Data Compression
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IBM may open source DB2
News Big Blue is looking into bringing its widely used database software under an open source license, a U.K. director acknowledges.
Tags: Storage, Database management, Open source, IBM Corp., IBM DB2, Security, Database, Storage, Environment, data compression
Hiptop comes to the UK
Reviews Following its success in the US as the T-Mobile Sidekick, Danger's Hiptop mobile phone/handheld is coming to the UK -- in a new colour-screen version. But will it fare any better than the ill-fated Pogo?
Microsoft readies Exchange 2003 update
News Perhaps the most notable element of the upgrade is the addition of tools for pushing e-mail messages to mobile devices.
Tags: Microsoft Server 2003
Storage goes through the looking glass
Techguide Almost overnight, storage has evolved from being rather limited and expensive to something remarkably cheap and virtually without limit.
Tags: Storage, Storage software, Backup, Storage, Apple Macintosh, performance, hard drive, disk, Storage software
IBM's latest DB2 woos Oracle customers
News The company has released new versions of its DB2 database and InfoSphere Warehouse with an eye to picking up Oracle customers.
Tags: Databases, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., IBM DB2, database management system, database management, Database, Oracle Corp., Databases
IBM's Venom data compression bites back costs
News Big Blue DB2 Viper database will feature data-compression technology, code-named Venom, imported from mainframe.
Tags: Databases
Sony bites music bullet, opts for Apple compatibility
News By supporting Apple's audio file format, Sony seems to be acknowledging Apple's dominance in digital music, say analysts.
Tags: Digital media
SingTel to cut fax rates
News Singapore Telecom will cut rates for international fax services from Wednesday.
Flaws could open systems to attack
News "Critical" flaws in widely used security authentication technology could expose many software products to hacker attack.
Tags: Network security
F-Secure issues patch for critical flaws
News Its focus is on flaws in the way F-Secure products handle data compression archives.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security applications/tools
Compress data streams with GZIP and Zip
Techguide You can easily compress and decompress any text or binary data to or from any input/output stream using either a file or any other stream, with the common formats GZIP and Zip.
Tags: Java, Programming languages
Compress data streams in Java
Techguide You can compress and decompress any data stream in Java. Peter Mikhalenko shows you just how easy it is to compress data streams with GZIP and Zip data formats.
Wide-ranging flaw crashes programs
News Hole in a data compression technology used in both open-source and proprietary programs could also let intruders take over computers.
Tags: PC security, Hacking, Microsoft Windows, Linux desktop OS, Open source
MS pushes new Exchange 2003 service pack
News Features include delivery of e-mail directly to mobile devices and an authentication protocol Microsoft says will help filter spam.
Tags: Handhelds, Mobile/Wireless, Spam and phishing
HP Labs set to open in China
News The new facility joins six other labs run by the computer and printer maker.
Tags: R&D, Security, Web services
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