Windows - XP - Vista

Microsoft has released a new version of a software tool that developers and administrators can use to harden older applications against common vulnerabilities.

The latest beta version of Skype offers the ability to do group video calls with up to 10 people.



Skype - Software release life cycle - Microsoft Windows - Video - Videoconferencing

Organizers



People - Business - Las Vegas Nevada - DEFCON - Health

Of the 135 Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate information whatsoever. And guess what? All five were women.



Defcon - Social engineering - Business - Engineering - Organizations

Most new smartphones seem to get rooted within a week or two of their release, but four weeks before they go on sale? Hackers have cracked a prototype tablet from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab, a month before it hits shelves.



Samsung Group - Smartphone - GalaxyTab - Android - Samsung

Windows 7 Ultimate is the most versatile and powerful edition of Windows 7. It combines remarkable ease-of-use with the entertainment features of Home Premium and the business capabilities of Professional, including the ability to run many Windows XP productivity programs in Windows XP Mode.

Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series laptop graphics cards, which could help accelerate Web surfing and 3D image rendering.



Nvidia - GeForce - Video card - Graphics processing unit - Hardware

Blue screen of death lives on Last week when we showed screenshots of Windows 95 on the 15th anniversary of its launch, and the most noticed omission by readers was the Blue Screen of Death .

Every time there's an Apple event, there's fallout. Big, nasty, mutate-ants-into-monstrous-rampaging-creatures fallout. With Apple's media shindig on Wednesday...



Apple - Macintosh - IPhone - Apple II - Companies

Start-up aims for a piece of the Android pie.



Android - tablet - Handhelds - Samsung Group - Samsung

A technical problem has affected access to Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail service.



Microsoft - Hotmail - ActiveSync - Microsoft Exchange Server - Business

HP and 3Par signed a merger agreement, likely bringing to a close the bidding war with Dell for 3Par.



Hewlett-Packard - Dell - Mergers & Acquisitions - HP - HP 3000

How does Samsung's Galaxy Tab stack up next to the iPad? Check out this comparison chart to see for yourself.



Samsung Galaxy Tab - tablet - GalaxyTab - Samsung i7500 - Samsung

iPhone and iPod cases come in various shapes, sizes, and levels of protection, but rare is the case that lets you connect your iPhone to a dock while you're...



IPhone - iPod - Shopping - Consumer Electronics - Digital Portable Players

Your Windows PC might be designed to make your life easier, but they often have a non-stop list of problems.

Offerings include an unlimited data package for $30 per month; and a $10 plan with a stingy 25MB monthly cap (with a 20-cents-per-megabyte overage fee).



Verizon - BlackBerry - Business - Smartphone - Palm Pixi

When you need to get a better picture of your Wi-Fi environment, consider turning to the free, open source, inSSIDer program.



Open source - Wi-Fi - Python - Programming - Modules

Verizon Wireless joined a growing trend on Thursday by announcing prepaid data plans for most of the smartphones and feature phones it sells.



Smartphone - Verizon Wireless - Prepaid - Verizon - BlackBerry

Music goes social in iTunes 10 with Apple's Ping social network. We take a quick look at its privacy and security settings.



Apple - iTunes - Facebook - Privacy - Steve Jobs