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Published 1/21/2009 by Deborah Gage at SFGate: Technology
Downadup worm rages through PCs The Downadup worm managed to infect 9 million PCs last week and is still reportedly invading more than 1 million PCs a day. Also known as Conficker, the worm gets into your machine through a hole in Microsoft Windows and makes...
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electronicsblog.sel.sony.com 1/21/2009 — Sony Electronics Blog - T T T + Change Text Size You Can't Tell a Netbook by its Cover author posted 1/20/2009 We had a lot of fun at CES telling people why the new VAIO P series lifestyle PC is not a so-called netbook computer. Although at first ...
electronicsblog.sel.sony.com 1/21/2009 — Sony Electronics Blog - T T T + Change Text Size You Can't Tell a Netbook by its Cover author posted 1/20/2009 We had a lot of fun at CES telling people why the new VAIO P series lifestyle PC is not a so-called netbook computer. Although at first ...
Microsoft’s money backs an IBM adversary - again
blogs.ft.com 1/21/2009 — Whenever a significant legal challenge is filed against IBM, it seems you don’t have to scratch the surface much to find Microsoft lurking somewhere in the background. Take the complaint that has just been filed with the European Commission ...
blogs.ft.com 1/21/2009 — Whenever a significant legal challenge is filed against IBM, it seems you don’t have to scratch the surface much to find Microsoft lurking somewhere in the background. Take the complaint that has just been filed with the European Commission ...
Microsoft was advised not to brand Home Basic as Vista
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com 1/22/2009 — A key area of controversy in an ongoing lawsuit is whether Microsoft misled consumers by allowing computer makers to label PCs as "Vista Capable" when they could only run the most basic version of the Vista operating system, known as Vista Home Basic. ...
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com 1/22/2009 — A key area of controversy in an ongoing lawsuit is whether Microsoft misled consumers by allowing computer makers to label PCs as "Vista Capable" when they could only run the most basic version of the Vista operating system, known as Vista Home Basic. ...
News: Microsoft mobile music store starts on a bum note
pcpro.co.uk 1/21/2009 — Microsoft has launched a mobile music store in the UK that allegedly downloads music directly to handsets - although not in PC Pro's early trials. The MSN Mobile service - which is available on all UK networks - is offering 1 million tracks, 25,000 ...
pcpro.co.uk 1/21/2009 — Microsoft has launched a mobile music store in the UK that allegedly downloads music directly to handsets - although not in PC Pro's early trials. The MSN Mobile service - which is available on all UK networks - is offering 1 million tracks, 25,000 ...
Microsoft launches mobile music service - Brand Republic News
brandrepublic.com 1/21/2009 — From today, UK consumers can download more than one million tracks, 25,000 realtones and 10,000 music videos from artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Britney Spears and Pink across the world's major record labels, including Sony Music and Warner Music. ...
brandrepublic.com 1/21/2009 — From today, UK consumers can download more than one million tracks, 25,000 realtones and 10,000 music videos from artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Britney Spears and Pink across the world's major record labels, including Sony Music and Warner Music. ...
Tale Of Two Microsofts: How Does Redmond Develop Software? — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 1/20/2009
My recent post (a rant, really) " More Than Coding Mistakes At Fault In Bad Software ," lamented the lack of well-tempered development practices, particularly as regards PC software, among most programmers. Which leads directly to another can of ...
My recent post (a rant, really) " More Than Coding Mistakes At Fault In Bad Software ," lamented the lack of well-tempered development practices, particularly as regards PC software, among most programmers. Which leads directly to another can of ...
Citrix plans 'bare metal' desktop hypervisor — Latest from Computerworld 1/21/2009
In an effort to broaden the use of desktop virtualization tools, Citrix Systems is working with Intel to develop a bare-metal hypervisor that could run on PCs independently of the regular client operating system.
In an effort to broaden the use of desktop virtualization tools, Citrix Systems is working with Intel to develop a bare-metal hypervisor that could run on PCs independently of the regular client operating system.
Is this a solution to crapware on Windows PCs? — Latest from Computerworld 1/21/2009
Company is offering software called SmileDock that it says can help users control the amount of so-called crapware that's installed on their PCs.
Company is offering software called SmileDock that it says can help users control the amount of so-called crapware that's installed on their PCs.
Downadup worm now infects 1 in every 16 PCs, says Panda Security — Latest from Computerworld 1/21/2009
The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least one out of every 16 PCs worldwide, Panda Security said today, and it may have managed to compromise as many as nearly one in three.
The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least one out of every 16 PCs worldwide, Panda Security said today, and it may have managed to compromise as many as nearly one in three.
Intel to shut four plants, lay off 6,000 — Latest from Computerworld 1/21/2009
Amidst a bevy of bad news in the PC market, Intel Corp. took two corrective steps this week, aggressively slashing prices on chips on Monday and announcing today that it would close four chip plants and cut as many as 6,000 jobs. ...
Amidst a bevy of bad news in the PC market, Intel Corp. took two corrective steps this week, aggressively slashing prices on chips on Monday and announcing today that it would close four chip plants and cut as many as 6,000 jobs. ...
