Andy Patrizio

Microsoft has entered the personal security market in the way it knows best: with aggressive pricing. With its cut-rate pricing and three-user license, Windows Live OneCare is now the number two selling security suite, according to The NPD Group. OneCare sells for just $19.99 for the downloadable version and for an average price of $29.67 […]

Technology has become a pervasive part of our lives, but it’s easy to forget that this is still a very young industry. In fact, many of the entrepreneurs who built the tech industry are still around. As these firms mature and their leaders age, some have done a better job than others at building a […]

UPDATED: Apple Computer  on Friday said it will request a hearing before the Nasdaq listing qualifications panel in response to a notification that it could be delisted from the Nasdaq board. The company had announced earlier in the day that, due to its mishandling of past employee stock options, it will miss the deadline to […]

It seems with each monthly Patch Tuesday, some kind of disaster follows Microsoft’s  batch of fixes. In this case, there may be problems with one of the patches, but the federal government is taking the unusual step of insisting this patch be installed. Both issues surround patch KB921883, or MS06-040. The patch addresses a remote […]

You have to hand it to Borland; the company has no quit in it. Despite reports it is looking to sell off its line of integrated development environments (IDE), Borland  has announced a return of the brand that made it famous back in the 1980s, the Turbo line. The company is re-launching Turbo Delphi for […]

Microsoft Research has another nifty technology about to escape its labs. Photosynth can transform a group of photos online to create a 3D space on the Web for users to “fly” through via mouse. The Photosynth software analyzes a group of images for similarities, such as the same window, wall or doorway, then displays them […]

Microsoft  will fold its Speech Server software into the upcoming Office Communications server, thus integrating speech with instant messaging and e-mail communication. This will mark the end of Speech Server, which was updated this year. Going forward, it will be a part of the Office Communications Server 2007, a new product planned for release next […]

UPDATED: Google struck a three-year, $900 million advertising deal with News Corp. to provide search and advertising through MySpace.com, IGN and other Fox Interactive Media Web sites owned by the media giant. The deal is a blow for Google’s chief rival Yahoo. MySpace.com has a search engine at the top of every page, which can […]

Apple’s iPod and iTunes may be selling well in Europe, but that’s not stopping the governments of the EU from attacking the company over the lock between iTunes and the iPod. The Cupertino, CA computer company announced just this week that it has sold more than 200 million songs through its European iTunes Music Stores […]

At the rate we’re going, safe surfing of the Internet is starting to require more pieces and components than a real life suit of armor. Antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-rootkit , anti-malware , firewalls … do we have enough software to keep us safe? Apparently not. Symantec said it’s about to begin public beta testing for Norton […]

True to form, Microsoft has announced that next Tuesday, August 8, it will release its monthly batch of security updates, to be followed by a Webcast discussing the updates. And if the pattern we’ve seen in recent months remains steady, new viruses and exploits will follow around one day later. For the time being, Microsoft […]

A common knock on Vista has been that it’s just Windows XP with a prettier face. But under the hood, Microsoft has made a mighty effort to secure the platform. Now the software giant is seeking help in an unusual forum:the Black Hat conference. Black Hat isn’t quite as outlaw as its name implies. Defcon, […]