ports in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment So when my new machine does arrive it will also lack wired LAN and FireWire ports - and, most dramatic of all, no CD/DVD drive. So the external ports only comprise: power, audio-out, USB and DVI. Well it... [28 Jan 2008]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment Thirdly, firewalls do not need to be compromised as Skype doesn't require any additional inbound ports to operate, and the privacy settings allow people to block all incoming calls from anyone not in their contact lists. [02 Apr 2007]
Q&A: James Gosling, 'father of Java'
Comment One is to get people to use it in the largest number of places, to get people to do ports to platforms and various things. Why is Sun's Java going the GPL open source route? Are software development costs doomed to... [19 Mar 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Hassle-free Christmas shopping
Comment In common with around 50 per cent of UK adults, I tend to do as much of my Christmas shopping online as possible, and while things have moved on light years from the days when you could buy any present online - as long as it was a book -... [30 Nov 2006]
30 tips for better business travel
Comment Take your own Ethernet cable with you - plenty of hotels now have ports for broadband but either run out of cables or other guests have broken them. What can be done to make business travel more bearable? [19 Jun 2006]
Leader: Driven by in-car connectivity
Leader Amongst a wider agreement that came to light at the end of last week between Fiat and Microsoft, we heard how your average dashboard will have USB ports. There has long been all manner of semiconductors and software in... [06 Feb 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: A single source for net protection
Comment So the various vendors set up the filters to monitor particular ports depending on the activity they are trying to control. To communicate with the outside world a computer network opens ports on systems... [06 Oct 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The way to mobile security
Comment It also has a flash memory slot in which I can put up to an extra 8Gb of removable storage, and a few USB2 ports through which I can stream as much data as I want to external storage devices, be they thumb drives or... [15 Jul 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The ever-evolving virus
Comment This new threat exploits vulnerabilities in security subsystems and in some modes makes use of normally unused ports and channels, and can therefore move about on the net unnoticed and undetected. The fight against... [20 May 2004]
Through the Fog: Who should protect you from viruses?
Comment While taking steps to safeguard against email borne viruses is important, it is also critical to appreciate that many attacks nowadays are 'blended', meaning that the virus will persist in trying alternative entry points - such as direct... [08 Oct 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The invisible revolution
Comment First was a spontaneous revolt in France with the blocking of roads and ports by farmers and truck and cab drivers. Technology is morphing previously rigid power relationships all around the world. And as Peter Cochrane... [05 Mar 2003]
The ultra personal computer - the PC industry's only hope?
Comment It has a high-resolution touch screen, at least three USB ports, and Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless networking capability built in. Tony Hallett explains why it is being hyped, and what the component companies, analysts... [17 Dec 2002]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Dragon 32
Comment Although the workings of the 32k machine bore a suspicious resemblance to a load of technology originally invented by Tandy (including the chipset, keyboard layout, cartridge connection and joystick ports), Dragon... [11 Feb 2002]
Technologies Time Forgot: The Vic-20 and the Commodore 64
Comment It was fairly expandable, with all manner of ports. This week we hear from Tony Hallett and Jon Bernstein, silicon.com writers who were drawn to the glamour of Commodore machines. Tony Hallett writes: [04 Feb 2002]
Technologies that Time Forgot: The BBC Micro
Comment At work and at school the variety of ports and their ability to be manipulated for different functions meant the machine was perfect for monitoring science experiments, or - to quote an example from someone working at... [28 Jan 2002]
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