United States global leader in malicious websites
Anti Virus software maker AVG Technologies has published the results of a research study which shows that, contrary to popular opinion, most malicious websites are hosted on US servers and not in other countries like China.
By monitoring active web servers serving exploits around the world, AVG found that 44 percent of the corrupted servers are hosted in the United States, followed by Germany and China at just 5 percent each.
Microsoft fixes Excel and Movie Maker security flaws
Microsoft this week released its monthly security patch which addresses a number of significant vulnerabilities including serious security flaws with Windows Movie Maker and Microsoft Excel.
Sixty percent of Americans get their news both online and offline
According to a recent report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the overwhelming majority of Americans (92%) use multiple platforms to get their daily news with the internet now being the third most-popular news platform.
Competition pushes Rogers to increase Internet speeds in New Brunswick
If you don’t believe competition works in the digital services marketplace then consider the case of high speed internet service in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick.
Last week, Rogers Communications announced that it is now offering customers in those two cities an improved Ultimate Internet plan with download speeds of up to 70 Mbps, up from 50 Mbps.
iPad coming to Canada in late April
The Apple iPad will be available in the United States on April 3rd for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models, according to a written statement from Apple today.
The company also said that both WiFi and 3G would be available in Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April.
Archos Android tablets to compete with iPad
Less than a month prior to when the Apple iPad is expected to reach retail stores, Archos, the Denver based company which introduced the first portable video player in 2003, has announced two new Android-based tablet computers.
Global computer sales expected to rise 20% in 2010
The number of personal computers sold worldwide in 2101 is expected to increase 19.7 percent in 2010 to 366.1 million, from 305.8 million units shipped in 2009, according to a revised forecast from Gartner.
WD ships new line of solid state drives
Western Digital, the world’s second largest maker of computer hard drives, today announced that it’s now shipping its WD SiliconEdge Blue family of solid state drives.
Solid state drives are flash memory drives which use significantly less power than traditional computer hard drives while offering greater reliability and performance.
