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1. Symantec confirms Internet Explorer exploit

   (Security/Security Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... computers 
Microsoft issues Windows 7 security advisory Stealth malware steals jailbroken iPhone data Adobe sneaks out mega security patch  ...

2. Modern life is rubbish

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... DRM you've missed when trying to get the Pro Suite certificates going in Encase when they've already got every form of licence protection known to man. The way that Windows tries to assign your thumbdrive ...

3. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... some Asian languages." Huq explained that the worm's "lexical" abilities were limited to spewing arbitrary "conversation pieces" into chat windows. "This will be because the worm supports conversation ...

4. Microsoft: No backdoor in Windows 7

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   But NSA admits involvement in OS security guide Microsoft has rebuffed reports that a "backdoor" was deliberately coded into its Windows 7 operating system. "Microsoft has not and will not put 'backdoors' ...

5. Nvidia auctions "ultimate" gaming system on eBay

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... DA1000 Power Supply Case Accessories by Performance PCs Case LED Lighting by Oznium Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard Custom Nvidia Themed Razer Boomslang Mouse Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Edition provided ...

6. Pinky Pogoplug USB thing is very perky

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... iPhone support. It works with both Windows Explorer and Mac Finder, and the software that's included will let you search across all of your drives. The pink thing supports the NTFS, FAT32, Mac OS and EXT2/EXT3 ...

7. We need Chrome

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... Windows XP (sans malware), Ubuntu (8 for me, thank you) and looking forward to playing with Windows 7, I think it's time the industry had a truly new operating system, one built with the Web as its foundation. ...

8. Steve Ballmer hallelujahs Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   The lid it is lifted Delightfully understated Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has finally lifted the lid on how well Windows 7 sales have been doing. Previously Ballmer has only told the world that the operating ...

9. Microsoft claims "fantastic" Windows 7 sales

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   But refuses to divulge any details or sales figures Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told an annual shareholder's meeting that sales of Windows 7 have met the company's expectations. Ballmer, who was quoted ...

10. The world waits for Google's Chrome OS

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... relatively small  market share compared to Microsoft Windows, and you could even argue that Chrome is just a variant of Linux. The Mighty Google will reveal some morsels in just a few hours. See ...

11. Gaming hardware to hit $27 billion next year

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... economy, processing advancements and higher quality gaming offerings will all contribute to a healthy year for PC gaming hardware in 2010." Jon Peddie, president of JPR said that Windows 7, DirectX 11, ...

12. Chinese court halts Microsoft OS sales

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Over copyright violation Microsoft, always happy to defend its own products, has been ordered to stop selling some versions of Windows in China, after a court found it had violated a licensing agreement. ...

13. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... Parrot. Now both Device VM and Hyperspace are designed to work alongside Windows because the companies that build those two platforms realized that it isn’t yet 2020 and we aren’t constantly surrounded ...

14. Nvidia showcases Fermi-based Tesla GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... into X86 market Nvidia: Our nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance  ...

15. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... with content protection powered by Flash Access 2.0," Adobe explained in a statement. "Additionally, Flash Player 10.1 now leverages hardware decoding of H.264 video on Windows PCs, netbooks and mobile ...

16. Microsoft issues Windows 7 security advisory

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Situation "actively" monitored Microsoft has confirmed that it is "investigating" reports of a possible denial of service vulnerability in the Windows Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. However, the ...

17. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ... Hydra's upcoming launch. During a wide-ranging interview, Stowe also spoke about the SoC's performance, Windows 7 compatibility issues and the company's relationship with MSI. TG Daily: Various reports ...

18. Nvidia CEO says he is "all" Apple

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... Burke told TG Daily. "Their reputation for providing quality products people love is well-earned and we are proud to be a part of their platforms." See Also Apple plans 50 new stores Microsoft: Windows ...

19. Microsoft to ship Linux tools

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... to make interoperability possible.  Releasing Linux based tools is a long way from making Windows 7 Open Source, but it is a step in the right direction.  ...

20. Google preps Mac Chrome beta for holiday launch

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... ready, and they're already working great on Windows and Linux," Google's Nick Baum wrote in an official forum post. He also recommended that developers update their extensions to "take advantage" of ...

21. We didn't copy Windows 7 from Mac OS. Did we?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Unseemly row surfaces Microsoft has rebutted Microsoft statements that it based the look and feel of Windows 7 on the Apple Mac OS. Yesterday, a Microsoft manager said that what his company had tried ...

22. How TG Daily is put together

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... have the Lino operating system in my bathroom [10:03:44] Evil Spinola: Doesn't it have Windows? [10:03:56] Good Spinola: it has two Windows but the blinds are down [10:04:29] Evil Spinola: If you upgraded ...

23. Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    True confessions from Redmond A Microsoft official has finally admitted that Windows 7 was heavily influenced by Mac OS X. "One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that ...

24. Mozilla refreshes Firefox 3.6 Beta

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... Windows operating systems. 
See Also Mozilla looks ahead as Firefox celebrates fifth anniversary Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta spotted in the wild Mozilla preps Firefox 3.6 with beta test build  ...

25. Stealth malware steals jailbroken iPhone data

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... that the back-end of Privacy.A can be "easily" installed on a variety of operating systems, including OS X, Windows and Linux. 
 "A computer on display in a retail store could [then] scan all iPhones that ...

26. Amazon releases Kindle for PC

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Color my world? Amazon is offering a free Kindle for PC application that runs on XP, Vista and Windows 7. But while this might not be any big deal, an advert on top of the download page shows a Winnie ...

27. Best Buy sells Acer notebook for $250

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... that it will also offer deals on products like the Samsung netbook, a machine that comes with Windows 7, and Dell Limited Edition netbooks, individually numbered and designed by artists. Best Buy will ...

28. Microsoft rolls out Exchange 2010

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... and text messages together. Bank of America, NEC Philips, Subaru Canada have already deployed Exchange 2010, said Microsoft. Microsoft also report that corporations and organizations have moved to Windows ...

29. OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 07 November 2009

    ... WoW and CoD. Cross-platform support for Windows, Linux and OS X.  ...

30. Microsoft preps critical security updates

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Tuesday patch blitzkrieg Microsoft has confirmed that it is preparing a number of critical patches for both Windows and Office. The 6 updates - three of which are critical - address 15 vulnerabilities ...

31. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... better. I could go on. But it really doesn't matter because there will be many more clients to choose from soon enough. With the recent arrival of Windows 7 and the Verizon/Google Droid phone this week, ...

32. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    Microsoft finally gets it right Initial sales of Microsoft Windows 7 have reportedly "surpassed" those of Vista by 234 percent. According to the NPD Group, a combination of pre-sale discounts and a lack ...

33. Apple reverses Atom Snow Leopard ban

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... strategy Why Apple should license Windows 7 Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good  ...

34. Parallels takes on VMware

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... performs 22 percent faster than the competition (VMware) when running a 64-bit version of Windows 7. In addition, version 5 reportedly offers up to 300 percent faster performance for virtual machine operations ...

35. Why Apple should license Windows 7

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... over that platform seems even more complete. Microsoft's most popular products, in terms of volume and revenue are traditionally Windows, Windows Server, and Office. The closest thing to a product is ...

36. Maingear Shifts into overdrive with hard-core gaming machine

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... HyperX memory - up to DDR3-2000 @ 2000MHz. Windows 7 - 64-bit support. The Shift base price is currently set at $2,199.  ...

37. Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta spotted in the wild

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time. Testers can download Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 builds for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux here. See Also Mozilla preps Firefox 3.6 with ...

38. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... Quad, i7 and Xeon Nehalem CPUs. 

 It should be noted that Psystar's Darwin Universal Boot Loader supports additional operating systems, including Windows 7, XP, Vista and various Linux flavors. See ...

39. Snow Leopard glitch means Windows 7 runs faster - on Macs

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    The brand new 27" iMac is suffering from major problems with video graphics while Windows 7 operating on the same machines is working fine. The brand new 27" iMac is suffering from major problems with ...

40. Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... card issue. I'm awaiting a fix," added Rhyceudique. See Also Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays ...

41. Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    An Intel spokesperson recently told TG Daily that Microsoft Windows 7 offers "improved performance and stability" compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.An Intel spokesperson ...

42. Ubuntu bug subjects TG Daily hack to wrath of fanbois

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... sdb, or sdc. The "manual" partitioning option showed all partitions on all three drives and seemed normal. "On another system, recently loaded with windows 7 professional on a 250 GB sda, the "side by ...

43. VMWare tempts Mac users with "ultimate" Windows 7 experience

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    VMWare has rolled out its Fusion 3 virtualization platform for Mac OS X. The $80 Fusion 3 - which offers 50 new features - allows users to run native Windows applications with "Mac simplicity." VMWare ...

44. My 10 favorite Windows apps

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    I am agnostic to operating systems. I've used Mac OSes, I've used OS/2, I've used every version of Windows since version 1.0. I've used SuSE Linux. I liked SuSE Linux. It ran fiendishly fast on the Pentium ...

45. Ubuntu is still rubbish

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... refused to talk to my Windows (XP in those days) boxes on the LAN, so I gave up with it. On a whim this afternoon, I downloaded the latest RC version of Ubuntu with another silly name - Wonky Wombat or ...

46. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    Opinion: Apple was blindsided by Windows 7. It wasn’t the product which they saw coming, it was the sustaining marketing budget and positive reviews from Apple loyalists like Walt Mossberg they ...

47. MSI plans Tegra e-book, talks up notebook shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... notebook shipments next year. MSI expects notebook shipments will grow more than 10 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009 thanks mainly to Windows 7, but a shortage of optical drives and DRAM ...

48. Family Guy escapes curse of Redmond

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... exclusion of all other advertising content and feature gags about Windows 7. Now Redmond has seen some early footage of the show, it's pulling the sponsorship because it doesn't like what it sees. At ...