Windows 8 on ARM: Not so vaporous after all?

Some interesting speculation about Win8 on ARM.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Windows 8 Metro: Now with mouse support!

But the oddities show that Metro’s designed for fingers, not mice, and trying to use a mouse is going to get dicey.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

IE 8 and IE 9 now getting pushed

Ready or not, you’re getting IE 8 or IE 9, if you have automatic updates turned on.

Susan Bradley’s Top Story for Windows Secrets Newsletter.

I certainly hope all of you folks upgraded to IE 8 (for XP) or IE 9 (for Vista, Win7,) or IE 10 (Win8) months ago.

I, personally, use Chrome most of the time, Firefox to get to secure sites, and IE on occasion. They’re all excellent. Really.

If you use pcAnywhere, you should disable it NOW

On Tuesday night, Symantec put up a red flag saying that anyone who’s using pcAnywhere should not only stop using it, they should turn it off.

Seems that one of the Anonymous folks stole a copy of the 2006 version of pcAnywhere, and they are probably looking for security holes right now.

From the Ars Technica article:

“Although Symantec says the theft actually occurred in 2006, the issue did not come to light until this month when hackers related to Anonymous said they had the source code and would release it publicly. Users of the Norton products in question are not at any increased risk of attack because of the age of the source code and security improvements made in the years since the breach, but the vendor acknowledged on Tuesday night that “Customers of Symantec’s pcAnywhere have increased risk as a result of this incident.”

ARM based Windows 8 tablets: where are they?

Completely Missing in Action.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Windows Phone 7 numbers confound — again

We had the same run-around a year ago.

InfoWorld Tech Watch. http://www.infoworld.com/t/windows-phone/windows-phone-7-sales-numbers-confound-again-184877

 

NSF study raises serious concerns about U.S. investment in technology

I’m amazed at how quickly the “Asia-10″ are rising to the top in commiting to science and technology R&D.

And I live there. Er, here….

InfoWorld Tech Watch.

Microsoft earnings results yield some unexpected good news

And I’m not talking about the Xbox, Office or Tools numbers.

Those were widely anticipated. These kind of surprised me.

InfoWorld Tech Watch.