Get Off Microsoft

Customers of Microsoft Office have one more reason to consider switching to an alternative before getting hit with a gigantic upgrade.

Microsoft’s not-yet-released Designer tool for creating web applications is IE-friendly but may be unfriendly to standard browsers.

Apple can head off any real competition to the iPod by switching its policy and licensing FairPlay.

People are aware of Microsoft’s history of locking customers in with new features at the expense of security, proposing pseudo-open standards, and spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) about its competitors.

Controversy about privacy swirled briefly around Apple’s latest iTunes update, which turns on a new feature that transmits listening habits back to Apple.

More reviews of Just Say No to Microsoft, including a review by Robert Scoble of Microsoft (Scobleizer).

Intel-based Macs introduced at Macworld Expo run faster but are still pricey and don’t yet offer the ability to run Windows.

Bill Gates used the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show to provide yet another glimpse of Microsoft Vista, and Google introduced an online video service that has everyone confused.

Hackers can misuse a function in the rendering of Windows Meta File images to install adware or spyware or turn your PC into a zombie spam mailer.