Thursday, January 15, 2009

Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave…and More

Apple's Jobs takes medical leave, shares tumble

Apple Inc chief and tech visionary Steve Jobs will take a leave of absence till end-June because of health problems "more complex" than thought, backtracking on reassurances, stunning investors and sending its shares skidding 10 percent on Wednesday.

Google Kills Services: Notebook, Dodgeball, Others Gone

Google announced that it will end development and close down in the coming months Jaiku, Dodgeball, Catalog Search, Google Notebook and uploads for Google Video.

Has your PC become a spammer's botnet zombie?

Worldwide spam traffic dramatically dropped after a major spam server was temporarily shut down last fall, raising public awareness of botnets: networks of PCs that have been turned into spam-spewing robots. Most antivirus applications are ill-equipped to stop this kind of malware, but you can reduce the risk of having your PC become zombified.

Top free tools for rooting out rootkit spies

I tested a number of free rootkit detectors for Windows XP and Windows Vista, and my clear favorite is F-Secure's Blacklight, which combines thorough system scanning with the familiar interface reminiscent of a standard antivirus program.

The Presidential Portrait Goes Digital - PC World

Barack Obama's election to U.S. president has already brought a string of firsts, and on Wednesday there came another. The official presidential portrait was shot on a digital camera for the first time.

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