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Report: 8 of 10 tested viruses run on Windows 7

chron.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:54:43 PST

Three years ago, as Windows Vista was about to be released to business users (consumers got it the following January), then-Windows chief Jim Allchin famously told reporters that he was so happy with Vista's security features that he was running...

Linkpost | 11.5.2009

chron.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:30:00 PST

• Comcast internet throttling is up and running - It gets triggered based on one of two different conditions, based on FCC filings. • Has the T-Mobile HSPA 7.2 rollout begun? Yes! Confirmed. - It's apparently working in Chicago. •...

Linkpost | 11.4.2009

chron.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:31:15 PST

Updated 1:55 p.m. • Cuomo Files Federal Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel - Accuses the chip maker of pressuring PC makers to use its processors, in violation of New York antitrust laws. • Microsoft Cuts 800 More Positions - Including Microsoft...

Kiss your DVD - and the drive it plays in - goodbye

chron.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:28:46 PST

Big-box electronics retailer Best Buy scanned the tech horizon and noticed something missing: DVDs. Realizing that delivering movies on physical media is about to become a thing of the past, the company is planning a service that would stream high-quality...

Linkpost | 11.3.2009

chron.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:29:00 PST

Updated 7:24 a.m. • Best Buy Prepares for the Post-DVD Era - Will launch a first-run streaming movie service early next year. • Psystar begs judge to rule it's legit - It wants to the judge to rule that Psystar's...

Will Apple's rumored tablet kick-start e-readers?

chron.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:56:14 PST

In January 2008, after Steve Jobs' last Macworld keynote, he famously told the New York Times that "people don't read anymore". He was pooh-poohing Amazon's Kindle, which had just had its debut, and mused that even the best e-book...

Linkpost | 11.2.2009

chron.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:39:11 PST

Updated 1:33 p.m. • Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts! - Ed Bott lays out your licensing options with a Win7 upgrade disc. • Hackintosh Netbook users take note: Snow Leopard 10.6.2 update kills support for...

Linkpost | 11.1.2009

chron.com — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:37:04 PST

• Creative's next big thing is a Zii MediaBook - Creative, best known for bringing affordable audio to the PC, and creating one of the earliest hard-drive-based MP3 players, will do an e-book reader. • Google Navigator for Android Review:...

Linkpost | 10.31.2009

chron.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:18:57 PDT

• Motorola DROID review and Smartphone Showdown: iPhone 3GS vs Motorola Droid - The Droid comes across as a great smartphone, and a rival to the iPhone in these reviews. • Handset Makers Set to Cash In on the Holidays...

Magic Mouse: Very cool, but flawed

chron.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:31:01 PDT

As I wrote Wednesday, I'm very intrigued with Apple's new Magic Mouse, which features a multitouch surface. Finger gestures replace the use of extra buttons in a low-profile, sleek design. But while it looks cool in its marketing materials, I...

Scary open comments!

chron.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:43:00 PDT

CC: Indigoprime / Flickr It's the Friday before Halloween, and that means two things: 1. You're still not finished with your costume. 2. It's time for the weekly open comment thread on TechBlog. I can't help you with No....

Linkpost | 10.30.2009

chron.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:31:35 PDT

• Twitter Starts Rolling Out Lists To Everybody. Have You Gotten Yours? - This is an important update to Twitter, allowing you to make lists of followers, and sharing those with others. It will change the core of Twitter, for...

Comcast's bandwidth meter: Still vaporware

chron.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:44:47 PDT

When last I checked on the bandwidth meter Comcast had said would be available to its customers at the start of this year, I was told it was still under construction. It became a hot issue late last year when...

Microsoft offering junkware-free PCs

chron.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:00:41 PDT

One of the big problems with Windows Vista wasn't Vista itself, but rather what computer makers did to it when they installed it on systems they sold. As they did with Windows XP before it, PC manufacturers loaded their products...

Linkpost | 10.29.2009

chron.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:30:00 PDT

Updated 3:30 p.m. • Apple Launches Apple TV 3.0 Software - New design, and supports Apple's iTunes LP format, Genius Mixes and more. Also, iTunes 9.0.2 is out, with black background for Grid view, and breaks Palm Pre sync. Again....