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Mozilla Blocks Add-ons from Microsoft Because of Vulnerability

2009-10-22T17:19:40Z

A war has been raging between different web browsers for a long time now.

Shane McGlaun (Blog) - October 19, 2009 9:29 AM

The two main combatants in the battle are Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Firefox from Mozilla. Microsoft is still in the lead in marketshare with IE, but Firefox is grabbing up a large portion of the market for itself.

Firefox hit the one billion download mark in August and has 32% of the browser market while IE holds about 60% of the market.

FCC takes first step toward net neutrality rules

2009-10-22T17:07:29Z

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward creating formal net neutrality rules, despite a huge lobbying effort from opposing groups in recent days.

By Grant Gross
October 22, 2009 11:38 AM ET

The FCC voted Thursday to open a rulemaking process and begin receiving comments on a proposal to create new net neutrality rules following a contentious debate on whether new regulations are needed.

A Glance into the Future: Six-Core AMD Istanbul in a Desktop Platform

2009-10-22T16:27:26Z

From Xbit:

It no secret to anyone anymore that in about 6 months AMD and Intel will roll out their six-core processors for desktop platforms. However, we decided not to wait until then and put together a system with a six-core processor today. It is built around a six-core AMD Opteron 2435 from Istanbul family.

4th Dream PC unveiled - Kobalt Daedalus

2009-10-21T20:37:23Z

From Bit-tech.net:

Every year we challenge the world's leading professional PC builders to craft the most technologically advanced, innovative, eye-catching PCs they can. We call this competition Dream PCs, and here is the fourth entry - the TEC water-cooled Kobalt Daedalus.

5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human

2009-10-21T17:41:11Z

Today is the fifth anniversary of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. To celebrate the past five years of brown, we decided to have a look at five ways that Ubuntu has helped make the open source Linux operating system more human.

By Ryan Paul | Last updated October 20, 2009 9:28 PM CT

Sidekick Recovery Tool Released

2009-10-21T17:22:19Z

Microsoft and its network partner insist they're making progress salvaging users' lost information.

By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
October 21, 2009 12:46 PM

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and T-Mobile have released an online tool that the companies say will allow Sidekick mobile device users to recover data lost during a server outage last week.

"Log into the My T-Mobile Web site, where there will be a recovery tool to restore contacts you may have lost during the recent service outage," Microsoft said in a statement Tuesday.
The catch: Microsoft said the tool will only restore data that users had stored as of Oct. 1. And, as for now, only information on personal contacts has been recovered. [Comment...]

Windows 7 News Round-up

2009-10-21T14:09:19Z

Windows 7 hit or miss?

Microsoft's new operating system is officially launched today, so here's a collection of news and reviews.

The Sorry State of Windows 7 Gaming

Matt Peckham from PCW takes a look at the gaming side of things here.

Botnet Unleashes Variety Of New Phishing Attacks

2009-10-20T17:29:17Z

Attackers use phony messages of system upgrades, Outlook updates, and Microsoft Conficker 'cleanup tool' to spread malware

Oct 19, 2009 | 05:31 PM
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
DarkReading

The massive Zbot botnet that spreads the treacherous Zeus banking Trojan has been launching a wave of relatively convincing phishing attacks during the past few days -- the most recent of which is a phony warning of a mass Conficker infection from Microsoft that comes with a free "cleanup tool."

AMD Athlon II X3 435 CPU Review

2009-10-20T17:20:34Z

From X-bit Labs:

Many users believe that the times of dual-core processors are coming to an end. However, so far there haven’t been any inexpensive processors with more than two cores in the market. Today AMD is correcting this: the new triple-core 45 nm CPUs are priced starting at $76!

Game devs speak out on Valve, Steam and conflict of interest

2009-10-20T17:16:44Z

In the wake of some recent comments made by Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, Ars reached out to a number of game developers to get their thoughts on Valve's digital distribution platform, Steam.

By Andrew Webster | Last updated October 19, 2009 9:48 PM CT

In a recent interview, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford—the developer behind the upcoming Borderlands—revealed some surprising opinions about Valve's Steam digital distribution platform. While the common sentiment among both gamers and developers tends to be positive, Pitchford told Maximum PC that "I don't trust Valve" and that he believes "a lot of the industry doesn't" as well.