Windows 7 tricks: 20 top tips and tweaks
infoworld.com — Just got your hands on Windows 7 and want to bend it to your will? No problem. We've got plenty of tips, hacks, and secrets to keep you busy for a long time, including automatically opening Windows Explorer to a folder of your choice, speeding up taskbar thumbnails, finding hidden desktop themes, forcing User Account Control to... (Submitted by adrian67) More...
Study shows improvements in quality of open source code
infoworld.com — The overall number of defects in open source projects is dropping, a new study by vendor Coverity has found. Coverity, maker of tools for analyzing programming code, received a contract in 2006 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help boost the quality of open source software, which is increasingly being used by government agencies. (Submitted by adrian67) More...
Microsoft slammed over Bing's sponsored online drug ads
infoworld.com — Microsoft profits by selling online ads on its search engine to criminal gangs running pharmaceutical Web sites that offer medication to people without a proper prescription, according to a new study. (Submitted by adrian67) More...
HTML 5: Could it kill Flash and Silverlight?
infoworld.com — HTML 5, a groundbreaking upgrade to the prominent Web presentation specification, could become a game-changer in Web application development, one that might even make obsolete such plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX. (Submitted by CrikeyMike) More...
Acer to use Moblin Linux across range of products
infoworld.com — The world's third-largest PC vendor plans to roll out Moblin Linux across a range of machines, including its Aspire One nettops, as well as regular laptop and desktop PCs, the company announced at Computex in Taipei. (Submitted by motang) More...
New Windows 7 "feature": bi-hourly shutdowns
infoworld.com — "The software giant had previously promised that the Windows 7 RC, which is available now for free, would work until August 1, 2010. However, the company plans to take a heavy-handed approach to encouraging people to upgrade to the full retail version from next March" (Submitted by inactive) More...
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