Software makers Symantec, McAfee settle with NY AG NEW YORK — Two of the nation's largest security software companies have agreed to clearly detail the terms of subscription renewals and pay penalties totaling $750,000 in a settlement with New York's attorney general. New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo had accused Symantec Corp. and McAfee Inc. of renewing customers' software subscriptions without their knowledge.

Facebook, like MySpace, lets users show full nameNEW YORK — Facebook is further embracing the real name culture it touts as one of its founding principles — and catching up with rival MySpace in the process.

As reported, consumers who purchase Windows Vista based computer after June 26, will get free upgrade to Windows 7. This step is a good indication that Microsoft is trying to convince consumers not to hold off purchasing PCs during the time period between when a new product is announced and when it's actually available. It also indicates that Vista was really a doomed product from Microsoft.

If you ask people about the search engine they use, you'll hardly find a soul who doesn't use Google. To simplify searching and make it more powerful, Google released yet another technology to all users which is named as the Google Quick Search Box or just QSB in short. Don't you think that the screen shot seen in the left looks like the popular Mac App QuickSilver?

Twitter is planning to track the fake accounts by implementing a verification system that will ensure that famous people are who they say they are. This had to come after Barack Obama and other celebrities' accounts were faked unless people complained about them personally. So for a real life interaction with celebrities that Twitter offer uniquely, unlike any other, this move is surely gonna make twitterers happy.