GitHub has launched Copilot Enterprise, a customized AI coding assistant that integrates throughout the software development lifecycle, but faces skepticism about AI's impact on creativity.
In the almost 20 years since Linux was first released into the world, free for anyone to use and modify however they like, the operating system has been put to a lot of uses. Today, a vast number of servers run Linux to serve up Web pages and applications, while user-friendly versions of Linux run PCs, netbooks, and even Android and WebOS phones.
The number of mobile websites designed for touchscreen devices has skyrocketed in areas like shopping and services, a new survey shows. But could the iPad cool development of these sites? Fact is, traditional Web pages look great on the iPad.
Visually impaired Internet users will find surfing the Web easier with a new Firefox add-on that takes normal Web pages and makes them more accessible to people with low vision.
Charter Communications, one of the largest providers of cable-based broadband service in the U.S., has backed off of a plan to insert advertisements onto Web pages based on its users' Web-surfing habits after privacy advocates called the program an "attack on users."
Wikia Search, the open-source search engine that is the brainchild of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, will begin letting anyone participate in building its index by adding, deleting and rating Web pages. "This is a complete overhaul of everything," said Wales.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has withheld more than 1,300 pages on an anticounterfeiting trade agreement being quietly negotiated after two digital rights groups filed a request for information, the groups said.
Adobe has upgraded its Flash Player to fix seven vulnerabilities in the graphics and video software widely used for interactive Web pages and banner advertisements.
China's censors have started blocking access to software collaboration site GitHub, and Internet observers are speculating the government's efforts to regulate the nation's online train ticketing system are to blame.
Do different types of data have different costs of data for the same quantity? For instance, is using an equivalent amount of bandwidth, say 10Mb, viewing web pages more or less expensive than using 10Mb to download an MP3 or watch a streaming video? If so, what would cause the differences in cost? Is it the number of sources accessing the data?
There are rules, however, and anyone wanting to exercise their rights to discuss political issues on the Internet should have some understanding of them. The Center for Democracy and Technology has just put up a Web site to help people understand what their rights and responsibilities are under the current election laws. There is a whole lot of law here - the FEC's compilation of Federal campaign laws runs 221 pages.
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) continues to publish its regular reports on phishing, the practice of sending potential victims misleading e-mail messages directing them to fraudulent Web sites that look like official Web pages, usually for financial institutions such as PayPal or e-commerce sites such as eBay.
Running a site with user-generated content, such as comments or Wiki pages, poses challenges beyond the ordinary takedown letters for alleged copyright infringement. An attorney explains the DMCA's confusing "circumvention device" restrictions as it applies to Webmasters of community sites.
Jim was recently contacted by a Fortune 500 company that was interested in hiring him to evaluate its network architecture. Like most clients, the company wanted him to quote a fixed price for the project. In an attempt to get a sense of the amount of work it was going to take him to review its architecture Jim asked a company exec whether he was going to send him 40 pages of architecture documents to review or 400. Jim was not terribly surprised when told that the company did not have architecture documen
In a recent story, Denise Dubie reports on how baby boomer retirements are positioning IT job seekers with more options in a hot job market. That’s good news for job seekers, but the downside of that is it will become more difficult for you to recruit and retain IT workers. What follows are some resources for recruitment and retention gleaned from the pages of Network World.
* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass discusses publishing video on Web pages
* Help Desk columnist Ron Nutter offers advice on extending a wireless network to a second building
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Earlier in the year, we wrote about the pending AT&T/BellSouth merger and the proposed Lucent/Alcatel merger. In both cases, we invited you to comment on the merger and to interact with each other using the discussion pages at Webtorials.