It’s Moving Day!

Hello everyone. Today is moving day for me…am staying in the same apartment complex, but moving to a different apartment. Change is good, right? Hope so.  Anyway am doing a lot of heavy work and cleaning right now, so I have not had time to gather as many stories as I would have liked…but I have a few of interest.

The big news today comes from HP. They are discontinuing their cell phone line and tablets that run the webOS operating system that they acquired when they bought out Palm. This is bit of a shock as they just purchased Palm less than a year ago for $1.2 billion. Wow. Even more shocking, is they are strongly considering spinning off the PC manufacturing business. They sell a lot of HP computers these days. But, I guess not enough.

Well, I must get back to moving so here is the rest of the days news and info. – JRC

HP murders webOS tablets, phones

HP has announced that it will discontinue its webOS TouchPad and webOS phones, just weeks after the arrival of the TouchPad and a little more than a year after the company acquired the webOS mobile operating system from Palm in a $1.2bn purchase. In a press release floated before the company's quarterly earnings call, HP also confirmed that it is considering a spinoff of its PC business. In April, the company announced that it would bring webOS to PCs as well as new mobile devices.

Firefox 6 patches 10 dangerous security holes

Mozilla has shipped a critical Firefox update to fix at least 10 security vulnerabilities, some serious enough to expose web surfers to drive-by download attacks. According to an advisory from the open-source group, 8 of the 10 vulnerabilities are rated “critical,” meaning that they can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing.

When Facebook Gets Creepy - Slideshow from PCMag.com

Facebook, while informational and entertaining, can also be creepy. But aside from the sometimes borderline-disturbing behavior of Facebook users, the site itself has been accused of violating personal boundaries.

Netflix vs. Blockbuster: What's the best service for streaming and DVDs?

here are more choices than ever for your entertainment dollar, but Netflix and Blockbuster remain the only two that offer both online streaming and disc-by-mail options. Recent changes to both--a controversial Netflix price hike and a change of ownership for Blockbuster--make this a perfect time to re-examine how both of these vendors stack up against one another.

It's iPad or nothing, survey says

The study found that out of more than 1,100 potential tablet purchasers, an overwhelming 94.5 percent cited the iPad as a device of interest.

Who makes the best Windows security software? Surprise...

Does antivirus software work? Online criminals have beaten traditional security software that relies on signatures and scans. But there’s an alternative: smarter software that turns the bad guys’ own actions against them. I found some refreshing new ideas from one of the oldest brand names in personal computing.