News tagged with software systems
Glitch in antivirus software troubles PC users
(AP) -- Antivirus software cuts two ways. It's great at blocking known viruses, but it can sometimes misfire, mistakenly flagging clean files as malicious. That sends a computer into a tailspin trying to clean up stuff that's ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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Digital Entertainer brings PC content to big screen
So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 02, 2009 |
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'Anti-aging' technique for computer software systems
A University of Leicester researcher has investigated creating an optimum ‘anti-aging cream’ for computer software systems.
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Pre likely to make a splash, but can new smartphone rescue Palm?
The new Pre smartphone from Palm is likely to make a splash when it goes on sale this Saturday, but will that be enough to turn things around for the struggling Silicon Valley company?
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Intel, an infrequent acquirer, snaps up Wind River (Update)
(AP) -- Intel Corp. is biting off its biggest acquisition in nearly a decade with an $884 million takeover of Wind River Systems Inc., a software maker with a colorful past.
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Endless original, copyright-free music
A group of researchers from the University of Granada has developed Inmamusys, a software program that can create music in response to emotions that arise in the listener. By using Artificial Intelligence techniques, the ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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China deploys secure computer operating system
China has installed a secure operating system known as "Kylin" on government and military computers designed to be impenetrable to US military and intelligence agencies, The Washington Times reported on Tuesday.
May 12, 2009 |
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Hackers taking advantage of Windows 7: Microsoft
Microsoft said Thursday that cybercriminals are already hawking booby-trapped versions of just-released Windows 7 operating system software.
May 07, 2009 |
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Tough times, complex systems -- a modernisation story
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tough economic times call for tough measures to remain competitive. That goes for software modernisation as well. A European project has just released a prototype of a software engineering platform that could ...
May 04, 2009 |
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Windows 7 to make public debut May 5
Microsoft said Thursday that a nearly-final version of its next-generation Windows 7 operating system will be publicly released on May 5.
May 01, 2009 |
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Faster Than The Speed Of Sound: New Control System Has What It Takes To Guide Experimental Aircraft
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a jet is flying faster than the speed of sound, one small mistake can tear it apart. And when the jet is so experimental that it must fly unmanned, only a computer control system can ...
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Engineers create system for combating manipulation of online product ratings
As online shopping continues to grow in popularity around the globe, shoppers increasingly depend upon consumer-based rating systems that vendors like Amazon.com and eBay use to rate products and sellers. But those rating ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Microsoft feels more recession fallout, sales drop
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company, and its profit fell more sharply than Wall Street was ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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RingCentral lets people work in a virtual office
Andrea Chavez works for a law firm with nearly 40 other attorneys. But she rarely sees her colleagues, because Virtual Law Partners isn't based anywhere -- it's everywhere.
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Software giant Oracle buys Java whizz Sun
Business software giant Oracle announced Monday it was buying Sun Microsystems and its Java programming language for 7.4 billion dollars after IBM abandoned its bid for the struggling tech company.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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