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| Industry News |
| Important notification for Sony VAIO laptop F11 and CW2 series owners |
| In rare instances, these notebook computers may overheat due to a potential malfunction of the internal temperature management system, resulting in deformation of the product's keyboard or external casing, and a potential burn hazard to consumers. Sony laptop recall >> |
| HP expands it's 2009 laptop battery recall |
| Hewlett-Packard has announced it has expanded the May 14, 2009, recall of its laptop battery packs. The company will replace the defective batteries at no cost to customers, the batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard. Visit the HP replacement program webpage to see if your laptop is affected by the recall. HP battery recall >> |
| Google phasing out support for IE6 |
| By Tom Krazit |
| Google has clearly had enough with
Internet Explorer 6. As of March 1, Google will no longer support IE6 on its Google Docs and Google Sites services, it announced Friday. IE users will have to upgrade to at least version 7 if they want to use those products, as "many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers" Read More >> |
| Best Buy Optimization Is A Big Stupid Annoying Waste Of Money |
| By Meg Marco |
| Over the past year, a number of you have been telling us that, due to "pre-optimization" of computers, it's difficult -- sometimes impossible -- to walk into a Best Buy and leave with the advertised deal (in effect, you would be paying a $39.99 surcharge over the computer's advertised price). We decided to look into your complaints. We sent the Consumer Reports secret shoppers to 18 different Best Buys in 11 states, and one of our shoppers was denied the price advertised for a specific model because only pre-optimized computers were available. When the Consumer Reports engineers compared three "optimized" computers to ones with default factory settings, there was no performance improvement. In one case, an optimized laptop actually performed 32% worse than the factory model. Read More >> |
| IOBit (China) Steals Malwarebytes' Intellectual Property |
| From Malwarebytes.org |
| Malwarebytes has recently uncovered evidence that a company called IOBit based in China is stealing and incorporating our proprietary database and intellectual property into their software. We know this will sound hard to believe, because it was hard for us to believe at first too. But after an indepth investigation, we became convinced it was true. Here is how we know. Read More >> |
| NOTE: Malwarebytes is a highly respected, effective, and free malware removal tool recommended by many IT people, including Tech-N-Go. |
| Snow Leopard Bug Deletes All User Data |
| By Gregg Keizer |
| Snow Leopard users have reported that they've lost all their personal data when they've logged into a "Guest" account after upgrading from Leopard according to messages on Apple's support forum. Read More >> |
| FTC to ban most telemarketing 'robocalls' Sept. 1 |
| By Deborah Yao |
| Many of those annoying prerecorded
telemarketing calls will be history starting Sept. 1. The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it is banning these "robocalls" to consumers, unless the telemarketer has written permission from a customer that he or she wants to receive these calls. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said American consumers have made it "crystal clear that few things annoy them more than the billions of commercial telemarketing robocalls they receive every year." Read More >> |
| Worker commits suicide after 4G iPhone prototype goes missing |
| By Neil Hughes |
| A 25-year-old man reportedly committed suicide after an iPhone prototype he was responsible for went missing, leading to alleged "unbearable interrogation techniques" in the ensuing investigation, according to a Chinese publication. Read More >> |
| How powerful was the Apollo 11 computer? |
| By Grant Robertson |
| With all the buzz about the 40th
anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing I got to thinking, how
powerful were the computers that "took us to the Moon?" It turns out, they were nothing short of amazing. Read More >> |
| Apple's image may be tarnished by poor factory conditions |
| By Aidan Malley |
| Apple presents an image of quality, but an audit of its factories in mainland China showed that more than half of these weren't paying their workers properly last year. Read More >> |
| Apple's iTunes 8.2.1 update kills sync with Palm Pre |
| By Katie Marsal |
| Apple released an incremental update to its iTunes software Wednesday afternoon, nixing the Palm Pre's ability to sync with the application. Read More >> |
| Windows 7 Pricing Released |
| Pricing for the new version of Windows,
due October 22, has been released; Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99 Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99 Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99 Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99 Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99 Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99 |
| For those that want to jump on the
bandwagon early there is a significant price savings (50%)
available by pre-ordering the upgrade version at a participating
online retailer such as Amazon or BestBuy. Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $49 Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $99 |
| You can compare the features of each
edition
here This upgrade offer lasts until July 11th in the US or while supplies last. |
| China's Green Dam: The Implications of Government Control Encroaching on the Home PC |
| A recent directive by the Chinese government requires the installation of a specific filtering software product, Green Dam, with the publicly stated intent of protecting children from harmful Internet content. The proposed implementation of software as reviewed in this report would in fact have an influence that extends beyond helping parents protect their children from age inappropriate material; the filtering options include blocking of political and religious content normally associated with the Great Firewall of China, China’s sophisticated national-level filtering system. Read More >> |
| Another interesting read on the subject Read More >> |
| The software itself is coming under fire for allegedly containing programming code stolen from a California company. Read More >> And More >> |
| Snow Leopard (OS v10.6), Apple PowerPC users officially left behind |
| By Megan Lavey |
| The official release of tech specs for Snow Leopard indicates that it is an Intel-only release, meaning that if you do want to go past Leopard, you'll have to upgrade. Read More >> |
| Symantec, McAfee to pay fines over auto-renewals |
| By Robert McMillan |
| Antivirus vendors Symantec and McAfee have each agreed to pay the New York Attorney General's office $375,000 in fines to settle charges that they automatically charged customers software subscription renewal fees without their permission. Read More >> |
| Microsoft to discontinue MS Money |
| By Ina Fried |
| Microsoft plans to stop selling
Microsoft Money, its venerable, but not market-leading personal
finance program, CNET News has learned. The software maker has been notifying financial institutions and plans to announce the move to customers over the next 24 hours via a posting on its Web site and a notification in the software. Although Microsoft will stop selling the product at the end of June, it plans to support it through January 2011. Read More >> |
| Microsoft Office 2000 is retiring. Could it become a potential security risk? |
| By Rick Robinette |
| What do you do when a software maker stops supporting a specific product version? The common sense approach is to upgrade; however, in some cases where economics (cost to upgrade) becomes a factor, the user will stick with the version that has economically worked for them. A good example of this scenario are the people still using Microsoft Office 2000. Read More >> |
| Apple extends old MacBook Pro graphics warranty to three years |
| By Aidan Malley |
| Illustrating the scope of a flaw in older NVIDIA graphics chipsets, Apple has extended its special warranty on the GeForce 8600M GT in certain MacBook Pros from two to three years. Read More >> |
| Wal-Mart's new Apple section seen as precursor to Mac sales |
| By Katie Marsal |
| Wal-Mart's move to overhaul the electronics departments in many of its retail stores with Apple-designated shopping areas is being seen as a sign that the mega-retailer is making a pitch to eventually carry Apple's line of Mac personal computers. Read More >> |
| The Digital TV Transition |
| On June 12, 2009 all full-power
broadcast television stations in the United States will stop
broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in
digital. Digital broadcasting will allow stations to offer
improved picture and sound quality and additional channels. Find
out more about whether or not you will be impacted by the
digital TV (DTV) transition
here. More specific info for New Hampshire residents can be found here. |
| Apple Recalls iPhone USB Power Adapter |
| Apple has determined that under certain conditions the new ultra compact Apple USB power adapter's metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating a risk of electric shock. We have received reports of detached blades involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported. Read More >> |
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