Mac vs. Windows, Ceasefire!
Apple has finally let Windows users into their systems as a little belated birthday gift to their users. Until now, everyone who bought Mac bought it for the Mac OS but now, people may buy it more and more for it’s good looks! :think:
Apple’s computers are still ridiculously expensive for their hardware specifications, but their [...]
Apple Announces Intel Mac Mini
Although many would say that Apple’s special event on the 28th didn’t live up to expectations, Apple did announce the new Mac Mini. The Mac Mini is currently Apple’s cheapest range of personal computers. Unlike the previous G4 range, Apple’s new range features two models - one featuring a 1.6 GHz Intel Core Duo and [...]
Windows Killer??
You can swear by your Linux or Unix or Mac, but there’s no denying the fact that Windows is the desktop king, simply because its damn easy to use and has more choice of useful softwares(both free & commercial) than any other operating system!!
But what if someone doesn’t have the $199 to get a Windows [...]
Big threat, Low Impact!!
That’s how you can describe the aftermath of the much talked about Kama Sutra worm that has been topping the security bulletins for past week or so, as its trigger date approached yesterday when the time bomb was supposed to go off!!
This worm, more dreaded than others due to the evil it can unleash by [...]
Windows OneCare Live!!
Windows OneCare Live is a suit from Microsoft(another one in their Windows Live program) aimed at protecting your Windows installations. It comes with an antivirus, a firewall, a backup-restore system and a tuneup module. The antivirus is ofcourse Microsoft’s own. So besides the antivirus & the firewall, the backup-restore system will allow you to backup [...]
Google Pack!!
Its true, the rumoured Google Pack is a reality!! Google is distributing a suite of free softwares that intends to make your computing experience easy & memorable. Following are the contents of the suite as yet:
Google Earth
Google Desktop
Picasa
Google Toolbar(for IE)
Google Pack Screensaver
Mozilla FireFox(with Google Toolbar)
AdAware SE Personal
Norton Antivirus 2005 Special Edition(6 month trial)
Adobe Reader 7
Except [...]
Microsoft patches early!!
Microsoft delivered a Windows patch earlier than expected, for a vulnerability(WMF flaw) that has been hounding the users for the past 10 days & have had hackers gloating at the gullible, reported Washington Post. :tup:
The patch was expected to be released next week along with other regular security updates, but was instead released yesterday. Director [...]
Unix & Linux more vulnerable!!
In its Cyber Security Bulletin SB2005, US-CERT(United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) recorded more than 5000 security vulnerabilities in 2005 in which almost half of them were present in Linux, Unix and their variations(like MacOS X), meaning that the security flaws in Linux/Unix operating systems outnumbered Windows by 3 to 1, as reported by TechWorld. [...]
Sober Worm is Ethical!!
Are worms, that infect your PCs, bad?
Surely you’ll be thinking what kind of question is that, ofcourse they are bad as they take over the control of your PC and do bad bad things!! But do you think that you’ve got the right measure of it? What if you are to be told that Sober [...]
Intel’s Processor Naming Conventions Explained
In some ways, the older days were better, the more the Megahertz, the better the processor, and of course, Intel ruled the roost, so there was no Intel-AMD battle to choose from. With the introduction of technologies such as 64 bit computing and dual core processors, AMD gradually made up ground, and Intel seemed to [...]