31
August 2009
Microsoft Names Top
Ten Windows Malware
Solid-state drives go
mainstream
Wikipedia Color-Codes
for Credibility
Snow Leopard
Incompatibility List Includes Big Names
DRAM Prices Continue
to Surge in August
AMD Rolls Out 40-Watt
Opteron
Odd Yahoo Mail search
bug requires escalation pronto
Court lifts FCC limits
on cable ownership
29
August 2009
Microsoft: No IE 8
tab-hang fix in the works
Apple: iPhones cracked
from outside
Snow Leopard malware
protection fights just two trojans
64-bit Snow Leopard
defaults to 32-bits
28
August 2009
Skype trojan source
code in the wild
A programmer has released the source code of
a trojan horse that injects code
The most dangerous
celebrities to search for in 2009
Hackers mailing
malware-infested CDs to banks
High-risk
vulnerabilities hit Google Chrome
Need a quick
translation? Google puede ayudar
Windows 7 Family Pack
Available for Pre-order Early Online
Beware fake Snow
Leopard sites
Judge orders Microsoft
to pay $300M in Word patent case
27
August 2009
Windows 7 to get New York launch
Microsoft Plans to Cut
Xbox 360 Elite Price by $100
Apple's 'Snow Leopard'
Ditches PalmOS Sync
Angry Adobe users rant
about Snow Leopard support
Why AT&T Is Delusional, Grandiose, and
Narcissistic
Firefox 'location bar' exposes bookmarks
Microsoft Word patent-infringement case:
Playing chicken
Examine the patent that made selling
Microsoft Word a crime
26
August 2009
Microsoft: Word patent ruling, injunction
'miscarriage of justice'
Office
2010 to expand antipiracy features
Windows
Update kills PowerPoint feature
Bug
Forces Messenger Fix, Kills Hotmail Photos
ACLU
Files Lawsuit on Border Laptop Searches
Google
Chrome Updates with Security Fixes
FCC
Publicly Backs Net Neutrality
Cost,
Format Issues Will Doom Blu-ray PC Use
First
Look: Microsoft Security Essentials beta
Trade
complaint targets iPhone, laptop flash
storage
25
August 2009
80% of Flash/Acrobat
in use unpatched
High-risk
vulnerabilities hit Chrome
Yahoo Unveils Changes
to Mail, Search, Messenger
Japanese Firm Pleads
Guilty to LCD Price Fixing
Can You
Trust Free Antivirus Software?
No free Win 7 upgrade
for Netbooks
UK Proposes Cutting
Web Access for File Sharers
Microsoft expands
Office antipiracy 'nagging' to U.S. users
Windows 7 worse on
netbook battery life than XP?
24
August 2009
55,000
Web sites hacked to serve up malware
cocktail
AT&T:
iPhone deal blocks VoIP over cellular
When
you say SPAM, it had better mean canned
luncheon meat
AT&T
Requiring Data Plan
AT&T
and Apple Admit Deal to Block VoIP on iPhone
22
August 2009
What Is Broadband? FCC
Doesn't Know
U.S. Grants $1.2
Billion for Electronic Health Records
3
Reasons Why Twitter's Geolocation Feature is
Cool
Tweak
offers free trial of any Windows 7 edition
Lawsuit
seeks to pry information from banks on
account breaches
Microsoft now hiring for its retail stores
Apple
online offer glitch hints at early Snow
Leopard launch
21
August 2009
Microsoft Hotmail
users angry over pulled photo feature
Microsoft to
'ribbonize' Vista with Windows 7 look
Confusion over Windows
7 upgrade path
Big names join fight
against Google Books
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
20
August 2009
Microsoft WINS
vulnerability under attack
Rogue Facebook apps
steal log-in data, send spam
Symantec airs most
infected
Web sites in public
Hold 6 and 4 keys at
boot to enable 64-bit Snow Leopard (Updated)
Windows
7 Will Run 120 Days for Free
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
19
August 2009
Windows 7 RC Downloads End Thursday
IE8 outperforms competing browsers in
Sony unveils cheaper, sleeker PS3 Slim -
Gallery
IBM scientists create DNA computer chip
Microsoft appeals for stay of Word
injunction
Robots Learn to Lie
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
18
August 2009
Despite two lawsuits,
AT&T still says
Desktop
multiprocessing: Not always so fast
Microsoft Files
'Emergency Motion' to Ship Word
Microsoft planned to
bury XML developer, says federal judge
Wireless Electricity
Specification Nearing Completion
First 3D TV channel
coming to U.S. next year?
Alleged TJX hacker
faces massive charges
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
17
August 2009
Teens Just Won't Pay
for Music
Hackers Put Social
Networks Such as Twitter in Crosshairs
IBM Blurs the Line
Between Reality and Sci-Fi With DNA Chips
Some ThinkPads Get New
Batteries
Culture of cheap: How
discount computers cost the consumer
15
August 2009
Building an Apple-1
replica from scratch
Verizon completes
initial 4G wireless test
'Easy workaround'
could solve Microsoft Word's
RockMelt 101: A Quick
Guide to the Mysterious Browser
Microsoft Doubles Cashback Incentives for
Bing Search
14
August 2009
IE8 whips rivals in
blocking malware sites
Building an Apple-1
replica from scratch
'Paypal for Kids' Goes
Live to All
Verizon Wireless
Launches World Modem
Apple Tablet Rumors
and Microsoft
Brazilian ID thieves
using Twitter as botnet command channel
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
13
August 2009
Microsoft knew of
critical Office ActiveX bug in '07
Dear Palm: Why are you
spying on us?
Court Ban on Microsoft
Word Won't Hurt Users
Apple drops (another)
OS X security patch
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
12
August 2009
Microsoft: Killing IE6
'not an option'
Facebook Update Would
Ban Sponsored Profiles
Sony Warns of Laptops
With Faulty Nvidia Chips
'Critical' Windows
flaws: Exploits likely
Microsoft ordered to
stop selling Word
Examine the patent
that made selling Microsoft Word a crime
Google's Caffeine:
More like Bing?
Court upholds RealDVD
injunction
Video: RealDVD goes
live, let the lawsuits begin
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
11
August 2009
Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins
Microsoft to change default browser setting
option in IE 8
Potential gov't cookie
policy change prompts concerns
Key elements of health
reform already baked-in
Microsoft Workers
Unveil Office Suggestion Site
Attacks on US, Korea
Web Sites Leave a Winding Trail
Windows 7: 64-bit to
go prime time
Studios to Take on
Hulu with EpixHD.com
Windows 7: How low can
you go?
Revolt over
OpenOffice.org's ribbon UI
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
10
August 2009
'Dumb' Windows 7
upgrade chart sparks spat
Patch Tuesday
heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 critical
Browser flaws expose
users to man-in-the-middle attacks
Target leaving Amazon,
creates IT risk
8
August 2009
DDOS attackers
continue hitting Twitter, Facebook, Google
Twitter Continues to
Battle DDoS Attack
Malware is Evading
Detection, Researchers Say
7
August 2009
Tenenbaum says he
faces bankruptcy after $675K piracy verdict
Microsoft Plans
Critical Updates
Twitter, Facebook
attack targeted one user
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
6
August 2009
Update: Twitter limps
back to life after
Twitter knocked
offline by DDoS
Facebook Confirms DoS
Attack Same Day as Twitter
Facebook investigates
potential foul play
Facebook and Twitter:
Social networking meltdown
Apple's New OS X
10.5.8 Kills 18 Bugs
Killer Windows 7 bug?
- Special Report
Video: Risks of doing
business on Facebook
Apple warns of Mac
attack risk via images
Hitachi announces
first 2TB, 7,200 RPM hard drive
New Intel Core i5 chip
surfaces on retailer's Web site
5
August 2009
Fake Microsoft patches
return
Fake 'Blue Screen of
Death' pushing scareware
As Apple Rots, iPhone
Users Revolt
Yahoo filing reveals
more details of Microsoft deal
Mozilla shuts Firefox
e-store after security breach
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
4
August 2009
Intel halts new SSDs
because of data corruption bug
Windows 7: Four
reasons to upgrade, four reasons not to
Virtualize Windows for
free on a Mac
Software for
Virtualizing XP on Windows 7 Now Available
Apple's Rejection of
Google Voice Hints at Ulterior Motives
HD DVD returns and
kicks Blu-ray
Twitter's malware
filter - does it work?
- Twitter turns to
Google for help
Near-final test build
of Windows 7 XP Mode
- Serious improvements
over beta
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
3
August 2009
Using software updates
to spread malware
Report: Apple Tried to
Silence Owner of Exploding iPod
Roam If You Want To in
The Sims 3 World Adventures
Vegas ATM Malware
Demonstrates Banking Security Woes
Netbook Owners Use
Push E-mail
Windows 7 RTM versus
Vista, XP
1
August 2009
Dispute May Disconnect
Web Phone Skype for Good
Windows 7 Family Pack
saves users money,
Apple rushes critical
iPhone SMS patch
Net Neutrality Bill
Calls on FCC to Babysit ISPs
Reports: RIAA Wins
$675k in Damages From File Swapper
Daily wrap-up in the world of
video games,
The Microsoft Ultimate
Steal!
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