Windows 7 Beta begins auto-rebooting

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta will start to spontaneously reboot every two hours beginning on Wednesday, the company has warned users.

The move is part of Microsoft's usual effort to push users into upgrading by shutting down, then restarting, PCs equipped with previews...

Postini: Google's take on e-mail security

From CNET News.com: The computer security industry historically borrows military defense concepts to combat digital threats, literally creating war rooms where experts follow attacks in progress on huge screens with phones ringing off the hook.

Not so at Google's Postini e-mail...

Upcoming OS v3.1 Improves iPhone Video Edits, Voice Controls

From DailyTech: It didn't take Apple long after the release of its iPhone OS v3.0 to begin preparing for the first major update to the new OS. Apple has announced the availability of a beta of its OS v3.1 along with a 3.1 version SDK, for its developers.

IPhone OS v3.1 will improve...

The LAN-Party is Over, StarCraft II to Officially Lack LAN Support

From DailyTech: With the upcoming release of Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 still causing some gamers to froth at the mouth, the latest announcement from another of gaming's darling developers Blizzard is sure to cause a fresh batch to bubble forth. After enduring the ire of loyal fans by...

PC Makers Still Not Pleased With Chinese Censorship Software

From DailyTech: Although PC makers may not be overly happy with the Chinese government's demand to install filtering and censorship software on each PC and notebook sold in the country, manufacturers are reluctantly agreeing.

Sony has become the first major manufacturer to install...

Yahoo redesigns data center, ditches carbon offsets

From CNET News.com: Yahoo thinks its plan for a new data center could eventually help the company achieve carbon-neutral status without having to resort to the purchase of carbon offsets.

Yahoo designed its forthcoming data center to let outside air cool the servers at all times...

With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers

From CNET News.com: A funny thing to happened to Firefox on the way to vanquishing Internet Explorer: the Mozilla browser's success opened the door for a host of its other competitors.

Even as Internet Explorer's market share has slipped--down a dramatic 8 percentage points to 65.5...

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