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RSS objects in newsAdams rips and replaces supply chain tech
News The new system, in pilot and slated for roll out by July 2009, will manage merchandise and warehouse control, and will also replace analysis and reporting tools currently provided by Business Objects. [16 Sep 2008]
Second Life sets techies on stability
News One element of the Grid being looked into involves the storage of assets - such as uploaded textures, snapshots, scripts and objects picked up by users. Linden Lab has revealed its tech group is tackling several areas... [15 Sep 2008]
Canonical hires Ubuntu makeover team
News Paul Adams, a member of KDE e.V.the 'board' of the KDE project, said: "One of the biggest problems in the free-software world is that so many objects are different, depending on the different desktops. [12 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News The paper says: "Typically, when a gaming account is compromised, attackers will convert the objects they steal into virtual currency - and then convert the virtual currency into real money. The in-game economies of... [28 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News The vulnerabilities, as detailed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-045, relate to HTML objects memory corruption, HTML component handling and uninitialised memory corruption. Microsoft has released six critical patches... [13 Aug 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News The Boss chair performs a scan of the person sat on it, signalling any metal objects and allowing it to detect items such as mobile phones. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss)... [08 Jul 2008]
Network optimisation market speeds up
News This includes images, scripts and other embedded objects. Cisco could face a tougher battle when it comes to selling companies kit to help them optimise WAN after one of its competitors released a raft of upgrades to its... [26 Feb 2008]
QuickTime flaw could fuel Second Life stealing
News What Miller and Zovi realised is that while direct communication between an attacker and a victim within Second Life passes through the servers at Linden Lab - the maker of Second Life - multimedia objects are actually... [18 Feb 2008]
Second Life tackles virtual nuisances
News In the past, Second Life has also suffered from 'grey goo' attacks, where altered code multiplies objects within the world to such an extent that they bring down servers. Linden Lab's head of community, Robin Harper,... [12 Feb 2008]
Slowdown on the cards for business intelligence
News There were a number of significant acquisitions during 2007, including Oracle buying Hyperion, SAP putting in a bid for Business Objects and IBM staking a claim for Cognos. The market for business intelligence (BI) tech... [14 Jan 2008]
Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time
News Past keynote addresses have introduced Tablet PCs and various digital household objects that have yet to enter the mainstream. Bill Gates may be stepping away from full-time work later this year but he still has a few... [07 Jan 2008]
Staff mobile devices increase security risk
News While Heiser rated laptops and high-capability PDAs as being the highest-risk objects when it comes to portable devices and security, he also noted that highly prevalent consumer devices such as iPods pose a threat,... [23 Nov 2007]
European software industry gets big thumbs up
News The top four European software companies in terms of revenue were announced as Germany's SAP, followed by UK company Sage and the two French companies Business Objects and Dassault Systemes. At an awards ceremony in... [22 Nov 2007]
IBM brains up with $5bn Cognos buy
News And last month, SAP announced plans to acquire Cognos' rival, Business Objects, in a deal valued at more than $6.8bn. IBM has announced it intends to buy business intelligence software company Cognos in a $5bn all-cash... [12 Nov 2007]
Microsoft still tinkering with Surface
News Originally code-named Milan, Surface looks a bit like a 1980s sit-down Ms Pac Man machine but uses infrared cameras and a projector to create a touchscreen that can respond to multiple users' hand gestures, as well as interact with other... [09 Nov 2007]
