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• Windows 8: Your Chance To Preview Coming Soon? February 7, 2012
  Microsoft appears to be getting set to launch a preview of the Windows 8 operating system that will allow average computer users to check out the forthcoming OS several months after IT pros got their first look. It hasn’t announced a release date yet, but the software maker earlier this week was touting the Windows […]
• Windows XP still hanging on as dominant OS February 2, 2012
  The decade-old OS has slowly been losing more users to Windows 7, but January marked a small resurgence in its grip on the market, according to stats out today from NetApplications. For the month, Windows XP grabbed 47.19 percent of all OS users, inching up from 46.5 percent in December. At the same time, Windows 7 saw its […]
• McAfee Mobile 2.0 Moves Beyond Virus Protection January 30, 2012
  Intel-owned McAfee has released Mobile Security 2.0, which allows users of Android-based smartphones and tablets to keep better track of what applications are up to, the company said on Monday. Today, many of Android’s perceived security weaknesses stem from the openness of Android Market, and the availability of rogue applications. McAfee has taken that to […]
• Google’s SPDY accelerator gets new wind in its sails January 27, 2012
  Has a slow Web been getting you down lately? Just imagine if your multibillion-dollar business depended on it, as Google’s does. Then imagine the glee in Google’s corridors at a significant new victory in the company’s attempt to build a Web-accelerating technology it calls SPDY into the Internet. Earlier today, Mark Nottingham, chairman of the […]
• FBI charges Megaupload operators with piracy crimes January 24, 2012
  The FBI has busted the alleged operators of Internet locker service Megaupload, which had become one of the most popular video destinations on the Web, according to a statement from the U.S. Justice Department and FBI. Seven people have been named in an indictment and four suspects have been taken into custody, according to the […]
• Hackers retaliate over Megaupload website shutdown January 20, 2012
  Hackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website. The Department of Justice (DoJ), FBI and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) among others have been bombarded with internet traffic. Web links have been been distributed which, when clicked, make the user’s computer […]
• Wikipedia, Google blackout sites to protest SOPA January 18, 2012
  Three of the Internet’s most popular destinations–Google, Wikipedia, and Craigslist--launched an audacious experiment in political activism this evening by urging their users to protest a pair of Hollywood-backed copyright laws. Wikipedia’s English-language pages went completely black at 9 p.m. PT, with a splash page saying “the U.S. Congress is considering […]
• CES 2012: 5 Trends To Watch January 2, 2012
  The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas next Tuesday, and gadget makers are getting ready to show off their latest tech products for the coming year. Every year, a few big product trends emerge. In 2011, it was all about Android tablets; in 2010, 3D televisions and e-readers dominated the show; and in […]
• Microsoft: Five things to look for in 2012 December 26, 2011
  Next year is one of those years that can’t come soon enough for Microsoft. It’s not that 2011 was a particularly difficult year. The company posted record revenue for the fiscal year that ended June 30. And its 2-year-old PC operating system, Windows 7, hit 500 million copies sold, further embedding it as the most […]
• How to Pay Less for All Your Business Gear December 23, 2011
  Here’s a New Year’s resolution that you’ll want to keep: pay less for nearly everything you buy for your business. I’m talking computers, printers, tablets, hard drives, software–the works! Easier said than done, right? Wrong. There’s actually a ridiculously simple, but little known, way to save money on most online purchases: start them at a […]