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Models and Measures
Announcements this week from Sweden’s Telelogic and Alfresco Software in San Francisco address both ends of the process that brings the next generation of Web-based applications to reality. Telelogic announced Nov. 27 its release of Version 3.0 of its Tau model-driven design tool. I had a chance to review the details of the new version…
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Mac OS X Spyware Sample Spotted
Anti-virus researchers have spotted the first signs of an adware/spyware program capable of launching browser windows on Apple Computer’s Mac OS X. According to a warning from F-Secure, a security vendor in Helsinki, Finland, the proof-of-concept program could be silently installed on a Mac’s User account and hooked to each application used by that account.…
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Mine! All Mine!
Welcome to the all-new Tech Directions column, now of a higher quality than ever before! I hope that all of you will enjoy the clearer, more insightful content that comes from this greatly improved column platform. Now, on to the content! Wait. Just a second. The specialized “security” software that comes with my new column…
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An Unchanging Vista
A respected PC industry innovator has made his opinion clear: “The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.” That judgment was delivered in 1996 by a fellow named Steve Jobs—who’s still involved in the business, I believe, at a company that some would call one of Microsoft’s most significant competitors. Does…
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Vista Boosts IE 7 Security Features
Although Internet Explorer 7 has been out for several weeks now, users of the Microsoft Web browser have yet to see all of its new features. That’s because the version of IE 7 included with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has a few capabilities that aren’t found in the version that runs on Windows XP.…
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Vista Takes Security Up a Notch
One of the advertised hallmarks of Windows Vista is security—as in Microsoft’s renewed focus on and dedication to tightening up the Windows operating system. Indeed, Vista is chock-full of new security features—including a beefed-up firewall, integrated anti-spyware functionality, BitLocker drive encryption and UAC (User Account Control)—but these features will ultimately have greater benefits for consumers.…
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