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Archive for October, 2007

Goldman fund buys 10% stake in Winton

Like AHL, Winton uses computers to look for trends in futures markets, a strategy that returned a compounded 19 per cent a year since launch, although with much higher volatility than many other hedge funds. It has also begun to diversify into other …

SAP buys Business Objects for €4.8bn

It is spending €400m introducing new software for small businesses, which will for the first time be hosted on its own computers. After seeming to shirk this technology for a long time, SAP at the start of the year committed to this step into the …

Security: Whacking Hackers

Oct. 15, 2007 issue - In a single case this summer, an attack by hackers disabled a reported 1,500 Pentagon computers. And the siege is continuing. The Defense Department detects 3 million unauthorized “scans”—or attempts by would-be intruders to …

Music-download trial begins in Minn.

In 2001, the industry persuaded a federal judge to shut down Napster, which made copyrighted music available on its own computers. The file-sharing programs that emerged to take Napster’s place point users to files available on a variety of computers

Building a computer that reads minds

They’re already predicting, mathematically, what you’ll want to watch, what you’ll want to wear, and who you’ll want to vote for. Obviously, the next step is for computers to read your mind — and that’s just what they’re working toward at Tufts …

Online video emerges as PC security hole

Computers surfing the sites silently communicate with a Web application in the background, but hackers sometimes secretly embed malicious code when they edit the open sites, and a Web browser will unknowingly execute the code. These chinks in the …

How <b>Computers</b> Transformed Baby Boomers - Baby Boomers At 60 …

Computers once filled entire rooms. Now they fit in our pockets. How a generation formed our tech landscape. … Power to the People Computers once filled entire rooms. Now they …

How <b>Computers</b> Transformed Baby Boomers - Baby Boomers At 60 …

Computers once filled entire rooms. Now they fit in our pockets. How a generation formed our tech landscape. … Power to the People Computers once filled entire rooms. Now they …

<b>Computers</b>’ Elusive Eco Factor - BusinessWeek.com - MSNBC.com

Consumers who want to weigh how their purchases affect the environment have plenty of guidelines and seals of approval to choose from for everything from cars to tissue paper …

State <b>computers</b> clean up Huckabee Wikipedia entry - Security …

Internet criticism of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee’s involvement in the pardon of a castrated rapist and his heavy use of a state airplane disappeared with a …