Date: 08/25/05 (Security)    Keywords: technology, security

The online security company will buy Vocent and add its biometric voice recognition technology to its authentication services.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/PassMark+picks+up+voice+authentication/2100-1009_22-5842835.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/29/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: technology

Hey there guys. As the subject indicates, I have a Wireless Networking question.

I live in a 2 bedroom apartment with the misses. The cable modem is in my room, and her computer is about 24 feet away. I installed a Netgear 108 Mbps Wireless Router in my room and 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Adapters in each PC. I am running Windows XP on a Compaq Presario, she is running Windows 98 on an EMachines.

I am getting a strong steady connection (no surprise there, seeing as my wireless card is all of a foot away from the wireless router) of 54.0Mbps. As the crow flies, the connection has to go through 2 walls to get to her computer. She is getting a connection, but it is only between 11 and 48 Mbps. She apparently is not sustaining a strong enough connection because AIM and Internet Explorer aren't working.

Now, the router box says that it has XR Technology that "Delivers extended range up to 400 feet." So why is she getting a weak signal 24 feet away? Is there anything I can do to strengthen the signal?

Note: All the drivers are properly installed and stuff, there were no issues with Windows 98. There IS an internet connection, it's just to weak to do anything. Thanks for the help!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computer_help/477303.html

Date: 08/29/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: technology

CNN is reporting that they cannot get their satellite trucks into the French Quarter of New Orleans, but through the use of a new technology called "FTP," their reporters can get in, shoot video, and then upload it to CNN for viewing.

Wow, has anyone heard of this "FTP" of which they speak?

I mean, I've been on the Internet for 21 years, you'd think I'd have heard of it by now...

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/761739.html

Date: 08/30/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: browser, css, technology, web

So, to continue from yesterday's post about using not-so-safe fonts in browsers, I had a few suggestions to sIFR to use Univers on my company's web site. I want to know how long did it take you all to learn it. Did it take a week to understand it and fully customize it for your needs or just a few days? My company's site needs to be posted by the end of the week and I'm not sure there's enough time for me to learn a new technology. If sIFR is going to take a while, I'll just use Arial and futz with CSS to make it look a little more like Univers.

What say you all? Thanks.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/965776.html

Date: 09/02/05 (Security)    Keywords: technology

The upcoming OS will include new patching technology that reduces restarts and stores user data before reboots.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Windows+Vista+to+%27freeze+dry%27+PCs+before+patching/2100-1009_22-5846234.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/07/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: technology

John Roberts' two-year tenure as a federal judge reveals little about his stance on technology issues.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Chief+justice+nominee+carries+slim+record+on+tech/2100-9588_22-5851480.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/07/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology, java

At Doubletwist Inc. we worked with 40 4 CPU Sun Ultra Machines with 4 GB RAM each to carry out annotations of human genome. We were first, ahead of Celera and HGP. At that time (2000-2001) it was possibly the largest massively scaled Java Technology Deployment. Human Genome Annotation run took about 1.5 months the first [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/massively-scaled-java-technology-deployment/

Date: 09/08/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology

With technology, it's easy to break the law "As technology marches on, our laws don't always march with it. They're written by men with agendas that are different than ours — men who don't understand (or have the incentive to understand) what they're trying to legislate. So chances are there will come a day when there won't [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/interesting-links-technology-law-micropayment-solution-biotechnology-blog-gmail-tools-12-types-of-medical-students/

Date: 09/13/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: technology

They want a "technology neutral" system that would streamline royalty payouts, expand inventories of legal downloading services.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Politicos+call+for+music+copyright+reform/2100-9588_22-5863072.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/13/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology, java

"We are actively promoting Java in China as well as the rest of Asia-Pacific," said Scott McNealy, chairman and chief executive of Sun, in an interview with China Daily. "We are working with the (Chinese) government and other key players to establish Java as the industry standard for delivering open and secure services." Java technology is being [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-targets-java-for-chinese-market/

Date: 09/14/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: technology

Company claims its Visual Crawler technology produces more comprehensive and up-to-date video search results than competitors.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Start-up+Truveo+enters+video+search+field/2100-9588_22-5863667.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/23/05 (Security)    Keywords: technology

Acquisition brings Symantec new technology to fight online scams and detect malicious code attacks.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Symantec+buys+antiphishing+firm+WholeSecurity/2100-1009_22-5877005.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/27/05 (Application Development)    Keywords: technology

News Focus: At the CTIA Wireless show, telecommunication and technology giants are putting theirs heads together to resolve issues with new gadgets.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/News+Focus%3A+CTIA%3A+Big+noise+from+small+gadgets/2100-9593_22-5884138.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/30/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: technology, yahoo

Court bars engineers from doing speech technology work at Yahoo after company claims the search giant "gutted" its R&D department.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Yahoo+accused+of+poaching+speech+engineers/2100-9588_22-5885971.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/29/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: technology, web

U.S. Patent Office reaffirms key Web-browsing patent held by University of California and Eolas Technology.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+loses+in+Eolas+patent+ruling/2100-9588_22-5885657.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/30/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: technology

Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, detailed specifications for a $100 windup-powered laptop targeted at children in developing nations. Negroponte, who laid out his original proposal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, said MIT and his nonprofit group, called One Laptop Per Child, is [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/100-laptop-moves-closer-to-reality/

Date: 10/05/05 (Security)    Keywords: technology

Technology deals announced today aim to increase protection against online fraud attacks for the ISP's subscribers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/AOL+notches+up+barrier+against+phishers/2100-1009_22-5889351.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/10/05 (Security)    Keywords: technology

Company chief technology officer says it's looking into a service that would automatically back up your photos, other important files.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Symantec+wants+to+secure+your+memories/2100-1009_22-5892387.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/12/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: technology

It is very easy to watermark photos and prevent them from downloading in the clear, but few people take advantage of that technology. Cost and complexity must be issues, because issuing threats is never any fun.

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=467&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/19/05 (Security)    Keywords: technology

Lack of clear return on investment, combined with interoperability issues, is holding back adoption of the technology.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Finding+business+for+biometrics/2100-1009_22-5902698.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn