The report speculates that Microsoft may launch its opposition slate of directors on Wednesday. According to a report in TechCrunch, the opposition slate may include such folks as:

Update: The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday night that Microsoft was nearing a decision on its next move and could announce its plan as early as Wednesday. [...]

Security researcher Secunia, in an advisory released Thursday, noted the vulnerabilities are considered “highly critical.”

People running QuickTime 7 for Windows and for
Mac OS X, are affected, as well as those who are using Mac OS X 10.4 or Mac OS X 10.5, according to Apple.

The update seeks to address QuickTime security flaws that could potentially [...]

“As millions of U.S. consumers view and download movies or TV shows through the Internet, they are demanding easier ways to access content and more home entertainment options,” Tim Alessi, director of product development for LG Electronics USA, said in a statement. “From Blu-ray to instant streaming from Netflix to CinemaNow and YouTube, LG is [...]

I saw plenty of people driving around town this holiday weekend with cell phones plastered to the side of their face, so I am not sure how well obeyed the new hands-free law is going to be. After all, the fine if you get caught is only $20, but it can be 10 times that [...]

All this is background to the fact that this week Apple released a large number of bug fixes for Java on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
• The latest and greatest version of Java for Macs is 1.6.0 and the latest version here is 1.6.0_07. (The prior buggy version was 1.6.0_05.)
Apple [...]

But Apple is up against a determined group. The big music companies have signed a score of deals with other music retailers and cell phone companies. It’s often written that the music industry doesn’t want to be beholden to any one distributor. The top labels want greater flexibility with setting prices on iTunes.

Here’s what [...]

While salaries of failed executives will have no statutory limit, TARP-participating companies will lose a tax deduction if they pay their top executives more than $500,000 a year. The $500,000 limit only kicks in if the company offloads over $300 million in assets through TARP.

There’s another section of the bailout bill worth noting. It lets [...]