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Since September 11, 2001 the Department of Homeland Security has implemented many changes to the way the government protects Americans. However, most of the changes have, until now, addressed only physical protection and security Recent legislation called the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2004, introduced by Rep.
Intel plans to use novel materials and manufacturing processes in order to continue to develop smaller and faster computer chips once current technologies no longer do the trick The leading chipmaker, which has been stung recently by some near-term product retreats and operational hiccups, laid out its research and development priorities for the ne...
Yahoo and Adobe announced a partnership this morning in which each will leverage the other's user groups When Adobe windows pop up on computer monitors and laptop screens, prompting consumers to update their Adobe packages, they now will have the opportunity to download Yahoo's desktop search toolbar, too....
Microsoft users may feel as though they're the only ones constantly under attack from hackers, but they're not alone with that dubious distinction. Late last week, Red Hat, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based Linux provider, was also hit The threat came in the form of a fake security warning. The e-mail alerts were sent from the address security@redh...
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to announce it will allow Cingular Wireless to purchase AT&T Wireless on the condition that the companies divest themselves of some of the customers and airwaves they now control The Department of Justice (DoJ), which had been weighing the antitrust implications of the US$41 billion mega-merger, also ...
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to announce it will allow Cingular Wireless to purchase AT&T Wireless on the condition that the companies divest themselves of some of the customers and airwaves they now control The Department of Justice (DoJ), which had been weighing the antitrust implications of the US$41 billion mega-merger, also ...
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to announce it will allow Cingular Wireless to purchase AT&T Wireless on the condition that the companies divest themselves of some of the customers and airwaves they now control The Department of Justice (DoJ), which had been weighing the antitrust implications of the US$41 billion mega-merger, also ...
The Food and Drug Administration recently green-lighted a product called VeriChip, a coded radio chip that, when picked up by a radio-frequency reader in an ambulance or hospital emergency room, yields a code that unlocks a patient's medical stats from a central database Unsurprisingly, the chips, produced and marketed by Applied Digital Solutions ...
Users of Transaction Processing Facility (TPF), IBM's mainframe operating system, seem to have both pride in the OS and an inferiority complex, often referring to it as "IBM's unknown operating system." Even IBM called it "little known" in a press release for its latest version of the system, z/TPF IBM in early October announced that it was taking ...
When I first started college I bought a calculator. It was from Radio Shack, and it was hand-held, did basic math functions, had an LED display and cost, if you adjust for inflation, about what a laptop computer costs today. There are pre-kindergarten children today using technology that is vastly more advanced then what I had access to, and the pace is still accelerating...
Most rural carriers have been offering high-speed wireless Internet access (HSI) in their service areas for quite some time. Wireless Internet is advantageous in rural areas, where dense forestry often makes it expensive and technically difficult for telcos to provide conventional wireline broadband. While wireless voice and Internet services are not new to most rural telcos, Polar Communications (Park River, N.D.) touts itself as the first company in the United States to provide HSI through a repeater site on the 700 MHz frequency...
What does performance mean to your e-business? If you are like most e-business executives, you immediately think about high-level performance metrics such as revenue, costs and customer satisfaction, with varying degrees of emphasis depending on whether your e-business Web site is focused on serving customers, partners or employees While these are ...
Scientists have found direct evidence that massive objects in space do pull the space surrounding them, a phenomenon called "frame-dragging" that was first predicted in 1918 using Einstein's theory of general relativity. The findings were reported in the journal Nature Einstein believed that massive objects such as the Earth pull the space and time...
IBM has announced a new low-cost blade server along with a set of "Business-in-a-Box" solutions targeting small- to mid-sized businesses (SMB) The entry-level BladeCenter Express Model gives smaller companies access to IBM's eServer technology at a lower price. The pared down server can still accommodate up to 14 dual-processor servers, but with a ...
In a move that seems to promise a brutal battle with Google and Microsoft over development of the best Web-based e-mail offering, Yahoo said today it had acquired a startup that offered a searchable e-mail system Yahoo did not disclose what it paid for privately held Stata Labs of San Mateo, California. Stata launched its main product, an e-mail pr...
Intel said today it has shelved plans to design a LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) chip for flat-panel televisions. Intel first touted the chip nine months ago, saying it would drop the price of flat-screen TVs to under $2,000 ...
In another move to exterminate worms and viruses in networked businesses, Cisco today said it would buy Perfigo for $74 million in cash Perfigo's CleanMachines is a "shrink-wrapped" network admission control solution that recognizes users, their devices and roles; evaluates the security posture of the endpoint and scans for vulnerabilities; and enf...
Search engine and tech darling Google did exactly what everyone expected in its first earnings report since going public in August: It blew away estimates and posted triple-digit profit growth as its core search-advertising business continues to expand rapidly -- sending its stock price soaring Google said it brought in US$805.9 million in the thir...
Has this thought ever haunted you: "What if one of my big customers goes under?" And, have you ever felt out of control when having such worrisome thoughts? Well, you don't have to sit back and wait for something to happen. You can be proactive There is a way by which you can protect yourself against such eventualities. There are key financial tool...
Large software developers and end users have softened their former staunch insistence that software had to be either purchased from an external vendor or created in-house The build vs. buy debate has evolved into a shinier, happier present moment in which the super-sized software development firms like Microsoft and Best Software construct their of...
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