Microsoft readies free PC security softwareSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it plans to release a beta test of its free computer security program next week and is on track to launch a finished product in the fall.

Layoffs and networking: To tweet or not to tweet?It happens to you. You're called into your boss's office and told that your job no longer exists. You go home in a daze and sign onto Facebook. There it is — a prompt asking: "What's on your mind?"

Intel has announced the brand name for its new core series of processors. In 2003, Intel had introduced the first x86 chip platform for PCs/laptops branded as Centrino. The term covered a package of CPU chip, chipset and wireless network module. Four years down the line, the world's largest chip maker has decided to phase out the Centrino brand to simplify the branding of its PC chips. Intel would consolidate most of the desktop and laptop processors under the Core umbrella. Intel would be using three new names for different processor levels - entry-level (Intel Core i3), mid-level (Intel Core i5), and high-level (Intel Core i7).

BANGALORE - The ninth edition of Bangalore Bio, India's premier Biotechnology event organized by the Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, Vision Group on Biotechnology and MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications Co was inaugurated today by Prithviraj Chavan, Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charges) for Science and Technology and Earth Science, Prime Ministers' Office and Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions - Government of India, B.S. Yeddyurappa, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka.

The launch of App Sync software was Google's most aggressive move challenging Microsoft's stronghold in enterprise market . According Google's claims its app was designed to allow the users to switch to Google Apps while retaining the Microsoft Outlook interface. At the first instance, the odds were in favor of Google's, as the Google Apps are cheaper and easier to run. Things changed overnight, as Microsoft announced on its blog that Google's new Outlook plug-in suffered from serious flaws that could disable the integral Outlook functions.