Scammers target Windows users

A group of cyber criminals is attempting to con Windows users into letting them access their PCs remotely, according to recruitment consultancy IntaPeople, says Computing.co.uk.

The scammers are calling users from a London telephone number, claiming to be from the Windows Support Centre and offering to remove viruses from their computer remotely.

Rob Samuel, IT manager at the firm, was contacted by the bogus Windows support team recently. “Individuals should be on guard for any unexpected phone calls of this nature. It might sound legitimate, especially if you have been suffering from a virus around the same time as the call, but error reports would never be submitted to external sources and chased up in this way.”

Cisco Systems is shutting down its Flip video camera business and cutting 550 jobs as it overhauls its consumer products unit, reports the BBC.

In recent years, Cisco, the world's largest maker of computer networking gear, has sought to diversify and move into the consumer market.

Analysts criticised the group for trying to do too much. Last week, Cisco chief John Chambers admitted the firm had lost its way and vowed to take “bold steps” to refocus.

Only weeks after it unveiled Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft provided a preview of the next version of its popular Web browser, according to InformationWeek.

The company provided few details, but pledged the browser would provide developers with the most seamless support yet for the HTML5 multimedia format, which rivals Adobe's Flash technology. Microsoft officials also touted the capabilities of IE9.

“The only native experience of HTML5 on the Web today is on Windows 7 with Internet Explorer 9,” said Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft's VP for Internet Explorer, during a keynote address yesterday at the company's MIX 11 conference in Las Vegas.

Apple is reportedly working on a way to sync iPods with iTunes wirelessly, writes Mashable.

It's another step in Apple's steady march towards making wires and cords a thing of the past. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is apparently pushing hard to make the next-generation iPods capable of this type of wireless sync, according to Cult of Mac's sources.

iPods with wireless sync would make the USB cable obsolete. Instead of importing music, movies and apps through Apple's iconic 30-pin connector, it would automatically sync whenever a user is connected to his or her WiFi network.