| Microsoft security site hacked after criticizing Sony’s security Posted: 11 Jul 2011 11:20 PM PDT 
Categories: VISTA.BLORGE Hackers recently targeted Microsoft by turning one of its sites into a "hot bed of porn" and malware. This attack came after Microsoft criticized Sony and RSA for making "rookie mistakes." Recently, hackers were able to hack the Microsoft Safety and Security Center. Hackers were able to compromise the site's search engine, which returned porn [...] |
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| Microsoft: The McDonald’s of software Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:40 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE With more than 400 million licenses sold, there’s no question that Window 7 is hugely successful and quantity has a quality all it’s own, like hamburgers from that red-haired clown. Software from ever sweaty Steve “monkey boy” Ballmer, a bozo in his own right, is everywhere and not because it’s beautiful. 2011 Windows Partner Conference [...] |
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| Google+ – Growing fast but will it last? Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:40 PM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Will the appeal of Google+ last beyond this early stage when everyone wants to be involved? Google+ has now been successfully launched into beta, and despite a few niggling issues and criticisms over privacy, has already proven a success. However, will that success last past this glorious honeymoon stage when everyone wants to be invited [...] |
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| iOS users download more apps for more money Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:30 PM PDT 
Categories: iPHONETOUCH.BLORGE Call it sheep to the slaughter if it helps you hate, but the real import of this news is that the app sector is maturing, rapidly so. Whereas pay-to-play apps once represented a plurality on the App Store, an overwhelming majority are free (if you don’t make any in-app purchases). Quoting popular Piper Jaffray pundit [...] |
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| Google+ fills up then spews out spam Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT 
Categories: TECH.BLORGE Google+ checklist. Intriguing new features: check. Attention-grabbing invite system: check. Adequate disk space at Google HQ: Ah, damn it. Yep, in an incident that proves that sometimes it’s the simplest things that trip you up, Google has admitted it mistakenly unleashed a torrent of unwanted messages on users of its new social networking tool. As [...] |
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