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Should you care that Siri is taking notes?

May 25, 2012
IBM blocks Siri on networked devices even as it acknowledges it sees no threat in Apple capturing voice commands from users
Data Security, iPhone, Cloud computing, Siri
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What the final decision on Oracle v. Google really means

May 24, 2012
The jury decided yesterday that Google did not infringe on Oracle's patents related to Android. Fantastic news -- but the wider view offers little comfort
Open Source Software, Android, Intellectual Property, Java Programming, Google, Oracle
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With no stake in the post-PC world, HP resorts to massive cuts

May 24, 2012
HP's absence in tablet/smartphone markets bleeds over into computer sales, as the numbers sink lower
Technology Business, Desktop Computers, Laptops, Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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It's time to run .Net out of town

May 24, 2012
In yet another massive patching failure, Microsoft released three automatic updates that failed to install on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .Net, Patch Management
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Could the .secure domain make the Internet safer?

May 24, 2012
Security firm argues that by imposing meaningful standards, websites will gravitate to validated domain -- not everyone agrees
Network Security, Internet, Network Architecture, Security Tools, Web Security
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Is there a workable solution to the Windows 8 Start conundrum?

May 23, 2012
Buried in a discussion about multiple-monitor use in Windows 8 are a few features that may make the classic, legacy Windows desktop usable. Or not
Microsoft Windows, Windows 8
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Hacker group UGNazi leaks and deletes billing service's database

May 22, 2012
The group used social engineering to access WHMCS's customer database, then leaked 500,000 records online
Hacking
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PlayThru aims to make CAPTCHA more secure and more fun

May 22, 2012
Startup's cloud-based CAPTCHA alternative offers users simple interactive puzzles in lieu of twisted text
Access Control, Web Security
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Windows 8's new UI: A return to Flatland

May 21, 2012
In an amazing reversal, Microsoft intends to remove all vestiges of Vista's 'dated and cheesy' Aero interface in favor of a flat look
Microsoft Windows, user interfaces (UI), Windows 8
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Dear Mozilla: Don't give up on Windows RT

May 18, 2012
Microsoft hasn't yet told us what it's going to do about allowing browsers fair access on Windows RT. Mozilla, you're carrying the ball for all of us. Go, go, go
Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Firefox
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