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  • 10 July 2009

  • News: PC makers cautious over Google Chrome OS

    The PC manufacturers who are Google's hardware partners in the Chrome OS project may be less keen on the project than first appeared.

  • News: Microsoft to patch six flaws next week

    Microsoft will next Tuesday deliver six security updates. Two of the patches on Patch tuesday including two for holes that hackers have been using for months to attack Windows and Internet Explorer (IE).

  • News: Windows 7 Family Pack price revealed

    Windows 7 Family Packs that offer homes three-licences for the OS will be priced at $149.99 (£92) in the US.

  • News: Facebook getting more popular with silver surfers

    A study this week suggests that while Facebook is growing in popularity, its users are getting older.

  • News: Intel partners with Google on Chrome OS

    Intel is working with Google on the Google Chrome operating system. The world's largest chip maker has been privy to the project for some time, an Intel spokesman said today.

  • News: Microsoft joins Twitter to business app

    Microsoft has integrated its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) software with Twitter, in just the latest move by an enterprise software company to latch onto the wildly popular micro-blogging service.

  • News: Korea DDOS virus destroying data, wiping PCs

    The owners of tens of thousands of bot-infested PCs in South Korea who've resisted calls all week to update or install antivirus software will today find their PCs wiped of data, said computer security specialist AhnLab.

  • News: Ubuntu Linux maker slams Google Chrome OS

    Canonical, maker of the Ubuntu Linux PC operating system, is not worried about Google Chrome OS. The Ubuntu vendor is defiant that it can maintain its edge in the desktop Linux space despite Google's coming Chrome operating system.

  • News: Microsoft admits 18-month delay in patching IE bug

    Microsoft yesterday defended its security process against critics, despite confirming reports that it knew about a bug behind widespread Internet Explorer (IE) attacks for more than a year before it was exploited.

  • 09 July 2009

  • News: Mesh pays users £5 to upgrade to Windows 7

    Hard on the heels of software vendors such as Micro Anvika selling copies of Windows 7 for £49, PC manufacturer Mesh is offering customers the chance to buy a Windows Vista PC now, get a free upgrade to Windows 7 when it's released, and then receive a £5 bonus - in the form of a discount. In effect, Mesh is paying PC customers to use Windows 7.

  • News: Google Chrome OS FAQ

    While we know a few basics - open source, lightweight, targeted initially at netbooks, runs on x86 and ARM processors - there are a lot more mysteries to be solved before netbooks running the Chrome OS hit the shelves next year.

  • News: Microsoft Imagine Cup winners tackle world peace

    Microsoft this week announced the winners of its seventh annual Imagine Cup. At the four-day event in Cairo, Romania's Team SYTECH won the coveted software design award, South Korea's Team Wafree won for embedded development and Brazil's Team LEVV It won the game development contest.

  • News: Yahoo updates YQL, API for joining web data

    Yahoo yesterday enhanced its web service API for querying and joining data across any web source or service on the web, with the addition of capabilities to write and modify data on web services.

  • News: Microsoft must reinvent Windows, follow Apples lead

    Google's Chrome OS won't be an immediate threat to Windows, but it may force Microsoft to reinvent its operating system more quickly into a product that takes full advantage of the Web and can move more nimbly across devices, analysts said. Apple shows the way forward.

  • News: Cyber attack on South Korea to resume

    According to computer security specialist AhnLab, the massive denial of service (DoS) attack that took down some of South Korea's highest profile websites yesterday is set to resume this evening.

  • News: Microsoft rewards Sinofsky for Windows 7 success

    Microsoft is promoting Steven Sinofsky to the new position of president of the Windows division, just months before the official release of Windows 7.

  • News: Analysis: Google Chrome to hurt Linux, not Windows

    Google's new PC operating system Google Chrome is set for a titanic battle with Microsoft's Windows, but the biggest losers could be other Linux OSes currently enjoying success on netbooks, industry analysts said.

  • News: Google partners with HP, Acer on Chrome PCs

    Google is working with several companies to develop PCs around the new Google Chrome OS, including HP and Acer, the company said in a blog post last night.

  • 08 July 2009

  • News: Trojans responsible for 75% of new malware

    Trojans make up nearly three quarters of all new malware detected between April and June this year, says Panda Security.

  • News: Google already working with PC makers on Chrome OS

    Google plans to announce within the next day or so the names of PC makers in Taiwan and China that have already signed on to work with its new Chrome operating system.

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