http://techtalk247.com Latest IT News, PC Hardware and Software reviews. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:53:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Mozilla Foundation has set a world record and achieved new heights in its battle for browser market share. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mozilla's Firefox 3.0 Web browser set a record for the most downloads in a day. It was the first time a browser-maker attempted ... http://techtalk247.com/firefox-browser-downloads-world-record/ On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present. Gates, who is stepping back to focus on his philanthropy, sat with ... http://techtalk247.com/ballmer-and-gates-bid-farewell-with-tears/ You may not have noticed, but technology has passed a significant, if little-recognised, milestone. The news emerged only this week, but late last month a supercomputer built for the United States Government performed what is known as a petaflop, or one quadrillion calculations per second. Few of us know what a ... http://techtalk247.com/supercomputer-sets-petaflop-pace/ Microsoft's abandoned takeover bid for Yahoo appears to have culminated with a disheartening thud for those two companies but amounted to yet another coup for online search leader Google. What began in January as Microsoft's most audacious attack yet on Google instead paved the way for the Internet's most powerful company ... http://techtalk247.com/google-grows-stronger-in-microsoft-yahoo-fallout/ Apple Inc. yesterday patched 40 security vulnerabilities in more than 25 different components and applications bundled with Mac OS X, including Flash Player, iCal and Apache. The year's third update fixed fewer than half as many flaws as the previous collection, which Apple issued two months ago to plug nearly 90 ... http://techtalk247.com/apple-patches-40-mac-os-x-security-bugs/ Greenpeace says the world's most popular electronic game consoles contain high levels of toxic chemicals, though they do not pose an immediate danger to gamers. A report by the environmental watchdog group says Nintendo's Wii, the Sony Playstation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 use varying degrees of bromine, PVCs and other ... http://techtalk247.com/toxic-chemicals-found-in-game-consoles/ Yves Rossy, the self-styled "Fusionman", leapt into the skies 2500 metres above the small town of Bex in western Switzerland clad in his new carbon wing. He performed various manoeuvres for five minutes before landing with the aid of a parachute. His "wing" is 2.5 metres in diameter and comes with four ... http://techtalk247.com/fusionmanup-up-and-away/ Now these may look like normal AA batteries, but the magic is revealed when you pop the top open to reveal a USB plug. Instead of needing a bulky recharger you plug them into any powered USB port and they’re fully recharged in only 5 hours. Just think, you have ... http://techtalk247.com/usb-rechargeable-batteries/ Adware pushers have found a new way to trick you into downloading their annoying products: fake MP3 files. On Tuesday, security vendor McAfee reported that it's seen a huge spike in fake MP3 files spreading on peer-to-peer networks. Although the files have names that make them look like audio recordings, they're ... http://techtalk247.com/trojan-adware-hiding-in-mp3s/ In article introduces you to four built-in tools you can use to track down and fix performance problems. Quote "I believe you have every right to expect excellent performance from Windows Vista, and I’m going to back that conclusion in today’s post, the latest in my Fixing Vista series, with details ... http://techtalk247.com/fixing-windows-vista/