WebAgain Can Undo What Hackers Do
If you have a Web site, there are few things worse than finding that it's the victim of a hacker attack.
Stories by Stan Miastkowski
Wireless Web Hits Higher Speeds
The wireless Internet may offer many conveniences, but a fast connection isn't one of them. Now, 1 megabit-per-second speeds may soon be within reach, through work by ArrayComm Inc. with its I-Burst wireless technology.
Learning from the Love Bug
Just when you think you can take a breather from virus paranoia, something else gets the adrenaline flowing. Late Friday we heard reports of the Killer Resume virus, a new variant of the infamous Melissa virus that started the era of widespread infections back in March of 1999.
Install a New Hard Drive
Just when you thought your PC's hard drive was big enough for any data you could throw at it, along come huge new applications that create ever larger data files. Throw in those not-so-economy-sized operating systems like Windows 2000 Professional, and suddenly--if you work with byte-hungry graphics, sound, or video files--you need all the storage space you can get.
Tiny Toshiba Drives Offer Big Storage
Hard drive manufacturers keep stuffing more and more data into smaller drives. That's hardly anything new, right? But Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. is bringing small drives even further down to size. Last week, the company rolled out what it claims are the highest-capacity small drives available.
Developing Spec Will Speed Disk Drives
Hard drives keep getting bigger, faster, and cheaper--and often the interface between the drive and the motherboard can't keep up. But a group of more than two dozen vendors of PCs, drives, and interfaces is banding together to write a new specification designed to solve current problems and speed the growth of drive technology.
Love Letter Worm Spreading Quickly
Who can resist opening an e-mail message with a subject line that reads, "ILOVE YOU"? Apparently, not too many people. An e-mail virus (technically a worm) contained in that message suddenly appeared on Thursday and is quickly spreading throughout the world.
Renamed Love Letter Worm Still Spreads
PC users should watch for two variants of the worm spreading rapidly through e-mail, as the Love Letter virus that has wreaked havoc today is apparently renamed and still spreading.
Iomega and D-Link Boost IEEE 1394
Although the ultrahigh-speed IEEE 1394 interface is growing popular, it's still not in the mainstream for many PC users. Iomega Corp. is merging into that lane with the release of an IEEE 1394 adapter for the Universal Serial Bus version of its Zip 250MB drive.
Compaq and Sony Unveil Notebooks
It must be spring. Like plants putting forth flowers, PC vendors keep rolling out new notebook computers that feature more power and lower prices. The latest entries to bloom are from Compaq Computer Corp. and Sony Corp.
IBM cuts costs and size of PCs
IBM has fired another shot in the battle of the low-cost PC.
Pinnacle Puts HDTV on Your PC
The future of TV may be high-definition and digital, but many viewers still face a huge roadblock: the $3000 to $6000 budget-busting price of any TV capable of displaying HDTV.
Sony Rolls Out Low-Cost Video PC
The increasing popularity of digital video camcorders, which allow you to input data directly to PCs, has made the market for PCs that can edit video a hot one. And this week Sony Corp. rolled out what so far is the lowest-cost PC designed specifically for building potential movie masterpieces.
IBM Revamps ThinkPad Lines
If you're thinking about a portable PC, IBM Corp. wants you to think about a ThinkPad. This week, the company is introducing a new generation of mid- to high-end models that are designed to be easier to use as well as easier for information technology professionals to manage.
Shift Your Graphics Into Overdrive
Today's graphics-intensive business applications and mind-boggling 3D computer games push graphics cards to the edge. Swapping out your tired old graphics card for a hot new model can give even an older, slower PC a dramatic performance boost. The technology underlying the dedicated graphics processors used in today's graphics cards is every bit as advanced as the fastest Intel Corp. Pentium III and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Athlon CPUs.