Wednesday, 17 August 2011

No Contest: Mac vs. Windows Security

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August 17, 2011
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No Contest: Mac vs. Windows Security Cloud computing, mobile technology, and Web 2.0 have altered the debate on whether Microsoft or Apple offers superior security
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New Netflix Section 'Just for Kids' Netflix has introduced a kids section where kids can search for titles by character and see episodes by thumbnail.
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Best Buy May Slash HP TouchPad Prices The big box retailer has reportedly sold just 25,000 of the 270,000 TouchPads it ordered, and it isn't confident that it can sell through its stock.
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Firefox 6: 4 Reasons to Upgrade Speed, security and an unbeatable price are among the reasons people should take the plunge and get the newest version of Firefox.
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Samsung's Blazing Fast SATA 3.0 512GB SSD Lands in October New Samsung internal solid state drives are headed your way in October promising blazing fast data transfer rates of up to 6 gigabits per second thanks to the SSD's Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 interface.
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Internet Explorer Leads Pack Protecting Against Drive-By-Downloads Microsoft's browser had a remarkable 99 percent effective rate against the downloads, compared to the second most secure, Chrome at 13 percent.
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27,000 South Koreans Sue Apple Over iPhone Privacy Violations The class-action suit against Apple stems from the revelations that the iPhone tracks and stores data about users' movements and sends the anonymous information to Apple servers.
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First 4G BlackBerry Bold 9900 On Sale Aug. 31 from T-Mobile T-Mobile has finally announced the release date for the BlackBerry Bold 9900
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iPhone 5 Launch Expected on October 7 Preorders of Apple's next-generation phone will begin in late September, reports say.
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Outsourced and Fired, IT Workers Fight Back After rising tensions over a number of issues, including increased offshoring, laid-off IT workers file suit.
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Two UK Men Jailed for Inciting Violence on Facebook In a strong message to those who incite violence on social networks, a British court sentenced two men to four years in prison for using Facebook to try to organize a riot. It's the sternest punishment yet for abuse of social networks during the U.K. riots.
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Mac OS X Lion Gets its First Update Apple says the update fixes problems users have encountered while playing video in Safari and improves the reliability of Wi-Fi connections.
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PlayStation 3 Price Slashed to $249 Effective immediately, Sonys Playstation 3 is $50 cheaper.
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Motorola Droid HD Threatens to Steal Droid Bionic's Thunder The Droid HD and Droid Bionic appeared in leaked photos, and the Droid HD seems thinner and has an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and a front-facing camera.
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Spam is at a Two-Year High, Report Says Overall the top subjects of spam are pharmaceuticals, gambling and dating.
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Google 'Power Move' Bets on Future of Mobile Google executives see a great future in mobility, both for computing and for the company, and they're willing to pay a lot for the power they think that will bring them in the mobile market.
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Beyond App Dev: Applying Agile Techniques to Business Software development practices such as collaboration and openness to change are now being applied to all parts of a business.
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Zynga Reportedly Buys Astro Ape Several Astro Ape employees are changing their place of employment on LinkedIn, giving credence to the report.
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Sorry Angry Birds, Texting Still the Most Popular Smartphone App You can keep your fancy Angry Birds games and NFC-based wallets because old-fashioned text messaging is still the most popular application for smartphone users.
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It's Clear Why Software Patents Need to Disappear As Google's Motorola Mobility purchase vividly illustrates, the software patents arms race is getting us nowhere.
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No Contest: Mac vs. Windows Security Cloud computing, mobile technology, and Web 2.0 have altered the debate on whether Microsoft or Apple offers superior security
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New Netflix Section 'Just for Kids' Netflix has introduced a kids section where kids can search for titles by character and see episodes by thumbnail.
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BlackBerry Bold 9900 First Look The pricey BlackBerry Bold 9900 has a high quality feel and NFC support.
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