A Microsoft patent application details a business model whereby the user gets a free or heavily subsidized PC but is charged for usage time, application and performance.
From time to time, I’ll get absolutely inundated with an email, which naturally I’ll delete straight away. On the rare occasion I get something worth reading, I’ll flag it for a post like this
“…The sophistication of the programs has in the last two years begun to give them almost lifelike capabilities. For example, malware programs now infect computers and then routinely use their own antivirus capabilities to not only disable antivirus software but also remove competing malware programs.
As Microsoft moves to provide free antivirus software. If the software, code-named Morro, successfully protects against viruses, analysts said, it could mean an exodus from well-known security brands.
Whenever Apple suggests a practice that is contra to the Mac user orthodoxy, the press pounces on it. In this case it’s the suggestion that Mac users add antivirus software to their systems.
I noticed today when I pulled up a page with a embedded YouTube video that it attempted to install a virus onto my machine. My Virus software, Ca Anti-Virus stopped the virus dead in its tracks, but YouTube has yet to resolve the issue
A little over a week ago, Apple posted an update to a previously published support document which recommends the use of virus protection for Mac OS X. This document updates a previously published Apple support document which recommended virus protection
The computer is a comprehensive operating machine that performs unparalleled tasks. It is expediting results