Andy Patrizio

If Web 2.0 is built on trust, that may also be its downfall. Hackers entered a Web page into the German edition of Wikipedia that claimed there was a new variant of the Blaster virus floating around and provided a link to a download to remove the virus. The problem was, the supposed virus remover […]

Microsoft  is denying a report from the British Broadcasting Corp. that the company was considering withdrawing from China due to the hard-line government’s repressive treatment of technology users. The BBC Web site ran a story Thursday, quoting Fred Tipson, senior policy counsel for the company. Tipson was in Athens, Greece, as part of the Internet […]

Microsoft has adopted a strategy for insuring Vista application compatibility that borrows a page from the old Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance testing methods. The Application Compatibility Factory is a partnership program with a trio of systems integrators, based in India, designed to address application compatibility on its forthcoming Vista Windows operating system. Microsoft  expects to […]

Microsoft  has backed down on its previously-disclosed licensing terms for Vista and will now allow for unlimited installations on a single device. The previous license for Vista marked a change from past operating systems, in that it tied the copy of Vista to the hardware. The license would allow for one license transfer, from an […]

Adobe Systems  has released the Acrobat 8 content creation product line, as promised, featuring a new collaboration feature built on, of all things, Flash  technology. The PDF,  Portable Document Format, has been settled for some time, so the new Acrobat 8 product line – which includes Acrobat 8 Professional, Acrobat 8 Standard, Acrobat 8 Elements, […]

Good news for Microsoft. A survey by ABI Research shows that iPod owners are not quite as devoted to their hardware as traditional Mac owners and are willing to consider the Zune player, slated to be released November 14th. In the survey, ABI asked 1,725 teens and adults if they plan to buy an MP3 […]

Microsoft today introduced Windows Embedded CE 6.0, an update to its real-time operating system (RTOS) for non-computer devices, and with it, a whole lot of source code. With this release, Microsoft is offering the entire Windows CE kernel through its Shared Source program, whereas before the company only offered portions of the kernel. It’s also […]

Microsoft may recommend 1GB of memory for Windows Vista, but the CEO of Dell Computer is the first high-profile PC executive to say that’s probably not enough. Dell  chief Kevin Rollins was speaking at Jiaotong University in Shanghai when the issue of Vista system requirements came up. “I think they tell you maybe one gig […]

Microsoft is taking its Office Live service live and out of beta on November 15, expanding its offerings for small businesses both in content and its availability overseas. Office Live is a set of Internet-based services for small businesses, designed to get them up and running online quickly. Microsoft  launched the service in February and […]

As the old cliché goes, timing is everything. Credit mdog.com with some very good timing. Just days ago, a report came out stating that the circulations at the nation’s largest newspapers took a nosedive over the last six months, one of the steepest on record. The average daily circulation for 770 newspapers was 2.8 percent […]

Webroot will introduce an update to its popular Spy Sweeper anti-spyware product on Tuesday that fully integrates the Sophos antivirus engine, providing both functions within one executable. The two companies had previously announced plans to offer an integrated solution for business and consumer customers. Webroot’s Spy Sweeper has become a market leader and enjoyed numerous […]

Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11, the latest update to its Windows multimedia playback device, and it could be the last for some time, according to one analyst. One of the hallmarks of Windows Media Player 11 is its integration with Urge, the digital music service from MTV Networks. The search capabilities of WMP […]