Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Battery Life Claims Under the Microscope

Class Action Suit Seeks Truth about Laptop Battery Life

Does laptop battery life (or the lack thereof) tick you off? You're hardly alone. Last month a Silicon Valley law firm filed a class-action suit against Intel, claiming that the tests it uses to support claims of battery life have almost no connection to how people actually use their computers.

Windows 7 RTM: The revenge of Windows Vista

Windows Vista lacked the right stuff to unseat Windows XP. Does Windows 7 really have what it takes?

Microsoft vs. Google: Let the Web App War Begin

Like two gargantuan monsters, waging a pitched battle over a fake Tokyo cityscape, Microsoft and Google are now officially trying to beat the living daylights out of each other.

Google Voice coming to Android, BlackBerry

Google is ready to bring Google Voice to a place where it really makes the most sense: the smartphone.

Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?

Earlier this month, Symantec’s product manager David Hall dismissed free security software as equal alternative to the paid versions. Needless to say that such statements from a competing vendor often come as a direct frontal attack against the alternative solution, however, they also fuel the debate on whether or not free antivirus offers a false feeling of security.

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