Conficker worm is considered to be one of the most widespread infections today considering the announcement of an anti-virus company that it already infects 9 million PC world wide. This virus, which is also known as Downup, Downandup and Kido, utilizes autorun.inf in USB sticks/flash drives to spread plus injecting itself through the network shares […]
My MSI Wind Netbook
This year, I buy myself a gift and decided to buy a new notebook PC. I decided to take a black MSI Wind Notebook. I really like its features and appearance except for its battery life. The 3-cell battery can only stay up to 2 hours of unplugged continuous use and I supposed to get […]
Zune’s Leap Year Glitch Fixed
It’s 2009 guys and Microsoft faces another sets of “clamor” as MS Zune’s were reported to stop working due to the leap year glitch. The affected units where models purchased last 2006 specifically the 30 Gig models. According from Microsoft, Zune’s problem where caused by the internal time driver of the device that can not […]
Emerging Field of “eScience”
Last December 7 to 9 of the year, Microsoft External Research hosted the 2008 Microsoft eScience Workshop. The primary goal of this workshop was to bring together scientists from diverse research disciplines and give them the opportunity to share their research and their experiences of how computing is shaping their work and thus providing new […]
ItzaBitza: Games for Fun & Learning
Microsoft and Sabi collaborate to produce a game that promotes learning and inspiring creativity for kids ages 4 and up. The game which is called as ItzaBitza, provides a unique and creative experience for children by allowing children to draw and bring their drawings to life. ItzaBitza was developed for three years under the Microsoft’s […]