Gregg Keizer

Articles by Gregg Keizer

Apple, Google will testify to Senate on location tracking

U.S. senators confirm both companies will answer questions about smart phone privacy at a May 10 inquiry

Apple patches Pwn2Own, Comodo hack bugs

The company updates iOS and Mac OS X to plug holes in iPhone, iPad, Safari, Mac OS X, iPod Touch. The same update also patched a vulnerability in WebKit

Microsoft bolsters Office 2003, 2007 security

Optional download warns users of malicious Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher files. Alerts are the extent of the new feature, since neither Office 2003 or Office 2007 include a sandbox

Microsoft quickens browser pace with IE10

But IE10's Platform Preview runs only on Windows 7 and gives Vista the cold shoulder. Microsoft said engineers started work on the new browser just three weeks ago

Windows 7 share tops XP for first time in U.S.

Microsoft's 10-year-old XP is no longer the champ, according to an Irish metrics firm. Vista peaked in the U.S. at 35.6 per cent in August 2009, two months before Windows 7 's launch

Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads

Google follows Microsoft's lead and plans to warn users of unsafe downloads before they reach the PC. The search giant said extending Safe Browsing to downloads helps shut a malware door

Rogue Android app texts humiliating messages

The app's maker threatens to sue security firm for blogging about threat. The Trojanized version of the app includes malicious code that pilfers personal data from the phone and sends it to a remote anonymous server

Mozilla launches Firefox 4 on Android

According to Mozilla, Firefox 4 is three times faster than the native Android browser, in part because of the former's new JaegerMonkey JavaScript engine. But some users are complaining of slow speed and lack of Flash support

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