Computer Universe

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Virus warnings as Microsoft launches Vista

Virus warnings as Microsoft launches Vista

Bobbie Johnson Technology correspondent

The Guardian

30 Jan 2007



Microsoft launches its long-awaited new version of Windows today with the promise of next-generation computing power, but experts have warned that the system may suffer from the same security problems as its predecessors. Windows Vista, which has been... read more...

Thursday, January 25, 2007

China soon to be world’s biggest internet user

China soon to be world’s biggest internet user

Randeep Ramesh

The Guardian

25 Jan 2007



China could overtake the US as the country with the most internet users within two years, according to its government, which released figures showing that the nation’s online population had increased to 137 million people in the last 12... read more...

Monday, January 22, 2007

Office 2007 is now ready for business

Office 2007 is now ready for business

ROSS TIEMAN

The Business

20 Jan 2007



It has been a long time in coming but Microsoft’s brand new Office 2007 is about to arrive. Regular users should prepare for a shock: changes to the user interface are big enough to bring out a cold sweat in even the most adept expert in Word, Excel... read more...

Friday, January 19, 2007

The net is coming soon to a TV near you

The net is coming soon to a TV near you

ROSS TIEMAN

The Business

13 Jan 2007



AFTER several false starts, this could be the year when televisions start to talk to personal computers. Several new devices unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show this week are designed to enable the TV and PC to communicate seamlessly and allow... read more...

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

H-P touts advance in chip making

H-P touts advance in chip making

By Don Clark

The Wall Street Journal Europe

16 Jan 2007



Hewlett-Packard Co. is claiming a research breakthrough in improving computer chips with techniques from the emerging discipline of nanotechnology, bringing big benefits in performance. The computer maker’s researchers say their approach can allow an... read more...

Monday, January 08, 2007

IPod envy: Microsoft’s Xbox whiz engineers a shift in strategy

IPod envy: Microsoft’s Xbox whiz engineers a shift in strategy

By Robert A. Guth

The Wall Street Journal Europe

08 Jan 2007



ROBBIE BACH is the Microsoft Corp. executive who challenged Bill Gates’s dogma by pushing the software company into making videogame machines. Now he is putting his stamp on Microsoft far beyond its game business. For decades, Microsoft’s business... read more...

Yahoo looks beyond PCs to cellphones

Yahoo looks beyond PCs to cellphones

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Wall Street Journal Europe

08 Jan 2007



Yahoo Inc.—fighting to shore up investors’ faith and emerge from the shadow of rival Google Inc.—is placing a bet that its future is in consumers’ pockets and not just on their desktops. Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo plans... read more...

Yahoo looks beyond PCs to cellphones

Yahoo looks beyond PCs to cellphones

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Wall Street Journal Europe

08 Jan 2007



Yahoo Inc.—fighting to shore up investors’ faith and emerge from the shadow of rival Google Inc.—is placing a bet that its future is in consumers’ pockets and not just on their desktops. Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo plans... read more...

Yahoo looks beyond PCs to cellphones

Yahoo looks beyond PCs to cellphones

By Kevin J. Delaney

The Wall Street Journal Europe

08 Jan 2007



Yahoo Inc.—fighting to shore up investors’ faith and emerge from the shadow of rival Google Inc.—is placing a bet that its future is in consumers’ pockets and not just on their desktops. Today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo plans... read more...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Microsoft’s Office 2007: gutsy and radical

Microsoft’s Office 2007: gutsy and radical

By Walter S. Mossberg

The Wall Street Journal Europe

04 Jan 2007



NEXT TO THE Web browser, Microsoft Office is probably the most-used computersoftware product in the world. Its three main components— Word, Excel and PowerPoint—are the most popular productivity applications on computers. And the fourth pillar of... read more...