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Food and Drug Administration officials today told House subcommittees that more than 300 medical manufacturers have equipment on the market that could experience failures from Year 2000 computer problems.
- Keywords:
- FDA, Y2K, medical equipment
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/27/fda.y2k.idg/index.html
The Clinton administration is looking to build an intergovernmental World Wide Web portal through which the public can access information about a wide variety of government services.
- Keywords:
- government, local, state, federal, portal, public access, Web, Internet, Clinton
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/04/govtport.idg/index.html
Federal agents have accused a California man of fraudulently billing thousands of credit-card transactions.
- Keywords:
- scam, fraud, California, Internet, Web, security, Visa, Mastercard, credit card, e-commerce
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/11/cawebscam.idg/index.html
In a project that could have implications for how the government delivers public benefits in the future, federal and state agencies next month will kick off a multistate pilot project to deliver a variety of public health programs on a single smart card.
- Keywords:
- federal government, smart card, public health, healthcare, Siemens
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/19/healthcard.idg/index.html
If fast, efficient Web searches are your Holy Grail, these tips and tools can help fulfill your quest.
- Keywords:
- Web, search, tips, tools
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/12/websearch.idg/index.html
Called Information Based Indicia, the new stamps are actually digital bar codes that postal workers will read using handheld scanners.
- Keywords:
- United, States, Postal, Service, USPS, e-stamps, postage, postal codes, mail, snail mail
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/24/estamps.idg/index.html
Nova Southeastern may not match up with Harvard or Yale when it comes to history and prestige, but the law school is trying to make up for its lack of pedigree with a technology focus.
- Keywords:
- education, technology, wireless, law school, network, Internet, student
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/25/campus.idg/index.html
Inventor of first popular computer language wanted to avoid tedium of machine language programming.
- Keywords:
- Fortran, John Backus, programming, computing history, coding, IBM, Computerworld Flashback, 1954
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/03/1954.idg/index.html
New computer lease ads will be written more carefully.
- Keywords:
- Dell, Micron, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, advertising, lease, PC leasing, computer lease
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/17/ftclease.idg/index.html
As famous names and established companies get involved, opposition to Internet gambling is appearing to crumble.
- Keywords:
- gambling, gaming, Las Vegas, Kenny Rogers, betting, online, Web, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/04/gamble.idg/index.html
California syndicates use global profits for other, sometimes violent crimes.
- Keywords:
- gangs, software piracy, pirated software, bogus software
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/06/gangs.idg/index.html
U.K. office workers are so frustrated with their computers that they suffer from
- Keywords:
- techno rage, tech trends, Bill Gates, NOP Research Group
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/28/techrage.idg/index.html
REDMOND, Wash. -- Positioning Microsoft as a knowledge management company, Chairman and CEO Bill Gates outlined his vision of the knowledge worker's place in corporate America on Wednesday to a group of top executives.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, dashboard, Bill Gates, computer panel, PDA, cellular phone, cell phone
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/21/digidash.idg/index.html
Niche developers pledge support and add features to Gecko browser engine.
- Keywords:
- Netscape, Gecko, browser, developer, development, Internet, Web
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/21/gecko.idg/index.html
Consumers who discover their misfortune within 30 days of buying PCs usually can return them for a refund. But what if you don't realize there's a problem before the first 30 days have passed?
- Keywords:
- PC, problem, warranty, lemon, customer service, consumer, computer
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/17/lemon.idg/index.html
Rather than use one computer to generate an image, a render farm spreads the job across several networked computers to speed production.
- Keywords:
- movies, special effects, Twister, digital animation, ILM, rendering, magic, science fiction, films
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/21/digeffect.idg/index.html
ISP buyouts continue at a dizzying rate, but you can avoid getting chewed up if your ISP is swallowed.
- Keywords:
- ISP, Internet access, AOL, connectivity, ADSL, cable modem, telephony, modem
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/11/isp.idg/index.html
ISP buyouts continue at a dizzying rate, but you can avoid getting chewed up if your ISP is swallowed.
- Keywords:
- ISP, Internet access, AOL, connectivity, ADSL, cable modem, telephony, modem
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/10/isp.idg/index.html
Use a refill kit, which can cut your printer's ink costs to less than a penny per page.
- Keywords:
- ink jet printer, ink, cost, refill, tips
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/17/printink.idg/index.html
White House offers tips for spurring local
- Keywords:
- Y2K, White House, Clinton, millennium bug, Year 2000
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/31/meeting-y2k.idg/index.html
Paper memo may be passe, but the art of memo writing is more important than ever.
- Keywords:
- e-mail, memo, letter
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/12/effective.idg/index.html
IBM's OS2 graphical operating system supports Network File System, better scalability in quest for e-commerce applications
- Keywords:
- ibm, os2, e-commerce, graphical operating system, aurora, network file system
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/06/os2.idg/index.html
Team spirit thwarts Big Brother overtones in quest to improve customer service.
- Keywords:
- surveillance, monitoring, customer service
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/27/infared.idg/index.html
At the first-ever government conference devoted to measuring the economic impact of information technology, federal beancounters were the first to admit that current indicators don't work.
- Keywords:
- e-commerce, federal, department of commerce, federal government
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/27/ecommdept.idg/index.html
A ruling in an Intel lawsuit against a former employee may set a precedent that will let e-mail service providers ban certain types of messages.
- Keywords:
- Intel, lawsuit, e-mail law, legislation, e-mail regulation
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/03/emaillaw.idg/index.html
The Internet is changing the economics of higher education in the same way it changed the economics of retail trade.
- Keywords:
- college, university, Web, Internet, advanced degree, MBA, virtual classroom
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/05/neted.idg/index.html
All the news that matters from last week's networking convention in Las Vegas.
- Keywords:
- Networld+Interop, N+I, Interop, Networld
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/18/interop.idg/index.html
Singaporean ISP claims that checks of subscribers' PCs were a preventive security measure.
- Keywords:
- SingNet, Singapore, ISP, Internet Service Provider, Internet, privacy, security
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/06/ispscan.idg/index.html
Recruiters paint a pretty picture of job opportunities and quality of life in the San Francisco area.
- Keywords:
- Silicon Valley, California, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, tech work, high tech
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/18/silivalley.idg/index.html
Communities are rallying around
- Keywords:
- urban sprawl, community, government, planning, city, IT, demographics, GIS
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/07/sprawl.idg/index.html
A group of mainly Europe-based companies have formed an industry association with the goal of establishing and promoting a global Internet content rating system.
- Keywords:
- Internet, Net, Europe, Internet, Content, Rating, Association
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/17/netrate.idg/index.html
A group of information technology vendors has teamed up with the U.S. government to help relieve the isolation of refugees from Kosovo.
- Keywords:
- Kosovo, war, Balkans, NATO
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/07/kosovo.idg/index.html
IT professionals gained their most powerful and influential ally yet in the fight for greater technology investment in their organizations, when U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan cited technology investments by U.S. businesses as a key contributor to the economy's robust nine-year expansion.
- Keywords:
- Alan Greenspan, IT, technology, investment, enterprise, business, economic expansion
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/20/greenspan.idg/index.html
The Marines are no strangers to innovation. Today's Corps is helping to launch the Defense Department into a new era of high-tech command and control (C2) that focuses on what has proven to be the most vicious and costly form of conflict: urban warfare.
- Keywords:
- urban warfare, Marine Corps, military, technology, IT
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/20/urbanwar.idg/index.html
The war in Kosovo has intensified as hackers on either side of the conflict try to take over or block Web servers around the world. The federal government said today that Chinese hackers have joined the online war, targeting U.S. government sites over the accidental bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade last Frid
- Keywords:
- Kosovo, Chinese hackers, White House, cyber-war
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/12/cyberwar.idg/index.html
As founders of New York's Silicon Alley Internet start-ups cash in on the IPO frenzy and become paper millionaires, many of the thousands of rank-and-file developers and graphic artists who built the foundation of success are being left behind. Not only are they not collecting stock options, but many also lack even basic health-care benefits. Established unions like the CWA are actively organizing...
- Keywords:
- Silicon Alley, union, labor
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/21/nyunion.idg/index.html
Businesses looking to develop and launch their own e-commerce sites can plan on spending $1 million and five months on average to
- Keywords:
- Gartner Group, e-commerce, costs
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/31/pockets.idg/index.html
Lucent, using technology from Netscape, is developing an Internet portal for telecommunications providers to use with wireless phones and handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs), the companies announced on Wednesday.
- Keywords:
- Internet, handheld device, portal, Netscape, Lucent, PDA, wireless, mobile computing, WAP, telecom, phone, e-mail
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/06/zingo.idg/index.html
Welcome to the world of Tom Galligan, a cybersleuth whose job is to unearth buried secrets inside computer hard drives for cops, attorneys, and--sometimes--disgruntled spouses.
- Keywords:
- cybersleuth, private eye, detective, data recovery, e-mail, lawsuit
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/13/detective.idg/index.html
The Melissa virus, which swept across networks around the world last month, has popped up again in a mutated format, which may have occurred when it inadvertently came in contact with another virus.
- Keywords:
- Melissa virus, mutant
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/28/mutant.idg/index.html
Microsoft is hoping a reshuffled support program, which will see the software giant get more personally involved in customers' problems, will quiet complaints that it offers less-than-stellar support.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, support, service, customer, enterprise
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/03/mssupport.ent.idg/index.html
Tired of waiting for Sun to develop standardized real-time extensions for its popular Java programming language, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and others have formally organized to do the job.
- Keywords:
- Java, programming, Sun, Microsoft, cross-platform
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/11/mshpjava.idg/index.html
The Linux movement has Microsoft Corp. thinking about -- but not yet embracing -- open source, the company's president, Steve Ballmer, said Thursday.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, open source, Linux
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/17/mssource.idg/index.html
With Microsoft Corp. acting as midwife, the Open eBook Authoring Group yesterday gave birth to a draft of a standard for electronic books, called The Open eBook 1.0 specification.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, Open, eBook, Authoring, Group, e-books, Open eBook 1.0, Electronic Book Exchange, EBX
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/28/ebook.idg/index.html
Projections that online sales will explode over the next few years come as good news to small and large companies, but the numbers should sound the alarm for midsize firms.
- Keywords:
- e-commerce, online sales, midsize firms, Web trends, Internet commerce, e-business, online, Web
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/26/risk.ent.idg/index.html
Acton, Massachusetts-based Glassbook has announced that it has developed and will market an e-book standard for the Internet.
- Keywords:
- e-book, electronic book, standard, Glassbook, Internet, media, EBX
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/11/glassbook.idg/index.html
Some real gems were on display at the RealNetworks developers conference here last week, when 80 exhibitors showcased streaming-media products from multimedia-editing tools to consumer portable music players.
- Keywords:
- streaming media, Internet, RealNetworks, multimedia, audio, video, technology
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/12/streaming.idg/index.html
This week, Brian Livingston covers more things that IE does and does not do, including notes from DLL hell, security gotchas, and other issues.
- Keywords:
- IE, 4, &, 5, Brian Livingston, tips
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/25/ietips.idg/index.html
Since February, the number of technology managers that report either using or at least considering Linux has grown by 72\%.
- Keywords:
- Linux, manager, IT, corporate, survey, business, operating system
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/21/linux.idg/index.html
For a couple of years, schools have invested heavily in their infrastructure and hardware to infuse technology into the curricula, but software purchasing has been -- and still is -- low, according to a report this year by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA).
- Keywords:
- K-12, elementary, middle school, high school, college, education, technology, classroom, Internet, Web, schools, computers
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/21/k12.idg/index.html
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