Feb 18
“F*ck You, Google” ran viral through the tech world not too long ago. And Google (smartly) responded in haste. Have you read the post? Have you heard the chatter? It seems like the original blog post from author Harriet Jacobs has been made private, but Gizmodo has a copy. Did you hear about the problems …
Jan 13
Is China going too far? Was the Chinese government behind, as Google puts it, “a highly sophisticated and targeted attack” that’s gotten Google ready to pull out of China? In mid-December Google and, apparently, about 20 other companies, were attacked. Google’s investigation discovered “that the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users …
Jan 11
Already shell out the cash for a Nexus One after a much hyped debut last week? Then, find out the Nexus One has trouble with its data service this weekend? Dumbfounded by the constant back and forth between the EDGE and 3G network? It’s okay; it’s not just you. Over the weekend, users have been …
Jan 08
Trend Micro detected TROJ_PIDIEF.WIA, a trojan that arrives as a mass email attachment. This trojan may also be downloaded by visiting malicious Web sites. According to Trend Micro’s malware blog, it “uses the heap spray technique to execute shellcode in its stream.” This, in turn, infects your system with the malicious backdoor file, BKDR_POISON.UC, and …
Dec 23
Not too long ago, a judge gave Microsoft 60 days to halt sales for Microsoft Word 2007. And since Microsoft Office 2007 also contains that same Word program, it only seems logical that the injunction applies there too. The order came down due to patent infringement — a Toronto-based developer’s custom XML tagging patent. The …
Dec 22
Leave it to the Japanese to create the most intriguing and advanced technology. Behold, the Yotaro baby simulator. Created at the University of Tsukuba, a city about an hour outside of Tokyo where research reigns supreme, the Yotaro baby doesn’t quite look like a baby at all… But rather, it mimics actions true-to-life to that …
Dec 15
The Federal Government in Australia is introducing an internet filter that will block access to sites containing obscene and criminal content — think child sex abuse, sexual violence, bestiality, detailed tutorials on how to commit crimes and other things that are most likely found in the Anarchist’s Cookbook. The Huffington Post reports that such material …
Jul 27
In a recent post on the SQL Server News Blog, Microsoft didn’t pull any punches when describing the lower prices and greater value of SQL Server 2008 over Oracle’s 11g. This well-timed move on Microsoft’s part came in response to Oracle’s recent price increases on many of its products. Techworld reported on these price increases …
Jun 29
As I reported last week, there is a Twitter campaign in progress that is attempting to change the way Outlook 2010 renders html emails. FixOutlook.org currently shows that over 23,000 people have tweeted their web address while trying to bring the problems with Outlook to light. Microsoft has since responded to this campaign in a …
Jun 24
If you’ve been on Twitter today, you probably have noticed that Outlook 2010 is a trending topic. Why all the hype surrounding Microsoft’s new and unreleased email client? A group called the Email Standards Project recently started a website called FixOulook.org in response to Microsoft’s plan to use Word as the rendering engine for Outlook …
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