From CNET News.com: Microsoft issued a formal security advisory late Tuesday on a reported zero-day flaw in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. However, the software maker also said that the flaw does not affect the final version of Windows 7, contrary to earlier reports....

From DailyTech: Typically, it's Apple doing the trash talking in the operating system market with its long running "Get a Mac" series of commercials. However, an increasingly feisty Microsoft is following up its "Laptop Hunter" commercials with a roast of Linux.

Microsoft and Best...

From X-bit Labs: Seven large consumer electronics makers from Japan are developing a new microprocessor that will be able to compete against chips from Advanced Micro Devices or Intel Corp. The central processing unit (CPU) will be available for purchase starting from fiscal 2012...

From InfoWorld: Mozilla recently released a product roadmap with a number of new details on what the foundation is hoping to release between now and the end of 2010, including information on when to expect the next major iteration of Firefox.

The report details that Firefox 4.0 is...

From PC World: Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom, owners of T-Mobile UK and Orange UK, respectively, plan to merge over the course of several months to create the largest wireless carrier in the U.K. T-Orange -- or whatever the entity will be called -- will have 28.4 million...

From CNET News.com: AOL announced Tuesday that it has appointed former Yahoo executive Brad Garlinghouse, famed for his "Peanut Butter Manifesto" at that company, as the new president of its Internet and Mobile Communications segment.

Garlinghouse also will run AOL's Silicon Valley...

From DailyTech: Today, Intel announced the new Lynnfield Core i5 750, Core i7 860, and the Core i7 870 which are running at 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz, and 2.93GHz respectively. Intel also lists prices at $196, $284, and $562 respectively.

Lynnfield processors are built using a 45nm...

From DailyTech: Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller has made it his personal mission to fix the iPhone's App Store. Phil Shoemaker, Apple’s Director of Application Technology is also playing a hand. Why would the top brass at a company like...

It all started with the idea of an ultra low cost PC for education use in third world countries. Then Asus took the basis of that idea, and evolved into the Eee PC -- a small, low cost laptops for mainstream consumers. The netbook craze begins to take off. After that, Intel decided...

From PC World: The biggest danger to Windows 7 and Windows Vista isn't Mac OS X or Linux --- it's Windows XP, whose the aging operating system. But it looks as if XP may finally be on the way out, which is good news for Microsoft.

Computeworld reports that according to the Web...