Neowin News Feed for: Tackles

Microsoft Research tackles mobile touch-screen problem

Wed, 16 May 2007 23:53:12 +0000

Daniel Vogel, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, and Patrick Baudisch, a scientist at Microsoft Research, have created a technique designed to make it easier to select items on a mobile-phone screen with... Read more...

Adobe Tackles Risky Hole in PDF

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:00:16 +0000

Adobe Systems has issued updates to fix security flaws in its Reader and Acrobat software that Secunia rated as "highly critical". An attacker could remotely commandeer a computer via vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Acrobat... Read more...

Siemens Tackles Microsoft IPTV Dominance

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:48:21 +0000

Recent speculation about problems with Microsoft's new Internet Protocol television software could give Siemens, the German telecommunications equipment giant, just the opportunity it's looking for to break into the emerging IPTV market. ... Read more...

HP iPaq Trio Tackles Security

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:18:00 +0000

Recognizing that no one device satisfies all needs, Hewlett-Packard Co. is readying three new iPaq handheld devices that offer enterprises varying degrees of security, wireless capabilities, memory, battery life and cost. With mobile security in... Read more...

Microsoft tackles AMD conflict in SP2

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:37:27 +0000

A problem in the Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP may keep owners of AMD-based computers from using the long-awaited security package under certain circumstances, according to Microsoft. In an article... Read more...

Symantec tackles patchwork approach to patching

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:08:55 +0000

Symantec is releasing a new version of its Ghost software for managing PCs that's designed to let information technology administrators apply patches en masse. Ghost 8.0, officially coming out Monday, tries to eliminate much of... Read more...

Standards group tackles XML documents

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:36:26 +0000

An e-business standards body has proposed a series of definitions for how corporations should create common business documents. The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, or OASIS, on Tuesday announced the Universal Business... Read more...

FTC Tackles Spammers Selling Drivers' Permits

Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:23:08 +0000

At least they are doing someting about spam... Naming a new target in its assault on spam, the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on companies and individuals that market fake international driving... Read more...

Trio Tackles Wireless Roaming

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 03:40:24 +0000

Motorola Inc., Avaya Inc. and Proxim Corp. on Tuesday announced plans to collaborate on devices and supporting software and hardware that can roam between cell phone networks and wireless LANs without interruption. ... Read more...

White House tackles cybersecurity

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:56:11 +0000

The White House's cyberspace security plan, scheduled to be released Wednesday, envisions a broad new role for the federal government in maintaining Internet security. While couching many concepts as mere suggestions, a draft of... Read more...