Computing

Innovative Computer Scientist at Carnegie Mellon, Launched Education Initiatives, Gained Worldwide Acclaim for Last Lecture

PITTSBURGH, July 25, 2008 — Randy Pausch, renowned computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, died July 25 of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47.

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May 8, 2008 -- (Anchorage, AK) -- Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg and the attorneys general of 48 other states and the District of Columbia today announced that Facebook has agreed to changes to better protect children from predators and inappropriate content on the social networking site.

Facebook logo: Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid (CC)

Facebook also agreed to participate in a task force on exploring and developing age and identity verification software. The agreement is similar to one that MySpace reached in January with 49 states and the District of Columbia.    » read more »

Final vote appears overwhelmingly in favor; input from 87 national bodies contributed to an improved specification

REDMOND, Wash., April 1, 2008 — After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has concluded its formal process to evaluate Ecma International’s submission of the Draft International Standard (DIS) 29500: Office Open XML (Open XML).    » read more »

Innovative New Intelligent Services Added in Areas of Integrated Security, Application Acceleration, Unified Communications, Mobility

Juniper Networks Enhances Market-Leading Secure Access SSL VPN Solution to Meet Evolving Requirements for High-Performance Businesses

Marvell to Demo DASH Technology at Fall IDF

Santa Clara, California (September 18, 2007) — Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions, announced it is demonstrating Marvell® Yukon® technology for advanced PC manageability based on the Desktop and Mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH) standard, at the Fall Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco.    » read more »

New Policy Includes Purge of Sensitive Data on Portable Storage Devices

September 10, 2007 -- Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced a new statewide security policy governing laptop and mobile computing devices as well as storage devices. The policy, developed by the Department of Information Technology (DOIT), takes effect immediately and applies to all executive branch agencies.    » read more »