03.09.2006 Microsoft Will Not Support EFI Booting on Windows Vista

Microsoft once again removes another feature off its next Windows Operating System. Microsoft reveals that they decided to remove EFI support from Windows Vista. This is a surprise since EFI support was included in Windows Vista Beta. Microsoft is said to include EFI support on their next Windows Server.
http://apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/E666E4A0A303D9AACA25712C008166C4

Apple Computer is recently using EFI on their newly released Intel-based Macs. Many enthusiasts were hoping to run both Macintosh and Windows Operating Systems on the Intel Macs, and this announcement seems to crush their "dreams".

Numbers of people comment that Microsoft doesn't want their Operating System to run on the Intel Macs, that would be the precursor to people switching from Windows to Mac OS.

http://www.intel.com/technology/efi/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface

03.07.2006 Google Safe Browsing for Firefox (beta)

Google has come up with an extension for Mozilla Firefox that detects spoofing and phising. Download it here (http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/safebrowsing/index.html).

03.03.2006 Police Identified Hit-and-Run Victim Through Her iPod

A San Francisco woman was a hit-and-run victim and found on the side of the road without any identifications. The police found an iPod that apparently belongs to the victim. San Francisco Police contacted Apple to identify the owner of the iPod. Fortunately, the iPod was registered under the victim's name.

The lesson is: register your electronic devices, it might come in handy.

Read the news:
http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_062172952.html
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=3958303
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/03/BABADIGEST3.DTL
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14013022.htm
http://news.com.com/2061-10793_3-6046059.html