Webpages concerning "Tech [3]"
Braille Note offers word processing, a personal organizer and e-mail software.
- Keywords:
- braille, blind, computers, for, people, with, disabilities, handicapped, sight-impaired, braille notebook, braille computer, Braille Note, Windows CE, PocketPC
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/17/kiwi.braille.idg/index.html
New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman sent a constitutional amendment to the state legislature Monday that would allow the attorney general to post names, addresses and photos of dangerous sex offenders on the Internet.
- Keywords:
- New Jersey, sex offender, privacy, registry
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/03/sex.offender.net.idg/index.html
Massachusetts residents are no longer able to discard their old computers and TV monitors as they please since a first-in-the-nation electronic disposal ban went into effect on Saturday.
- Keywords:
- electronic disposal ban, television, monitor, Massachusetts, environmental protection, hazardous materials, solid waste
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/03/disposal.ban.idg/index.html
Census director hails the 70,000 people who found the way to file online.
- Keywords:
- census, online form, population
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/26/online.census.idg/index.html
New legislation that went into effect in the U.S. today to protect children's privacy on the Web is already running into difficulties.
- Keywords:
- Children's, Online, Privacy, Protection, Act, (COPPA), children, privacy, Internet
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/25/coppa.snags.idg/index.html
Failure could be too high a price for firms sparring over the right to promote products and offers on the Web.
- Keywords:
- e-commerce, patent, coupons, lawsuit
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/03/coupon.patent.idg/index.html
AccuWeather.com announced that it would in the next month cease distributing weather maps and other weather graphics to its clients using the GIF file format, opting to send out its images with the open-source PNG standard instead.
- Keywords:
- GIF, PNG, open source, graphics format, software patent, AccuWeather.com
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/27/gif.png.idg/index.html
Lee Anderson dishes up a review and all the instructions you'll need to install NiL and get down to killing some friends. And isn't that what open source is all about?
- Keywords:
- Linux, NiL, game, open source
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/12/linux.net.games.idg/index.html
Forget the Pocket PC, says Palm president -- handhelds will grow less like PCs.
- Keywords:
- Pocket PC, handheld, palmtop, portable PC, handheld PC, Windows CE, Microsoft
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/24/palm.think.idg/index.html
Microsoft and partners launch challenge to Palm, but hardware selection is sparse.
- Keywords:
- Microsoft, PocketPC, handheld PC, palmtop PC, Palm, Windows CE, Bluetooth, wireless, Casio, Cassiopeia
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/20/pocketpc.appears.idg/index.html
Microsoft seems to be aiming the Pocket PC at two groups: sophisticated multimedia zealots and technically unsophisticated workers who need a simple way to access corporate data.
- Keywords:
- Pocket PC, Microsoft, PDA, handheld
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/28/pocket.pc.idg/index.html
A gray market in computers and an early break from Soviet rule helped Poland get a jump-start onto the Web.
- Keywords:
- Poland, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Warsae, Internet, e-commerce, Soviet Bloc
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/11/poland.web.idg/index.html
To Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters, a lot of companies are using the World Wide Web in a way that could be compared to a long-distance telephone company devised by George Orwell.
- Keywords:
- Junkbusters, DoubleClick, privacy, Internet, George Orwell
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/28/big.brother.idg/index.html
An examination of ways companies might be held accountable for knowingly releasing bad software -- without the use of guarantees or warranties
- Keywords:
- software, bugs, warranty, UCITA, consumer protection
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/26/sans.bugs.idg/index.html
Over the next two weeks, a group calling itself the Electrohippies Collective plans a campaign of online disruption designed to send a warning to companies involved in genetically modifying plants and animals. The planned attack represents an escalation in the online battles between radical-left activists and their targets, often multinational corporations.
- Keywords:
- Electrohippies, protest, cyber, anticorporate, campaign, hacktivism
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/06/cyber.protest.idg/indext.html
Red Hat has improved its graphical installer in 6.2 to the point that I actually used it to do the install. Twice, as a matter of fact. And I'm getting to be an old hand at wiping out my desktop installation and installing a new distribution. I had only been running Corel Linux on the machine for a week or two when I received an early copy of RH 6.2. To speed and ease the process, I simply tarred ...
- Keywords:
- Red Hat, Linux, 6.2 Deluxe
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/14/redhat.preview.idg/index.html
Yahoo confirmed last week that it is being investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as a consequence of the report's study of 21 health-related Web sites, including Yahoo's.
- Keywords:
- healthcare, Web site, Yahoo, privacy policy, data collection, medical information, medicine
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/03/yahoo.investigation.idg/index.html
With the success of arcade-style sports games, it was only a matter of time before someone released an all-out bare-knuckle hockey brawl to the tune of NFL Blitz.
- Keywords:
- Rock the Rink, EA Sports, video games, gaming, hockey, sports games
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/03/rock.the.rink.idg/index.html
Using JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets to produce rollover effects on your pages.
- Keywords:
- rollover, mouseover, JavaScript, programming, tips
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/05/rollovers.idg/index.html
Although sheet metal and engine performance continue to be the mainstays of what Detroit does, the digital age is giving the 100-year-old auto industry a new way to sell to customers and to increase by an order of magnitude the number of contacts with them.
- Keywords:
- e-commerce, satellite, telephony, telecom, connectivity
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/21/satellite.radio.idg/index.html
Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS) says it has identified a backdoor password in the Red Hat Linux Piranha product that could allow an attacker to compromise a Web server and deface and destroy a Web site.
- Keywords:
- Red Hat, Linux, virus, Piranha, security, bug, Linus Torvalds
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/27/redhat.backdoor.idg/index.html
Raven Software's Soldier of Fortune mixes Quake-like action with Rainbow Six's
- Keywords:
- Soldier of Fortune, video games, PC games, Raven Software, action games, first-person shooter
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/19/soldier.of.fortune.idg/index.html
Sony Communications Network (So-net), the Internet service provider (ISP) unit of Sony is furthering the company's push into network-based retailing with the establishment of a joint venture to sell music online.
- Keywords:
- So-net, Sony Music Entertainment, ISP, online music, Label Gate
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/07/sonet.music.idg/index.html
Lisa Simpson's departure is the latest in a string at the company, leaving Sony wondering how to stop the brain drain.
- Keywords:
- Sony Online Entertainment, President Lisa Simpson
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/06/soe.brain.drain.idg/index.html
Although Star Wars fanatics will surely enjoy recreating battle scenes from their favorite movies, diehard RTS addicts will likely be disappointed with the results.
- Keywords:
- Star, Wars:, Force, Commander, video games, gaming, LucasArts, Star Wars
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/05/force.commander.idg/index.html
Building supercomputers with off-the-shelf hardware
- Keywords:
- Beowulf, Linux, supercomputer, open source, OS, operating system
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/13/cheap.super.idg/index.html
Regulations that once stunted the distribution of strong encryption technology around the world are being rolled back at an encouraging pace, according to a new study by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a public research center in Washington, D.C.
- Keywords:
- EPIC, strong encryption, export controls, Internet security, privacy, cryptography, electronic commerce
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/05/encryption.idg/index.html
Interested in those powerful new tools for swapping MP3 files? So's the FBI -- and the crackdown begins next month.
- Keywords:
- MP3, Napster, Gnutella, music piracy, music distribution, digital music, RIAA, Recording, Industry, Association, of, America
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/14/MP3.crackdown.idg/index.html
A record number of taxpayers used the Internet this year to file their tax returns electronically.
- Keywords:
- online taxes, e-file, taxpayers, record
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/17/record.e.file.idg/index.html
Mimio whiteboards will print without a PC and stream data over the Web.
- Keywords:
- virtual ink, Mimio, whiteboard, classroom, technology, Mimio DirectPrint, electronic whiteboard
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/25/mimio.boards.idg/index.html
U.S. IT industry information portal company TechnologyNet is making its first move into the Indian marketplace via an alliance with the country's largest ISP (Internet service provider).
- Keywords:
- TechnologyNet, India, ISP, portal
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/05/technologynet.idg/index.html
Three technologies - cable modems, DSL, and fixed wireless - are contending to supply much of this bandwidth.
- Keywords:
- last mile, Internet access, broadband, telecommunication, bandwidth, DSL, fixed wireless, cable modems
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/27/last.mile.idg/index.html
You're surfing the Web with your broadband connection, but you just can't find a video clip encoded at more than 300 kilobits per second. That's no accident: It's about all the typical broadband user can reliably handle.
- Keywords:
- broadband, kilobits, streaming, speed, DSL, telecommunications
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/21/stream.limit.idg/index.html
Have you heard people say that software patents stifle innovation? It's true.
- Keywords:
- software patent, intellectual property, innovation
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/12/patent.squatter.idg/index.html
As I've read accounts of Unix's early history, I've been pleased by the spirit of interchange that prevailed. Official support was unavailable, but the folks at Murray Hill quite willingly installed, ported, and/or modified the system to help others. Ken Thompson even went off for a while to the University of California, Berkeley, to introduce the university to Unix.
- Keywords:
- Unix, evolution, Sun, licensing
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/17/unix.idg/index.html
Thief II unfolds like its predecessor, as a series of scenarios preceded by animated sequences with well-written and acted voiceovers.
- Keywords:
- Thief, II:, The, Metal, Age, Thief II, video games, PC games, entertainment, Eidos Interactive
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/25/thief2.idg/index.html
What's smaller than a breadbox and will take up to four CPUs?
- Keywords:
- server, Sun, Solaris, IBM, Netfinity
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/17/thin.servers.idg/index.html
Budget-system prices on the chart creep up this month, but HP and Racer offer sub-$900 bargains.
- Keywords:
- budget PCs, top budget PCs, HP, Racer, personal computers, top 10 PCs, bargain PC, home computers, family computer, cheap PC
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/19/top.budget.idg/index.html
Create a virtual library in your PC with free electronic books.
- Keywords:
- e-books, electronic books, entertainment, top 10, books, reading
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/11/top.ebooks.idg/index.html
Add functions to your Windows OS with desktop utilities.
- Keywords:
- Windows utilities, desktop utilities, utilities, downloads, freeware, shareware, top 10 utilities
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/25/top.utilities.idg/index.html
You'll find lots of fresh faces on our charts this month, all tested under our new PC WorldBench 2000 test suite.
- Keywords:
- top, 10, home, PCs, personal computers, PCs, top PCs, best, PCs, for, home, best home PCs, family PCs, budget PCs, power PCs
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/17/top.home.idg/index.html
This month, the first SpeedStep business notebooks -- the big-screened Quantex W-1511 and Dell Inspiron 5000 G650VT -- step onto our charts.
- Keywords:
- notebook PC, portable PC, laptops, notebooks, top notebook PCs, top portable PCs, top laptop PCs
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/27/top.notebooks.idg/index.html
EasyEverything founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is planning to extend his chain of big orange cyber cafes to the Big Apple.
- Keywords:
- easyEverything, cyber cafe, New York, Internet cafe, Stelios Haji-Ioannou
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/11/cybercafe.idg/index.html
If you're an owner of a beige, first-generation Power Mac G3 system, you might be considering a processor upgrade to bring your Mac into the G4 generation. But beware -- a small but critical component in Apple's beige G3 models can potentially wreck upgraded processors.
- Keywords:
- Apple, G3, Macintosh, processor upgrade, upgrade, processor, CPU, chip, Mac, Apple Computers, computer upgrades
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/05/g3.upgrades.idg/index.html
Anthony O'Krongly was looking for a workflow application that fit his company's needs. Instead of buying a boxed application, he posted a request for proposals on SourceXchange.com.
- Keywords:
- workflow, Linux, open source, Linus Torvalds
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/24/open.apps.idg/index.html
Through a new online service called eBillPay, USPS is offering customers the option of paying their bills online via a secure Web portal.
- Keywords:
- USPS, U.S. Postal Service, YourAccounts.com, CheckFree Corp.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/10/usps.secure.billing.idg/index.html
Vendors at Spring Internet World in Los Angeles today made a flurry of wireless announcements, including application development plans, services and alliances.
- Keywords:
- wireless, Internet World, telephony, PDA, cell phone
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/05/internet.world.idg/index.html
Forthcoming voice-over-DSL services will be able to replace the multiple individual phone lines and T-1 circuits that branch offices use today to carry voice calls.
- Keywords:
- DSLCon, voice-over-DSL
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/11/dsl.office.idg/index.html
Engineers have been working on speech-recognition software for three decades, so once the Internet arrived it was only a matter of time before someone devised a way to navigate the Web by talking instead of clicking.
- Keywords:
- voice, portals, TellMe, voice, browsing, engineers, speech recognition
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/28/voice.portals.talk.idg/index.html
Corporate demand will cause the number of people using cell phones for wireless data to skyrocket from 3\% to 78\% over the next 12 months, a new survey from Cap Gemini says.
- Keywords:
- wireless data, cell phone, WAP, data transfer, connectivity
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/18/data.cell.idg/index.html
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