What kind of PC can you get for nearly $7,000?  Can you in fact spend just a shade over $7,000 on a PC?  The answers to these questions are "one heck of a PC" and "yes, and you could spend a lot more!"
Over on ZDNet I've posted the spec of the PC . It's a monster, [...]

Don't think that Apple's new DRM-free iTunes Plus is an opportunity to file share with your friends - Apple is watching !

With great power comes great responsibility, and apparently with DRM-free music comes files embedded with identifying information. Such is the situation with Apple's new DRM-free music: songs sold without DRM still have a user's full [...]

Mozilla have patched six vulnerabilities in the Mozilla browser .  One of these vulnerabilities was rated as critical.
The updates bring the current browser to Version 2.0.0.4, and 1.5.0.12.
Here's the scoop:

MFSA 2007-17  XUL Popup Spoofing
FSA 2007-16  XSS using addEventListener
MFSA 2007-14  Path Abuse in Cookies
MFSA 2007-13  Persistent Autocomplete Denial of Service
MFSA 2007-12  Crashes with evidence of memory corruption [...]

Kathie's also posted about the hardware casualties of the upgrade up to Vista .  It's a very honest post that covers the kind of headaches that people encounter when upgrading:

Hardware is a big issue for me.  I like my hardware to last and I don’t like to let it go when I’m used to it, so throwing [...]

Kathie takes a look at the software casualties of upgrading to Windows Vista :

Just like hardware manufacturers, software houses love a new OS because it’s a good opportunity to introduce a whole new version of their software.  And unlike more minor upgrades it’s also a good excuse to take a fresh look at their products.  This often means [...]

iTunes 7.2 is out .

This is an important release of iTunes because it supports DRM-free iTunes music(also known as iTunes Plus - the “Plus” is for the extra 30 cents “piracy tax” that you’ll have to pay for these tunes).  So, if you're eager to pay $1.29 a track, you'll need this update (although I can't [...]