Office 2003, which was last updated in September 2007 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), will leave mainstream support in less …
Dell keeps new Vostro laptops free of bloatware
Dell Inc. today added three new models to its Vostro line of small-business laptops, continuing a two-year-old policy under which …
Attackers exploit critical PowerPoint vulnerability
For the second time in five weeks, Microsoft Corp. warned that hackers were exploiting a critical unpatched bug in its …
New Quadro GPUs add virtualization option for Nvidia users
Nvidia Corp. yesterday added seven graphics cards to its Quadro line for professionals, including three that support a new technology …
Conficker’s makers lose big, expert says
The malware makers who crafted Conficker must be extremely disappointed, a security expert said today, and not because the Internet …
IE’s market share falls to new milestone low
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer (IE), which four years ago was running on nearly nine out of 10 computers, has fallen …
Report: HP may build Android netbooks
Hewlett-Packard Co. may build netbook PCs running Google Inc.'s Linux-based Android operating system, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The …
Samsung introduces Mondi, the first WiMax ‘Mobile Internet Device’
Samsung Telecommunications America announced the first WiMax-enabled Mobile Internet Device (MID) today at the International CTIA Wireless conference. Called the …
5 best router and switch features you never use
It's been said that Microsoft Word users only exploit 10% of the software's capabilities. The same might be true of …
Intel, Microsoft look away as beefed-up netbooks blur lines
Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.'s attempts to confine netbooks to the low end of the market to protect mainstream notebook …
Conficker on April 1st: Eve of destruction or big joke?
Security experts say Conficker.C (also called Downadup) presents a serious threat. Infected machines — said to number from 3 million …
RIM, others face uphill rivalry with App Store
If Research In Motion opens its BlackBerry App World online store next week as rumored, it will be the second …
Couple sues Acer over sluggish Vista performance
An Ohio couple has sued Acer America Corp., accusing the computer maker of deceiving customers by claiming that laptops with …
Mozilla patches Firefox’s critical Pwn2Own bug
Mozilla Corp. patched two critical Firefox bugs on Friday, including one used the week before by a German student to …
Intel raises the bar in server chips with Nehalem
Intel's upcoming Xeon server chips incorporate significant advancements that could form the basis for future chips that could handle high-performance …
Asus readies slim multimedia PC-in-a-keyboard
Taiwan's AsusTek Computer Inc. early this summer plans to launch the most radical member of its popular Eee family of …
Microsoft to present open source blueprint for down economy
Microsoft plans to use this week's Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) to outline its move into the next phase of …
Adobe details secret PDF patches
Adobe Systems Inc. revealed today that it patched five critical vulnerabilities behind the scenes when it updated its Reader and …
Sun unveils virtual desktop storage upgrades
Sun is overhauling its virtual desktop software with new features that reduce storage needs by creating clones of virtual machines, …
Lenovo offers workstations with Intel’s Nehalem chips
Lenovo became the second major PC maker to announce workstations based on Intel's upcoming quad-core Nehalem chips, which are due …