One flaw, in the Microsoft Color Management Module, could lead to a computer being infected by a user simply viewing an infected image on a Web site.
Most people probably wouldn't want their computer to lead a double life as an agent in a seething, cybercriminal organization.
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Sumit Gupta, product lead for high performance computer at Nvidia, recalls the amused interest the company faced at the U.S. Supercomputing conference three years ago.
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Speed and reliability lead to calls for expensive computer and communications systems, which become dramatically more profitable as they carry more trading.
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Even inputting data into the hospital's computer system can lead to mistakes.
We led the world in the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century, and we lead the world again in computer and biotech revolutions.
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Early exposure to computer science can lead students to develop an aptitude or liking for the subject, apply for opportunities like tech internships, and pursue it as a career path.
In 1997, shortly after Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the struggling computer maker to lead a turnaround, PC kingpin Michael Dell was asked what he would do if he were running Apple.
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Dr Pyykko and his colleagues made two versions of a computer model of how lead-acid batteries work.
How could a corporation report a theft of computer code that could lead to arrest, which then led to a 97 month prison sentence for Aleynikov?
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They could not have guessed where that hunch would lead: to a dustup over computer privacy, a personal injury lawsuit, a government investigation and a very embarrassed public company.
Prof Nicolelis said the experiments could lead to the creation of a biological computer -- or "brain-net" -- linking multiple brains.
Lead by example through making certain government computer systems and networks are secure and that the best information security measures are used.
But strong cultures can lead to strategic rigidity, as Apple Computer discovered.
Amid the glee, however, is the offsetting fear that the Microsoft trial could lead to more government intervention in the computer industry.
But here's the danger: While the U.S. gained an early lead and never lost it in the computer and Internet revolutions, it is not the early leader in all areas of nanotechnology.
These new interfaces will lead to fundamental changes in the way that computer systems are controlled using operating system and general software.
Unpack the computer, hook it up and lead it through the sometimes cumbersome startup process, which may involve such delights as having to enter DNS server information from your Internet service provider.
The sheer volume of data involved in modelling the brain will itself lead to "radically new" IT with new computer technologies designed to manage the flow.
Big busts are rare because our computer models are so darned good, lead by the flashy Euro, run twice a day out of the United Kingdom, which has developed a reputation for nailing disruptive Atlantic Coast cyclones days ahead of time.
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The study doesn't prove that watching TV or playing computer games is inherently unhealthy, says the lead researcher, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Ph.
He established his first studio Adventures Unlimited Software, Inc. in 1983, where he acted as the lead designer and programmer of several fantasy role-playing computer games.
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Biotechnology research promises to find cures for diseases, but it could also lead to people crafting real viruses the way teenagers create computer viruses now, Friedman says.
D. level climate scientists that work at Columbia University's Earth Institute and even if you do not understand the physics of climate change or the computer models predicting global warming, common sense alone might lead you to think that human beings and their machines are making the planet warmer.
British expats Perry and Carolyn Butler arrived in California in 1982 with one suitcase each, a job for Perry at a computer-services company, and little idea where life would lead them.
"It was as if the computer were looking into the eyes of his victim" commented the lead commentator of the match, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley.
This will lead to shortages and higher prices for hard disk drives and will cause problems for computer, consumer and enterprise storage customers well into 2012.
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In its bid to keep Big Blue's lead in the server market, IBM has launched the fastest-ever microprocessor and computer server, with the double whammy of being energy efficient, and thus relatively cheap to run.
Around the time I got my driver's license my priorities shifted and I did what seemed like the sensible thing, following the lead of my former colleague Thomas Ricker by heading off to Ohio University intending to major in computer science.
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