Its recent tests showed that 8 out of 10 notorious viruses fed to it, infected the machine running Windows 7.0.  Its much vaunted User Account Control or UAC was able to stop one out of the eight, though.  That may not be good enough with virus makers getting more sophisticated and powerful.  So better be safe than sorry, don’t throw away your antivirus program when shifting to the new OS.  It won’t hurt you to reinstall it. Personally I run NOD32, a great lightweight anitvirusprogram. Quite cheap too, costs around $40-60.

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The recent Google Technology User Group meeting in the UK had Google’s Lars Rasmussen and Stephanie Hannon present Google Wave which is now in beta test stage with about 600,000 developers testing the platform worldwide.  No one is certain if the idea will sail but it has the potential to become a useful tool for games and online news reporting.

Microsoft itself isn’t as worried as PC makers due to the continued climb of its Vista sales which already enjoy millions of users, though still a far cry from XP users who account for about 70% of all PC users.

With a quarterly income after tax went down by 30% ending August to just $136m against the same period last year, Adobe, like other companies reeling form the recession, has to resort to such drastic cuts.  The falling income reflects similar downtrend in other companies, not just in the technology sector.  Adobe has been diversifying lately, acquiring Macromedia in 2005 and the web metrics company Omniture last month with layoffs as part of the acquisition.

I came across a recent study conducted by a New York based research firm The Catalyst Group that concluded either provider can have a good following all dependent on the film-watching habits of the research respondents.  But regardless of the choice, the conclusion is that people prefer to watch films on their beloved TV and not on the PC. 

So for that, the Netflix models seems closer to having the edge as most of its video library can be watched over the TiVo set-top box or wait for the DVD to be delivered to you.  But if Amazon can lower it price per movie, perhaps it can generate a good enough following.

The Guardian came out with an interactive history about the internet essaying how it all started and interviewing some of its founders.  Charles Kline and Bill Duvall – the very first people who communicated over it between Stanford Research Institute and the University of California.

They were in the interviews, as well as the pioneers of online gaming, social networking, and bulletin boards to mention some.

• Never talk against your company or be rude to its officers. The urge may be there to let it all out in a forum or social networking site.  But your boss could be there online with you.
• Never start a rumor.  You could mention it innocently but try not to embellish it any further, especially if it's about your colleagues in the office or their families.
• Always think twice about what your post.  Especially if it’s a topic that’s controversial or argumentative.  And if you’re not sure, just be silent about it.

A study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project gathered from a sample of 2,512 adults in the US indicate that:

• People who use cellphones are more social and are more likely to volunteer in local organizations than those who don’t.
• People using social networking sites like Facebook are 30% less likely to be acquainted with their neighbors.
• The circle of friends among cellphone users is 12% higher than non-users and people sharing photos online or instant messages have large social circles.

The study should close the issue that to some extent, spending most of your time using cellphones or being in front of computers doesn’t necessarily mean you’re losing touch with friends.

Having the latest mobile gadgets, be it mp3 players or cell phones, won’t say much unless you have some working understanding of the technologies operating behind them. And there are many.  If you’re into mp3 music listening on the road, do you understand where those mp3 files came from and the different audio file codecs?

If you can navigate around your new touchscreen cell phones, do you understand the technologies behind it, like WiFi, capacitive touchscreen, Bluetooth, etc.  If you do, then you’re tech savvy alright.  If you just enjoy using them without checking the internet for what it means to have wireless data transfer, you’re not.  And we’re just talking about consumer electronics here.

It used to be that you pay first before playing the online game.  Now you play and pay for virtual good offered. Barry Cottle, GM for EA Interactive says, “The Traditional model of pay and play is morphing into play and pay.”