MICROSOFT OUTLOOK UNABLE TO SPREAD FOOT-AND-MOUTH

Mar 31, 2001 | humor

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Symantec’s AntiVirus Research Center today confirmed that foot-and-mouth disease cannot be spread by Microsoft’s Outlook email application, believed to be the first time the program has ever failed to...

TIME IS NOT ON YOUR COMPUTER’S SIDE

Mar 31, 2001 | computers

Your computer will probably automatically adjust the time when Daylight Savings Time returns tomorrow morning. But that may be the only thing it gets right about the time. Here’s an article that explains why your computer’s clock is notoriously...

MICROSOFT AND CONFIDENTIALITY

Mar 30, 2001 | Microsoft, security

Microsoft has new initiatives on the way that are meant to move programs and data online, relieving companies and users from some of the burden of maintaining it all. Confidentiality will be the key issue that will persuade or dissuade people from trusting the...

WORDPERFECT DEATH WATCH

Mar 30, 2001 | business, Office

Corel’s quarterly results showed a trivially small profit, but sales have completely collapsed for the WordPerfect suite. “Word processing and productivity sales plummeted from $22.1 million in Q1 2000 to $11.6 in Q1 2001.” I wasn’t able to...

NORTHPOINT DSL NETWORK DIES

Mar 29, 2001 | broadband

Last night 100,000 DSL subscribers were shut off after negotiations broke down between bankrupt Northpoint Communications and a dozen ISPs. My line is down. Here’s some more info.