Latest From Mark McDonnell
L.A. Cloud Contract Goes To Google Over Microsoft
Los Angeles has awarded a $7.5 million contract for cloud-computing services to Google, which beat out Microsoft. Despite protests, the L.A. City Council accepted Google’s bid with incentives to avoid security breaches. ...
It’s Official — Bing Goes the Microsoft Search Engine
May 28, 2009 2:36PM It’s official — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced that Bing is the new search engine that will replace Windows Live Search. When Bing is fully ready, it ...
Analyst Doesn’t Expect Microsoft To Control Netbooks
Internet speculation has suggested that Microsoft and others could try to control the booming netbook market by changing the specifications and prices. The rumors have Microsoft charging more for Windows 7 on ...
Brand-New IE8 Draws Howls From Users About Problems
March 20, 2009 2:15PM Microsoft’s final release of Internet Explorer 8 may not be so final as unhappy users flood IE8’s feedback pages with complaints. While Microsoft says it fixed problems found ...
Chrome Is Like Teflon in Browser-Hacking Contest
The Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security conference aims to unearth browser flaws. This year, “white-hat” hackers at Pwn2Own took down Safari on Mac OS X, IE8 and Firefox. Only Google’s Chrome ...
Social Networking Linked To ‘Infantilized Lifestyle’
A neuroscientist has told the House of Lords that social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace may change the way brains function and lead to a more “infantilized lifestyle.” The baroness said her ...
Researchers Show ‘Secure’ Sites May Not Be Safe
U.S. and European researchers have demonstrated that digital certificates using the MD5 algorithm can be faked. While some https sites are moving away from MD5, virtually all browsers still accept those “secure” ...
Google Still Dominates Ad-Serving Market
A new report shows just how dominant Google is in the ad-serving market. Google owns 57 percent of the ad-server market; Microsoft and Yahoo combined have only 15 percent. But in the ...
Hasta La Vista, Microsoft Vista
For smaller organizations with only a few machines and no centralized administration control, Microsoft’s Windows Vista does make sense. It does have better security than Windows XP, although a robust antivirus solution ...
Hasta La Vista, Microsoft Vista
For smaller organizations with only a few machines and no centralized administration control, Microsoft’s Windows Vista does make sense. It does have better security than Windows XP, although a robust antivirus solution ...