Webpages concerning "Tech [5]"
Charles Schwab was forced to temporarily switch its online trading Web siteto abackup server, a move that blocked its customers from receiving tradeconfirmation messages and from viewing previous trading records.
- Keywords:
- SEC, trade, broker, database, glitch, Charles, Schwab
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/15/schwab.glitch.idg/index.html
The Securities and Exchange Commission has released a report that calls for brokerage firms and securities dealers to evaluate their online trading programs and highlights
- Keywords:
- SEC, Securities, and, Exchange, Commission, online brokerage, e-business, e-commerce, regulation, legislation, financial
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/02/02/brokers.need.improvement.idg/index.html
Individual e-mail users and corporate mail servers took a beating this week from the Anna Kournikova virus, but the worst part for security managers was realizing just how preventable it was.
- Keywords:
- Anna Kournikova, virus, security, system vulnerability, worm
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/19/vulnerable.systems.idg/index.html
Looking for one-stop shopping where you can pick up a Kenmore refrigerator,22black trash cans and a Dell PowerEdge 6300 server? Welcome to the latestphaseof the Internet revolution, the dot-com auction.
- Keywords:
- economy, Charyn, Auctions, dot-com, dot-coms, auctions, Silicon, Valley
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/02/23/valley.auctions.idg/index.html
A software problem apparently caused modems to stop working on tens ofthousandsof laptops at midnight on Feb. 21, and developers scurried to find a fix.
- Keywords:
- Gateway, ESS, bug, Solo, 3350, Omnibook, XE3, Pavilion, n5000, HP, notebook, notebook, ESS, Technology, Hewlett-Packard, online, fixes, Windows, software, driver, laptop, modem, glitch
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/26/modem.glitch.idg/index.html
A security vulnerability has been discovered in components of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java software, leaving some servers that run Java open to potential attack.
- Keywords:
- security hole, Java Runtime Environment, Java, Sun Microsystems
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/23/java.security.hole.idg/index.html
Experts warn that more sophisticated hacks of vulnerable networks are coming.
- Keywords:
- server probes, security, hack, hackers, cyberattacks, network security
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/21/suspicious.probes.idg/index.html
A pricing error at Staples.com allowed some lucky shoppers to get more than theybargained for -- a $40 attache case for just one cent.
- Keywords:
- Staples.com, pricing glitch, price error, attache case, one cent
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/23/cheap.attache.idg/index.html
Lobbyists want legislators to back off when considering new regulations. Butonline privacy and Net taxation may be too big to pass up.
- Keywords:
- AeA, Internet, taxation, online, privacy, lobbyists, Congress
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/02/02/tech.wants.quiet.congress.idg/index.html
A firewall may be sufficient to keep intruders at bay, but how can you be certain? Two Web services, Shields Up and HackerWhacker, can test your firewall for holes.
- Keywords:
- firewall, Shields Up, HackerWhacker, hacker, security
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/27/firewall.test.idg/index.html
Looking to add some pizzazz to the humdrum experience of sending and receiving e-mail? These programs can help.
- Keywords:
- e-mail, SpamKiller, E-Mail Effects, E-Mail UpWords, Speaking E-Mail Deluxe
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/02/02/top.5.email.idg/index.html
Toshiba and Infineon Technologies are working together on MPEG4 video systems for third-generation cellular telephones.
- Keywords:
- Toshiba, Infineon, 3G video, MPEG4, cellular
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/20/toshiba.infineon.idg/index.html
Toshiba Tuesday will unveil the Portege 3490CT, an ultraslim notebook that uses Intel's recently introduced low-power mobile Pentium III 700 MHz processor.
- Keywords:
- Toshiba, Portege 3490CT, notebook, Intel, Pentium III, low-power
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/28/portege.notebook.idg/index.html
Toshiba voted in favor of online music with the announcement of a new Internet download service due to launch Friday -- although it shunned the popular MP3format in favor of competing formats combined with copyright control.
- Keywords:
- Toshiba, music, MP3, digital music, download, copyright
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/16/Toshiba.music.download.idg/index.html
The AeA high-tech trade association on Tuesday submitted a report to U.S. President George Bush and Congress detailing the group's public policy priorities for 2001, including education, privacy issues, taxation, broadband deployment and international trade.
- Keywords:
- American Electronics Association, education, privacy issues, taxation, broadband deployment, international trade, high-tech trade association, AeA
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/02/01/AeA.report.idg/index.html
For years, high-tech companies have complained that export restrictions based on a machine's processing power are too tight. Now, the Defense Department recommends doing away with those standards.
- Keywords:
- supercomputer, Department of Defense, United States government, processors, processing power, tech industry, technology regulation, law, legislation
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/02/23/supercomputer.power.idg/index.html
Universal Studios agrees to make its new releases and archived filmsavailableto subscribers of Intertainer, a video-on-demand service.
- Keywords:
- film, VOD, digital, cable, video, video-on-demand, service, Intertainer, films, Universal, Studios
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/16/video.on.demand.idg/index.html
USB will soon be all it can be: The technology is being used to givesoldiers aheads-up display for wearable computers as well as infrared, laser, andthermalsights on their weapons.
- Keywords:
- TiVo, peripherals, Pioneer, peripherals, military, TransDimension, armed, forces, Land, Warrior, Pacific, Consulting, weapons, sights, wearable, computers, soldiers, Mobile, Insights, Universal, Serial, Bus, USB
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/21/usb.mobile.insights.idg/index.html
A bill designed to give consumers and ISPs greater control over a flood of unwanted e-mail, commonly known as spam, was introduced Wednesday by the same U.S. representatives who sponsored the legislation in the last Congress.
- Keywords:
- Unsolicited, Commercial, E-Mail, Act, spam, unwanted e-mail
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/16/attack.on.spam.idg/index.html
Electronic greetings expand to let you send your last-minute love in words, song, or video.
- Keywords:
- VideoGreetings.com, Cyrano Server, MP3.com, Live365, BlueMountain.com, Hotbar.com, Sonymusic.com, electronic greetings, electronic card, Valentines, love, Valentine's Day
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/14/valentine.greetings.idg/index.html
Members of AOL Thursday were warned to be on the lookout for a trojan horse virus that can steal their passwords, potentially allowing a hacker to access their e-mail and other personal information.
- Keywords:
- virus, AOL, America Online, hacker, security, password, e-mail, McAfee
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/02/01/aol.virus.idg/index.html
The Web3D Consortium on Tuesday announced the Rich Media 3D (RM3D) initiative, aimed at developing an open standard for rich media content, including 3-D graphics, video, and audio, to be transmitted over the Internet and used in digital broadcast applications.
- Keywords:
- Web3D Consortium, Internet standards, Rich Media 3D, RM3D, graphics, multimedia
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/02/22/web3D.consortium.idg/index.html
A year after its much-anticipated launch, Microsoft's Windows 2000 is in a place that might surprise some people --- right where the industry expected it to be: on the brink of big things but not quite there yet.
- Keywords:
- Windows 2000, Windows NT, Microsoft, Active Directory, Linux
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/15/windows.2001.idg/index.html
Providian offers Web-enabled cell-phone and PDA users easy access to Aria credit card data.
- Keywords:
- AriaAnywhere, Providian Financial, credit card, Visa, Aria
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/02/02/wireless.credit.card.idg/index.html
After a year's rest, fixed broadband wireless is finally ready for business.
- Keywords:
- ISP, Cisco, Orthogonal, Frequency, Division, Multiplexing, OFDM, Vyyo, data, transmission, Sprint, WorldCom, Multipoint, Multichannel, Distribution, Services, MMDS, high-speed, cable, DSL, Internet-access, fixed, broadband, wireless, networking
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/28/wireless.networking.boost.idg/index.html
Engineers with a government national security laboratory have created what they think could be the world's smallest robot -- a brainy, mobile machine that can sit on a dime.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/23/micro.robot/index.html
A Titanic battle is expected over Alaska's
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to Sen. Frank Murkowski, a
Republican from Alaska who planned to introduce a bill Tuesday to allow
oil drilling in the pristine preserve.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/26/artic.drilling/index.html
Worried about sexual predators using the Internet to ensnare your children? A potato-like cartoon with a Western drawl could help youngsters protect themselves from villains on the Web.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/21/internet.dangers/index.html
Before the dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago, there was an even more devastating event millions of years before which wiped out 90 percent of life on earth, scientists said.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/22/big.extinction.02/index.html
Cobbling together public and
private lands, conservationists, ranchers and the government are
protecting critical habitats in Brazil, including an biologically
rich area four times the size of Switzerland.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/15/wildlife.corridor/index.html
Epson has taken the wraps off three new Stylus Photo ink-jet printers, all featuring six-color printheads, at prices ranging from $199 to $499. The company unveiled the printers at the Photo Marketing Association show, which runs this week in Orlando, Fla. Epson also announced the availability of the Stylus Pro 5500, a new high-end ink-jet model aimed at graphics professionals and imaging services...
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/14/epson.printers.idg/index.html
The so-called Standard Model of particle
physics, which has withstood experimental challenge for 30 years,
may finally be showing some cracks.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/08/physics.experiment/index.html
Phoenix -- You're home watching television, the phone rings, and a woman on the line is crying hysterically. Someone's trying to break down her door. Why is this happening to her? And why is she calling you? Welcome to Majestic, an interactive game that hopes to rewrite the rules of online gaming.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/14/gadgets.demo.2001.idg/index.html
If you're using a computer, chances are, you're going to get a virus. At the very least, you're going to get a virus warning.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/10/index.virus/index.html
If you're using a computer, chances are, you're going to get a virus. At the very least, you're going to get a virus warning.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/17/index.cart/index.html
Go ahead, admit it. You've screamed at your TV set when your favorite sports team has made a boneheaded move. And you've mocked politicians on talk shows when their comments clashed with your sensibilities.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/16/milia.conference/index.html
Forget the scantily clad television contestants. In the shadow of Survivor, another game of perserverance is being played out -- one that pits a small software company against the monster TV hit and its tidal wave of fans.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/09/survivor.com/index.html
Microsoft gave a sneak peek of its highly touted Windows XP operating system on Tuesday. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced the new desktop software at a Seattle museum dedicated to the late guitar legend Jimmy Hendrix.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/02/13/windows.xp/index.html
Microsoft's self-proclaimed chief software architect, company chairman Bill Gates, on Tuesday unveiled Windows XP, the newest version of the hugely successful Windows operating system.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/17/microsoft/index.html
Long before Napster took the Internet by storm, 'Mick288' was downloading his favourite music with a digital vengeance.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/02/13/napster.alternatives/index.html
With fuel efficiency for cars and trucks at a 20-year low, it may seem almost quaint to ask car shoppers to consider the environment. But the authors of the Green Book : The Environmental Guide to Cars & Trucks are hoping drivers will pay attention to factors such as gas mileage and tailpipe emissions.
The 2001 version of the book has scores and rankings for more than 1,000 new models.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/08/green.cars/index.html
Several anti-virus companies began warning Internet users Monday of a rapidly spreading new e-mail virus that taps into people's desire to see pictures of tennis phenomenon Anna Kournikova.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/12/anna.worm/index.html
A group of former cops including former Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates have launched an online auction site that sells seized and unclaimed property.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/28/police.auction/index.html
Whether the centerpiece of the international space station becomes a scientific jewel in the sky or an astronomical waste of money after it goes into orbit this week remains a matter of vigorous debate.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/06/destiny.module/index.html
The international space station residents will leave the
orbiting outpost to fly a spacecraft on Saturday. Their brief
excursion is to prepare for the arrival of an unmanned supply
ship.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/23/iss.docking/index.html
The first spacecraft to land on an asteroid will make scientific observations on the surface of the space rock for at least 10 days, NASA announced Wednesday.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/14/near.landing.03/index.html
A group of astronmers have come up with a plan they claim will save life on Earth from an early demise. All it takes, they say, is moving the planet into a different orbit.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/05/earth.move/index.html
The NEAR-Shoemaker spacecraft may remain on the surface of the Eros asteroid longer than originally planned.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/13/near.landing.02/index.html
LAUREL, Maryland (CNN) - What next for NEAR-Shoemaker? On the
morning after the NASA robot ship made the first landing on an
asteroid, mission scientists were trying to figure out how much
more science they could squeeze from the small craft.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/13/near.landing.01/index.html
LAUREL, Maryland (CNN) - What next for NEAR-Shoemaker? On the
morning after the NASA robot ship made the first landing on an
asteroid, mission scientists were trying to figure out how much
more science they could squeeze from the small craft.
http://cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/02/14/near.landing.01/index.html
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