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  • 30 March 2007

  • News: Can Mac OS overtake Windows?

    Should Microsoft fear Apple's Macintosh? Maybe not quaking-in-your-boots scared, mind you, but Redmond should certainly be concerned. I'll tell you why. Apple has got smarter about how it competes with Microsoft. Clearly the underdog, Apple has to make moves that can be seen as both supportive of the Windows market and good for its Mac customers at the same time.

  • Opinion: Windows tips - make XP like Vista

    Previous Versions is a particularly useful facet of Vista, but you can get get the same functionality with XP - if you know how.

  • News: Microsoft previews Windows Mobile browser

    The latest entry in the growing mobile browser wars is Deepfish. Microsoft has announced a technology preview of the new mobile browser, which is designed for delivery of content such as web pages to Windows Mobile devices.

  • News: PS3 helps Blu-ray outsell HD DVD

    News from the front in the format wars: just two weeks after its release, 100,000 copies of the Blu-ray edition of Casino Royale have shipped in the US, the first time any high-definition DVD title has hit that benchmark.

  • News: Experimental battery for $100 laptop

    For economic reasons, most of the components created for the One Laptop Per Child project’s $100 notebook computer are innovations on tried-and-true tech, not state-of-the-art. That is, except for one aspect of the device: how the laptop generates and stores power.

  • News: eEye fix released for Windows zero-day flaw

    Security vendor eEye Digital Security has released an unofficial fix for the unpatched flaw in Windows, currently being exploited by online criminals.

  • News: TK Maxx cardholders' details stolen

    In a statement to the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), the company which owes UK clothing outlet TKMaxx - TJX - revealed that hackers have stolen information from at least 45.7 million customer payment cards.

  • News: Mobile YouTube coming to handsets

    YouTube said it will launch a mobile website to allow its mobile partners to integrate YouTube videos into their offerings.

  • News: Arrested virus author fails to fix worm

    The accused mastermind behind the Panda Burning Incense worm has not done a very good job of making amends, according to security vendor Symantec.

  • News: Critical Windows bug targets surfers

    Microsoft yesterday revealed that Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000 contain a critical, unpatched vulnerability. The flaw can be used by attackers to usurp Windows PCs when Internet Explorer users surf to malicious sites. According to one expert, users running Firefox 2.0 are safe

  • 29 March 2007

  • News: Dell commits to Linux laptops & desktops

    After floating the possibility last month that it might begin selling some of its laptops and desktop PCs preloaded with Linux, Dell has announced that it will definitely offer Linux on select desktop and notebook computers due to consumer demand.

  • News: iPod & iPhone market to double

    The iPod-dominated market for media and music players to double between 2005 and 2010, according to researchers at iSuppli.

  • Opinion: Online fraud is all YOUR fault

    Or at least, that's what a UK government campaign supported by eBay, BT and Microsoft is suggesting.

  • News: Google adds new YouTube features

    New services available on YouTube could reflect growing influence of its parent company Google.

  • News: Apple offers iTunes discounts in the UK

    Apple has added a new feature called 'Complete My Album' to boost album sales at the iTunes Store. This service allows customers to turn individual tracks into a complete album at a reduced price by giving them a full 79 pence credit for every track they have previously purchased from that album through iTunes.

  • News: Web fraud costs UK victims £875 each year

    Internet fraud victims lost an average of £875 in the past 12 months, according to a safety campaign fronted by the UK government, and sponsored by eBay, Microsoft, HSBC and BT, among others.

  • News: Boot Camp enables first Vista-based Macs

    Apple has released its latest Boot Camp 1.2 beta, delivering support for 32-bit versions of Windows Vista. Boot Camp is Apple software that lets users run Windows in a separate partition on their Intel-based Mac.

  • News: Citizendium opens up on Wikipedia-killer

    Larry Sanger's answer to Wikipedia is a new online encyclopedia called Citizendium, which was launched to the public on Tuesday. Sanger, Citizendium's editor-in-chief and co-founder of Wikipedia, recently spoke to PC Advisor’s sister title Computerworld about the launch and why this time around he’s tweaking the ‘ignore all the rules philosophy’ he backed when building Wikipedia.

  • News: Vista fix repairs Apple iTunes & iPod bug

    Microsoft has released several fixes for Windows Vista bugs, including one involving the ubiquitous iPod music player that Apple didn't fix in an iTunes update three weeks ago.

  • News: New Opera browsers target IE & Firefox

    Opera Software released two technologies to beta testing, one to give web browser users a more convenient way to access their most visited sites, and another that shows off the next version of the Opera Mobile browser for Windows Mobile devices.

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