Straight out of the “Gee, really?” department is the news from Consumer Reports that extended warranties are rarely worth the cost to consumers. I’m sure that most of us have been there. You buy a new gadget and are asked about purchasing an extended warranty. They quite often promise the moon in terms of coverage [...]

Microsoft is getting ready to release a beta version of a new cross platform graphical subsystem, WPF/E. WPF/E stands for Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, and is a scaled down version of WPF.

WPF is the graphical subsystem of .Net 3.0, and is a part of the Vista operating system. It is what allows such fluid transitions [...]

Sun software has announced that it will be releasing two of its Java implementations into the open source realm, the Java SE (JDK) and Java ME. Java SE is the version on which your typical desktop Java application runs, and the Java ME is the Micro Edition which is typically run on smaller systems, such [...]

Analysts have speculated that with Microsoft’s Windows Vista not being available to the public until after the holiday shopping period, that Apple may be able to cash in during this lucrative time. Apple’s share of the computer market with its Mac computers has recently joined the top four at 5.8%. This was achieved after [...]

Phishing is a growth industry for criminals, according to some recent alarming statistics. The average haul by criminals is going up, while the percentage of recoveries is going down.
According to Gartner analyst Avivah Litan the phishers are getting five times the amount they were, from and average of $257 in 2005 to $1,244 in 2006. [...]