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Microsoft backtracks over database bug
News Further testing has revealed that versions 2.0 and 95 are also vulnerable, the company said. US reports claim Microsoft has admitted that a bug in its Access database software affects all versions of the product. [28 Aug 1998]
Digital TV threatens PC Net access
News In a report due out next month, the research group claims the Internet, which has driven demand for home PCs, is merely a testing ground for interactive services and digital TV is where they belong. Digital television... [27 Aug 1998]
In brief: Netscape offers Communicator sneak preview
News Netscape has released version 4.06 of Communicator, containing many of the functions promised in the forthcoming Communicator 4.5, which is currently in beta testing. Version 4.5 is being developed to integrate the... [18 Aug 1998]
CommerceNet responds to users' ecommerce concerns
News The organisation plans to lobby the EC to improve Internet infrastructure and will begin interoperability testing for ecommerce products. To achieve this, CommerceNet will start testing the... [17 Aug 1998]
Adobe prepares for testing time ahead
News Adobe Systems has announced major restructuring and up to 300 job losses in an attempt to plan for long-term growth. News of the graphics software company's reorganisation comes at the same time as a third quarter profits warning. [12 Aug 1998]
Euro-compliance testing software goes on release
News The Business & Accounting Software Developers Association (Basda) has released long-awaited testing software for euro-compliance. The system allows companies to make their finance software handle triangulation - the... [29 Jul 1998]
Intelsat revives push technology
News Collett expects a full service to be up and running by June 1999, following this autumn's beta testing. Push technology was not a success as a Web streaming technology, but it has been reborn as the basis of a global... [24 Jul 1998]
Xeon chip suffers further delays
News With the complexity of chips today, it's becoming harder and harder to come out with the perfect testing suite. A second flaw has been found in Intel's Xeon processor chip, causing shipments to be postponed by a further... [24 Jul 1998]
BBC ousts Net chief
News She denied that the Corporation is in partnership with Microsoft over Web TV, saying: "We are testing the possibilities of interactive TV with Microsoft and other companies. BBC Online is in the midst of a radical... [23 Jul 1998]
IBM launches Java for the enterprise
News JavaBeans also provides support for Lotus Domino, Tivoli Systems' systems management capabilities, remote testing, a debugging tool and the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol. IBM yesterday unveiled VisualAge for Java capable... [22 Jul 1998]
Delays hit £70m Siemens database
News An SBS spokeswoman said: "There have been some delays in the piloting and testing of the system and, unfortunately, we can't actually say at this point when it is going to be delivered. Siemens Business Services (SBS)... [15 Jul 1998]
Electronic nose sniffs trouble
News The company likened the technology to testing for olfactory fingerprints. An electronic nose capable of detecting packaging contamination risks in food has been unveiled by a French engineering firm. The nose, known as... [14 Jul 1998]
Analysts caution users from rushing into NT 5.0
News Enderle said: "Since it won't be put into production by anyone but Microsoft before it is released, the first users are likely to run into a lot of problems that didn't come up during beta testing. Windows NT 5.0 is not... [07 Jul 1998]
Users warned to stay away from Windows 98
News Anne Powell, research director at DataPro, explained: "Mass migration to a new operating system should never have gone ahead without complete testing being done. PC customers are being advised to hold back from upgrading... [03 Jul 1998]
BBC puts Excalibur on trial
News The BBC is to start beta testing Excalibur's knowledge retrieval solution, Excalibur Screening Room, on its video archives. If the tests are a success, the BBC could use Excalibur technology to replace manual dubbing and... [02 Jul 1998]
