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Yearly Archives: 2003

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Nog één jaar en dan kan ik met pensioen: Het aandeel van de 45-plussers in het personeelsbestand van bedrijven uit de informatica- en telecomsector ligt bijzonder laag: minder dan 10 procent.

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The Register: Galileo, the prestigious European satellite navigation system, is under threat by the US military, which wants to degrade its accuracy. The Economist: The proper analogy for what the internet might evolve into, says Novell’s Mr Nugent, is a public library, a place where readers can browse in relative anonymity, but only until they [...]

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NYT: As more consumers begin surfing the Web and sending e-mail messages on cellphone and hand-held devices, along comes a new worry: worms and viruses spread via Internet-enabled handsets. News.com: Of all the accomplishments in the annals of technology, Fred Cohen’s contribution is undeniably unique: He introduced the term “virus” to the lexicon of computers. [...]

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Gerry McGovern: “Nochtans heeft zich in de internetwereld een

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How Much Information? 2003: Print, film, magnetic, and optical storage media produced about 5 exabytes of new information in 2002. Ninety-two percent of the new information was stored on magnetic media, mostly in hard disks.

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New York Times: AT&T Labs has determined that a significant majority of movies on P2P networks are the result of leaks from movie industry insiders. The Register: Intel’s vision of the future of mobile computing is a hard drive with built in wireless.

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Tijd: In het gewone secundair onderwijs is er gemiddeld een computer per 6,2 leerlingen. Voor het gewone basisonderwijs is dat één op elf.

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Larry Seltzer: Microsoft Security Notices: A Double Standard on Spam?

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Sam Williams: Famous programs from just a generation or two ago are in danger of disappearing from human ken, forever.

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Tom Henderson: E-mail is dead.