Digital Imaging
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Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public
News Program showing how to use flaw in Windows' handling of graphics files hits the Net--back up your family photos and beware.
Tags: windows alerts
Malaysian govt bans camera phones
News Visitors carrying mobile devices embedded with cameras will have to surrender their gadgets when they enter high-security areas in government buildings across Malaysia.
Tags: Policy and management, Employee policy/training
Security researchers say JPEG virus imminent
News Antivirus experts warn it's a short step from image-based Trojan horse to effective computer virus.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Microsoft releases Office 2010 details, test code
News At partner conference, Microsoft kicks off invitation-only preview of desktop parts of new Office. Access to browser-based versions will have to wait, however.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Web Browser, Microsoft PowerPoint, volume-license, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office
New virus communicates by pictures
News Antivirus companies warn of a virus that harms media files--but it could be more of a computer-science curiosity than a threat, experts say.
Sony reorganizes as president steps down
News Howard Stringer becomes president as well as CEO and chairman as a major reorganization puts Vaio PC and PlayStation divisions into the same business group.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Development/design, Personal Computers, Leadership, Apple Inc., Mobile, TV, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony Vaio
EU wants biometric passports delayed
News Only six European countries are in a position to meet an October deadline set by the U.S. for the introduction of biometric passports.
Tags: Biometrics
Microsoft fixes eight critical flaws with four patches
News Patch Tuesday's security bulletins affect Microsoft Windows GDI+, Windows Media Player, and Office OneNote. Vulnerabilities include an attacker taking complete control of a system.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Admin User, Bulletin, Flaw, software
Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs
News Security flaw involving JPEG files affects at least a dozen Microsoft software applications and operating systems.
Tags: Viruses and worms, windows alerts
Mathematica 7 arrives with built-in human genome
News The newest version of the software gets new data sets, image processing abilities, and built-in support for quad-core chips.
Tags: Processors, Software, Genome, Image Processing, Wolfram Research, 3D, marketing research, digital image, processor, News.com
3G to drive world mobile surge: Study
News Increased adoption of third-generation wireless phone technology should help sustain record growth in the mobile handset market.
Nokia pictures wearable photo gear
News Nokia on Thursday announced that it's planning to launch new products that will let consumers take pictures from camera phones and transfer them onto tiny digital lockets and bracelets.
Bank of China to replace microfilm with new imaging system
News The new system will enable the bank to scan, index and archive approximately 400,000 documents daily.
Tags: Data Management, Digital media
'Architects' to help redesign Adobe's future
News The document software company appoints a pair of chief software architects, one focused on publishing and graphics, the other tending to its flagship PDF efforts.
Tags: Business applications
Graphics patent suit fires back at Microsoft
News Forgent claims software behemoth infringed on patent for technology behind JPEG, one week after Redmond filed its own suit.
Tags: Lawsuits
