He survived a Unabomber assassination attempt. Now as chief scientist for Mirror Worlds Technologies, David Gelernter wants to change the way you work on a PC. He survived a Unabomber assassination attempt. Now as chief scientist for Mirror Worlds Technologies, David Gelernter wants to change the way you work on a PC.
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A new worm and a phishing scam are targeting members of the America Online and Yahoo instant messaging networks, security companies warned Tuesday in the US.
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Spammers are increasingly turning to mobile text-messaging, Web-based instant messaging, blogs and social-networking communities such as MySpace.com, according to mail services company MessageLabs.
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Is the "Semantic Web" the new Internet, or a complex technology in search of a problem to solve? Tim Berners-Lee and company make a pitch for new ways to get the most out of the Internet.
The popular Web syndication's brand of flexibility promises to make life difficult for all those attempting to bring order to the natural chaos that defines the Internet.
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Intrusive registration process and fee-based add-ons keep us from warming up to this instant messenger.
The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?
It seems like a simple enough idea to let you put Web-like hyperlinks into your Office documents. Simple, we wish... We've seen more panicked messages about hyperlinks as time goes by.
Though it doesn't offer earth-shattering new features and interface issues remain, Windows Mobile 6 brings a collection of noteworthy improvements that makes its mobile devices easier to use and equips mobile professionals with more robust productivity tools.
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