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The drive for multi-disk PCs

News To avoid trouble, many take matters into their own hands by building their own PCs or, like Fox, installing additional disk drives. While all the major computer makers let customers add a second, third or even fourth hard drive, some PC...

11 August 2005, 8:46

News.blog: Viacom 'safeguards' with DRM

News Content creators and their digital distributors must unite against piracy by installing more 'safeguards', Viacom's CEO said on Tuesday. Through more widespread adoption of copy-protection features and filtering tools like watermarking, we will...

3 October 2007, 10:06

Wireless switch-port sales show massive boom

News Latest figures for sales of wireless networking equipment show that many more companies are installing wireless networks in their offices. Market research firm Infonetics has reported that the volume of wireless LAN switch ports sold in the first...

24 May 2004, 16:30

Windows sidelined by Fedora bug

News Red Hat's newest hobbyist and developer version of Linux, Fedora Core 2, caused trouble for some who found they couldn't start Windows after installing the Linux upgrade side by side with it. The bug had cropped up in testing, but after Red Hat...

9 June 2004, 7:50

BT to save iconic red phone boxes for £1

News A plan has been hatched that could save iconic red BT phone boxes for as little as a quid -- or just 1.3 per cent of the cost of installing a BT landline in your home. A spokeswoman for the telecom giant said some 12,000 red phone boxes remain in...

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1 September 2008, 10:06

Vista P2P feature exposes beta machines

News After installing the first beta release of the upcoming Windows client, some testers noticed suspicious network traffic to their machines. Windows Vista beta testers have stumbled upon a networking feature in the operating system that could pose a...

19 August 2005, 9:32

Nokia and Visa test mobile payment

News Visa will be installing 2,500 Visa Wave readers -- which can deduct payment from a user's credit card when an NFC phone linked to the account is pressed against it -- across the country and enlisting 200 guinea pigs in Kuala Lumpur to try out the...

2 May 2006, 9:53

XP uptake 'too slow' - Microsoft

News While Microsoft is pleased with robust sales of new PCs that come loaded with Windows XP, the company has been less than satisfied with the rate at which large companies are installing its latest operating system.

13 April 2004, 8:30

OpenOffice releases version 1.1.2

News Primary improvements in version 1.1.2 of the software include multiple bug fixes and the addition of FontOOo Autopilot, an automated tool for downloading and installing new fonts. OpenOffice.org has released an updated version of its open-source...

22 June 2004, 9:20

NHS develops bug-busting keyboard

News University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust is ready to begin installing the new keyboard on hospital wards. Researchers at a London teaching hospital have come up with a "clean" keyboard that could help in the fight against...

3 November 2006, 9:36

Apple updates remote control

News Those features include the ability to handle desktop management tasks such as installing an operating system or application software, running hardware or software inventory reports or executing commands on one or more Mac terminals remotely.

22 June 2004, 8:15

Mesh brings broadband to rural Bucks

News These four nodes will spread broadband connectivity across a large campus, covering academic facilities, communal areas and 700 student rooms, avoiding the trouble and expense of installing a wired system.

23 April 2004, 17:20

All Vista versions to ship on one DVD

News Users would be installing only the version of the operating system that they had purchased, as the product key would be version-specific. Microsoft has confirmed that all versions of Vista will be shipped on a single DVD, in a feature called...

25 September 2006, 10:26

Windows patch backfires on security-conscious

News It could lock them out of their PC, prevent the Windows firewall from starting, block certain applications from running or installing, and empty the network connections folder, among other things, the software maker said in an advisory on Friday.

18 October 2005, 9:55

Windows Vista to 'freeze dry' PCs before patching

News In most cases, consumers won't have to restart Windows Vista when installing or updating an application, according to Microsoft. The next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system will include new patching technology that reduces the number...

5 September 2005, 9:44