Google recently launched their cloud storage, Google Drive, as a competitor to the other already existing cloud storage solutions like Dropbox, Skydrive and Online Storage. Which one is the best solutions for you?
SkyDrive is Microsofts online storage solution and it’s a mix of Dropbox and Google Docs, because you get both a storage solution you can connect to a folder on your local computer and an online office suite like in Google Docs.
Soon it may be possible for anyone to get their own Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) on the Internet. Icann, the organization behind pretty much all domain names, are currently investigating if it should be possible to register for example .google or perhaps .microsoft.
In March everyone in Europe running Windows XP, Vista or 7 on their computers must select the standard web browser they would like to use. This is because of an agreement between Microsoft and EU, since EU thinks the IE domination is too big.
One of the most popular web browsers on the Internet is still Internet Explorer 6, almost 9 years after it’s release. The most resent news about IE6 was that a bug in it helped hackers to gain access to Googles network.
Yesterday an unknown hacker released code to exploit a bug in IE6 and IE7 which makes it possible for an attacker to take control over a victims computer.
I just tried Microsoft Security Essentials for my Windows computers and I have to say that it’s a fantastic antivirus software. McAfee and Symantec really need to watch out since this is going to make them lose customers.