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RSS relayRemote controlled robot the ultimate home help
News At first only available to NTT DoCoMo customers, the Maron-1 will relay live footage from its camera to the screen of video-enabled phones. Japanese computing giant Fujitsu has announced the development of a multi-tasking robot for the home which... [07 Oct 2002]
Siemens to re-direct Italian fire and rescue
News The system will allow the command centres to give emergency crews precise directions to any incident and to relay any details about it to the crews' mobile computers or PDAs as it is received. Siemens has scooped a €32m deal to provide state-of-the... [22 Apr 2004]
Spam blacklisting for one million Telewest customers
News Last month silicon.com revealed that some of Telewest's blueyonder.co.uk home users were sending hundreds of thousands of emails each day - a sure sign of an open relay, pumping out spam. One million Telewest customers have been blacklisted for... [10 May 2005]
Virus warning: Deloder targets password idiocy
News They consist of a commonly used piece of network administration software called Virtual Network Computing (VNC), and an internet Relay Chat (IRC) "bot". A new worm, called Deloder, is showing signs of spreading via the internet - leaving two Trojan... [10 Mar 2003]
In brief: AT&T picks up $40m communications contract
News OneNet packages toll-free services, audio-teleconferenceing and frame relay services. In brief: AT&T picks up £40m communications contract Countrywide Home Loans has awarded a contract to AT&T worth £40m over three years for its OneNet service. [17 Jul 1998]
Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm
News Once Randex infects a computer, that system can be controlled by spammers through an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested a teenager on suspicion of creating a worm that could be used to create an... [27 May 2004]
Accenture wins London Olympic tech race
News But this contract will not cover the core games management systems that relay results, events and athlete information to spectators and media around the world.silicon.com Retail & Leisure The organiser of the 2012 Olympic Games in London has picked... [01 Nov 2006]
German techies invent hacker killer
News Only once the connection is broken off from outside can a relay then re-open the internal LAN connection. The Lock-Keeper-System from the Trier Institute for Telematics operates by physically separating local and wide area networks when under attack. [01 Mar 2001]
Virus warning: Return of Sobig is so bad for spam
News An open relay is a computer that accepts email bound for other destinations and then resends the messages anonymously. A new variant of the Sobig virus has started spreading worldwide, raising fears that spammers will have a host of new PCs to use... [26 Jun 2003]
France Telecom pursues IP dominance with Equant merger
News It also creates an extensive product portfolio as the companies unite data services such as frame relay, ATM, voice and data over IP, and hosting. Under the terms of the deal, France Telecom will sell Global One to Equant for $300m in cash, and in... [20 Nov 2000]
John Lamb's Year: 2001 - surfing in space
Comment The effort, brainchild of internet pioneer Vint Cerf, will be the first step in creating an Interplanetary Internet to relay signals around the cosmos. Those who have read Clarke's book will recall that aliens land on earth, alter the development... [18 Dec 2000]
Telewest subscribers back on UseNet
News By using vulnerable computers as "relay agents", spammers are able to send messages which appear to originate from Blueyonder computers. Telewest has lifted its self-imposed UseNet death penalty, allowing its Blueyonder subscribers to regain full... [17 May 2002]
Skills shortage at two-year low
News Demand falls by 25 per cent or more: Fourth-generation programming language Application programming interface Active template library Computer Graphics Interface Corba Framemaker Frame relay... [26 Apr 2007]
Magistr.b hits the screen
News The worm spreads through Internet Relay Chat (IRC), disguising itself as a file carrying Tomb Raider desktop wallpaper. A version of the Magistr virus, which can escape detection from anti-virus scanners has been detected by users in Spain. [05 Sep 2001]
Infonet wraps up Swiss IP VPN deal
News Besides the increasingly popular IP, it works with protocols such as ATM and Frame Relay. Bobst Group, an equipment-provider for manufacturers, has extended its 10-year network relationship with Infonet. [23 May 2003]
