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Google Claims its URL Shortening Service is More Secure
Dec 17th
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 50 others). According to the Official Google Blog, Google’s version offers the following advantages.
- Stability: Google’s scalable, multi-datacenter infrastructure provides great uptime and a reliable service to our users.
- Security: As we do with web search, shortened URLs are automatically checked to detect sites that may be More >
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Google Offers Peek at Chrome Operating System, a Potential Challenge to Windows
Dec 9th
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, whose Windows software powers the vast majority of personal computers.
But with the Chrome operating system, Google is not trying to build a better version of Windows. Instead, it is aiming to shift users toward its vision of “cloud computing,” a model in which programs are More >
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Microsoft Portable Keyboard Cuts Down on Heft, Logic
Nov 6th
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, which connects via Bluetooth, is only about as thick as an AAA battery at the back end, and tapers toward the front. Light of weight? Yes, but no poundage is given.
“The design tenets of compact, clean and refined really set the stage for the success More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...A Free Windows 7 Upgrade Could Cost You
Oct 29th
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 in hard cash could still cost you in headaches.
I’m not just talking about the upgrade process itself, which can be exhausting. Glancing through the upgrade information pages for participating manufacturers, several red flags went up. Here are some things to watch out for when it’s More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Shortcomings of Windows 7
Oct 24th
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 supposed to download these free apps yourself from a Microsoft Web site. It’s not a huge deal; some companies, including Dell, plan to preinstall them on new computers. But a lot of people will be in for some serious confusion — especially when they discover More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...New features of Windows 7
Oct 23rd
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 a little shake with the mouse — kind of fun, actually — to minimize all other windows (or to bring them back again) when you need a quick look at your desktop.
The taskbar now resembles the Dock in Apple’s Mac OS X. That is, it More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Windows 7 fixes the flaws of Windows Vista
Oct 23rd
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 the years. Nonetheless, the corporate software buyers who order copies of Windows by the gross weren’t impressed. As recently as this summer, at least two-thirds of corporate computers were still running the positively ancient Windows XP.
Windows 7 is a different story. It keeps what’s good More >
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Microsoft sues over ‘malicious’ online advertising
Oct 19th
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 personal secure information. Details as follow:
The Redmond, Wash., software maker filed the claims Thursday in Washington state court against five unknown individuals under the business names Soft Solutions, DirectAd, qiweroqw.com, ITmeter INC. and ote2008.info.
Microsoft’s associate general counsel, Tim Cranton, announced the move in a blog post.
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