Earlier today we reported that Google was moving to remove current and ban future Windows boxes within company walls. OS X and Linux were the only options mentioned by the claimed “Google employees” that relayed the information. So far, Google themselves haven’t officially acknowledged the rumor in any shape or form. But Microsoft has… If we had to call Microsoft’s response anything, it would be this: Expected if not somewhat...

This may very well be some of the stranger news to start a sudo-Monday: A couple of Google employees have come forward, stating that Google is apparently banning Microsoft’s Windows OS from any and all Google-owned computers. Almost immediately, people will focus on Google’s Chrome OS interests as the reasoning. Though, the sources claim it is Windows’ rampant security problems that are the cause for the grief, even going as far as to blame Windows’s...

One thing that excites geeks better and faster than anything else is leaked pre-release information. One could argue the build up of suspense to unknown products is part of the “experience”, sure. But for us truly addicted souls, the suspense is by no means necessary to enjoy the spoils of our beloved devices. What would you say if we told you an upcoming Windows Phone 7 powered handset that was rather drab in plain physical form but an absolute beast...

Crafty fellows we nerds are. Servers are a rather utilitarian affair normally. It’s just a bunch of computer parts in a box designed to connect many devices together and manage multiple services. The Millennium Falcon server mod however eschews the simple designs of the normal server and instead draws on one thing that makes many a geek tick — space/sci-fi/Star Wars. The outer shell is a 1979 Millennium Falcon model with Apple G4 internals plugging away at...

WinMo and Windows Phone users hoping for a little mobile Firefox love thanks to the exceptionally good looking (and performing) “Fennec” will be utterly depressed to the point of no return this morning to learn that the mobile Firefox team has canceled any and all work on the mobile Microsoft build. They chalk it up to Microsoft’s new development rules going into Windows Phone 7, namely the restriction on apps running in native code, instead requiring...