| http://www.lifehacker.com/soft.../daily-news-roundup-170899.php | Date: 5/2/2006 8:55 AM |
- US file-sharing students targeted [BBC]
"The US music and film industry is targeting universities in its latest action against illegal file-sharing." - Google looks for best programmers [BBC]
"Google launches a competition to find the best computer programmers in Europe, with jobs at the firm up for grabs." - Microsoft and Google Set to Wage Arms Race [NYT]
"The rivalry between the companies is growing more combative as the outcome is likely to shape the future of competition in computing and the way people use information technology." - Macs, Invulnerable No More [Wired]
"Macs have always enjoyed the reputation of being relatively virus-free, unlike their tormented Windows cousins. That's beginning to change and with the advent of Intel-based Macs, it may even get worse." - Say good-bye to Apple security? [CNET]
"SecureWave CEO Bob Johnson warns that the Windows-friendly Boot Camp software could bring bugs to Apple products." - Google gets the boot from Amazon's A9 [CNET]
"Microsoft's Windows Live Search has replaced Google as the default search engine on Amazon's A9 site."