Friday Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on February 5, 2005 at 12:24:49 AM
You know, I typed up a rather large news post earlier today, and I hit preview and not submit and went off the page. I basically wasted my life in those 15 minutes. Dammit. That's okay, there's more interesting news now.
Study finds few bugs in MySQL.
Magic lights that turn off when you leave. Ohh wait, we have that already.
Kazaa's employees hate installing Kazaa on their computers. Adware is the complaint.
And how about the 13 flaws to be patched by Microsoft.
Mine is bigger than yours? No, it's HUGE. HVD promises to put a TB (1024GB) on a disk.
Even the FBI gets hit with problems once and awhile.
Spam not only tastes like crap, but it costs companies nearly $22 Billion per year.
The new MSN search, will it overthrow Google? No, but it is a step in the right direction.
Study finds few bugs in MySQL.
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Coverity's analysis of MySQL found an average of one bug in every 4,000 lines of code--results that are at least four times better than is typical with commercial software.
Magic lights that turn off when you leave. Ohh wait, we have that already.
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The sensor systems essentially monitor activity and traffic in rooms. If people--which, to a sensor, are just blobs--leave, the sensors send a signal to the network to turn down or turn off the lights. Creating mesh networks for connecting sensors and integrating the sensors into existing building lighting systems are some of the technical challenges.
Kazaa's employees hate installing Kazaa on their computers. Adware is the complaint.
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The adware "slows down users' machines and can affect other activity such as browsing the Internet," Morle wrote. "We are also adding increasing p2p networks to the users' machines. These are good value to users but they use more resources and create confusion for users as to what resources they are sharing and where this can be controlled."
And how about the 13 flaws to be patched by Microsoft.
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There will be 13 updates in total, Microsoft said. That includes a critical flaw affecting Office and Visual Studio, and another critical flaw involving Windows, Windows Media Player and MSN Messenger. Also on the way are a patch for an "important" vulnerability in .Net Framework and a fix for "moderate" problems with SharePoint Services and Office.
Mine is bigger than yours? No, it's HUGE. HVD promises to put a TB (1024GB) on a disk.
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A TB-size disc would certainly compress movie collections. The consortium said an HVD disc could hold as much data as 200 standard DVDs and transfer data at over 1 gigabit per second, or 40 times faster than a DVD. HVD is a possible successor to technologies such as Blu-ray and HD DVD. Single layer Blu-ray discs hold about 25GB of data while dual-layer discs hold 50GB. Ordinary DVD discs, meanwhile, hold about 4.7GB. HVD technology will be pitched at corporations and the entertainment market, the HVD Alliance said.
Even the FBI gets hit with problems once and awhile.
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The bureau is investigating whether someone hacked into the http://www.fbi.gov e-mail system, which is run by a private company, officials said. "We use these accounts to communicate with you folks, view internet sites, and conduct other non-sensitive bureau business such as sending out press releases," Special Agent Steve Lazarus, the FBI's media coordinator in Atlanta, said in an e-mail describing the problem.
Spam not only tastes like crap, but it costs companies nearly $22 Billion per year.
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A telephone-based survey of adults who use the Internet found that more than three-quarters receive spam daily. The average spam messages per day is 18.5 and the average time spent per day deleting them is 2.8 minutes.
The new MSN search, will it overthrow Google? No, but it is a step in the right direction.
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After investing hundreds of millions of dollars into search technology and marketing, Microsoft definitely considers this a battle which can be won. Granted, the spoils of the search engine market will never be completely in one victor's pocket... that is, unless there's such an allure to one that washes out the others - much like Google on Altavista and Excite@Home.