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Windows 7 share surges 40% in first week of release
4th November 2009 - 10:48 - by Arie
Overall, the Windows OS continued to lose share globally while Apple's Mac OS X picked up most of that loss, according to Net Applications.

Windows 7's market share surged nearly 40 percent in the week following its release, according to Web measurement company Net Applications.

Overall, Windows continued to lose share globally, dropping 0.23 of a percentage point during October, while Apple's Mac OS X picked up most of that loss, gaining 0.15 of a point to finish the month near 5.3 percent, its highest ever.

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Intel Boasts Breakthrough in Durable Multilayer Memory
4th November 2009 - 10:40 - by Arie
Intel and Numonyx, a company created by Intel and STMicro, say they've recently made significant headway in the development of phase change memory.

PCM is a type of non-volatile computer memory, which means it does not require a constant power supply to retain information. Though the new developments aren't ready for products yet, they could result in denser, more durable storage devices.

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Amazon downplays reports of vulnerabilities in its EC2 cloud service
4th November 2009 - 10:37 - by Arie
Hypothetical security issue described in a recent report is much harder to pull off in reality, Amazon says.

Amazon says it has taken steps to mitigate a security issue in its cloud computing infrastructure that was identified recently by researchers from MIT and the University of California at San Diego.

The report described how attackers could search for, locate, and attack specific targets in Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) because of certain underlying vulnerabilities in the infrastructure.

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Hurting Rivals, Google Unveils Free Phone GPS
2nd November 2009 - 13:18 - by Arie
GPS navigation devices were the latest must-have tech toys just two years ago, and shares of device makers like Garmin and TomTom were soaring.

That didn’t last long. In a turnabout that has been remarkably swift even for the fast-moving technology business, those companies have suffered as competition has pulled down prices — and as more people have turned to their cellphones for directions.

In the latest blow to the business, Google announced a free navigation service for mobile phones on Wednesday that will offer turn-by-turn directions, live traffic updates and the ability to recognize voice commands. The service will initially be available on only one phone, the new Motorola Droid, but will be expanded to more phones soon.

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Windows and Online Banking, Like Oil and Water
2nd November 2009 - 13:15 - by Arie
In August I wrote an article that suggested rather than doing online banking from a Windows computer, a much safer approach is to re-boot using Linux (either from a CD, USB flash drive or a memory card) and running Firefox under Linux to access banking websites.

Now, a consensus seems to be forming behind this idea.

For months, Brian Krebs has been writing in the Washington Post about companies, municipalities and school districts that suffered large losses due to online banking fraud. The impetus for my article came from one of his first stories.

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How Windows Mobile Is Becoming Microsoft's New Vista
2nd November 2009 - 13:11 - by Arie
Microsoft is still basking in the afterglow of last week's Windows 7 launch, but now faces the formidable challenge of fixing the problems in its Windows Mobile division.

That won't be easy, though, because Windows Mobile is starting to resemble a disaster of Windows Vista-esque proportions.

As was the case with Vista, repeated Windows Mobile 7 delays are frustrating Microsoft's longtime industry partners. Motorola earlier this year shifted its focus away from Windows Mobile in favor of Google Android devices. Verizon, which has been tied to rumors about Microsoft's struggling Pink smartphone project, recently kicked off a marketing push for Droid, Motorola's Android powered handset, and may also have decided to move on.

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New Malware Scams: Balloon Boy, Windows 7
2nd November 2009 - 13:08 - by Arie
If it's in the headlines, it'll probably wind up as spam.

That's the word from McAfee Labs this week as researchers at the security software firm reported that two of the biggest stories this week, the so-called "Balloon Boy" and the imminent release of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, are also the most popular search terms for malware purveyors.

According to Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at McAfee Labs, the "Balloon Boy" spam directs users to "Canadian Pharmacy" Web sites that are almost exclusively hosted in China.

The bogus Windows 7 spam sends users to sites that sell pirated software that's often laced with malware.

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Vista dropped for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
26th October 2009 - 20:49 - by Arie
Some businesses that are partway through upgrading to Windows Vista are asking to swap the OS for Windows 7, according to Microsoft.

Speaking at the London launch of Windows 7 today John Curran, the Microsoft exec who until recently headed up the Windows client group in the UK, said: "This is the first time that we have had customers talking about slipstreaming the deployment of one OS into another version, so they started with Vista and continue with Windows 7."

This would mean machines that have already been upgraded would keep the Vista OS but that Windows 7 would be installed on machines during future upgrades.

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Report: China building cyberwarfare capabilities
26th October 2009 - 20:46 - by Arie
Study finds cases suggesting China's elite hacker community has ties to the Beijing government.

China is building its cyberwarfare capabilities and appears to be using the growing technical abilities to collect U.S. intelligence through a sophisticated and long-term computer attack campaign, according to an independent report.

Released Thursday by a congressional advisory panel, the study found cases suggesting that China's elite hacker community has ties to the Beijing government, although there is little hard evidence.

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