Read more hardware stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11360/hardware.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:47:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51495/jokey-bush-applies-for-turns-down-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge W Bush made a surprise visit to the hardware store that published a job offer for him in a Dallas paper, joking that he was "looking for a job." The owner provided him with a jacket and nametag ("W"), and the former president spent an hour trying out the...http://www.newser.com/story/51495/jokey-bush-applies-for-turns-down-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 13:03:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20336/vista-stumped-microsoft-bosses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany Windows Vista users have struggled to make the operating system work with their hardware, and emails released this week reveal that even Microsoft bosses had a tough time, PC World reports. The emails have been made public as part of a lawsuit that claims Microsoft deliberately misled consumers by...http://www.newser.com/story/20336/vista-stumped-microsoft-bosses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 Feb 2008 3:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12078/googles-build-dont-buy-ethos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIs Google moving in the direction of writing its own platform software and building its own hardware? That's what Gordon Haff argues on CNET's The Pervasive Datacenter blog, citing recent news about Google designing its own network switches and writing its own virtual machine for its cellphone platform, on top...http://www.newser.com/story/12078/googles-build-dont-buy-ethos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Nov 2007 17:30:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6831/pranksters-1st-computer-virus-turns-25.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA prankster who wrote the first computer virus 25 years ago says only, “It was some dumb little practical joke.” Yet Richard Skrenta’s desire to infiltrate other Apple II’s with a poem (“It will get on all your disks; it will infiltrate your chips”) marked the beginning of a worldwide...http://www.newser.com/story/6831/pranksters-1st-computer-virus-turns-25.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Sep 2007 17:56:06 CDT