items tagged with Standards
New Gizmo talks to Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-28 23:51:27
SIPphone's Gizmo Project 3.0, a free VoIP application, supports call-out to Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live as well as to other Gizmo users, SIP networks and regular phones.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-28 23:51:27
SIPphone's Gizmo Project 3.0, a free VoIP application, supports call-out to Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live as well as to other Gizmo users, SIP networks and regular phones.
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F5 claims Vista SSL VPN first
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2007-02-27 22:29:53
A new version of F5's FirePass Controller SSL VPN software is the first of its kind to support Windows Vista (as well as Mac OS X, Linux and older versions of Microsoft's operating systems), the company claims.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2007-02-27 22:29:53
A new version of F5's FirePass Controller SSL VPN software is the first of its kind to support Windows Vista (as well as Mac OS X, Linux and older versions of Microsoft's operating systems), the company claims.
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Cybertrust gains top security accreditation
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-02-27 00:30:41
Cybertrust's Unified Gateway has been certified at the highly protected level by the federal government.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-02-27 00:30:41
Cybertrust's Unified Gateway has been certified at the highly protected level by the federal government.
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Jury says Microsoft should pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.5 billion
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-22 18:14:56
A US jury has awarded Alcatel-Lucent $US1.5 billion damages for patent infringements by Microsoft involving various versions of Windows including Vista, but the software giant will ask the judge to set aside the verdict.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-22 18:14:56
A US jury has awarded Alcatel-Lucent $US1.5 billion damages for patent infringements by Microsoft involving various versions of Windows including Vista, but the software giant will ask the judge to set aside the verdict.
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Analyst tips Apple as major set-top box vendor
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-02-22 00:39:24
Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitemore believes Apple could take as much as one-third of the $US26 billion market for set-top boxes in the next few years, eating into the shares held by Microsoft and Sony. Like the Apple TV, those companies' Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games consoles can be used to play audio and video content.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-02-22 00:39:24
Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitemore believes Apple could take as much as one-third of the $US26 billion market for set-top boxes in the next few years, eating into the shares held by Microsoft and Sony. Like the Apple TV, those companies' Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games consoles can be used to play audio and video content.
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EC to fund broadband over powerline development
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-02-21 23:42:11
The European Commission is to pump Euro 9.6 million into developing the next generation of broadband over powerline technology.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-02-21 23:42:11
The European Commission is to pump Euro 9.6 million into developing the next generation of broadband over powerline technology.
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Service Pack 2 for SQL Server brings Vista compatibility
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-19 20:23:55
Microsoft has released the second service pack for SQL Server, delivering enhancements in several key areas of the widely used database. Full compatibility with Windows Vista is an important change, and the company is also pushing the improvements to business intelligence features.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-19 20:23:55
Microsoft has released the second service pack for SQL Server, delivering enhancements in several key areas of the widely used database. Full compatibility with Windows Vista is an important change, and the company is also pushing the improvements to business intelligence features.
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Vodafone caves in to Microsoft IM
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-02-18 09:00:57
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-02-18 09:00:57
Comment Among all of Microsoft's announcements at the 3GSM show was buried a piece of news that almost certainly means the end for the unification of cellular instant messaging efforts around a GSM Association standard.
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Intel and Nokia hang up on 3G HDSPA for next-gen Centrino
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-02-15 00:15:53
At last September’s IDF (Intel Developer Forum), Nokia and Intel announced they were working on a 3.5G HSDPA module to be included with Intel’s next Centrino platform for Core 2 Duo processors, dubbed ‘Santa Rosa’. Now it’s been cut, and what a shame for consumers this is!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-02-15 00:15:53
At last September’s IDF (Intel Developer Forum), Nokia and Intel announced they were working on a 3.5G HSDPA module to be included with Intel’s next Centrino platform for Core 2 Duo processors, dubbed ‘Santa Rosa’. Now it’s been cut, and what a shame for consumers this is!
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Standards body may close door on Microsoft Open XML
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-07 20:08:14
At least seven countries have submitted formal objections to Microsoft's Open XML becoming an international standard, jeopardising efforts to obtain an ISO blessing for the new document format.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-07 20:08:14
At least seven countries have submitted formal objections to Microsoft's Open XML becoming an international standard, jeopardising efforts to obtain an ISO blessing for the new document format.
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Texas, Minnesota may abandon Microsoft for open standards
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-02-06 22:51:12
Two more states US states may turn their back on Microsoft and adopt open document formats under separate bills put to the state legislatures.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-02-06 22:51:12
Two more states US states may turn their back on Microsoft and adopt open document formats under separate bills put to the state legislatures.
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Microsoft supports OpenID authentication standard
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-02-06 20:58:08
After years of pushing its own "Passport" as a de facto standard, Microsoft has thrown its support behind the open source OpenID online authentication service.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-02-06 20:58:08
After years of pushing its own "Passport" as a de facto standard, Microsoft has thrown its support behind the open source OpenID online authentication service.
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ITU set to make WiMAX a 3G standard
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-02-04 06:23:46
There is a good chance that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will allow mobile WiMAX to be included in its range of 3G technologies, collectively known as IMT-2000.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Technology
2007-02-04 06:23:46
There is a good chance that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will allow mobile WiMAX to be included in its range of 3G technologies, collectively known as IMT-2000.
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Politician to force California to lose the light bulb?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-02-04 03:40:06
In an act that could send the public incandescent with anger that Government is yet again trying to tell them how to run their lives, a Californian legislator wants to ‘ban the bulb’ his home state.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-02-04 03:40:06
In an act that could send the public incandescent with anger that Government is yet again trying to tell them how to run their lives, a Californian legislator wants to ‘ban the bulb’ his home state.
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China launches 4G before 3G off the ground - media
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-29 07:17:31
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-01-29 07:17:31
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China, still working on its long-delayed homegrown third-generation wireless standard, has leapfrogged itself by launching the world's first fourth-generation standard, state media said on Monday.
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Adobe to release PDF format as international standard to combat Microsoft
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-01-29 05:10:17
Adobe Systems intends to submit its ubiquitous PDF format to the International Organisation for Standardisation as part of its ongoing format war with Microsoft and Vista.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-01-29 05:10:17
Adobe Systems intends to submit its ubiquitous PDF format to the International Organisation for Standardisation as part of its ongoing format war with Microsoft and Vista.
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Norway declares iTunes illegal! What the… ?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-01-25 09:23:26
A report from MSNBC and the Financial Times says that Norway is the first country to make iTunes illegal because the songs it sells can’t be played on other mp3 players.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-01-25 09:23:26
A report from MSNBC and the Financial Times says that Norway is the first country to make iTunes illegal because the songs it sells can’t be played on other mp3 players.
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The phone of the future is coming, and its proprietary!
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-01-24 19:40:06
A 'Future Phone' that integrates the traditional office phone, home phone and mobile phone into one personal phone with one single phone number will be released at and upcoming conference in May 2007, but the story is not that simple...
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-01-24 19:40:06
A 'Future Phone' that integrates the traditional office phone, home phone and mobile phone into one personal phone with one single phone number will be released at and upcoming conference in May 2007, but the story is not that simple...
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EPA flush with success over new high-efficiency toilets
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-01-24 16:13:38
On January 24, 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final specification for high-efficiency toilets (HETs). The new EPA-approved toilets will perform at least 20% more efficiently that older toilets.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-01-24 16:13:38
On January 24, 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final specification for high-efficiency toilets (HETs). The new EPA-approved toilets will perform at least 20% more efficiently that older toilets.
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Intel goes 802.11n as IEEE finalises spec.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-01-23 15:14:25
Intel has upgraded the wireless component of its Centrino Duo chips to support the new 802.11n wireless LAN technology, offering significantly better performance than 802.11a/b/g WiFi And the IEEE has announced finalisation of the 802.11n standard.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2007-01-23 15:14:25
Intel has upgraded the wireless component of its Centrino Duo chips to support the new 802.11n wireless LAN technology, offering significantly better performance than 802.11a/b/g WiFi And the IEEE has announced finalisation of the 802.11n standard.
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