The path to modern-day computing is longer than many suspect, and strewn with interesting nuggets of information. These include:
- the inventor of e-mail can't remember when he got it working- Pac-Man was modelled on a pizza and called Puck-Man until vandals forced a name change- the first hard drive had a 5MB capacity and could only be moved by a fork-lift truck- in 1980, The Times reported with wonder that a word processor could be bought for £3,500- Deep Blue's chess victory over Garry Kasparov was described as a 'psychological triumph'.
For full details of these milestones, and other gems from the Times Archive, read on...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
A hands-on preview of Windows 7
Microsoft has released an early preview copy of its new operating system, Windows 7.
The release follows in the wake of Vista, which has been subject to fierce criticism from a number of users.
When Vista launched in January 2007, many complained that it ran slowly and failed to work at all with some programs and devices.
Corporate customers have been slow to switch from Windows XP to Vista, although Microsoft said that the operating system had an unfair press, and that it enjoyed record sales.
Despite this Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP so PC makers can continue selling it to those that do not want to upgrade.
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The release follows in the wake of Vista, which has been subject to fierce criticism from a number of users.
When Vista launched in January 2007, many complained that it ran slowly and failed to work at all with some programs and devices.
Corporate customers have been slow to switch from Windows XP to Vista, although Microsoft said that the operating system had an unfair press, and that it enjoyed record sales.
Despite this Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP so PC makers can continue selling it to those that do not want to upgrade.
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Thousands hit in broad Web hack
Hackers have launched a massive Web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers, security vendor Kaspersky Lab warned Friday.
"We’re estimating that in the last two days alone, between 2,000 and 10,000 servers, mainly Western European and American ones, have been hacked," Kaspersky wrote on its Web site Friday, "It’s not yet clear who’s doing this."
The attackers are most likely using compromised accounts on the Web sites or launching what's known as a SQL injection attack, where hackers trick the Web site's software into inadvertently running malicious
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"We’re estimating that in the last two days alone, between 2,000 and 10,000 servers, mainly Western European and American ones, have been hacked," Kaspersky wrote on its Web site Friday, "It’s not yet clear who’s doing this."
The attackers are most likely using compromised accounts on the Web sites or launching what's known as a SQL injection attack, where hackers trick the Web site's software into inadvertently running malicious
Full Story
White House Computer Systems Attacked by Hackers
Authorities revealed that recently, computer systems at the White House have been hacked into, the police stating they believed the computer servers had been compromised by Chinese hackers, who thus came into the possession of several e-mails between government officials. The electronic correspondence did not contain any classified information, authorities added.
The hackers only breached the servers for short periods of time, just enough to steal the e-mails, ceasing each attack before United States computer experts could manage to patch the vulnerabilities in the systems.
U.S. government cyber intelligence professionals reckon that the hacking was sponsored by China’s government, reasoning that the targeted nature of the attacks had made them to reach that conclusion. Nevertheless, they have admitted of the fact that it was almost impossible to trace the electronic information theft back to the source.
The Chinese intelligence is known for its particular method of taking hold of bulks of info, only to afterwards search for the pieces it needs through the whole amount, which lends weight to police officials’ belief that the attacks have been requested by the Chinese government.
This summer, a similar incident was reported with regards to Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s campaign computer networks, when U.S. government cyber experts informed that hackers had downloaded information that offered insight into the candidates’ political views.
At that time, cyber investigators found that the aforementioned attacks had also originated in China, but they were not able to track down the organisation behind the hackings.
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The hackers only breached the servers for short periods of time, just enough to steal the e-mails, ceasing each attack before United States computer experts could manage to patch the vulnerabilities in the systems.
U.S. government cyber intelligence professionals reckon that the hacking was sponsored by China’s government, reasoning that the targeted nature of the attacks had made them to reach that conclusion. Nevertheless, they have admitted of the fact that it was almost impossible to trace the electronic information theft back to the source.
The Chinese intelligence is known for its particular method of taking hold of bulks of info, only to afterwards search for the pieces it needs through the whole amount, which lends weight to police officials’ belief that the attacks have been requested by the Chinese government.
This summer, a similar incident was reported with regards to Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s campaign computer networks, when U.S. government cyber experts informed that hackers had downloaded information that offered insight into the candidates’ political views.
At that time, cyber investigators found that the aforementioned attacks had also originated in China, but they were not able to track down the organisation behind the hackings.
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