Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft’s products (Alex Wilhelm/The Next Web)
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft’s products — Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft took the verbal gloves off: During his keynote, CEO Steve Ballmer mocked Apple’s Mac sales numbers. He compared the number of PCs sold in the last twelve months …
Windows Thin PC download now available (Alex Wilhelm/The Next Web)
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:Windows Thin PC download now available — Several weeks after its release to manufacturer build shipped, the Windows Thin PC client is now available for general download by Microsoft Software Assurance customers. Windows Thin PC is a small Windows 7 footprint build that is designed for use in the enterprise [...]
Major labels, music publishers lining up behind Apple’s iCloud (Alex Pham/Company Town)
Alex Pham / Company Town:Major labels, music publishers lining up behind Apple’s iCloud — Apple Inc. has just sewn up its contracts with the four major record labels Thursday for a cloud music service, with agreements from music publishers to follow on Friday, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
What’s New in Chrome 10? (Alex Chitu/Google Operating System)
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:What’s New in Chrome 10? — Google Chrome 10 is ready for primetime and it comes with a surprising number of new features. Here are some of them: — 1. The Options dialog is now a web page that opens in a new tab. Chrome has one less modal dialog [...]
Stuxnet virus attack: Russia warns of ‘Iranian Chernobyl’ – Alex Jones’ Prison Planet.com
But they have raised serious concerns about the extensive damage caused to the plant’s computer systems by the mysterious Stuxnet virus, which was discovered … Israeli cyber attack. According to Western intelligence reports, Russian scientists warned …
Online privacy debates heat up in Washington (Alex Howard/O’Reilly Radar)
Alex Howard / O’Reilly Radar:Online privacy debates heat up in Washington — The issue of electronic privacy is as hot as the weather in Washington this summer. Last week, both the House and Senate held hearings on online privacy, featuring testimony from top executives from Facebook, Apple and Google.
Scientist ‘Infected’ With Computer Virus – Alex Jones’ Prison Planet.com
A British scientist has become the first human to be infected with a computer virus. Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, has had a computer chip implanted in his hand. The chip is programmed to open security doors to …
Apple to wrap digital books in FairPlay copy protection (Alex Pham/L.A. Times Tech Blog)
Alex Pham / L.A. Times Tech Blog:Apple to wrap digital books in FairPlay copy protection — When Apple launches its iBook store to sell titles for its new iPad device in March, many of its titles are expected to come with a set of handsome digital locks designed to deter piracy. — Veteran iTunes customers [...]
