Microsoft counters Windows 7 FUD in blog posts

Windows 7 arrived less than a month ago, and while so far its reception has been quite good, critics have unsurprisingly managed to spread some serious FUD over Microsoft's latest operating system.

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Respected developers begin fleeing from App Store platform

Continued issues with the App Store approval process are prompting developers to shun the platform entirely

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First Malicious iPhone Worm In the Wild

After obtaining a copy of the malware it was discovered that the jailbroken phones, which are exploited through openSSH with a default password, scan IP ranges of mobile internet providers for other vulnerable iPhones, phone home to a C&C botnet server, are able to update themsel …

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Laptop Reliability Study: Asus and Toshiba Come Out on Top

New data from SquareTrade (one of the bigger warranty providers) says Asus and Toshiba have the least hardware malfunctions over 3 years, while one-in-four HP laptops are projected to experience problems. Oh, and crappy netbooks are worst of all.

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The 50 Best Inventions of 2009

From a rocket of the future to a $10 million lightbulb, here are TIME's picks for the best new gadgets and breakthrough ideas of the year

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Xbox 360's Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM and Zune Video Come November 17

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Blockbuster Renting Movies on SD Cards

Blockbuster is piloting a new program that will load a DRM'd movie rentals onto an SD card from a kiosk.

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Stop Paying for Windows Security; Microsoft's Security Tools Are Good Enough

When it comes to keeping your Windows PC secure, all of the scare tactics and overblown virus stories out there make it hard to feel safe online. The fact of the matter is that you don't need to pay for Windows security.

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Blu-ray discs get Managed Copy; hardware support nonexistent

"Managed copy" has been slouching its way toward our living rooms for years now, but the technology that can make backup copies of films will finally come to all Blu-ray discs on December 4, 2009.

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Firefox Tops Vulnerability List

According to Cenzic, Firefox accounted for 44 percent of all browser vulnerabilities reported in the first half of 2009.

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PC processor shipments break record

Third-quarter shipments of computer processors, or CPUs, climbed 23 percent over the second quarter of 2009, doubling typical growth and setting a record for sequential growth, according to an IDC report released Monday.

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Windows 7 surpasses Snow Leopard in under two weeks

In only two weeks since the official commercial launch of Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7 has managed to surpass Apple's Snow Leopard market share. Snow Leopard has been on the market for three months while Windows 7 has only been on the market for two weeks.

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Tell the FCC to Say "No" to the Cable Kill Switch

The battle over your home entertainment equipment is heating up again and the time to make your voice heard is now. Hollywood wants the Federal Communications Commission to grant the studios permission to engage in so-called "Selectable Output Control," or SOC for short.

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Adobe pushes Flash and PDF for open government, misses irony

Adobe has set up its "Adobe Opens Up" website to promote the use of Adobe technologies to achieve the goal of "opening up Washington," as well as highlighting ways in which federal, state, and local governments have implemented these technologies.

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IBM To Provide Employees With 100% Primary Health Care Coverage

IBM today announced that it will provide U.S. employees with 100 percent coverage for primary health care, beginning in 2010.

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The God Box: October 2009 Edition - Ars Technica

If you're one of the blessed few who can afford to spend between $8,000 and $10,000 on a system, then the God Box is for you. But because gluttony is a sin, some prefer to just pick a few parts from this when they're looking to give their Hot Rod a boost.

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Release Notes: I Am Not, Nor Have I Ever Been, a Fanboy

It all started with a phone call from my mom. While she's not a regular Maximum PC reader, she read my Windows 7 review online, and called me because she was worried about the, umm, "colorful" comments.

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Apple skips debate - Commits to health insurance

In the midst of a heated national debate over legislation to provide all Americans with affordable health insurance, Apple will skip the controversy entirely and extend full-benefit medical insurance to part-time employees in January 2010.

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Hasta la Vista, baby: Ars reviews Windows 7

With much fanfare and even a few parties, Windows 7 has arrived. In this extensive review, Peter Bright dives deep into Microsoft's new OS offering to see what's new, what's still the same, and whether it's worth upgrading.

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Windows 7 engineers: How feedback shaped the final release

On the eve of the Windows 7's release, Ars talks to three members of the Windows 7 product development and planning team to find out how user feedback impacted the latest version of Windows.

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Scientific societies warn Senate: climate change is real

A collection of 18 US scientific organizations has sent an open letter to members of the Senate, reminding them that climate change is a real phenomenon, and the best available evidence indicates it's being driven by human activities.

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Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre-order product of all time'

Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order product of all time in the UK, says Amazon.

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Finland becomes the first country to make broadband a legal right

Finland, the place that I've been calling home since July 2007, has just become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right.

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Steve Jobs is more popular than Oprah

US teens have voted Apple's Steve Jobs the person they most admire because he has 'made the world a better place'.

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Snow Leopard bug can delete account data

A bug has been reported in Apple's new Snow Leopard version of OS X that can result in the loss of an entire user account's data. The glitch seems to be triggered by using a Guest account and then trying to log back into a regular account.

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