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I've been working in mobility for almost 30 years, having gotten my start as a member of the team that built the GRiD Systems Compass Computer Model 1101 back in 1981.

Twitter is suspending the accounts of some users whose computers have fallen victim to a well-known piece of malicious software that has targeted other sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

It's great at blocking known viruses, but it can sometimes misfire, mistakenly flagging clean files as malicious.

Ian Kimmel, 31, of Dublin pleaded guilty in United States District Court here to one count of possession of child pornography for having between 150 and 300 images on his personal computer depicting children under the age of 18 engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Friday, July 10, 2009 1:30 AM PDT The world's largest chip maker is working with Google on the Chrome operating system and has been privy to the project for some time, a spokesman for the company said Friday.

There are signs that the concerted cyber attacks targeting U.S. and Korean government and commercial Web sites this past week are beginning to wane.

Google recently announced their latest ambitious project named Google Chrome OS.

Monday, July 06, 2009 9:50 AM PDT Opera Software's CEO defended the Unite feature of the forthcoming Opera 10 browser against charges that it will increase the risk that hackers can break into people's PCs.

Until now, Comodo Internet Security had a drawback: it was only available in English.

Acera s chief executive, Gianfranco Lanci. Acera s chief executive, Gianfranco Lanci, says that the major PC makers need to make some bold moves to boost profits - namely, buy out the little guys.

North Korea, which has been firing missiles and spewing threats against the United States, has been identified by South Korea's main spy agency as a suspect in the cyber attacks targeting government and other Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea.

Sun Microsystems Inc will distribute an Internet-based PC backup service from tiny industry pioneer Carbonite, which competes with tech industry giants EMC Corp and Symantec Corp.

Microsoft has warned Web surfers using Internet Explorer on XP or Server 2003 systems of a security hole rooted in ActiveX.

HP engineer David Hall helped design the company's new Web-connected printer. ) Hewlett-Packard engineer David Hall helped design the company's new Web-connected printer.

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:30 AM PDT Dell apologized Wednesday for online pricing snafus that have hit its Web sales in Taiwan over the past week, and moved to settle the issue as the island's Fair Trade Commission launched a probe.

Many people think that the browser is starting to replace the operating system as the center of the personal computer.

Google and Microsoft have tap danced around the boxing ring for years, but GoogleA is finally throwing a gigantic punch.

Microsoft Corp. has taken the rare step of warning about a serious security vulnerability it hasn't fixed yet.

There's a reason the first thing Microsoft chose to show publicly of Windows 7 was its support for touch input .

The secondary market for PCs in emerging parts of the world is sizeable: In 2008 alone, according to Gartner, 37 million used PCs were refurbished and exported to developing markets.