Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tech News Today

PC demand slows amid 'consumer fatigue,' but Apple share surges
Global PC sales disappointed across the board in the third quarter, according to IDC and Gartner. Apple's market share, however, surged in the third quarter in the U.S.

United States leads world in zombie computers
A new study shows that over 2.2 million U.S. computers are botnet computers. These computers are infected with viruses that let hackers control them remotely.

HTC, Dell, Samsung, LG Jump on Windows Phone 7 Platform
At the Windows Phone 7 launch event, Microsoft and its manufacturing partners demonstrated some of the first smartphones for the platform. While Microsoft tried to impose rigid hardware requirements, some of the devices on display had additional features--including pop-out speakers and QWERTY keyboards--that suggest those partners decided to do a little tweaking of their own

Microsoft's Facebook stake: Maybe not so crazy
The two companies' partnership in bringing Facebook
data into Bing searches is one of the most promising fruits of a three-year-old strategic investment that looked slightly stupid at the time.

Man snaps over game console
A 42-year-old man snapped after his girlfriend confiscated his video game console. He followed her to work and ran her car off the road. The man is now in jail on a number of charges.

iPhone, Android give RIM insecurity complex

Research In Motion faces a challenge in the business market, as workers force companies to rethink which devices they support, and the BlackBerry's vaunted security becomes less unique.

Female candidate challenged on leaked pictures
Racy pictures of a female Congressional candidate recently leaked online. She maintains that it is a plot to portray female candidates negatively. And she contends this will be a common situation for many upcoming female candidates.

WSJ: AOL, private equity exploring bid for Yahoo
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AOL and several private equity firms, including Silver Lake Partners and Blackstone Group, are "exploring the possibility" of bidding for Yahoo.

Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.

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