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New Quantum Strategy Keeps Web Searches Private

June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s) | User comments: 2

When an Internet user types a word or phrase into a search engine, the Web server has the ability to find out that inquiry. As more people and businesses are becoming concerned about privacy, researchers are developing new ...


Metallica fans say 'Guitar Hero' versions of 'Death Magnetic' songs beat those of the CD

September 23, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Fans of heavy metal band Metallica have been complaining that the group's new album, "Death Magnetic," suffers from heavy-handed distortion effects. Too bad, right? Well, apparently not, at least if you're a Guitar Hero fan.


Privacy features let you erase your tracks online

September 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Enough about "porn mode" in Internet Explorer 8.0. The new privacy features previewed in the recent beta 2 are a good idea.


End tyranny of software updates

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Q. Is there any way to know what is being updated when Microsoft updates come through? Being a learned - rather than born - skeptic, I'm suspicious each time an automatic update appears indicating that something is happening ...


In Brief: TDC updates security for digital signature

May 05, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

TDC released an update of its software to remove vulnerabilities and make it easier to use its other applications.


Trust in real time for secure digital certificates

July 28, 2006 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1

CertiVeR, a European research project under the eTEN programme, developed and launched a complete and decentralised service for certification authorities (CAs) and other users. The technology – a secure online ...


MS Patch Tuesday Fires Off 14 Critical Updates

May 09, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 1

System administrators will have to prioritize between updating Exchange and DNS servers while leaving equally important server and application updates dangling, experts say.


IBM Advances Web 2.0 Platform for Business

January 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Today at Lotusphere, IBM unveiled a range of Web 2.0 and collaboration tools to enable enterprise mashups and social software, and help clients improve agility and speed decision-making for an increasingly virtual, global ...


Bringing down the language barrier... automatically

May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Progress being made by European researchers on automatic speech-to-speech translation technology could help the EU tackle one of the biggest remaining boundaries to internal trade, mobility and the free exchange of information ...


US games developer makes quitting smoking child's play

May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Smokers are about to get help in kicking the tobacco habit: an interactive computer game that aims to "coach" cigarette users away from their addition.


Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers

June 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Apple today previewed Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which builds on success of OS X Leopard and is the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system.


Sims creator's long-awaited 'playing god' game hits stores

September 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | User comments: 1

"Spore", the eagerly-awaited computer game five years in the making allowing people to play God by re-creating the universe, hits stores worldwide this week.


Teaching experience

August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Business veterans claim you cannot teach ‘experience’, but European researchers say you can. The team developed software that helps players acquire real-life skills and realistic experiences through game playing. But this ...


Microsoft releases beta version of Internet Explorer 8

September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Microsoft last week released a broadly available test version of its latest Web browser, Internet Explorer 8, including a tool to cover one's tracks across the Web.


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