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A new wave of scareware hitting the net has nearly taken over the field. On February 8th and 9th the attack pumped out enough malware to end up accounting for over half the total malware distributed for the entire month. In other words, it’s huge. The malware is called Security… Continue Reading »

The Entourage Edge is one intriguing little hybrid between an eReader and a tablet. It opens up like a book with 2 screens facing the user. There is a 1200 x 825 pixel 9.7-inch eInk screen on one side, and a 1024 x 600 pixel 10.1-inch color LCD on the… Continue Reading »

Some may be sitting back and waiting for Google Chrome OS, but that is not to say we do not currently have a nice alternative already available with Jolicloud. Now, thanks to a recent post over on the official Jolicloud Blog that good alternative is about to get even better.… Continue Reading »

Yesterday, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft addressed students at the University of Washington.  Ballmer revealed the new direction for Microsoft as a whole, confiding that 70% of employees were currently engaged in work that is cloud-related.  In one years time, Ballmer expects that number to to jump to 90%. “We’re… Continue Reading »

Welcome to another week gone that you are not getting back.  No matter how much we loathe the week, it’s in the books and no amount of illegal narcotics is going to change that fact.  For these nominees, who I suspect are on crack, this week hasn’t been kind.  Let’s… Continue Reading »

Microsoft is warning XP users not to press the F1 key if a website prompts them to. The company urges them to ignore the warning saying it could be an exploit using a newly discovered vulnerability in VBScript. A security advisory provided more info: “The vulnerability exists in the way… Continue Reading »

HP has recently unveiled its latest Vivienne Tam Edition netbook, which is also known as the Mini 210 and is sporting the “Butterfly Lovers” design. As for the design, the netbook features a specially designed lid and includes matching desktop wallpaper. Additionally, if you are looking to complete the Butterfly… Continue Reading »

The laptop used to compose this blog post is running one of the 90 million copies of Windows 7 sold since Microsoft released its latest operating system last fall. In an entry posted to the Windows Team Blog, Brandon LeBlanc claimed that Microsoft has sold 90 million licenses to Windows… Continue Reading »

Lenovo has recently added another notebook into the available category. This time it is the IdeaPad Y460 and it is priced at either $999 or $1,199 depending on the configuration you choose. In terms of what you can expect to get for your money. The $999 model comes equipped with… Continue Reading »

It looks like the Sony Vaio M netbook has been revealed, and unfortunately for Sony it was not revealed by them. But putting that aside, its out in the open and with that comes a complete set of specs. Overall the Sony Vaio M netbook is pretty close to the… Continue Reading »