Read more computers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31631/computers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74493/microsoft-office-2010-worthy-but-not-worth-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe latest edition of the Fantastic Four of productivity—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook—is worthy but not actually worth buying, writes Farhad Manjoo for Slate . Out next year but now available in a beta edition, Microsoft Office 2010 offers some definite improvements: It lets you preview how text or...http://www.newser.com/story/74493/microsoft-office-2010-worthy-but-not-worth-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 9:45:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74247/wal-mart-will-push-tvs-laptops-on-black-friday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDetails of Wal-Mart's Black Friday deals—normally kept under wraps until Thanksgiving week—have been obtained by CNNMoney and partially confirmed by the retailer. The day after Thanksgiving will see deep discounts on high-def TVs, laptops, and Blu-ray players. Some specifics: Sanyo 50-inch plasma TVs will be available for $598....http://www.newser.com/story/74247/wal-mart-will-push-tvs-laptops-on-black-friday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 18:18:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71887/security-expert-time-for-internet-passports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Internet has a big problem, argues one of the big names in online security—anonymity. With that weapon, cybercriminals will always have the advantage. And the best solution is to introduce "Internet passports," Russia's Eugene Kaspersky tells ZDNet in an interview. All countries would have to play along and...http://www.newser.com/story/71887/security-expert-time-for-internet-passports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 15:08:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71393/computers-will-stop-getting-faster-in-75-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven Moore's Law has its limit. That's the much-cited dictum from Intel co-founder Gordon Moore that computer speed doubles every two years with ever-smaller and more powerful transistors. Two physicists crunched some numbers and found that the theory—which has held true for 40 years now—must eventually reach a...http://www.newser.com/story/71393/computers-will-stop-getting-faster-in-75-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 12:17:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70372/hackers-get-43-cents-for-every-hijacked-mac.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMac users, beware: the Russians are after you. A notorious network of spammers in the country pays hackers 43 cents for every Mac they infect with fake software, an investigator says. At a security conference in Switzerland, the researcher laid out a specific scheme to get Mac users to install...http://www.newser.com/story/70372/hackers-get-43-cents-for-every-hijacked-mac.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Sep 2009 13:44:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68558/2-much-kittehs-on-teh-interwebs-1-day-ban-planned.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLet’s face it: Cats own the Internet. But it’s getting a little much, and that’s why the Urlesque blog is organizing “9.9.09 — A Day Without Cats on the Internet.” The master plan calls for cats not to be mentioned, emailed, viewed, nor blogged about. Urlesque is even polling...http://www.newser.com/story/68558/2-much-kittehs-on-teh-interwebs-1-day-ban-planned.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 15:42:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65305/experts-fear-robots-will-outsmart-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Predator drones bombing villages and robots plugging themselves in, is Hal from 2 001: A Space Odyssey around the corner? Leading researchers met recently in Monterery Bay, Calif., to address such fears. Runaway superintelligence seems unlikely, they concluded, but speech synthesis technology could aid data-hunting crooks, and autonomous robotic...http://www.newser.com/story/65305/experts-fear-robots-will-outsmart-humans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 19:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63940/why-googles-os-wont-beat-microsoft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMicrosoft needn’t stress about Google’s planned operating system, writes Joseph Tartakoff for paidContent. Five reasons why: Windows 7 will put Microsoft on firmer ground, having won great reviews so far—and it will have been out 9 months by the time Chrome OS appears. Google’s not the only behemoth that...http://www.newser.com/story/63940/why-googles-os-wont-beat-microsoft.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 11:48:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62672/gates-launches-cyberwar-military-command.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDefense Secretary Robert Gates launched the military's new cyberspace surveillance command yesterday, with a mission to defend military computers and to orchestrate potential cyber attacks on enemy nations, reports the Los Angeles Times. In the short run, the US Cyber Command will be part of the Strategic Command, which oversees...http://www.newser.com/story/62672/gates-launches-cyberwar-military-command.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 3:07:06 CDT