Microsoft Lays off 800 People
Microsoft is laying off another 800 people, adding to the 5,000 the company has already let go this year.
The Techflash blog first reported the news.
The affected people are based around the world and work in various groups and will be notified on Wednesday, Microsoft said.
T-Mobile USA Restores Voice, Data Services After Disruption
Barnes & Noble Sued over E-Reader
Back on October 19th, a company called Spring Design introduced an e-reader called Alex. It had two significant features in common with Barnes & Noble's Nook, which was introduced a day later: Both sport a large monochrome e-ink screen and a smaller touch-sensitive color display below, and both run Google's Android OS.
Spring Design is now saying that the similarity is too close for comfort, and that it's suing Barnes & Noble.
Verizon Cranks Up Droid Hype Machine
Verizon Wireless will open many of its 2,000 retail stores early on Friday for first day sales of the Droid smartphone, adding to the marketing hype already begun for the Android 2.0 device from Motorola Inc.
Some stores will open at 7 a.m. and others at 8 a.m. A list of stores is available on Verizon's Web site although the site doesn't say which will open earlier and advises calling the store in advance to be sure. The QWERTY keyboard slider device sells for $200 after a rebate and a new two-year contract.
Twitter Warns of New Phishing Attack
Twitter warned users Tuesday of a new phishing scam on the social networking site.
It's the latest in a series of scams that have plagued the site over the past year, designed to trick victims into giving up their user names and passwords.
"We've seen a few phishing attempts today, if you've received a strange DM and it takes you to a Twitter login page, don't do it!," Twitter wrote on its Spam message page.
Ultimate Showdown: Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7
It's the best of times if you're a lover of operating systems, with the nearly simultaneous release of Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" (available right now) and Microsoft's Windows 7 (available Oct. 22). This leads to the inevitable debate: Which is the better operating system, Windows 7 or Snow Leopard?
ComScore: Google Gains More Ground Than Bing in September
Despite the big marketing and advertising push Microsoft has given Bing, the new search engine failed to gain much ground among users in September, while Google increased its dominance, according to comScore.
Bing's share of U.S. search queries rose slightly from 9.3 percent in August to 9.4 percent last month, while Google, out alone in first place, increased its share from 64.6 percent to 64.9 percent, comScore said on Wednesday.
Will Barnes & Noble E-reader Push Kindle Prices Lower?
Now that Barnes & Noble is reportedly launching its very own E-reader, will prices on Amazon.com's competing Kindle keep tumbling on further?
Based on recent historical trends in the still emerging e-reader market, that would only stand to reason.
With Botnets Everywhere, DDoS Attacks Get Cheaper
Cyber-crime just doesn't pay like it used to.
Security researchers say the cost of criminal services such as distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks has dropped in recent months. The reason? Market economics. "The barriers to entry in that marketplace are so low you have people basically flooding the market," said Jose Nazario, a security researcher with Arbor Networks. "The way you differentiate yourself is on price."
Online Test Helps You Self-diagnose H1N1 Flu
Feeling sick? Wondering if it's the H1N1 flu or just a regular old go-away-don't-come-near-me, flu?
Face it, your doctor may not be able to squeeze you right in. But you may be able to figure it out using a Web-based self-assessment tool developed by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta. The tool is now available on several national Web sites, including flu.gov , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Microsoft's H1N1 Response Center .