Google Claims its URL Shortening Service is More Secure
Google today launched its own URL shortening service, aptly named the Google URL Shortener (http://goo.gl/). The service is, for the moment, only available in the updated versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner.
Google says that its service will be more secure than the goodness-knows-how-many URL shortening services that already exist (tinyURL, bit.ly, tr.im, at least [...]
Google Offers Peek at Chrome Operating System, a Potential Challenge to Windows
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google began lifting the veil on its planned Chrome operating system on Thursday, but it said that computers powered by the software would not be available for a year.
The new operating system, which is closely tied to Google’s Web browser, also named Chrome, is seen as a potential challenge to Microsoft, [...]
Microsoft Portable Keyboard Cuts Down on Heft, Logic
Toting around a portable keyboard to go with that portable computer seems like a contradiction in terms of portability, but apparently Microsoft’s hardware division has sensed an opportunity that others have missed.
To that end, the Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000.
For those who prize keyboard comfort, laptops and netbooks leave much to be desired. The ultra-slim 6000, [...]
A Free Windows 7 Upgrade Could Cost You
If you bought a Windows Vista-based PC in the last four months, and you’re now eagerly awaiting the launch of Windows 7, consider restraining your excitement. While many major computer manufacturers have promised free upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7 for anyone who bought a PC after June 26, 2009, what you don’t pay [...]
Shortcomings of Windows 7
Out of fear of antitrust headaches, Microsoft has stripped Windows 7 of some important accessory programs. Believe it or not, software for managing photos, editing videos, reading PDF documents, maintaining a calendar, managing addresses, chatting online or writing e-mail doesn’t come with Windows 7.
What kind of operating system doesn’t come with an e-mail program?
Instead, you’re [...]
New features of Windows 7
Windows 7 is mostly great news. The happiest developments help Windows live up to its name: there are some slick, efficient new features for managing windows.
You can drag a window’s edge against the top or side of your screen to make it fill the whole screen or half of it. You can give a window [...]
Windows 7 fixes the flaws of Windows Vista
Windows 7 comes out Thursday. And if the programmers at Microsoft have any strength left at all, they are high-fiving.
Their three-year Windows Vista nightmare is over. That operating system’s wretched reputation may have been overblown; at the outset, it was slow, intrusive and incompatible with a lot of gadgets, but it’s been quietly improved over [...]
Microsoft sues over ‘malicious’ online advertising
NEW YORK – Microsoft Corp. has filed five lawsuits aimed at halting the flow of malicious online advertising.
A good news for consumers. If you are a victim of bad online advertising, take heart, Microsoft has started lawsuits to clamp down on such bad advertising such as scaring you into installing fake software, and compromising on [...]
