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26 February 2010

 

Windows Activation: Does it 'phone home'?

 

Microsoft rolls out Windows 7 activation updates
alongside other Windows fixes

 

Facebook Messaging Glitch Raises Fresh Privacy Concerns

 

Facebook Awarded Patent for its News Feed

 

Intel to debut faster Atom chip Monday

 

Mysterious China Labor Shortage Could Hurt PCs, TVs

 

Sony, LG, Samsung, Hitachi, Toshiba accused of price fixing

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

25 February 2010

 

Support end dates for Windows Vista, XP SP2,
Windows 2000: Mark your calendars

 

Microsoft rolls out Windows 7 activation
updates alongside other Windows fixes

 

Microsoft launches 'phone home' anti-piracy update

 

Court order helps Microsoft tear down Waledac botnet

 

Guilty Plea for Hacker Who Took Comcast off Web

 

Report: Teen gets 15 years for Facebook blackmail

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

24 February 2010

 

Adobe Fixes Critical Bug in Flash, Reader Utility

 

Die IE6! DIE!!!

 

If IE6 decommissioned; Google attack may never have happened?

 

Supreme Court terrorist ruling could affect Gmail, Twitter and Facebook

 

Microsoft puts an end to Amazon's "free" Linux usage

 

Italy's Google Convictions Set a Dangerous Precedent

 

Apple OKs Big-Brand Bikini Babes, Nixes No-Names

 

FCC aims to free up 500MHz of spectrum for broadband

 

Xerox sues Google, YouTube and Yahoo over search patents

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

23 February 2010

 

10 things to know about Koobface gang

 

Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater

 

FCC To Reveal National Broadband Plan

 

FTC Warns of Data Breaches from P2P File Sharing

 

Not All Adult iPhone Apps Purged from App Store

 

When Schools Spy on Their Students, Bad Things Happen

 

VeriSign Rolls out New Web Site Verification Service

 

Federal judge orders Pa. schools to stop laptop spying

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

22 February 2010

 

Firefox 3.6 suffers from unpatched "highly critical" vulnerability

 

Google pulls plug on Google Gears, leaves developers stranded

 

Why RAID 6 stops working in 2019

 

Home power breakthrough? A Bloom box

 

Does Google Buzz Worry Parents? Here are Alternatives

 

Chinese schools deny role in Google hack

 

Chuck Norris botnet karate-chops routers hard

 

20 February 2010

 

Google cyber attacks traced to Chinese schools

 

School deactivates tracking feature

 

Steve Jobs Bashes Flash While Promoting Apple iPad

 

Chuck Norris Botnet Karate-chops Routers Hard

 

Nope, Windows 7 Is Not a Memory Hog

 

Outlook Social Connector add-on a worthwhile addition

 

Kneber botnet revelation shows darker underbelly of malware

 

18 February 2010

 

Microsoft: Malware behind BSoDs

 

Microsoft readies new rootkit detection tool

 

School district spying on students using laptop Webcams, claims lawsuit

 

Google gets US approval to buy and sell energy

 

Google slapped with class-action lawsuit over Buzz

 

17 February 2010

 

Adobe plugs more gaping holes in PDF Reader

 

Microsoft announces more plug-ins, releases second
Outlook Social Connector beta

 

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series Could Be a Success, Analysts Say

 

Hackers "fix" XP BSoD rootkit

 

Google Buzz complaint filed with FTC

 

FCC Wants High-Speed Internet for the Masses

 

Facebook hit with class action over privacy changes

 

16 February 2010

 

Microsoft sites hit with outage

 

Malicious PDF files comprised 80 percent of all exploits for 2009

 

Verizon users to get Skype in late March

 

Hackers at Pwn2Own to compete for $100K in prizes

 

Spammers already targeting Google Buzz

 

15 February 2010

 

Microsoft CEO Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series Software

 

Windows Phone 7: Visual Tour

 

Google Responds to Buzz Privacy Issues. Again

 

Net neutrality: A complex topic made simple

 

Criminal hacker 'Iceman' gets 13 years

 

14 tech tools that enhance computing for the disabled

 

12 February 2010

 

Microsoft Says Malware Causing Blue Screen Crashes

 

XP crashes: Malware to blame?

 

XP Update halted after BSoDs

 

Adobe warns of new Reader, Flash holes

 

Apple Offers $10K in Music for 10 Billionth iTunes Download

 

Microsoft Adds New Features to Bing Maps

 

Microsoft hit on 'unacceptable' anti-piracy practice

 

Microsoft to clamp down on activation cracks

 

Google Makes Google Buzz Privacy Controls More Visible

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

11 February 2010

 

Google Buzzfail

 

Windows update causing BSoD for some XP users

 

Microsoft Windows 7 Anti-Piracy Feature to Get Update

 

Hackers outwit Windows 7 activation

 

Microsoft's Windows 8 Will Be Completely Different, Says Manager

 

Google's Ultra-Fast Broadband: Questions and Answers

 

Google in the broadband business? Hardly

 

Veoh calls it quits: Bankruptcy filing soon

 

Interactive chart: FAA reports of battery incidents

 

Microsoft announces Office for Mac 2011

 

Intel ready to show off some netbook apps

 

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technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

10 February 2010

 

Google Buzz: Smart, useful, long road

 

Microsoft Responds to Google Buzz with Yawn

 

Google leapfrogging ISPs to deliver ultra-high-speed Web

 

Mozilla malware turns out to be false-positive

 

10 Ways Windows 7 Will Beat Back the Mac OS X Challenge

 

Speedy Mini Opera Browser Headed to iPhone

 

How to Punk Somebody on Facebook

 

Facebook, AOL link instant messaging

 

AT&T names LTE suppliers as it battles with Verizon

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

9 February 2010

 

Microsoft Patch Tuesday - 26 patches

 

Attacks likely against Windows, PowerPoint, researchers say

 

Adobe screw-up leaves Flash flaw unpatched for 16 months

 

Microsoft Deflects Blame for Windows 7 Battery Issues

 

Former Intel Executive Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Conspiracy

 

New Intel Itanium Offers Greater Performance, Memory Capacity

 

Apple's iPad, Laughably Lampooned

 

Panasonic: No fix for black levels

 

Hands On with Google Buzz

 

Judge dismisses Windows anti-piracy software lawsuit

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

8 February 2010

 

Apple Boot Camp - now with Windows 7 support

 

Apple bans "Android" from app store

 

The price of free: Google's calendar mess

 

China Closes Hacker Training School, Arrests 3

 

Facebook Dumps Microsoft Ads, Keeps Sleazy Advertisers

 

Symantec hit with class-action lawsuit over auto-renewals

 

 

5 February 2010

 

Mozilla Firefox hit by malware add-ons

 

Microsoft readies free upgrade program for Office buyers

 

Windows veteran Mike Nash to leave Microsoft

 

Microsoft, NSF Offering Free Cloud Computing to Researchers

 

Panasonic admits black level change

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

4 February 2010

 

Microsoft slates colossal Windows patch next week

 

Researcher reveals how IE flaw can turn your PC into a public file server

 

Microsoft warns of new IE vulnerability

 

What we know about Oracle Cloud Office, OpenOffice.org

 

Apple accused of copying iPad design

 

Adobe CTO fires back at Steve Jobs' 'lazy' comment
 

IBM to design cloud computing network for Air Force

 

Google Working With National Security Agency, Report Says

 

AT&T green-lights Sling Player on iPhone

 

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technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

3 February 2010

 

Microsoft Windows 7 Battery Life Claims Spark Investigation

 

Intel Ships Tukwila Itanium Chip

 

Google Nexus One Gets Multitouch, 3G Fix

 

Daily wrap-up in the world of video games,
technology and popular culture on The Feed

 

2 February 2010

 

Apple patches critical flaws in iPhone, iPod Touch

 

Code execution holes in iPhone OS, iPod Touch

 

Twitter Resets User Passwords in Wake of Phishing Attack

 

Sprint Overdrive 4G more than doubles 3G speeds

 

Intel Ships Next-generation Itanium Chip

 

1 February 2010

 

China Tablet PC Maker May Sue Apple Over IPad Design

 

Multitasking: Intel does, iPad doesn't

 

Apple’s Steve Jobs: Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is
‘Bull$h!t,’ Adobe Is Lazy

 

Microsoft's Azure cloud is officially open for business

 

Still using Windows 7 RC? Read this!

 

Windows 7 - Heal thyself!

 

Yes, Windows 7 SP1 is on the horizon

 

Google Phasing Out Support for IE 6.0, Firefox 2.0, Safari 2.0

 

Grandma endures ISP piracy suspension

 

Cloud Security: 10 Questions to Ask Before You Jump In

 

Fujitsu Says it Owns Rights to 'iPad' Name, Not Apple

 

Meet the Chinese iPad Clone From Three Months Ago,
and MSI's Future One

 


 

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