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A start-up company plans to release software at the end of this year that it claims will make it possible for applications designed for one platform to run on another at near native speed. Transitive Technologies Ltd.’s QuickTransit software, which resides in Flash memory or on a computer’s hard drive, decodes application binaries into an intermediate form, optimizes blocks of code and stores them in cache, then encodes for the target processor. It’s sort of a plug-in approach where companies will be able to mix and match starting and target operating systems, explained vice president of marketing Ed McKernan. “We...

Just asking... John Kerry's discharge papers from 1978 (as posted on his website) were typed with proportional type and justified right-hand margins. Was this common on official Navy discharge papers from 1978? http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/jkmilservice/Honorable_Discharge_From_Reserve.pdf

(note from Stoat: This article goes on for eleven pages and so I'm only going to post an excerpt. Please be sure to go to the original article and read more than what I've posted here because there's a tremendous amount of real-world information that I would consider essential reading if you're considering the XP-2 patch either for your PC or for your enterprise) Forget the ivory-tower pundits--here are first-hand reports from the trenches, relayed by your peers who've already installed the new Service Pack. By Fred Langa, InformationWeek Sept. 6, 2004 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=46200911 You've heard a lot about Windows...

Hi - My PC clone has AMD-K6 & Win 98 SE 1. What changes do I have to make, (and how), to make my computer Boot from CD-ROM? I have a CD that has FreeSBIE / (FreeBSD) on it. When I am able to boot from the CD-ROM, then the FreeBSD is supposed to run the computer from the CD. 2. The ribbon cable that goes to the Hard Drive has that extra plastic connector in the middle of the cable. If I connect a 2nd hard drive to that extra connector, (also with the power connection), what else do...

One in 10 corporate PC users will encounter difficulties in upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 2, according to AssetMetrix. Smaller firms will be hit hardest by compatibility problems between their applications and the much anticipated update of Microsoft's flagship operating system, the Canadian asset management firm says. Microsoft has issued a list of applications that require modification in order to work properly with XP SP2. The list has been in a state of flux since XP SP2 was released. But based on the current list of approximately 60 applications with SP2 compatibility problems, AssetMetrix reckons that an average company...

I just had my hard drive fail. It stopped spinning. Does anyone have experience with a company that recovers the data off a broken hard drive? What price is reasonable? What type of success rate is expected?

I was looking at the computer of a user who has Windows 2000, in the hope of setting her up to get Windows updates semi-automatically (that is, she gets the updates automatically, then chooses which ones to install). I found, however, that she has no control panel icon for "automatic updates." Furthermore, when I click on the "windows update" link on the left side of the control panel window, I see a message that says that apparently a person must be logged in as adminstrator to get updates. That seems really inconvenient. Therefore, can she do automatic updates at all,...

A couple of months ago, we rolled out G.O.P. Portal Interactive Wallpaper, powered by Deskpops. And the response was incredible. Thousands of news junkies realized they could keep up with the latest news from Newsmax, WorldNetDaily and more, right on their desktops...and we mean RIGHT ON THEIR DESKTOPS! But now, we've made a great service even better! Instead of 5 news sources, G.O.P. Portal Interactive Wallpaper now features over 70 sources, including Free Republic, Newsmax, WorldNetDaily, Steyn Online, The Christian Science Monitor and more. You can also find the latest news from the Bush-Cheney 04 Campaign and raw news feeds...

I am running XP. I click on "control panel" then select the link for Windows update. The next screen tells me that I am set up for automatic updates. The problem is, I don't remember how I did so, and cannot find a link to a dialog that lets me change this setting. Neither the "settings" link nor the "administrator options" link allows me to change this setting. Also, how would I set up automatic updates in Windows 2000? Thanks.

I created a thread here a couple weeks back. I was asking for help with a Web site that I was planning on building for the OSU College Republicans. Well I have now built that Web site, and you can view it here. Let me know what you think of it. But I do have another problem I would like some help with. I recently added some links from gop.com and georgewbush.com They are news tickers. I believe this is what is causing the errors. Could any expertise freepers help me out. It keeps asking me if I want to...

Richard Cunningham is like many twenty somethings in the United States -- he enjoys hanging out at the bars with friends, motorcycling, hiking and buying the latest electronic gadgets. He regularly puts in 12-hour days from his home office and is respected by peers in his industry. But his industry is about as unconventional as it gets. And if the anti-spam community discovered who he really was, it would go out of its way to make life as difficult as possible for a guy who profits from flooding your e-mail inbox. "Richard Cunningham" more than likely isn't his real name;...

ZoneAlarm Security Suite blocked access to port 21 on your computer No breach in your security has occurred. Your computer is safe. What happened? ZoneAlarm Security Suite prevented a remote computer from connecting to port 21 on your computer. This connection attempt was probably a port scan trying to find unprotected FTP (File Transfer Protocol) servers. To learn more about port scans, see the Details tab. Should I be concerned? No. ZoneAlarm Security Suite blocked the connection attempt, so no harm can come to your computer from it. Port scans are very common on the Internet and are not usually...

Sasser kid blamed for viral plague By John Leyden A staggering 70 per cent of viral activity in the first half of this year can be linked to just one German teenager, according to anti-virus firm Sophos. Sven Jaschan, 18, the self-confessed author of the NetSky and Sasser worms is blamed by Sophos for the vast majority of viral reports it recorded during the first six months of 2004. Just two of Jaschan's viruses - the infamous Sasser worm and NetSky-P - account for almost 50 per cent of all virus activity seen by Sophos up until the end of...

In the last few minutes, when attempting to access the web via Netscape with Free Republic designated as my home page, it freezes. I changed my homepage to another site and I had no problems. I accessed the internet via Internet Explorer with FR as my homepage and no problem. Is this a Netscape or FR problem? My cache files are cleared and I do not have a problem with other sites.

In a move that surprised many video game industry officials, the children’s toy manufacturer Nerf filed a slander lawsuit against every major marketer of massive online games. In a press release Nerf stated that they were suing for monetary compensation for profits lost as a result of the slander perpetrated by the gaming companies. Online game companies have long been in the habit of reducing the capabilities of characters, weapons, spec lines, and other game related mechanics while increasing the capabilities of their billing computers. This situation lead to the creation of the Internet slang term “nerf” which has come...

I downloaded Red Hat version of Linux last night. I am having trouble even get started installing the software. Before I invest any more time, is it worth me installing Linux on my home computer? I do not write my own software. However, I am attracted that the system is free, and the applicable software is cheap Lindows office, $29. I would like your thoughts. Also, will all my Windows based software work with Linux?

Mine is the generation that will say they saw the fiery tragic demise of the clunky indestructible rotary-dial telephone and the instant tsunami-like skull-crushing advent of the beeping screaming yammering cell-phone culture like some sort of rabid brilliant must-have disease.

I have 2 problems with my computer. When I boot up, after icons appear, I get a box that states "shortcut problem" with MORZE2.lnk. If I click OK to get rid of the box, another immediately appears with a different .lnk extension and if I click OK again, I get another one, another one, and so on with different names. I've attempted to locate these stupid links and even when into dos to try and delete them without success. The other problem is I know I have spyware because I downloaded two different spyware killers which scanned my machine and...

NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE What’s the Point? Edward A. Smith, Jr. (Nevermind the numbers interspersed throughout the paper. I didn't feel to remove them.) What is network-centric warfare? What’s the point? Many attempts to answer these questions emphasize the “network” and the new technologies used to create more effective sensor and communications architectures. These architectures, it is argued, will enable us to create and exploit a common situational awareness, increase our speed of command, and “get inside the enemy’s OODA [observe, orient, decide, and act] loop.”1 Yet such descriptions of technologies and capabilities can leave us asking the same questions: What is...

SEATTLE - As a vice president at security software leader Symantec Corp., Matthew Moynahan applauds Microsoft Corp.'s effort to make its Windows operating system safer from attack. But Moynahan is not so excited about the flood of help-desk calls almost certain to come when Microsoft releases a comprehensive security overhaul of Windows XP next month. His company's Norton antivirus software runs on about 100 million desktop computers. To make the new Microsoft system work smoothly with Norton, customers will need to download a Norton update. The company is already bracing for the change, working with its customer support staff and...