This lets it automate complex interactions with servers, and co-ordinate offline and online requests. These assume the client is continually connected, and break when the connection fails, or become unusable when the bandwidth is too low.
The bug appears to affect an Exchange component called Outlook Web Access (OWA), which allows users to access their inboxes and folders via a web browser. In 2001, Microsoft released a patch for the OWA feature in Exchange 5.5 and 2000, but the...
Tens of thousands of businesses with a BT broadband connection were knocked offline on Friday when BT's network suffered a major crash. According to BT, the firms affected were those that happened to be connected through the Bletchley facility...
Its broadband connectivity and email and usenet servers were hit, and around half its customers who were connected at the time were knocked offline. Tens of thousands of small businesses and individuals were forced offline on Thursday, after a...
Tech start-up Webaroo - which offers a software service enabling users to download web content onto mobile devices and then browse it without the need for an internet connection - has released an offline version of Wikipedia.
A compromised ATM could result in a network being forced offline, and/or lost customer data and stolen identities. Up to 90 per cent of the ATMs in the UK could be at risk from these attacks as they rely on desktop PC technology - usually Intel...