Intel antitrust, 'Net bug, coding error
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems yet again snagged a lot of IT headline attention, including news about yet another flaw affecting Facebook and MySpace users. To mix things up, we've got IT angles to Beatles music and the Boston Celtics in there, too.
Windows 7 Sales Up, But is it Really a Hit?
The numbers are in and Windows 7 sales are strong, but with lagging PC sales and increased competition from other operating systems, is Windows in trouble? Apple recently reported one of its best quarters ever, and interest is high in current and future products coming out of Cupertino. Then there's the recent release of the latest Linux distribution, Ubuntu 9.10, and let's not forget pressure from Google Chrome OS,
Upgrade the Mac mini in six minutes
I've upgraded quite a few Mac minis over the past several years, from the original 2005 model to the latest version, released last week, and some in between. We've also covered the topic of Mac mini surgery on the Macworld Podcast. But we still regularly receive questions from readers about whether or not performing such upgrades yourself is a good idea--many have heard that it's quite difficult to open the Mini, or that doing so voids your warranty.
Birth of the Droid Fanboy
It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle.
eBay Reaches Deal With Skype Founders
Skype users can breathe easier, now that one of technology's greatest business blunders has been fixed. The outside chance of a Skype shutdown has gone away, messy lawsuits have been resolved, and Skype's founders are back helping run the company.
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Apple syncing patent can't come soon enough
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New Twitter features borrow from 3rd party clients
Esther Schindler
Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process
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Guard your Wi-Fi for your own sake
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Grepping on Whole Words
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325
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