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A computer virus dubbed July Killer is expected to strike July 1. Active only during July, it will infect Microsoft Corp.'s Word 97 documents via a Visual Basic macro, according to antivirus specialists.
- Keywords:
- July killer, virus, Microsoft Word 97, macro
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/01/killer.idg/index.html
Fifteen more companies from around the world have been approved to compete as registrars for the .com, .net and .org Internet domains, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said today.
- Keywords:
- domain, registrars, ICANN
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/08/domain.idg/index.html
A single product announcement in 1964 ushered in a new era of computing. The new product was both a help and a hindrance to the IT profession, a strategic advantage that over 35 years would have unforeseen consequences.
- Keywords:
- 1964, computer, history, IBM, S/360, base-16
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/06/1964.idg/index.html
The time: The mid-1960s. The place: The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in England. Donald Davies, superintendent of the computing sciences division at the NPL, was studying the concept of time-sharing. He began to realize the inadequacies of the data communications capabilities of the day. Unlike phone calls, where you needed an established circuit with a fixed bandwidth for the duration of th...
- Keywords:
- packet switching, network, communications, data, computer, history, Rand, ARPA, Donald Davies, Paul Baran
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/06/1965.idg/index.html
Neither Bob Grimm nor Roy Clay nor any of the other folks on the team that engineered Hewlett-Packard Co.'s first foray into the computer market in 1966 would have believed it if someone had said that HP's instruments business would one day be computing's weaker sibling.
- Keywords:
- HP, Hewlett-Packard, computer, history, 1966
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/06/1966.idg/index.html
On June 21, 1967, Doug Engelbart applied for a patent on his X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System, now better known as the mouse. It was a device that he had been thinking about and working on for more than a decade.
- Keywords:
- mouse, 1967, input devices, computing history, computing milestones, Doug Engelbart
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/07/1967.idg/index.html
Gordon Moore still has a bottle of Napoleon brandy signed by the gang that helped get Intel Corp. up and running in 1968. The company co-founder and chairman emeritus won the bottle by wagering that by the end of that year, all the manufacturing gear for making semiconductor memories would be in place and the process would be ready to go.
- Keywords:
- 1968, Intel, FlashBack, Gordon Moore
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/07/1968.idg/index.html
The 1960s ended with a bang: As it had hoped since the early 1960s, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) saw the Arpanet -- the network that we now know as the Internet -- take shape in the last year of the decade. And at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hills, N.J., a group of computer programmers built the first version of a multiuser timesharing operating system called Unix. In time, the two...
- Keywords:
- Unix, Arpanet, Internet, 1969, computer, history, computing, operating system, Bell Labs, ARPA
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/07/1969.idg/index.html
In a Kroger's supermarket just outside Cincinnati in early 1970, a conveyor belt in the checkout lane moved the American public into a new era.
- Keywords:
- 1970, history of computing, grocery scanner, Kroger, supermarket, Cincinatti, Ohio
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/08/1970.idg/index.html
The floppy disk was developed in 1971 to solve a problem IBM faced with its System 370 computer: Its operating instructions were stored in semiconductor memory, which got erased whenever the computer was turned off.
- Keywords:
- floppy disk, IBM, Al Shugart, Shugart Associates, storage, Seagate Technology, David Noble
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/08/1971.idg/index.html
Bob Taylor recalls taking the wind out of the sails of a secretary who had just gotten a brand new, top-of-the-line IBM typewriter. It was 1972, and Taylor was heading up a lab at a then two-year-old research facility that was working on a small interactive computer.
- Keywords:
- Xerox Parc, 1972
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/08/1972.idg/index.html
3Com Corp. is exploring an emerging technology called the Wireless Access Protocol for possible use in its Palm computer, a move that would bring new Web browsing capabilities to the popular handheld device, analysts and sources familiar with the matter said this week.
- Keywords:
- 3Com, Palm Computing, handheld, palmtop, WAP, wireless, Internet, device, Web Clipping, browser
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/19/palmwap.idg/index.html
The clock speed may be the same, but Micron's TransPort Trek2 gives you plenty of reasons to prefer Celeron over Pentium II.
- Keywords:
- 400-MHz, Celeron, Pentium II, notebooks, portable PC, laptop
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/05/400mhz.idg/index.html
Computers spend most of their time waiting for the next keystroke. Here are some distributed processing projects that could keep them usefully employed.
- Keywords:
- distributed processing, PC utilities, system utilities
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/12/5progs.idg/index.html
PageTalk is a unique service that puts a button on your Web site that visitors can click to hear your voice. It's free, it's here now, and it's catching on like wildfire. To get PageTalk, simply go to the Web site and register for the service. You can record a message of up to 20 seconds long by calling a toll-free number, and you can update it as often as you like. The new message is available on...
- Keywords:
- Web, Homepage, Voice
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/19/voice.idg/index.html
A Federal Aviation Administration proposal that would require Year 2000 tests of emergency support equipment and other ground controls early on Jan. 1 is unnecessary and might cause some airports to shut down temporarily, an official of the Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) said last week.
- Keywords:
- year 2000 problem, Y2K, millennium bug, airport, Airports, Council, International-North, America, ACI-NA, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/20/airport.y2k.idg/index.html
Three months to prepare for the crucial Christmas sales push may not be enough time for some online merchants.
- Keywords:
- Amazon.com, e-commerce, online merchants, Christmas, sites, gifts, Internet commerce, Net, Web, online
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/15/amazon.idg/index.html
Is AMD's new K7 processor a 14K treasure or a K9 of dubious pedigree?
- Keywords:
- AMD, Advanced Micro Devices, processor, CPU, chip, AMD K7, Intel, Pentium
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/08/amdk7.idg/index.html
For a little less than $50, NewDeal provides Web access for 'lagging-edge' technology.
- Keywords:
- NewDeal, Internet appliance, Net, Web, recycling PCs, home PC, personal computer
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/09/newlife.idg/index.html
A proposed amendment to Austria's telecommunications law that would essentially outlaw spam could be signed into law as early as this week. The amendment is on the agenda for discussion by the Austrian Parliament on Thursday, according to information posted on the Web site of the Austrian Parliament.
- Keywords:
- spam, email, austria
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/14/austria.idg/index.html
Latest Trojan horse is
- Keywords:
- Back Orifice, Trojan Horse, security, virus, DefCon
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/15/backorifice.idg/index.html
The hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow last week posted Back Orifice 2000, a free
- Keywords:
- bo2k, BackOrifice 2000, Cult, of, the, Dead, Cow, cOd
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/21/badrap.idg/index.html
Incumbent telephone companies are getting ready to climb higher up the bandwidth ladder with their asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) offerings. And their new rivals - the data-oriented competitive local exchange carriers, or data CLECs - are preparing to match them step-for-step by offering symmetrical DSL (SDSL) at higher-than-T-1 speeds. In what's likely to make the biggest splash, Net...
- Keywords:
- BellSouth, DSL, ADSL, SDSL
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/20/dsl.idg/index.html
Big Web sites dominated last week when the Association of Support Professionals announced the winners of its second annual
- Keywords:
- Web site, customer support, Web support, award, Association, of, Support, Professionals
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/20/bigsite.idg/index.html
A startup called Bigstep.com is Web-enabling businesses by giving them sophisticated sites that don't cost a cent and don't flash a single ad.
- Keywords:
- free, small business, Web sites, Bigstep.com
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/09/bigstep.idg/index.html
Big companies are getting closer to Y2K compliance -- but may overlook the threat smaller firms pose to their supply chains.
- Keywords:
- Y2K, year 2000 problem, millennium bug, enterprise, high-end, supply chain
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/27/supply.y2k.idg/index.html
Biometrics, an automated method of recognizing a person based on physical or behavioral attributes, has long been used by the government's super-secret agencies for access-control applications and by law enforcement for large-scale fingerprint applications.
- Keywords:
- government, agencies, ID, biometrics, security, fraud
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/22/biometrics.idg/index.html
Information technology managers who are tracking the battle for broadband currently being waged by telecommunications giants may rightly ask: What's in it for my company?
- Keywords:
- broadband, enterprise, remote access, telecommunications, bandwidth, DSL, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/15/broadband-ent.idg/index.html
Having first shown the game only behind closed doors at E3, Bungie is now ready to make a much larger showing of Halo, its stunning new third-person adventure game. Officially announcing the game at this week's Mac World expo, Bungie is presenting its incredible alien world--and some dynamic features in graphic rendering that the developer believes will make Halo stand apart from other shooters. H...
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/26/halo.idg/index.html
California brokerage firms may enter into contracts with their customers through digital signatures, rather than filling out a pile of paperwork.
- Keywords:
- California, digital signature, law, online brokerage
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/30/digisign.idg/index.html
The Canadian government ordered Tuesday that cable providers must lease portions of their high-speed networks to competing Internet service providers.
- Keywords:
- Internet service providers, cable networks, Canada, high-speed networks, legal news, Internet legislation
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/08/canadaisp.idg/index.html
Visually dazzling, wonderfully playable, Descent: FreeSpace was one of '98's best space-combat sims, leapfrogging to the top of a genre long ruled by the Wing Commander and X-Wing series. Now, just a year later, Interplay is poised to release FreeSpace 2, and we've got high hopes indeed.
- Keywords:
- computer game, space-combat simulation, Descent, FreeSpace, Interplay, Volition
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/22/freespace.idg/index.html
Hackers looking to get away from it all, and at the same time hone their skills, will be setting up tents in a field near Berlin next week as part of a three-day event sponsored by Germany's premiere hacker group, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).
- Keywords:
- Chaos Computer Club, hacker, Germany, event, convention
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/28/chaosclub.idg/index.html
Hackers looking to get away from it all, and at the same time hone their skills, will be setting up tents in a field near Berlin next week as part of a three-day event sponsored by Germany's premiere hacker group, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).
- Keywords:
- Chaos Computer Club, hacker, Germany, event, convention
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/29/chaosclub.idg/index.html
It's no secret that you can make phone calls over the Internet to save money. PC-based Internet phones have been out for more than four years. What's changed in the past year is the number of access points and the variety of devices from which you can call. You save because you cangenerally use a free local access number to get on the Internet, rather than more expensive long-distance connections ...
- Keywords:
- iPhone, Telephony, Internet, Net, phones
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/29/iphones.idg/index.html
The Chemical Safety Board has urged the nation's governors to make sure that they have taken suitable Year 2000 precautions for potential problems related to industrial chemical safety. The CSB, a federal scientific investigatory organization, issued a letter to all 50 states; Washington, D.C.; the Northern Marina Islands; Guam; Puerto Rico; and the U.S. Virgin Islands to note that large organizat...
- Keywords:
- Y2K, year 2000, CSB
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/29/hazmat.y2k.idg/index.html
TOKYO – The world's most populous country will become the one of the world's largest Internet markets as early as 2003.
- Keywords:
- China, Net, Internet, e-commerce
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/02/china.idg/index.html
Evoking an America plagued by a
- Keywords:
- Clinton, IT, technology
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/13/clintonit.idg/index.html
When the C-SPAN cable TV channel debuted in the 1980s, supporters declared there was nothing as politically intimate as bringing government-in-the-making into your living room. In 1999, live, local government is getting intimate enough to fit comfortably in your lap-or laptop, at least. Plugged-in citizens in several states and municipalities around the country can watch a live State of the State ...
- Keywords:
- government, local, Web
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/12/cititv.idg/index.html
A U.S. Commerce Department agency has called on the federal government to take the lead in assisting American Indian communities to meet their information technology needs.
- Keywords:
- Indian, Commerce Department, IT
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/19/indian.idg/index.html
Responding to concerns by IT managers that they will not get adequate support if they use open-source software, an array of companies is coming forward eager to help.
- Keywords:
- Linux, support, open-source, Open Source Forum
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/05/linuxrace.idg/index.html
Compaq on Monday announced a complete revamping of its Armada notebook line.
- Keywords:
- Compaq, portable computer, laptop, notebook, Armada
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/27/compaqline.idg/index.html
Members of a congressional subcommittee Thursday accused Network Solutions Inc., which holds a monopoly position in the registration of most Internet names, of stonewalling the development of a competitive market for services that are crucial to the continued growth of electronic commerce.
- Keywords:
- NSI, e-commerce, Commerce Department, Congress, domain
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/26/stonewall.idg/index.html
The House Armed Services Committee Wednesday voted in favor of giving the president the power to ban the export of certain types of powerful encryption technology that some experts say poses a threat to U.S. national security.
- Keywords:
- encrypt, national security, Congress, SAFE
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/26/encrypt.idg/index.html
If convicted felon Kevin Poulson has one piece of advice to impart, it is that if federal agents show up on your doorstep, don't say anything.
- Keywords:
- hacker, Kevin Poulson, DefCon, Miranda rights, legal advice, law, computer crime
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/13/poulson.idg/index.html
As security experts keep pounding users and corporation to use antivirus software, the rate of virus infections is still rising -- despite most PCs and servers having antivirus software installed, according to an annual survey conducted by ICSA Inc.
- Keywords:
- virus, computer, antivirus, enterprise, business
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/26/virus.ent.idg/index.html
Ever seen a cartoon show featuring a rotund superhero and a sidekick who looks like a reject from MTV's The Real World? Probably not--but the animation team behind Fatman, a four-part Web-based series that debuted this week, are hoping you'll want to.
- Keywords:
- animation, Web, Internet, cartoon, Fatman, HotWired Animation Express, multimedia
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/30/fatman.idg/index.html
KeeBoo's free software lets you package online books that friends and family can browse.
- Keywords:
- virtual book, KeeBoo, Web tool, online, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/02/keeboo.idg/index.html
Four out of 10 senior managers say their organization's technology decisions are driven by customers, compared with just 18\% two years ago, concluded a new report issued by The Yankee Group, a Boston-basedconsulting firm.
- Keywords:
- enterprise, customer
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/21/customer.ent.idg/index.html
A Houston company has inked deals with half of the major home builders in the city to wire homes for their future high-tech needs.
- Keywords:
- Houston, wired, Internet, house, home
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9907/12/hair.idg/index.html
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