U.S. patent application number 20080319910, published on Christmas Day, details Microsoft's vision of a situation where a "standard model" of PC is given away or heavily subsidized by someone in the supply chain. The end user then pays to use the computer, with charges based on both the length of ...

Every day, students send dozens of electronic messages or store personal files in their accounts thinking that their messages will remain private and their files secure. This, however, might not be the case. According to one computing assistant (CA) who asked to remain unidentified, break-ins into personal accounts are not uncommon. ...