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HP dishes out research grants to academic institutions
News The University of Leeds was granted funding for studies into improved printing techniques. Scottish academics were also represented, with the University of Edinburgh being given a grant to look into the next generation of enterprise information... [18 Aug 2008]
Watch out - here comes Generation Virtual
News Gartner says the rise of a so-called 'Generation Virtual' - defined by their preference for the use of digital media channels - means companies will need new skills and techniques to engage with consumers. [20 Feb 2008]
Hacking a Mac 'just works', says researcher
News During his presentation, 'Hacking Leopard: Tools and techniques for attacking the newest Mac OS X', at the recent Black Hat Briefings, Miller said that for some reason the Mac OS has more than 50-plus 'Suid' root programs. [14 Aug 2007]
Malicious code getting harder to spot
News Referring to security techniques based on signatures to detect malicious websites, he said: "They use obfuscation to avoid simple signatures. He suggested NJS, Rhino and SpiderMonkey as tools to investigate script code. [19 Apr 2007]
Mega-projects research centre unveiled
News The traditional tools and techniques of project management are no longer sufficient for the complex task of major programme management, according to BT which is setting up the centre with the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. [13 Mar 2007]
IPTV guru touts online video ad service
News Giving people a cut of the ad revenue is one of the techniques Brightcove hopes to exploit to compete against the might of video-sharing leader YouTube, which was recently snapped up by Google for $1.65bn. [30 Oct 2006]
BA chief exec backs "lean" tech future
News Tools and techniques include 'value stream mapping', which is a graphical way of working out where there is waiting and excess inventory in a process, and a 'just in time' inventory strategy, which ensures new stock is only ordered when it reaches... [18 Oct 2006]
"How Orwellian can you get?" - RFID for air travellers
News He added: "And the tags WILL be easy to remove, after all, there will need to be loads of staff able to remove them at the boarding gates, so the tools/techniques will not be hard to come by for those that require them. [17 Oct 2006]
Google and BEA in enterprise portal mash-up talks
News The Adrenaline technology allows portal applications to run on other websites outside of the portal framework, using Ajax and iFrames web development techniques, while still keeping it managed as part of the portal. [11 Oct 2006]
Yahoo! tech chief - web 2.0 matters for business
News And these techniques that allow web users to trust content can also be used by business, he said: "One of the big challenges that we've had for many years and one of the last great frontiers of CIO-dom is the ability to organise and retrieve... [15 Sep 2006]
SAP outlines its SOA strategy
News Agassi also announced that a group of SAP customers and partners have formed a community of experts to share technical information and techniques pertaining to the consumer products industry. It includes the NetWeaver infrastructure software, Java... [13 Sep 2006]
Beware 'suicidal' malware, says CyberTrust
News According to Denehy, techniques used not only include 'the obvious ones' such as encryption and rootkits but also "compression bombs" - which are compressed files that try to make life difficult for forensic tools by attempting to expand to an... [28 Jul 2006]
Server virtualisation used by three-quarters of businesses
News Reducing infrastructure costs is the main incentive and half of those who've already deployed virtualisation techniques said they've reduced costs as a result of the move. VMWare's ESX and GSX are the most popular virtualisation tools with 55 per... [03 Jul 2006]
IBM works with gov't on open source security trial
News We're trying to provide a menu of different techniques in transforming government architecture. That meant work developing tools to allow systems administrators to simply apply a security policy. The Cabinet Office and IBM are working together on a... [27 Apr 2006]
Firefox takes aim at phishers
News The various phishing shields use a variety of techniques to guard against online scams. With the continued rise in online attacks, security tools have become something web browser makers can use to try to stand out. [09 Mar 2006]
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