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'Boring' IT classes put off future careers

News But as numbers of computing students continue to drop off, the question is where is the talent going to come from? The reality is that the IT industry needs more computing graduates than are currently being produced just to keep up with current...

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18 June 2008, 8:55

AMD back in the roaring 20s

News Mercury Research's principal analyst Dean McCarron could not immediately be reached to confirm the numbers, which were provided by AMD. Intel's market share numbers were not available, but the two companies accounted for 98.6 per cent of the x86...

25 January 2006, 9:27

Mobile-chip designers to incorporate better security

News Because ID numbers are used as security gates for cellphone services, they can compromise customer accounts if they fall into the wrong hands. But that process breaks down when people can "crack these things and change these numbers," Steer said.

30 June 2004, 8:10

News.blog: Second Life's second million

News Of course, the 2 million figure does not correspond to actual numbers of users. And while the 2 million mark is certainly notable, especially given the speed with which Second Life got there from 1 million, the numbers pale in comparison to the...

15 December 2006, 9:41

IM-style Skype calls go mobile

News But unlike traditional calling, which requires the use of phone numbers -- and also means that once you give your number to people, they will always be able to reach you -- Eqo is built around the idea of letting people reach out to each other via...

9 February 2006, 9:25

'Burning Crusade' boosting PC gaming lift

News NPD had not provided said numbers to GameSpot directly as of press time. While impressive, the NPD PC numbers represent only a fraction of revenue being generated by PC games, as they do not include online transactions.

25 April 2007, 9:56

AMD's share of PC market soars

News Current Analysis' market share numbers measure US retail sales only, and therefore exclude figures from Dell, which uses its Web site to sell directly to consumers. AMD was expected to report its own fourth-quarter earnings numbers on Wednesday...

19 January 2006, 9:41

News.blog: Barcode-bargain iPods

News Simply select a barcode style and font, enter desired text and numbers, and a barcode is automatically created. He allegedly told police that he scouted the store for inexpensive items, then took those barcode numbers home to punch in to his...

5 December 2005, 10:08

Intel's Core Duo revisited

News The Conroe processors will fall into either the 4000 series or 6000 series, while Merom processors will use either the 5000 series or 7000 series numbers, he said. Conveniently, the Conroe numbers match up well with the model numbers used by...

8 May 2006, 10:13

Number of music file-swappers has fallen

News Entertainment companies have closely watched estimates of file-swapping behaviour for years, hoping that a combination of lawsuits, education and court battles would ultimately decrease the numbers of people trading music and movies online.

15 December 2005, 8:50

DVR forcing TV advertising to get creative

News Viewers who stayed tuned during commercial breaks were rewarded with 'ads' featuring phone numbers and Web sites leading to clues about the show. We need more transparency in the numbers. The numbers are based on programme ratings.

24 May 2006, 12:06

E-voting source code posted online

News It assigns random identification numbers to ballots and candidates. After people vote, they get a receipt that shows which candidates they chose -- listed as numbers, not names. VoteHere, a maker of security software for voting machines, published...

7 April 2004, 9:55

E-tailers getting on top of fraud

News For 2006, merchants are also considering further measures, with 29 per cent of respondents saying the Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode systems -- both of which create single-use passwords/PIN numbers for transactions -- are top of their...

16 December 2005, 9:04

US hit by 57 million phishing attacks in one year

News The news gets worse because Gartner believes that 11 million adults clicked on a phishing email's link and almost 2 million remember passing on sensitive information such as a credit card numbers. Even more seriously, 1.78 million Americans...

5 May 2004, 16:45

London telecommuting soars with heat wave

News Faced with delays and searing heat on the tubes, traffic congestion on the major routes into the city, ineffectual air-conditioning in offices and the possibility of peak-time congestion charges on the train, employees are working from home in...

30 June 2005, 10:01