From The Editor
By Jeff Caruso, Site Editor
- Halloween treats at Network World
- It's a full moon here at Network World, with Halloween stuff bursting forth from every page. Michael Cooney collected a dozen projects that seem to have been inspired by mad scientists. Keith Shaw...
- Where to start Patch Tuesday cleanup?
- I'm not sure there's any such thing as a small Patch Tuesday. Microsoft this week released 13 patches, many of them critical and many of them getting strong reactions among experts.
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- Lotus says Microsoft's numbers are 'ridiculous and fabricated'
- Network World's John Fontana writes:
Lotus Software GM Bob Picciano has grown tired of the "hot wind" blowing out of Redmond carrying claims that Exchange is displacing Notes and is singling out...
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- Stimulus for tech and telecom $3B, but jobs still guesswork
- The U.S. government has spent about $700 million on IT and telecommunications products and services under its economic stimulus program, part of a total of $3 billion that's in the spending pipeline, according to a private analysis of this data. But how many jobs have been created is not as clear.
- Green Computing: The Good And The Bad
- It's becoming increasingly easier to make your PC setup more eco-friendly, thanks to a wide range of both software and hardware solutions available to help you go green.
- Should You Use Standby or Hibernate?
- It's an age-old question: When you're done using your laptop, or just taking a break from work, should you put it to sleep, let it hibernate, or turn it all the way off?
- Update fixes iPhone sync problem with Windows 7 for some
- Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones.
- Q&A: isoHunt founder says P2P can help create post-piracy world
- isoHunt's Gary Fung talks about how isoHunt has evaded legal trouble so far, why he holds out hope of working together with Hollywood and the music industry, and how he's launched a new P2P site for just that purpose.
- Apple Store announces Reserve And Pick Up program
- For you pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, the Apple retail store on Friday announced a way to get a jump on your holiday list. The Reserve And Pick Up option will let you choose hardware products online and swing by your local store to collect them between December 15 and 24. Currently, the line-up of offerings includes iPods, iPhones, MacBooks, Mac Minis, iMacs, and Mac Pros. To make a reservation, you sign in with your Apple ID and select a store location. Payment is due only at the time of pick-up.
- ERP Helped the RPG Group Standardize IT Processes
- Spencer's Retail was formed when the RPG Group and Dairy Farm International (JV partners in Foodworld Supermarkets) decided to part ways. As a result 48 Foodworld stores and other Music World stores were merged with RPG's hypermarket format. On the backend, the merger created chaos: different businesses had different IT systems and multiple article masters with different merchandise hierarchies. These made it next to impossible for executives to get a handle on the business, conduct accounting, and create consolidated reports - leave alone opening new stores.
- Verizon's Droid: 10 Apps to Get You Started
- So, you've got your spiffy new Motorola Droid phone from Verizon. Now what?
- Black Friday Starts Now for Savvy Shoppers
- If you love Black Friday bargains, but hate the idea of pre-dawn lines, surly shoppers, and the risk of bodily harm just to score a bargain Blu-ray player or Xbox console, major U.S. retailers have an alternative: Why not shop early? Some pre-Black Friday sales start Saturday, Nov. 7. Start brewing the coffee now.
- Boycott over Modern Warfare 2 with Steam 'Trojan Horse'
- Steam, it seems, may finally have tromped across the proverbial bridge too far. The online PC games storefront with the sales leverage of a lion but the transparency of a two-way mirror reportedly signed a deal with Activision to load its Steamworks technology into retail and digitally distributed PC copies of Modern Warfare 2, and its online competitors are bristling.
- Doom 2 RPG, Orcs & Elves and possibly Rage coming to iPhone
- In a blog post regarding the release and ongoing support of Doom Classic on the iPhone, Id Software technical director John Carmack shared his musings on possible future projects for the device. "We do read all the reviews in the App store," he stated, "and we do plan on supporting Doom Classic with updates. Everything is still an experiment for us on the iPhone, and we are learning lessons with each product. At this point, we do not plan on making free lite versions of future products, since we didn't notice anything worth the effort with Wolfenstein, and other developers have reported similar findings."
- Halo Waypoint live, Halo Legends starts tomorrow
- Halo Waypoint is being dubbed "the new virtual home for all things Halo." Launched yesterday as part of the Xbox Live service, Waypoint will serve as a social hub for Halo players, as well as a place to go for daily updates of Halo-related content. Microsoft promises "daily updates of fresh, exciting content such as developer interviews, trailers and screenshots, exclusive video footage, community activities and the latest Halo news."
- Droid encourages boost for Android game development
- According to mobile analytics provider Flurry the release of Motorola's eagerly-anticipated Android 2.0 smartphone the "Droid" has provoked renewed interest in application development for Google's smartphone OS. Apparently, new Android development projects have increased some 94 percent since news of the more powerful Google handset leaked out. Games developers, in particular, have shown far more interest, in part due to the fact that developers now have access to Bluetooth connectivity (for multiplayer connections) and support for HTML5, which will allow browser-based web games to behave much more like downloaded apps. "Flurry market data shows that Android continues to gain interest from application developers, and that iPhone is no longer the only game in town," said Flurry president Simon Khalaf. Developers who used to develop only for iPhone are now adding Android applications to their line up in record numbers.
- Iwata: Nintendo not 'losing its edge' to competitors
- Gamasutra has a report from a recent Nintendo investor briefing that the company's CEO, Satoru Iwata, has adamantly denied that rival companies and their competing technology have caused Nintendo to lose ground, stating "I cannot understand at all why some people come to think that Nintendo has lost its edge as soon as they hear such news that other companies are newly applying for motion sensing technology."
- Psychonauts now available on Good Old Games
- Before Brutal Legend, there was Psychonauts. Tim Schafer's exploration of the inner workings of the mind was highly regarded when it was released in 2005, but sadly wasn't quite the commercial success that many fans felt it should be. It has since been revived as part of the Xbox Originals program on Xbox Live, and now, as part of a deal between online service Good Old Games and Majesco, the (entirely DRM-free) PC version can be downloaded for $9.99.
- Comic-Con founder Shel Dorf dies, age 76
- Comic book fan Shel Dorf founded the Comic-Con convention in 1970, and at the first event just 300 people showed up. This year, at the Comic-Con International event in San Diego more than 125,000 comic book, sci-fi, and video game aficionados showed up to rub shoulders with their heroes and get a sneak look at upcoming movies, TV shows and games.
- Game Boy admitted to Toy Hall of Fame
- In a statement from the Strong National Museum of Play, a representative stated that the Game Boy was admitted to its "National Toy Hall of Fame" because of its role as a major industry innovator. "Nintendo Game Boy transformed the electronic-games market by popularizing handheld gaming. No video-game platform did more to put gamers "on the go" than this invention. And go they did, bringing their gaming experience to school, to summer camp, and to the back seat of the family automobile. Over the past two decades, Game Boy has become synonymous with hand-held gaming fun. Its portability and efficient design, ability to allow simultaneous multiplayer gaming, and scores of intriguing games (like Tetris and Super Mario Land, featuring Nintendo's already-iconic character Mario) make it a true innovator."
- Google Dashboard: Transparent, maybe. Private? No.
- What does Google know about you and when did they know it? Those are the questions Google claims it's trying to answer with the new Google Dashboard unveiled yesterday.
- China helps drive global growth of mobile subscribers
- Infonetics Research has released its new Fixed and Mobile Subscribers market forecast report. The communications industry market research firm predicts the number of worldwide mobile subscribers to reach 5.9 billion by 2013. It also expects the number of PON FTTH subscribers worldwide to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 32 per cent from 2008 to 2013.
- WITSA: ICT infrastructure in developing countries imperative
- Information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure acts like a powerful magnet for business opportunities and other economic benefits.
- LogMeIn Ignition for iPhone offers weekend sale
- LogMeIn Ignition for iPhone and iPod touch, which normally retails at £17.99 (US$30), for this weekend only will be available at a 30 per discount worldwide via the Apple App Store.
- Week in Google news: Google Dashboard, Droid fever, focus on e-commerce
- Google’s busy week including the introduction of Google Dashboard, a flurry of Android smartphone news and a new search engine for e-commerce.
- Weak supplier management placing £200bn projects 'at risk'
- Government projects worth a total of £200 billion (US$331 billion) are being put at risk by Whitehall's lack of commercial expertise, according to a damning report.
- E-on intros Vue 8 for digital artists--includes free version
- Following the release last Monday of its Vue 8 CG landscape design software for 3D pros, e-on software has launched a line of Vue 8 products for digital artists.
- Marks & Spencer in gear for UK SAP rollout
- Marks & Spencer will begin a major SAP retail software rollout in the UK early next year.
- xGestures updated for Snow Leopard
- Brian Kendall has released an updated version of xGestures for Snow Leopard, which allows you to drive your Mac with "mouse gestures"--a particular combination of mouse movements that triggers a menu item, keystroke, or AppleScript. For example, I'm constantly hitting the wrong function key on my MacBook when I try to view all Spaces; with xGestures, I can hold the control key and flick up and down on my trackpad, and xGestures will zip me into the all Spaces view. Users of recent MacBooks with multi-touch trackpads may also want to check out Macworld's recent review of Jitouch, which does similar things with multi-touch gestures.
- Windows 7: Putting Early Sales Figures in Perspective
- Initial sales numbers for Windows 7 are in and it seems that the operating system is delivering the redemption for Windows Vista that Microsoft was hoping for. Lower revenue and lower PC hardware sales figures related to Windows 7 hint at issues, but those figures have to be put in perspective.
- Fake security tools still big threat, worms on rise
- The No. 1 offender to Canadian's PCs in the first half of 2009 was Win32/ZangoSearchAssistant, adware that victims probably don't even know hit them, according to a recent security report from Microsoft Corp.
- Four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) the Droid
- The general consensus on the Motorola Droid is that while it's a very strong device, it still doesn't match the iPhone. Here are four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) this new entry in the smarthone market.
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- FAA streamlines experimental space flight access
- The Federal Aviation Administration today said it would streamline the environmental review part of permit applications for the launch and/or reentry of reusable suborbital rockets to help bolster a fledgling commercial space market.
- Data center start-up offers energy saving software
- A data center start-up is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analyzing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications.
- US lawmakers propose changes in telecom subsidies
- Two U.S. lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow money from a huge fund that subsidizes telephone and mobile service to parts of the U.S. to also go for broadband deployment.
- Launch virtual helium balloons with Ballons for iPhone
- Chester, UK based iPhone developer Shiny Development has released Ballons and Ballons Lite for iPhone.
- GS1 Canada Web portal to hasten product recall
- GS1 Canada on Tuesday launched the pilot for a national product recall system that should enable manufacturers to share accurate data on affected products, and retailers to communicate back on the status of recalls.
- Cisco undervalues Tandberg, investment firms say
- Two investment consulting companies laid out objections to Cisco's US$3 billion offer for Norwegian videoconferencing vendor Tandberg on Friday, saying in an open letter to Cisco and a press interview that the bid undervalues Tandberg.
- Add more effects to Photo Booth and iChat
- As you know, Photo Booth includes a collection of image-altering effects you can use to distort your photos; just click the Effects button to see the collection of 24 effects, and to apply them to your photos. A subset of these effects (16 in all) are available in iChat, too, for use in creating some truly strange looking iChat image icons. But in case that's not enough effects for you, here's a way to add over 20 additional effects to both iChat and Photo Booth.
- Birth of the Droid Fanboy
- It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle.
- Tech titans unite for private cloud push
- Cisco Systems Inc., EMC Corp. and VMware Inc. have formed a coalition to accelerate data centre virtualization and the transition to private clouds. The CEOs of the three companies announced the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition in a Webcast on Tuesday.
- Got friends? Now you can thank Facebook
- A study released this week found that people who use social networks like Facebook and MySpace tend to socialize more with neighbors and friends when away from the computer screen.
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- Windows 7 Sales Up, But is it Really a Hit?
- The numbers are in and Windows 7 sales are strong, but with lagging PC sales and increased competition from other operating systems, is Windows in trouble? Apple recently reported one of its best quarters ever, and interest is high in current and future products coming out of Cupertino. Then there's the recent release of the latest Linux distribution, Ubuntu 9.10, and let's not forget pressure from Google Chrome OS,
- UBS fined £8m for system and data control failures
- The Financial Services Authority has issued an £8 million (US$13.2 million) fine to UBS, after system and control failures at the bank enabled employees to make unauthorised trades using customer money.
- IBM's 'enterprise Facebook' is a hit
- Lotus Connections is "the fastest-growing software in IBM history when it comes to market adoption," said an IBM social software strategist on board the Lotus Bus. IBM discussed iNotes, Symphony, security and boundary workers during its stop in Toronto.
- Expert explains the 3 r's of networking
- Mark Jeffries -- a top communications consultant, presentation coach, keynote speaker and former stockbroker, economist and TV host -- provided a step-by-step strategy on how to network at the SAS Premier Business Leadership Series in Vegas.
- Switchers Guide: Moving from Windows to the Mac
- [Editors' note: We asked Harry McCracken, the former editor of PC World and the editor of the Technologizer blog, to write a guide to switching to the Mac from Windows. We hope that it's a good resource for anyone--including the friends and family of long-time Mac users--who are making the move from Windows to the Mac. McCracken is himself a semi-switcher--he uses both a MacBook Pro and a Windows netbook every day.]
- Switchers Guide: Move your files from PC to Mac
- If you've been using a Windows PC but now want to move to a Mac, you likely have files--documents, PDFs, photos, music, and videos--that you want to bring with you. If you've had that PC for a while, that could mean you have many, many gigabytes of stuff to move. These days, most common file-types will work just fine on the Mac, without any need for conversion or special software. (One notable exception: If you have music and/or video in Microsoft's Windows Media formats, get Flip4Mac so you can play them in OS X's QuickTime.) The trick is getting those files from one hard drive to another.
- Switchers Guide: Getting used to OS X
- Though neither Microsoft nor Apple would care to admit it, Windows and OS X are in many ways strikingly similar. That's good news for switchers: If you're familiar with Windows, adjusting to OS X is less like learning how to drive than figuring out the controls in a new car. Windows XP is Mac-like in many ways; Windows Vista is even more so; and Windows 7 is the most Mac-esque version to date.
- Switchers Guide: Moving hardware and software to Mac
- When you're switching from a Windows PC to a Mac, there's one piece of good news: Most of the peripherals you used with your PC--including printers, digital cameras, networking equipment, external drives, and scanners--should work fine with your Mac. The best way to confirm that is to plug each piece of hardware into your new Mac, one at a time; if OS X doesn't automatically identify it and set it up, visit the manufacturer's Web site and look for a downloadable driver.
- Switchers Guide: Run Windows on a Mac
- These days, buying a Mac doesn't mean you have to leave Windows behind. In 2005, Apple started building Macs with Intel processors. Among the other benefits of that switch: You can run Microsoft's operating system on Apple's hardware.
- Switchers Guide: Understanding Mac security
- When it comes to security, using Windows can feel like living in the heart of a big city--the kind of place where you can install all the locks and alarms you want, but you still worry. The vast number of computer users who run Microsoft operating systems form the biggest, juiciest target cybercriminals could dream of. Which is why there are more than twenty-two million unique examples of Windows malware out there.
- Printing 35mm slide scans
- When you scan and reprint photographs, chances are you'll retain their original size or only make modest adjustments. But when you scan, or order high resolution scans, of 35mm slides and negatives, you'll need to greatly enlarge that inch-high square to create a more a useful print size. The typical scanning resolution for a slide is a large 4000 ppi. This high number is required to capture all the fine detail packed into the small original media.
- AMD graphics chip shortage hitting PC vendors
- AMD has confirmed that a TSMC foundry has been slow to ramp up production of its new 40-nm graphics chip, which is forcing PC makers to delay shipments of desktop and laptop systems.
- Google strives to balance commercial, community with Android
- Onlookers say that Google is in charge of Android development, despite pitching the software as a community project. But experts say that could be the only way Google can ensure that the software is actually released.
- Cisco MARS shuts out new third-party security devices
- Cisco has finally publicly acknowledged it won't add support for new third-party devices to its security information and event monitoring appliance, ending months of speculation about the future of its Monitoring, Analysis and Response System. Some claim it's the beginning of the end for MARS as a multi-vendor SIEM device.
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- Mac developers band together for One Finger Discount
- MacHeist threw a curveball this year by offering six Mac apps for free (well, in exchange for your name and email), so other developers got motivated to launch a good ol'-fashioned sale. Running in the same time frame as "MacHeist nano," the One Finger Discount (OFD) features a growing number of Mac developers who are selling their fine wares at 20 percent off.
- Skype's legal storm clears up
- The legal war over Skype has ended.
- Squarespace's site management iPhone app now available
- Squarespace is a hosted blog and Website service that, like Apple, prefers to think different. It offers a lot of drag-and-drop freedom for laying out a site, and now its iPhone app lets users cut their computer umbilical cord and manage a site on the go.
- Report: SAP CEO asked Ellison for meeting on Sun-EU impasse
- Shortly after European regulators opened an antitrust probe into Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems, SAP CEO Léo Apotheker wrote Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, asking for a meeting to discuss the merger and "other open issues" between the vendors, according to a Wall Street Journal editorial published late Thursday.
- Businesses: Prep now to avoid H1N1 flu outages later
- Last spring, when the first cases of H1N1 flu appeared, Gartner Inc. was getting lots of calls from alarmed clients wanting to know if and how they should adjust their disaster recovery plans.
- Secrets pref pane updated for Snow Leopard
- Blacktree Software has released Secrets 1.0.6, a Snow Leopard-compatible version of their preference pane which exposes hidden features on your Mac.
- Intel Promises SSD Firmware Fix
- Chip-maker Intel has promised to supply a fix for a recently released firmware update, which once applied, bricked certain users' solid-state drives (SSD).
- Best Buy Will Help You Go Google Mobile
- It appears Best Buy will take sides again in the software wars, this time partnering with Google to help install the Google Mobile app on new phones.
- eBay Reaches Deal With Skype Founders
- Skype users can breathe easier, now that one of technology's greatest business blunders has been fixed. The outside chance of a Skype shutdown has gone away, messy lawsuits have been resolved, and Skype's founders are back helping run the company.
- Microsoft battles on in mobile, search and the cloud
- As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company.
- Has Microsoft placed its last mobile bet?
- When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms.
- The search market created Microsoft's worst enemy
- Throughout its history, Microsoft has earned a reputation for tenacity when entering markets created, and initially dominated, by innovative startups.
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- MS Office battles Google in the cloud
- When Microsoft releases the next version of its productivity suite, Office 2010, it will be into a very different competitive landscape than the one Office 2007 faced in late 2006.
- Microsoft seeks to leverage midmarket ERP
- Microsoft can't boast the ERP (enterprise resource planning) application revenue earned by giants SAP and Oracle, nor equal their breadth of technological capabilities, but its tight focus on small and medium-sized businesses gives it an edge, according to observers and company officials..
- Norwegian ISP doesn't have to block Pirate Bay, says court
- Norwegian ISP Telenor doesn't have to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, according to a ruling from the district court for Asker and Bærum on Friday.
- Cloud computing, virtualization proponents getting antsy
- While many organizations have only begun down the cloud computing and virtualization roads in the past few years, some in the industry can't wait to take these technologies to the next level.
- Droid launch draws tech-savvy crowd to Verizon store
- More than 20 people waited in line for the 7 a.m. opening of a Boston-area Verizon Wireless store to buy the new Motorola Droid smartphone.
- Verizon Droid buzz muted in Boston
- The around-the-block lines we're used to seeing during major smartphone launches were absent from the Boylston Street Verizon Wireless store in Boston Friday morning, as only around 20 people were standing outside waiting to get a first glimpse of Verizon's first-ever Android-based smartphone.
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- You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
- Intel earns New York's ire, Chinese iPhones don't inspire
- Twitter Tries Luring Users Back
- Twitter made its new retweet function available to a limited number of users on Thursday, as it tests the new feature before rolling it out across its entire network. Retweets are just one part of what looks like a larger push by the self-proclaimed "information network" to make Twitter.com just as usable as the multitude of free Twitter clients out there like Tweetdeck, HootSuite and Seesmic. In addition to Retweets, the company also announced on Thursday that it would start editing its trending topics to make the feature more relevant, and last month Twitter launched a [
- A $99 8GB iPhone 3GS to Kill the Motorola Droid?
- AT&T and Apple are preparing a cheaper iPhone 3GS just in time for the holidays to distract from the popularity of the Motorola Droid, according to sources quoted by a BoyGenius report. A cheaper version of the iPhone 3GS would come with only 8GB of storage and $100 off the original price tag, replacing the current $99 8GB iPhone 3G.
- Verizon Droid Tethering Will Cost You
- The Droid hits the streets today. After all of the hype around Verizon's marketing efforts, and generally favorable reviews of the Motorola Droid, users that rush out to get the new device may be in for a shock. The Droid does tethering (or at least it will very soon), but the cost will surprise people.
- Beatles Ban Takes Effect at BlueBeat
- In a contentious court battle launched by record label EMI, the brazen owner of online retailer BlueBeat has begun complying with a new court order to stop selling Beatles music online, after offering a quirky defense that he owns the copyright to the songs at issue.
- MacHeist offers six Mac apps for free
- The newest MacHeist bundle is out, at the lowest price ever: free. For the cost of an email address (and not your Twitter account, this time), MacHeist is offering licenses for Hordes of Orcs, Mariner Write, ShoveBox, TinyGrab, Twitterrific, and WriteRoom. Mariner Write won't be included in the bundle until 500,000 downloads are reached--but at this price point, I'm not expecting them to fall short.
- EU promises illegal downloaders a fair trial
- The EU is introducing legislation that will ensure web users accused of illegally downloading are put through "fair and impartial procedure" before being disconnected.
- Aster speed boost will help fight fraud
- Aster Data has upgraded its software to speed up data warehousing to improve companies' analytics handling to improve their responsiveness to their customers and to handle online fraud better.
- LaCie unveils Network Space 2 NAS drive, media server
- LaCie has introduced its professionally styled LaCie Network Space 2 NAS drive, with the help of design guru Neil Poulton.
- JDA Software to buy i2 Technologies
- JDA Software Group on Friday announced plans to acquire supply-chain management competitor i2 Technologies for a net purchase price of approximately US$396 million.
- Verizon's Droid Launch: Your Complete Guide
- Can you feel the tremors? Verizon's hotly anticipated Motorola Droid finally arrives on Friday, and -- if the earth-rumbling ads are to be believed -- we'll be feeling its force all over the world.
- Dragon Quest IX Trumps Halo 3 ODST, Madden NFL 10
- Nintendo DS uber-RPG Dragon Quest IX won't reach US shores until sometime next year, but it's already leading Wii Sports Resort, Madden NFL 10, and Halo 3: ODST in key international markets. A new report from Top Global Markets combining third quarter sales data from trackers NPD Group (US), GfK Chart-Track Limited (UK), and Enterbrain, Inc. (Japan) reveals Dragon Quest IX with four million units from July, up a full million over the next bestselling game, Wii Sports Resort.
- Five unexpected uses for the Control key
- If you’re like me, you’ve nearly worn out your Mac’s Control key (often labeled CTRL), using it to open contextual menus. It’s true that Control-clicking on anything from a Finder icon to a window’s title is an amazingly handy way to access a pop-up menu of targeted options. But you can also add Control to common key combinations for variations on the original functions.
- AFACT v iiNet: 'We should not be doing AFACT’s work' (Dalby)
- iiNet had no intention of forwarding copyright infringement notices to customers without court orders, the Federal Court of Australia heard today as part of the ISPs case with the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
- Internode offers IPv6 services in native mode
- Internode is offering IPv6 services in native mode on its national ADSL network.
- AFACT v iiNet: Draft eSecurity Code introduced in court
- The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), which represents more than 30 film studios and TV broadcasters, has submitted to the court a draft ISP code of conduct relating to computer security, despite Justice Cowdroy questioning its relevance.
- Tanner: Gershon savings to hit $1 billion in 4 years
- Federal Government agency efforts to improve their use of ICT as part of Gershon Review changes will result in savings of more than $1 billion over the next four years, Minister for Finance and Deregulation Lindsay Tanner has claimed.
- Gumblar malware's home domain is active again
- ScanSafe researchers are seeing renewed activity regarding Gumblar, a multifunctional piece of malware that spreads by attacking PCs visiting hacked Web pages.
- Eich: JavaScript getting faster, could displace Flash
- JavaScript's founder claims JavaScript has displaced Java as a Web client, outlines projected enhancements
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