December 2010
13 posts
Windows Phone 7 piracy materializes with... →
A proof-of-concept application, FreeMarketplace, that allows any Windows Phone 7 application to be downloaded and installed free of charge has been developed. Though Marketplace…
Skype brought down by double whammy of overloaded... →
Skype’s substantial period of downtime last week has been traced to overloaded servers triggering a bug in the most widespread version of the Windows Skype client, the company has …
“What the tablet does, for the first time, is let us hit the reset button on the presentation of content to readers.” — - Mike McCue, CEO of Flipboard, in [Web format has ‘contaminated’ online journalism | Technology | Los Angeles Times](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/12/flipboards-mike-mccue-online-journalism-is-being-contaminated-by-www.html)
Does it, though?...
Anonymous asked: Recently in the message thread for your article, "Lies, damned lies, and benchmarks: is IE9 cheating at SunSpider?", you made this statement (in response to someone else):
"And bugs should be rare, since all they do is get the answer wrong for no purpose. Guess what? They're not rare."
This struck me as a particularly true statement. Bugs should be...
"And bugs should be rare, since all they do is get the answer wrong for no purpose. Guess what? They're not rare."
This struck me as a particularly true statement. Bugs should be...
Stuxnet apparently as effective as a military... →
Damage from the Stuxnet virus has apparently set back the Iranian nuclear program by as much as two years, according to a German security expert talking to the Jerusalem Post. This…
Microsoft to show off slates at CES... again →
One of the highlights of CES 2010, at least for Microsoft and Microsoft watchers, was the HP Slate. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer demonstrated the device on-stage, and it looked like it…
Operation: Payback changes course, may be fizzling... →
Operation: Payback, the Anonymous effort to conduct denial of service attacks against a wide range of targets has experienced something of a setback and is now changing course. …
Visa under attack from Anonymous, payment... →
Visa was getting it from both barrels today, with threats of both legal action and electronic warfare made against the company. WikiLeaks’ Icelandic payment processor, DataCell,…
Internet Explorer 9 gets new anti-tracking privacy... →
Microsoft has revealed a new feature that will ship with Internet Explorer 9 to help users avoid the online tracking that is now widespread on the Web and is used to power behavioral…
4chan rushes to WikiLeaks' defense, forces Swiss... →
The forces of Anonymous have taken aim at several companies who are refusing to do business with WikiLeaks. 4chan’s hordes have launched distributed denial-of-service attacks against…
Silverlight 5 unveiled: many new features,... →
At a Silverlight event today, Microsoft gave a first look at the next version of the company’s development platform. Silverlight 5 will be a more complete, more capable development…
HP kills Windows Home Server line, claims Vail... →
Hewlett-Packard’s MediaSmart boxes, the archetypal Windows Home Server systems, are being discontinued at the end of the year. HP has confirmed to Microsoft that it has no intention…
Windows Phone 7 jailbreak tool comes, goes within... →
Last week saw the release of ChevronWP7, a tool to allow development and installation of Windows Phone 7 applications on any phone, without having to go through the Microsoft…