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Apple’s New OS X Tiger Tightens Security
Apple Computer yesterday started selling Tiger, its newest operating system for Macintosh computers, which features an integrated search engine for the hard drive and a litter of small applications that the firm ...
Should Win 64 Be Part of Your Plan?
The world is full of numbers, as people work 24/7, pick up snacks at 7-11 and get the 411. In the technology arena, where digits are rampant, the number garnering the most ...
Onlookers Await Airbus A380 Test Flight
The first flight is tentatively set to begin around midmorning and could last for much of the day as the plane circles the region, beaming back real-time measurements of 150,000 parameters to ...
New Worm Targets P2P Networks
April 25, 2005 12:08PM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us “The hacker appears to be sympathetic to the entertainment industry and their legal strategies against people who illegally trade music and movies,” Sophos ...
Microsoft, RIM Team on BlackBerry
Enterprises have become increasingly reliant on the mobile portions of their communication networks — allowing employees to be reached while sitting at their desks or on the road. Instant messaging began in ...
Developer’s Dilemma: PHP or Perl?
Perl has been around the longest, and because it was not developed for the Web, it was very big, bulky and slow when it first appeared on the scene, according to Keith ...
Sun’s Jonathan Schwartz Slams Open-Source Licensing Model
In his speech, Sun Microsystems president Jonathan Schwartz said that the GPL expressly limits choice by disallowing the inclusion of non-GPL code into GPL projects. He added that it “exports a form ...
DVD Jon Pulled Off Old Trick with iTunes
Despite the froth and fury being generated in the press about the breaching of iTunes’ song locks by the infamous hacker DVD Jon, the “accomplishment” really is nothing new. The knowledge of ...
Google Opens Code for Developers
Google is providing a look at some of its source code in an effort to woo software developers and to establish tighter bonds with the open-source community as it fends off challenges ...
McAfee Warns on Top Viruses
The number of new viruses in circulation increased in 2004 after three years of declines, anti-virus software company McAfee reports. The firm says about 50 new viruses were discovered every day during ...