TechLog for February, 2009

Search, search + more search

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Trouble-making Microsoft has been ‘borrowing’ executives from Yahoo to help beef up their spot in the search market. Microsoft is currently 3rd in the market and hopefully this boosts their market share.
Keep in mind Microsoft is still laying people off, this is one division that is apparently still hiring while these layoffs are taking [...]

Yet another apps store contender!

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Yes… the biggest of them all… Google is now joining the app store fiasco. They are launching a new section in their app store for Android phones that will allow developers to start charging people for the apps they download.
Comparing the best of the worst… Apple splits profits with developers 70/30. Google will be leading [...]

Ultimate Extras

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Microsoft, the people we have learned to live with has said no more extras. Remember when Vista was released and they promised Ultimate Extras… which was supposed to be just one more excuse for an overprices OS.
Nothing Microsoft released for Windows Vista Ultimate users was that special… Who cares about screensavers and $5 games. Give [...]

Poor Kaspersky

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Kaspersky Security, an anti-virus software company has been the victim of a slight security breach. Their website was hacked and it left their customer database exposed for over a week. how embarassing would that be? They have recently been getting on banking companies saying they need to be more secure with their own websites… and [...]