Ace on Tech: Stardust Ed.

Microsoft has gone to great lengths to keep the exact naming of the nearing next generation Windows-version obscured. Till now, only speculations could be made, though according to Microsoft’s own document (posted as a test-run for Vista’s new help-function) Vista will named according to the following scheme:

Windows Vista Starter (comparable to today’s Windows Starter Edition, [...]

Computer analysts are going berserk on the arrival of the first virus capable of infecting the Macintosh Operating System. MacOS has always been seen as less susceptible to viruses, in contrast with Microsoft Windows. This illusion has now been unearthed,  leaving the Mac community at least a bit shocked. The virus is called A-leap (or [...]

Mozilla is seemingly addressing security patches a lot faster than its competitor Microsoft. In 2005, it took Microsoft at least 38 days to address a publicly known and actively used exploit. Unused exploits took MS 256 days to patch. Firefox, on the other hand, only took 16 days to seal comparable vulnerabilities.
The difference lies within [...]

Canonical, the leading sponsor of the most successful community-driven Linux distro ‘Ubuntu’ and Linspire (another key distro) have decided to work together. Upcoming Linspire releases will be based on Ubuntu, instead of Debian. Linspire will continue to mix open source with commercial drivers and applications for a nice out-of-the-box feeling. Consequentially, Linspire has announced that [...]