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 Microsoft has chosen to stick with its code name for a
Windows release. In a blog posting, general manager Mike Nash said that the
next version of Windows will be called Windows 7, because it’s the seventh
version of the operating system (OS). Nash added that Microsoft decided against
using an inspirational name because the company’s...
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 On Monday, President George W. Bush approved a controversial
bill that will create a “copyright czar” within the White House. The document
is called Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property
(PRO-IP) Act, one which will create new government enforcement positions. The
Senate approved the bill on September 30....
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 On Tuesday, at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner
Conference In Houston, the company launched its Vista Compatibility Center,
designed for giving PC users the chance to check whether or not their systems
and applications can get along well with Microsoft’s latest operating system.
However, things didn’t go smoothly. The center
was...
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 Last week, the results of a study conducted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Google and IBM Internet Security Service were made public. The study was started back in January 2007 and lasted until last month; its purpose was to analyze how users behave online and what kinds of web browsers are usually preferred. One of the...
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 On Tuesday, a web browser-oriented study was released. According to the information it made available, it seems Mozilla Firefox users enjoy the highest degree of protection. The study, called Understanding the Web browser threat: Examination of vulnerable online Web browser populations and the insecurity iceberg, was put together by The...
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 On Monday, the Mac OS X 10.5.4 update was released by Apple; the company thus addresses several newly discovered problems of the Leopard OS. Among the affected applications we find Safari and iCal. The iCal updates fixed seven issues, including meeting request reliability, cancellation notices and iPhone syncing. Certain performance...
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 On Thursday, the Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) said it
would merge with the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo) in an attempt to strengthen
the mobile Linux system.
LiPS was first started back in 2005 by several companies,
including Palmsource, France
Telecom and Orange.
LiMo was launched last year in January and has managed,...
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 Although the initial release date had been set for June 30, Adobe
Systems Inc. unveiled its new Acrobat 9 for both Windows and Mac on Wednesday,
June 25. The document creating software comes with Adobe Flash technology
support and can embed a series of multimedia files (for creating rich PDF
documents) as well. The software can be...
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 According to a Net Applications Inc. statement issued today, Mozilla Corp.'s browser has gained market share since its Firefox 3.0 version was launched last week. Vince Vizzaccaro, Net Applications Inc. executive vice president of marketing, said that at the end of the week, Firefox totaled 19.17%, which is 0.76% more than May’s results...
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 Last week, IT security specialists announced the discovery of a Mac Trojan that could affect machines running Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5. On Thursday, SecureMac researchers released a statement saying that the "AppleScript.THT" Trojan was being distributed from a hacker’s website. The same online location was also hosting...
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