Branson launching digital magazine for iPad (Agence France Presse)

Agence France Presse:Branson launching digital magazine for iPad  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – British tycoon Richard Branson on Tuesday will unveil a digital magazine tailored for viewing on Apple’s popular iPad tablet computers, according to press conference invitations.  —  Word of Branson’s plans to publish …


HP to pay 55 million dollars in kickbacks case (Agence France Presse)

Agence France Presse:HP to pay 55 million dollars in kickbacks case  —  WASHINGTON — Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay 55 million dollars to settle claims the US computer giant defrauded the US government, the Justice Department announced Monday.  —  The settlement resolves allegations that HP paid kickbacks …


China’s wired youth forget how to write (Judith Evans/Agence France Presse)

Judith Evans / Agence France Presse:China’s wired youth forget how to write  —  HONG KONG — Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising tens of thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system.  —  Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong …


N.Korea uses Twitter for propaganda offensive (Agence France Presse)

Agence France Presse:N.Korea uses Twitter for propaganda offensive  —  SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea’s propaganda campaign has surged into the 21st century with a new Twitter account, hot on the heals of its foray into video with clips posted on YouTube.  —  South Korea blocks the site and few in North Korea have access even [...]


Java on Smart Cards: Programming and Security: First International Workshop, JavaCard 2000 Cannes, France, September 14, 2000 Revised Papers

Product DescriptionPost-proceedings of the First Intl Workshop, JavaCard 2000, held in Cannes, France, September 14, 2000. All current theoretical and application oriented aspects of smart card security based on Java Card language programs are addressed. Softcover…. More >> Java on Smart Cards: Programming and Security: First International Workshop, JavaCard 2000 Cannes, France, September 14, 2000 [...]