IBM hopes to make Internet telephony more attractive. When personal computers (PCs) convert speech into data packets, two people can talk over the Internet. But there is no way of sending a ringing
Computer viruses flourish on the Internet. Every time a file is downloaded, there is a chance that a virus is taking a ride. Some viruses even hide in e-mail attachments.
A recent coup on the Internet, which broke the monopoly held by the Netherland's state publishers over information, throws light on what is being referred to as Internet activism
In the past, 'encryption' was a term closely related to espionage, which entailed the cloak-and-dagger despatch of secretly coded messages by spies from behind enemy lines. But in the modern world
The Internet has been doubling its size every year since 1988: it is the fastest growing communications medium ever. More than 40 million people have access to it today. Over 110 countries have
Private access Two Purdue University students discovered a major flaw in the highly-regarded Kerberos software, developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
COMPUTERESE IN CHINESE: When in China, turn Chinese. The US- based Microsoft Corp seems to have no qualms about following this strategy. It has just set Chineselanguage standards for its
Potential Internet users are often intimidated by, its complexity. different protocols, data formats and applications needed to make full use of the information and services. The Financial
