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A ruling this week by a federal court in Utah could represent a body blow against a key feature of the Web: linking users of one site to information on others.
- Keywords:
- law, lawsuit, Web links, copyright, hypertext
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/13/illegal.links.idg/index.html
Streaming media is taking off as an effective communications tool and an important way to save money
- Keywords:
- streaming media, corporate, Web site, multimedia
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/21/streaming.idg/index.html
Covad Communications has won concessions on two fronts that will result in lower customer prices for digital subscriber line services.
- Keywords:
- Covad, DSL, Internet access, broadband, telecommunications
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/06/covad.dsl.idg/index.html
Although this shopping season promises to be merry for IT organizations, infrastructure glitches appear to be moving upstream to credit card authorizers and bandwidth providers.
- Keywords:
- credit card, authorization, e-commerce, e-business, online transaction
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/21/credit.card.obstacle.idg/index.html
Operating a for-profit business in an open-source community is a challenge at best. The trick is finding a way to make that profit.
- Keywords:
- Linux, pre-install, pre-loaded, LinuxOne, operating system, OS, open source
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/02/de-geeking.linux.idg/index.html
Dell today announced Webpc, a consumer desktop specifically designed for accessing the Internet priced at $1,000.
- Keywords:
- Webpc, personal computer, consumer Internet device, Internet access device, Dell Computer, consumer desktop
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/01/webpc.idg/index.html
Agencies must use more information technology to improve Americans' quality of life, according to details released Monday on Clinton's technology directive.
- Keywords:
- E-Government Directive, information technology, IT, governmnet, portal, online voting, National Science Foundation, e-commerce, digital divide, basic service, health, education
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/23/e.gov.emerges.idg/index.html
There is no escaping it in Britain -- digital TV has become the catch phrase in the British broadcasting and communications industries.
- Keywords:
- digital television, TV, United Kingdom, U.K., DTT, digital terrestrial television, e-commerce, online banking, connectivity, set-top boxes
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/01/digital.telly.idg/index.html
Prevailing wisdom says when the weather grows cold, bears curl up in caves and go night-night until spring. But it's hard to hang out in a bear's cave all winter to watch. How do we know the big furry mammals aren't actually playing canasta? The mystery of bear hibernation is about to be solved with the help of an infrared camera, a plastic tube, and a female black bear named Whiteheart.
- Keywords:
- Bear, hibernation, Bear.cam, Whiteheart, animaltracking Web site, Discovery.com
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/22/hibear.idg/index.html
Can Covalent become the Red Hat of Apache?
- Keywords:
- Covalent Technologies, open source, Apache, Web server
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/28/covalent.idg/index.html
Some workers whose skills are not up-to-date are in danger of being left behind as the IT world continues to evolve.
- Keywords:
- IT, career skills, IT workers, left behind, skills training, age discrimination, IS professionals
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/23/it.skills.idg/index.html
Donkey Kong is back in a new adventure, and he's bigger, badder, better, and bolder than before.
- Keywords:
- Donkey Kong, Nintendo 64, console game
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/03/review.donkeykong.n64.idg/index.html
Ofoto will launch its photo-finishing Web site on Monday with a so-called $50 million giveaway in free photos.
- Keywords:
- Ofoto, photo-finishing Web site, giveaway, free photos
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/14/ofoto.idg/index.html
Dutch ISP XS4ALL Internet has scored a legal victory for privacy after an Amsterdam court allowed it to publicize the privacy policies of several free ISPs in the Netherlands, as well as that of Microsoft's free e-mail service Hotmail.
- Keywords:
- xs4all, Dutch ISP, Internet service provider, privacy policies, Internet, Web, site, advertisements, Hotmail, free ISPs, free e-mail
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/08/xs4all.idg/index.html
After hackers penetrated a DVD video copyright protection scheme, Panasonic decided to delay DVD Audio products until better protection is devised.
- Keywords:
- DVD, digital video disc, digital versatile disc, DVD hacking, DVD hack, Matsushita, Panasonic, DVD video
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/02/dvd.delay.idg/index.html
PC WorldBench scores find the first 800-MHz Athlon system slightly trails Intel's Pentium III-750.
- Keywords:
- Althon, Pentium, Intel, 750 MHz, 800 MHz, processor, chip, microprocessor
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/29/athlon800.test.idg/index.html
Capitalizing on the controversy over a change in privacy policy at America Online (AOL) , EarthLink, the second-biggest Internet service provider in the U.S., is offering a free month of service ö and a donation to an electronic privacy advocacy group ö to customers who dump AOL and move to EarthLink.
- Keywords:
- EarthLink, AOL, ISP, privacy
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/16/earthlink.aol.idg/index.html
Does the Echelon worldwide surveillance network exist allowing the world's governments to intercept the bulk of communications between citizens? According to security specialist Duncan Campbell, the answer is a definite yes.
- Keywords:
- Echelon, worldwide surveillance, network, government surveillance, communications, Big Brother, e-mail, Duncan Campbell
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/30/echelon.idg/index.html
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is estimating that a desire by consumers to fill up their gas tanks as a Y2K precaution could increase demand by an amount nearly equal to all the gasoline consumed on one day in the U.S.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, year 2000 problem, Millennium bug, gas, fuel, shortage, resource
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/09/y2k.gas.idg/index.html
The state's Democratic Party wants to hold the first online primary ever, but the move could virtually land them in court.
- Keywords:
- Arizona, Democratic, Party, primary, Votation.com, constitution, lawsuit, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Voting Integrity Project, Gore 2000
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/20/arizona.voting.trouble.idg/index.html
Network-based attacks against eToys last week and the emergence of a particularly destructive method for launching such raids are fresh reminders of the need for e-commerce sites to keep their defenses sharp.
- Keywords:
- e-commerce, denial-of-service attack, security, hacker, eToys
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/21/etoys.attack.idg/index.html
Year-2000 directors tend to be belt-and-suspenders types. These obsessives have sweated the details and then repeated the process several times. They have an uncanny command of planning minutia, from organization charts to lists of backup suppliers for their backup suppliers, and can recite from memory every work order placed for every embedded chip during the last 12 months and before.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, year 2000 problem, Millennium glitch, bug, IT director, management
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/28/directors.idg/index.html
The chip wars are bearing fast-growing fruit: Before the end of December, you will be able to buy not only systems based on the Intel Pentium III-750, but also PIII-800 machines.
- Keywords:
- chip, microprocessor, processor Intel, Pentium III, AMD, Athlon, 750 MHz, 800 MHz
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/21/chip.wars.idg/index.html
Amid a heightened shroud of security in the waning days before New Year's, President Clinton's Y2K point man and the FBI expressed little tolerance for hackers working under a guise of goodwill.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, year 2000, hacker, FBI, Clinton Administration, Millennium bug
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/27/samaritan.hacker.idg/index.html
As fixed wireless service choices continue to multiply and evolve, business users will need to keep close tabs on the players and rules in this rapidly changing segment of the WAN market.
- Keywords:
- fixed wireless, enterprise, WAN, network, telecommunications
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/15/fixed.wireless.ent.idg/index.html
A Florida utility mistakenly informed up to 5,000 customers that they should submit payments in January, 1900, rather than in January, 2000, after an employee used outdated software to prepare the bills, the company confirmed Thursday.
- Keywords:
- Florida, Y2K, Year 2000, software, date, billing
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/31/fla.utility.y2k.idg/index.html
Assuming we survive Y2K, here are New Year's plans for computers, handhelds PCs, and all things connected.
- Keywords:
- 2000, PCs, handhelds, connectivity, predictions, future of PCs, computers, Y2K
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/29/forecast.2000.idg/index.html
Microsoft's tech support site puts a virtual staffer online to lend a personal touch to answers.
- Keywords:
- Maxwell, Microsoft, customer support, Microsoft Bob, Microsoft Maxwell, online support
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/20/maxwell.idg/index.html
FreeDotNet, a British ISP, lost three of its founding members Friday after being charged with conspiracy to defraud investors.
- Keywords:
- FreeDotNet, British, Internet, service, provider, free ISP, Serious Fraud Office, investors
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/21/major.freedotnet.trouble.idg/index.html
The first free Internet access package in Singapore, announced by ISP (Internet service provider) StarHub Internet, has made a rapid impact on customers and rival ISPs in the city-state.
- Keywords:
- Singapore, ISP, free Internet access, StarHub, Pacific Internet, Asia
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/13/singapore.isp.idg/index.html
Joe Barr talks with Craig Rowland about three free products -- Logcheck, HostSentry, and PortSentry -- that can keep your systems secure from amateurs.
- Keywords:
- network security, Logcheck, HostSentry, PortSentry, open source, Psionic Software Systems, hacker, cracker, Linux, Apache, Web server
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/03/net.security.idg/index.html
Take Webcams to the next level of voyeurism with SiteZap, a top-notch telerobotic camera and server software package that enables Web viewers to move the camera around and zoom in.
- Keywords:
- gadget, SiteZap 4.1, JenniCam, Sony, video-conferencing, tabletop, camera
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/07/gismo.sitezap.idg/index.html
Just as its Windows operating system brought the PC to millions of users, Microsoft is developing new software that will make multimedia content delivered over the Internet a part of our everyday lives, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates says.
- Keywords:
- Bill Gates, Microsoft, multimedia, streaming media, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Millennium, Streaming, Media, West, 99, video
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/09/gates.multimedia.idg/index.html
A German government organization responsible for IT security is warning users that computer viruses, Trojan horses and dangerous e-mails are on the rise as 2000 approaches.
- Keywords:
- Year 2000, viruses, Germany, e-mail Trojan horses, Christmas e-mail attachments, Y2K
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/15/german.warning.y2k.idg/index.html
German consumers, known for their willingness to brave long lines at the supermarket in search of a cheap computer, can now line up for a PC at their local gas station.
- Keywords:
- PCs, Germany, Germans, BP gas station, e-commerce, British Petroleum, cheap computers
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/08/german.bp.pc.idg/index.html
Here is a list of Linux gifts for gamers, developers, cyborgs, and newbies. If Santa's elves were open source developers, these are the toys that would fill the sleigh.
- Keywords:
- Linux, open source, gifts, holiday, list, gaming, MP3
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/20/linux.gifts.idg/index.html
In a rare move, the U.S. Patent Office has decided to re-examine the year 2000 date-correction patent for windowing that it issued to software developer Bruce Dickens on Sept. 8, 1998.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, Year 2000, millennium bug, fix, patent, Bruce Dickens, U., S., Patent, Office, windowing, date
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/28/patent.y2k.idg/index.html
The Systems Administration, Network and Security (SANS) Institute in Bethesda, Md., has issued an advisory for network administrators to help them avoid network attacks.
- Keywords:
- network, security, hacker, port scanning, Trojan horse, SANS, Y2K, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/23/net.monitor.idg/index.html
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a Washington-based privacy research group, released a report warning online holiday shoppers that their privacy is at risk. According to the report, few of the 100 most popular shopping Web sites provide adequate privacy protection for consumers and many track purchases and online habits.
- Keywords:
- online shoping, privacy, protection, regulations, e-commerce, Electronic, Privacy, Information, Center, EPIC
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/20/shop.privacy.idg/index.html
At the 16th annual Chaos Computer Communication Congress in Berlin, the recent conflict in Serbia was cited as an example of the military's increased reliance on the use of information as a weapon.
- Keywords:
- Chaos Computer Club, Chaos, Computer, Communication, Congress, hacker, Serbia, war, information warfare
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/30/info.war.idg/index.html
Heroes III for Linux gets a big thumbs up from Rawn Shah for its chess-like battle tactics and increased playability, even if it does require a pretty meaty system to run quickly.
- Keywords:
- Linux, Loki, Heroes, of, Might, and, Magic, III, turn-based strategy, computer game
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/07/homm.3.linux.idg/index.html
With the busiest online shopping season ever behind us, e-tailers are looking back at the numbers and finding several lessons to be learned.
- Keywords:
- e-tail, holiday season, online shopping, e-commerce, e-business
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/30/etail.lesson.idg/index.html
Avatar is trying a new angle on consolidating media devices by customizing its new PC into a vcr/stereo combo that is ready for home networking and Internet access.
- Keywords:
- PC, Avatar, DVD, MP3, vcr, stereo, multimedia
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/02/home.theater.idg/index.html
Ventures under consideration by Hong Kongs Hang Seng Bank and AOL Hong Kong may represent the next salvo in a growing battle in Hong Kong to provide financial services related to online commerce.
- Keywords:
- Hong Kong, banking, e-commerce, AOL, Hang Seng Bank, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/29/hongkong.ecomm.idg/index.html
Theres a vast divide in plans to handle the Y2K rollover in Hong Kong. As might be expected, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with relatively few resources, may not have completely watertight procedures in place. But larger firms appear to have their rollover acts together.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, year 2000, Hong Kong, millennium bug
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/21/hong.kong.y2k.idg/index.html
SIP is part of an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) proposal to replace parts of H.323. Just as H.323 is a collection of protocols, SIP is one of several protocols that will work together to complete calls.
- Keywords:
- SIP, VOIP, voice over IP, Internet telephony, protocol, Session Initialization Protocol, H.323, IETF, network
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/20/sip.for.voip.idg/index.html
Firewalls are essential, but protecting the file system is what really keeps the snoops away.
- Keywords:
- file system protection, security, firewalls
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/08/firewalls.ent.idg/index.html
Macintosh users have been asking for a version of ViaVoice speech recognition software for that platform for a while now, and Wednesday IBM said that it is giving them what they want.
- Keywords:
- ViaVoice, speech recognition, IBM, Mac users, Macintosh, Apple Computer, ViaVoice, Millennium, Edition, 1.0
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/09/viavoice.macs.idg/index.html
IBM says it will introduce next week a new chip design that combines two cutting-edge semiconductor technologies in a single product.
- Keywords:
- IBM, microprocessor, computer chip, semiconductor, technology, silicon germanium, SiGe, wireless
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/03/ibm.chip.idg/index.html
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved 10 new registrars to sell Internet addresses for the popular .com, .net and .org domains, bringing the total number of accredited companies to 98, ICANN officials said in a statement.
- Keywords:
- ICANN, domain naming, Internet, Corporation, for, Assigned, Names, and, Numbers, Internet addresses, .com, .org, .net, accreditation
http://www.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/23/icann.10.idg/index.html
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