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...said he expects some of the most useful feedback to come from students. The program’s partners include IBM, Novell, and Microsoft, according to Clippinger. The Higgins project is open source, meaning that anyone will be able to see the code behind the technology. The popular internet browser Mozilla Firefox and the operating system Linux are also open source programs. The code-name “Higgins” comes from the name of a long-tailed Tasmanian mouse, which represents the many markets that could use this technology. —Staff writer Jillian M. Bunting...
...along with a big brother, the MDA Pocket PC. Both phones run versions of Windows Mobile 5.0, though the SDA is no larger than a typical candy-bar phone. Like standard phones, it has no touch screen ? you operate it with buttons; unlike standard phones, it has an HTML browser, can juggle multiple e-mail accounts and can be filled with store-bought applications. The SDA is a platform for complex useful software, and not, like some phones, merely a way for a carrier to sell you overpriced, oversimplified downloads...
...network. “They made a lot of really good changes,” says Nettifee of the fallout.The point, however, remains the same. Information transmitted over the internet is inherently vulnerable, whether one is a sophisticated hacker or simply a layman with access to a web browser. Even with a sophisticated security systems and round-the-clock experts at its disposal, Harvard is unable to protect student information all the time. “The biggest problem is people not thinking about things,” says Scott Bradner, the University’s technology security adviser. Bradner...
...core of the free Google Pack is, in essence, a software downloader and manager. It goes out and gets the latest versions of useful free programs that are not always known or easy to find. Spyware hunter Ad-Aware, PDF viewer Adobe Reader 7, privacy-minded web browser Mozilla Firefox, and streaming-media utility RealPlayer are among them, as well as a special six-month free trial of Norton AntiVirus. Each program is optional, and it's easy to create a custom set for installation. As new versions are posted, the Google Updater quietly updates your software. This prevents...
...complaints are fairly routine. I don't like looking at really busy pages, like Amazon's welcome page, on the Internet Explorer browser. Windows Mobile 5.0 still has some compatibility issues that need to be remedied, and one wonders whether mail and instant messaging software from Yahoo! or AOL will ever be brought up to date. If it's out there, it's very hard to find. A helpful resource in this nascent period is the aptly named Windows Mobile 5.0 Fix Site wm5fixsite.com, which tracks everything that's out there, and whether or not you should touch it with...