System software

Android 2.2 'Froyo' to Have Baked-In Flash Support

Speaking to the New York Times, Google's Andy Rubin (chief architect of Android) said that Android 2.2 will come with Flash built into the platform. The Times writes that Froyo will have "full support for Adobe’s Flash standard," which enables certain types of web-based content on handsets. Adobe has said that it will deliver Flash Player 10.1 for Android by the end of the first half of the year.

Avoid These 2 Spyware Programs

If you're the one in your family with the computer know-how, relatives may call on you as a sort of personal Geek Squad. So it was with my father-in-law, deeply troubled last week in the face of a spirited badware attack.

How to Speed Up Your Slow Computer

Unless your computer is fresh out of the box, it's probably not running as fast as it used to. Our PCs fill up with all sorts of good stuff -- documents, music, videos, programs, games, downloads -- and bad stuff like viruses and spyware, too. Over time they can get bogged down.