It takes a lot of patience to read a giant corporation’s financial filings, let alone compare this year’s version to last year’s. But ZDNet’s Ed Bott has done just that to Microsoft’s 10-K second quarter report, and discovered something most interesting: The company no longer views Linux as a threat. READ MORE
Although it’s hardly a prelude to War of the Roses, Google’s recent decision to remove support for the Firefox toolbar is likely to have some critical consequences. Google’s break-up announcement, which came in a blog post “Written by Brittney,” says Google Toolbar for Firefox will be supported only up to Firefox 4. READ MORE
If you get a computer virus it’s your own fault–you shouldn’t have been fishing around on sketchy sites looking at porn or downloading pirated music, videos or software, right? Wrong. As ZDNet’s Ed Bott point out, even an innocent-looking ad on a legit site can cause a person problems. READ MORE
If your company uses Windows, you’ve probably been irked more than once by the smugness with which Mac users brag that they don’t have to worry about viruses or other malware. Same goes for Linux users. Turns out they’re both wrong. The Danish security firm CSIS has discovered a new do-it-yourself malware kit targeted specifically at Mac OSX being sold quietly in underground forums under the name Weyland-Yutani BOT. READ MORE
