Free Windows 7 Upgrades For New Vista Users
According to a report, Microsoft Corp. will be giving away free Windows 7 upgrades to people buying PCs with Windows Vista until as late as January 31 of next year. This is to encourage consumers to keep buying Windows Vista PCs, this year despite Windows 7 ‘s looming release. The report, from the Malaysian blog [...]
$250,000 Reward For Conficker Creator
Microsoft said it has organized a global response to the Conficker (Downadup) worm to disable domains targeted by Conficker. For the fifth time, Microsoft announced a $250,000 bounty to find the source of the worm – a strategy that’s worked four times already, and most recently led to the conviction of the author of the [...]
Linksys Routers Now Have Built In Security
Linksys is teaming up with Trend Micro to put the Home Network Defender internet security software into the their routers, helping to block out unsafe sites before they reach any computer on your network. Home Network Defender previously existed as an application for PCs that more or less did the same thing. But now that [...]
