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At 40, the Internet's still reshaping history

Insight The Net has crushed geographic barriers and withstood extraordinary growing pains. But the human race has work to do adapting to its creation.

Sunday, September 06 2009 10:25 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Netcraft, WWW, Net, cloud computing, Web 2.0, Web sites, PC, Facebook

India working on standard for biometrics

News Government looking at national standard to provide "level-playing field", as India readies e-government initiatives based on biometric technology.

Friday, September 25 2009 04:51 PM

Tags: Biometrics, Data security, Security applications/tools, Privacy, E-passport, E-government, Security, India, Information Security, Card

HP, Intel, Yahoo team up on the cloud

News The technology giants have announced three new research organizations will join their Open Cirrus cloud computing research effort.

Thursday, June 11 2009 09:39 AM

Tags: Open source, Cloud computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Electronics, Yahoo! Inc., Malaysia, South Korea, Cloud computing, researcher

Global group to provide cyberattack early warnings

News The International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism, or Impact, will provide an "early-warning system" for governments facing cyberattacks, says its founders.

Thursday, May 22 2008 09:45 AM

Tags: Security, Network security, Data security, Google Inc., Academia, Cyberspace, Government, Vint Cerf, Symantec Corp., information system

The link between academia and outsourcing

Blogs One of the surest signs that an industry or profession is maturing is its entry into the university realm. This can be e...

Friday, June 19 2009 11:32 AM

Where's technology when the earth shakes?

Blogs This past week has been calamity filled. Following the freak dust storm in Sydney, Typhoon Kestana flooded into the Phil...

Friday, October 02 2009 11:04 AM

Top 25 'most dangerous' coding errors revealed

News Security organizations, companies and academics have banded together to produce a list of what they consider to be the most critical coding errors.

Wednesday, January 14 2009 07:37 AM

Tags: Authentication and encryption, Firewalls, Hacking, Politics, Defense/military, Apple Inc., Error, Security, SANS Institute, Mitre Corp.

Techies must rebrand themselves as 'integral'

News IT professionals still seen as personnel who serve other departments, rather than as an integral part of the business, notes IASA CEO.

Friday, July 24 2009 03:55 PM

Tags: Organizational structure, Personnel management, Workforce, IT Professional, Malaysia, CIO, CEO, revenue, finance, Edwin Yapp

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - complete package

Product Reviews Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - complete package

Friday, January 04 2008 03:35 AM

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (Home and Student Edition)

Product Reviews Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (Home and Student Edition)

Wednesday, January 09 2008 03:35 AM

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008

Product Reviews Microsoft Office for Mac 2008

Wednesday, January 09 2008 03:35 AM

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (Special Media Edition)

Product Reviews Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 (Special Media Edition)

Wednesday, October 22 2008 03:35 AM

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Apple Macintosh, Entourage, Toolbox, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office

Compaq to raise the Red Flag in China

News Compaq China has begun the development of a simplified Chinese edition of the increasingly popular Linux operating system.

Friday, June 01 2001 02:42 PM

Legend founder dismissed

News Chinese computer maker Legend Group has dismissed Ni Guanguan--one of the company's founders--effective Sep 1.

Friday, June 01 2001 02:43 PM

Cisco releases fix for Aironet flaw

News The company posts advisories and patches for a pair of security flaws discovered in its Aironet 1100 series wireless access points.

Tuesday, July 29 2003 08:29 AM