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  • February 2008

    • Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses

      newser  |  PC World  |  Feb 29, 08 3:00 AM CST

      Vista Stumped Microsoft Bosses

      Many Windows Vista users have struggled to make the operating system work with their hardware, and emails released this week reveal that even Microsoft bosses had a tough time, PC World reports. The emails have been made public as part of a lawsuit that claims Microsoft deliberately misled consumers by slapping "Vista Capable" stickers on machines that weren't capable of running many of the system's important features. More »

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      Microsoft  • lawsuit  • computer  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system  • hardware

  • November 2007

    • Google's Build, Don't Buy Ethos

      newser  |  CNET  |  Nov 19, 07 5:30 PM CST

      Google's Build, Don't Buy Ethos

      Is Google moving in the direction of writing its own platform software and building its own hardware? That's what Gordon Haff argues on CNET's The Pervasive Datacenter blog, citing recent news about Google designing its own network switches and writing its own virtual machine for its cellphone platform, on top of its longstanding practice of assembling its own servers from component parts. More »

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      Google  • Yahoo  • computer  • software  • hardware

  • September 2007

    • Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 2, 07 5:56 PM CDT

      Prankster's 1st Computer Virus Turns 25

      A prankster who wrote the first computer virus 25 years ago says only, “It was some dumb little practical joke.” Yet Richard Skrenta’s desire to infiltrate other Apple II’s with a poem (“It will get on all your disks; it will infiltrate your chips”) marked the beginning of a worldwide virus craze that spawned a $38 billion security industry and 150 to 175 new pieces of malware every day. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • software  • computer virus  • Windows  • spyware  • hardware  • virus protection  • Elk Cloner

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