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Microsoft to make patches automatic
News Microsoft is considering changing the way that Windows updates security patches, making the update process automatic by default, following the latest round of security problems for Windows users. Automatic installation of security patches might... [21 Aug 2003]
British legal system goes automatic for the people
News The British legal system of trial by jury will receive a boost as automated selection procedures are rolled out across the country in the next two months. This week, six Crown courts will stop using pieces of card to allocate jurors to trials, and... [05 Sep 2000]
MySQL puts off automatic move to GPL 3
News Open source database company MySQL has decided to stick to the current General Public Licence (GPL) rather than move to an upcoming revision, pending broader industry acceptance. MySQL, one of the most successful commercial ventures to use the open... [05 Jan 2007]
Voyager unveils automatic SLA monitoring service
News Voyager Networks has launched a managed service designed to provide IT departments with the ability to keep track of service-level agreements (SLAs). The company claims its NetRemote Pro package eradicates the need for network managers to manually... [29 Jul 1999]
Microsoft agrees to disable XP Service Pack 2
News Although Microsoft recommends that consumers turn on Automatic Update to get the latest version of Windows, the company is offering to let companies temporarily block such upgrades. The tool, which is posted on Microsoft's website, allows companies... [12 Aug 2004]
Microsoft fixes SP1 'repeating reboot' bug
News Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation. The problematic update - Servicing Stack Update... [08 Apr 2008]
Woolworths boosts ecommerce functionality
News Mixed merchandise retailer Woolworths has built on its use of product reviews on its website with the development of an automatic recommendation engine. Batty is hoping that Woolworths' automatic product recommendations will be more effective than... [06 Dec 2007]
Microsoft patches patch delivery system
News The company said that was due to problems with its automated tools, including Windows' Automatic Updates, Microsoft Update and Windows Server Update Services. You should start seeing content replicated out to Microsoft Update, Automatic Updates... [12 Oct 2006]
Windows users getting unwanted auto-updates?
News Blogs have been buzzing with reports that Windows users who thought they had automatic updates set to either not install or get permission before installing nonetheless had their machines patched and rebooted. [15 Oct 2007]
Microsoft set to lift XP SP2 block
News Microsoft is alerting customers that it will soon start delivering Windows XP Service Pack 2 to all customers using Automatic Update, whether they want it or not. In response to requests from businesses, Microsoft last year released a tool that... [28 Feb 2005]
Microsoft to push IE 7 onto XP users
News IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a "high priority" update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of IE product management, said in an interview on Tuesday. [27 Jul 2006]
Microsoft pulls plug on XP SP2 after users say they're not ready
News Service Pack 2 was meant to be available via Microsoft's Automatic Update section on Monday but has now been delayed for several days. Users with XP Home Edition will be getting the update via Automatic update on Wednesday, while all other versions... [17 Aug 2004]
'Offpeopling' sees job threat from technology
News Dubbed "Automatic Abundance", the blog is slated to provide alerts on topics such as tasks that are shifting to machines, income opportunities that are relatively safe from automation and emerging business ideas consistent with the trend. [14 Mar 2005]
DVLA databases only "40 per cent" accurate
News The weaknesses in the accuracy of data in the DVLA's databases were flagged up in a report into a year-long trial by 23 police forces using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to check vehicles against various intelligence databases. [03 Nov 2004]
Windows XP SP 2... ready at last!
News Microsoft will make the free update available via download and via CD, but it is recommending that customers turn on Windows' automatic upgrade feature and get the update that way. The update should be distributed to approximately 100 million PCs... [09 Aug 2004]
