Dell Computer, PC, Webster, home PC, computer, hardware
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/30/dell.future.idg/index.html
Washington's largest cabinet office, the Social and Health Services Department began to use a Web-enabled document management, imaging and workflow solution that is cutting man-hours needed to process requests and search for records. DSHS purchased the DocuPACT system from InterTech Information Management Inc. to streamline the responses to public disclosure requests.
- Keywords:
- Washington, DSHS, Web, Internet, Net, DocuPACT
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/18/washdocs.idg/index.html
The Defense Department, expected to be the federal agency to respond to potential crises brought about by the Year 2000 problem, this month said it does not plan to react to all requests for help from state and local civilian authorities. DOD adopted the position in an Aug. 12 message sent to all the military services by the Army's Director of Military Support (DOMS) in the Pentagon. DOMS has been...
- Keywords:
- DOJ, Y2K, year 2000
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/25/dodnohelp.y2k.idg/index.html
You might call Arizona the first R&D lab of the online department of motor vehicles movement. Since 1996, the state has been busy automating -- now
- Keywords:
- Arizona, DMV, seamless borders, vanity plates, Web, Internet, Net
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/10/e.dmv.idg/index.html
The instant messaging fracas took another turn Friday when EarthLink Network Inc. and MindSpring Enterprises Inc. announced they will distribute co-branded versions of America Online Inc.'s (AOL's) Instant Messenger, making the software available to another 2.5 million users.
- Keywords:
- AOL, instant messaging, AIM, EarthLink, MindSpring, ISP, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/09/earthspring.idg/index.html
Internet service provider EarthLink has terminated an agreement with Microworkz.com, alleging that the low-cost computer vendor breached the contract.
- Keywords:
- Microworkz, EarthLink
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/02/microwrkz.ent.idg/index.html
According to a team of scientists, the popular key size of 512 bits is no longer safe against even a moderately powerful attacker.
- Keywords:
- encryption, electronic commerce, e-commerce, security, prime number, 512-bit key
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/30/ecommun.safe.idg/index.html
The electronic commerce market segment is the latest convert to the open source movement, and vendors at the LinuxWorld expo launched a bevy of products tailored to meet the needs of today's Internet economy.
- Keywords:
- Linux, electronic commerce, e-commerce, open source, LinuxWorld, enterprise
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/16/elinux.idg/index.html
Several choices are available, but most companies still feel locked into proprietary messaging systems.
- Keywords:
- enterprise, corporate e-mail, e-mail, messaging, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, GroupWise, Notes/Domino
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/email.ent.idg/index.html
IETF spec could ease use of public, private Web sites.
- Keywords:
- URL, Internet, Web site, IETF, Common Name standard, enterprise, intranet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/10/endurl.idg/index.html
A security flaw has been discovered in Microsoft's Office 97 software that allows a hacker to delete files or manipulate data of an Office 97 user, Microsoft has confirmed.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft Office 97, Excel, flaw, bug, security, software
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/03/excelbug.idg/index.html
Despite countless warnings dating to 1996, the Defense Department's information networks continue to be plagued by serious security flaws and weaknesses that have opened up almost every area of the department to cyberattacks and fraud, according to a new General Accounting Office report. Released today, GAO's report,
- Keywords:
- GAO, fraud, hackers, cyberattackers, network, Internet, Net, Web, security
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/30/the.gap.idg/index.html
A Federal Aviation Administration program designed to prevent runway incursions at airports is years behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget, according to an audit report released last month by the Transportation Department inspector general. The Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS), which uses radar data to alert air traffic controllers to potential runway conflicts, is experie...
- Keywords:
- IG, audit, FAA, AMASS
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/16/faacrash.idg/index.html
Styleclick.com has an awkward debut.
- Keywords:
- Fashion, style, Web site, fashion advice, online, chat
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/04/fashion.idg/index.html
Commission supports AT&T appeal, opposes
- Keywords:
- FCC, Federal Communications Commission, AT&T, Net access, Internet regulation, Net, cable net
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/18/fccatt.idg/index.html
The Federal Communications Commission today issued a five-year restructuring proposal to Congress that seeks to bring the regulatory bureaucracy into the Internet age. The agency says it wants to be a
- Keywords:
- FCC, Internet, Net, Web
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/16/fcc.makeover.idg/index.html
The Florida League of Cities is taking an exhibit of its City of Wonders project, which showcases local governments' use of technology, on a two-year tour of the state. The City of Wonders (www.cityofwonders.com) exhibit is designed to educate citizens, especially children, on challenges facing cities today and in the future by focusing on quality-of-life issues such as crime, transportation and e...
- Keywords:
- Florida, Florida, League, of, Cities, City of Wonders, technology
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/23/city.of.wonders.idg/index.html
A showdown in U.S. District Court Monday between Ford Motor Co. and a Web site author may begin to draw the line between corporate security issues and freedom of speech on the Internet.
- Keywords:
- Ford Motor Company, corporate security, free speech, Robert Lane, temporary restraining order, TRO, Web legislation, Internet legislation, legal news, law
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/31/ford.idg/index.html
U.K.-based Web hosting and development company Fortune Cookie Digital Media Ltd. was subject to an attack by a
- Keywords:
- virus, Fortune Cookie, trojan horse, United Kingdom, Web, hosting, and, development, Justin Cooke
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9908/27/fortune.cookie.idg/index.html
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