The European Commission has given Microsoft extra time to provide essential information for its anti-trust investigation into Windows 2000, according to Reuters. Mario Monti, the EU competition commissioner, launched the investigation on 9 February...
People become scared to make any decision, take any actions, and conformity becomes all-pervasive. Real cultural transformation requires openness, honesty and trust, and can only be developed by throwing out the traditional culture of blame and...
Pervasive computing is here and it's going to enter most aspects of your life, according to IBM. There were 325 million pervasive computing devices in existence in 2002, and this will increase to one billion by 2005, claims the software giant.
Eugene Cox, director of mobile solutions in IBM's pervasive computing unit, said: "You can say, 'I'd like to make a trade,' and it will say 'What kind? While fully conversant computers, such as Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey, may still be a long way...
The virus led the list of the five most pervasive viruses over the last year, followed by MyDoom, Netsky.A, Netsky.D and Swen. Tatiana Gau, chief trust officer and senior vice president for integrity assurance at AOL, said in a statement: "As we...
In addition, pervasive computing will provide relevant information and processing to the user, through the embedding of devices and 'smart' sensors into the environment, while quantum cryptography could improve security.