Amazon Buys Touchco And A Microsoft Executive
Amazon is planning to best Apple’s iPad by buying touchscreen vendor Touchco and Microsoft marketing veteran Mike Nash. Touchco technology is made for color transparent displays, is low power, and is inexpensive, costing as little as $10 a square foot.
Source: Amazon Buying Touchscreen Vendor
HP Slate Tablet
HP and Microsoft is trying to take the thunder from Apple’s tablet by announcing their HP Slate tablet before the Apple Event.
Closer Look At Google, Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo
Nick Bilton of the New York Times did a great summary comparing the big four tech company, Google, Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo. Check out the chart.
Source: A Big-Picture Look at Google, Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo
Microsoft Patches IE Issues Involved in Google Attack
Microsoft has released a cumulative critical patch for Internet Explorer that fixes eight vulnerabilities to prevent attacks similar to those directed at Google operations in China last week.
From Microsoft blog: Today we released Security Bulletin MS10-002 out-of-band to address vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. All customers using currently supported versions of Windows and Internet Explorer should apply this update as soon as possible. Once applied, customers are protected against the known attacks that have been widely publicized. For customers using automatic updates, this update will automatically be applied once it is released.
Apple May Ditch Google And Make Bing Default On iPhone
According to a story published by Business Week, Apple may be making Microsoft’s Bing the default search app. Currently Google search is by default the iPhone search engine. Apple now sees Google as the rival after the popular search engine company launch the Google Nexus One smartphone.
Bill Gates Now On Twitter
The real co-founder of Microsoft and previous CEO, Bill Gates, is now using Twitter. Check it out at: http://twitter.com/billgates
Trash Internet Explorer Now!
Should you put Internet Explorer in the trash? Yes you should due to the browser being insecure and also with the latest issue of hacking on Google using IE.
Germany has asked its users to stop using Internet Explorer. The latest zero-day flaw exists in every version of IE. It is high time for users to switch to Firefox, Safari or Goggle Chrome.
Microsoft Admits That IE 6 Security Hole Is Used In Google Attacks
Microsoft has reported that a vulnerability in its Internet Explorer 6 browser was used to carry out cyberattacks which have prompted Google to threaten to leave China.
Director of Microsoft’s Security Response Center said, Internet Explorer was one of the vectors used in targeted and sophisticated attacks targeted against Google and other corporate networks. Microsoft continues to work with Google, other industry partners and authorities to actively investigate this issue.
No patch has been released yet. Time for users to ditch IE 6!
XBox Live Coming To Windows Mobile
New job postings by Microsoft suggested that Xbox Live service is soon coming for Windows Mobile phones. Microsoft will launch Windows Mobile 7 late 2010. The job ad is looking for program manager and software tester to join the XBox Live staff, and both positions would be focused on integrating Xbox LIVE with Windows Mobile.
Microsoft Word Faces Ban In US
Microsoft has lost its appeal against i4i a Canadian company regarding Word due to the xml editor. Microsoft will have to stop selling Microsoft Word 2007 and other Office 2007 products by Jan. 11.
Microsoft can continue selling these product after the company has removed the xml editor code from the software.
