Microsoft’s week involved patching a number of security flaws in Internet Explorer, which were apparently exploited in a wide-ranging attack against Google and dozens of other U.S. companies, and taking its Bing Maps Silverlight site out of Beta.
News Analysis: Beijing’s apparent indifference to Google’s threat to pull out of China over censorship and security issues and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s call for Internet global freedoms underscores the difficulties of dealing with repressive governments.
The lead engineer for Google’s Chrome Operating System told Ars Technica the emerging product and its Chrome Web browser sidekick will have a complete media player that approximates the functionality of Windows Media Player. Chrome OS boots up a netbook in a fraction of the time it takes to start today’s existing computers. With Google’s Chrome Web browser, Chrome OS loads Web applications in just a few more seconds.
My aunt recently told me about a problem with her new laptop: Whenever she’d step away from it for more than a few minutes, she’d close the lid. Upon returning, she’d open the lid, only to be faced with a blank screen and no response from the mouse or keyboard
Your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is the first software your PC loads. It sets the stage for your operating system, so to speak, by finding all your PC’s various hardware components and letting the operating system know it can use them.