Bits Blog: Cybersecurity Researchers Team Up to Combat Online Crime
A group of cybersecurity researchers took down a botnet last week, pointing to a renewed effort by technologists to take the lead in combating digital crime rather than waiting for law-enforcement to take action.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Repairing Personal Folders in Microsoft Outlook
What to do when Windows gives you a message about an error in an Outlook file and tells you to use an “Inbox Repair Tool” to fix it.
DealBook: Activist Investor Charts Plan to Revitalize Yahoo
After spending years working behind the scenes to push for change, Daniel S. Loeb, a hedge fund manager, is once again openly admonishing management and battling a corporate board. The target: Yahoo.
Gadgetwise Blog: Pogue’s Posts: A Review of Windows 8 Beta
David Pogue says that the Windows 8 operating system software is a huge radical rethinking of Windows – and one that’s beautiful, logical and simple.
Gadgetwise Blog: With Lumia 900, Nokia and Microsoft Bid for Smartphone Relevance
Nokia on Monday introduced the Lumia 900, a smartphone that the Finnish cellphone maker and its software collaborator, Microsoft, hope will finally lead to redemption in the smartphone market.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Expanding Your Screen Real Estate
You can decide how to use the extra monitor when you connect it to your Windows 7 laptop.
DealBook: Despite RIM Takeover Talk, Hurdles Would Be High
Even if governmental objections to a takeover were overcome, Research in Motion’s leaders are adamant about their company’s course.
Gadgetwise Blog: Q&A: Turning On Windows Update
Where to check to make sure Windows 7 is set to automatically download and install new software updates from Microsoft.
India Ink: India Asks Google, Facebook to Screen User Content
Companies plan to rebuff the Indian government’s latest attempt to tighten the leash on free speech on the Internet.
DealBook: Yahoo Board Said to Lean Toward Sale of Minority Stake
A decision by Yahoo directors to sell just a minority stake could alienate shareholders and leave the company vulnerable to possible takeover bids.
DealBook: Silver Lake Consortium to Submit Offer for Stake in Yahoo
Yahoo appears increasingly less interested in selling itself as a whole, instead preferring plans that call for an investor or consortium to buy a stake of as much as 20 percent.
DealBook: Silver Lake Consortium to Submit Offer for Stake in Yahoo
Yahoo appears increasingly less interested in selling itself as a whole, instead preferring plans that call for an investor or consortium to buy a stake of as much as 20 percent.
