Computers and Internet

posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 28th Oct 2007 16:55 UTC (OS News)

9 Jul 2008

This is the second article in a series on common usability and graphical user interface related terms [ part I ]. On the internet, and especially in forum discussions like we all have here on OSNews, it is almost certain that in any given discussion, someone will most likely bring up usability and GUI related terms - things like spatial memory, widgets, consistency, Fitts' Law , and more.

The Internet gets a patch, as DNS bug is fixed (Computerworld Singapore)

9 Jul 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, 8 JULY 2008 - Makers of the software used to connect computers on the Internet collectively released software updates Tuesday to patch a serious bug in one of the Internet's underlying protocols, the Domain Name System (DNS).

Internet team saves users (Herald Sun)

9 Jul 2008

COMPUTER industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the internet that would let hackers control traffic on the world wide web.