Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has warned about targeted attacks using Internet Explorer security hole.

Security Gap In Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) IE Versions

The software giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has made a warning statement today that users of older versions of IE may face targeted security attacks. According to the report, the users may receive emails that would direct them to some websites where the destructive code may take over their computers.

Jerry Bryant, group manager for Response Communications at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) told that the exploitative code has been taken down from the host site, without revealing the identity of the host.

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Microsoft Corp. Stock Info

As of 11/3/2010 (Last trade – 4:00pm), the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) company shares are sitting at 27.03.

Over the past three months there has been a 4.7% change in the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock price.

We will be monitoring the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock level for developments over the next couple of weeks.

While Apple and Google having been waging war between themselves trying to establish dominance in the smart phone apps and games markets – it could be a new comer that takes over in one fell swoop. Take one look at the Windows Phone 7 games list and you will be mesmerized at the potential that Microsoft has created with its new mobile Windows Phone 7 gaming platform.

Windows Phone 7 Games List

Microsoft certainly have the know how to be in a position to take the leadership in smart phone gaming and they no doubt have the funds to take this as far as they would like.

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Xbox gamers will be happy to know that there will be deep Windows Phone 7 Xbox live integration include the ability to fool around in the Xbox Live marketplace and tweak your avatar as well as have access to some great XBLA games.

The Windows 7 PC games will also likely see their way into Windows Phone 7 OS phones through quick ports that should give gamers quick access to the latest games right on their phones.

It’s not yet clear whether Sony will take similar measures to tackle the smart phone gaming market as they already have their PSP Go product that tackles a similar niche.

Nevertheless, it seems that Windows Phone 7 games will provide the WP7 OS a real edge over some of its competitors and could see adoption rates rising quickly as a result.

Motorola is back with a new phone launch and this time it’s the Motorola Droid 2 release that has everyone buzzing in anticipation of what fans are hoping is Motorola’s best phone yet. We’ve put together all the information that’s available for the new Motorola Droid 2 so you can decide for yourself whether you might be interested to buy Motorola Droid 2. Have a look below at the brief Motorola Droid 2 review and let us know what you think.

Motorola Droid 2 Review

As many people might know, the Motorola Droid 2 is the successor to the original Motorola Droid that was released almost a year ago upon massive promotion by Google, Motorola, and Verizon. At the time, the goal was to provide a solid iPhone competitior/alternative and the Droid did just that, filling some gaps with things the iPhone couldn’t do, and backed by the slogan “Droid Does”, it was a huge success.

The Motorola Droid 2 has much more competition in today’s smartphone market, but the problems associated with the new iPhone 4 certainly gives it a potential to steal away some market share from the Apple crowd who might be open to an alternative.

Motorola Droid 2

To start off, the Motorola Droid 2 price is adequate – shipping at 199$ (with a 2 year activation on voice plan with data pack 29.99$ required.).

When looking at the full Verizon Motorola Droid 2 specs, there is not a real revolution in terms of changes from Motorola Droid and some things have been left out which are included in the Motorola Droid X phone – but there are still improvements here and there.

The phone is powered by a much improved 6085 Coprocessor OMAP 3600 series (1Ghz) chip and comes with 8gb of flash memory and 512MB of ram (twice that of the Motorola Droid 1). Android fans will be happy to know that the Motorola Droid 2 comes with Android OS 2.2 (Froyo) which is the latest version of the ever growing Google powered operating system.

The camera does not see a major overhaul as some would have hoped, with 5MP deemed sufficient by the Droid 2 designers. All sorts of audio (MP3, EVRC, AMR, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, QCELP, EVRC, EVRC-B, AMR-NB) and video (H263, H264 MPEG4, WMV) formats will be supported. Adobe Flash 10.1 has been added in order to enjoy the latest internet content.

The lack of 720p recording might be a deal breaker to some and certainly won’t impress Droid 1 users who have the same 720×480 30FPS recording lens.

Motorola Droid 2

The 3.7inch screen remains in tact as well as the pull out keyboard. However, there has been significant change in the keyboard and navigational pad. The enter, space, shift keys have been made larger and the D-Pad in the original Droid was replaced with arrow keys which allows for better navigation. Overall the buttons have been made more accessible and responsive and has somewhat answered some of the complaints of the original Motorola Droid.

One of the Motorola Droid 2 features that’s being advertised is the Droid 2 moblie hotspot ability that lets you provide 3G connectivity for up to 5 other Wi-FI enabled devices in its vicinity. These devices could be anything from PSP/DS gaming devices, to laptops, to tablet devices such as the iPad, to portable cameras.

Faster processor, better ram, improved navigation and button design, updated Android all point to a better phone for interested parties. A lack of improvements in other areas prevent this from being a ‘must-buy’ phone, especially to previous Motorola Droid buyers. However if you’re sick of the Apple iPhones and want to try your hand at phone with a keyboard – the Motorola Droid 2 is the way to go. You can buy Motorola Droid 2 or buy Motorola Droid 2 R2D2 version on August 12th onwards if you truly believe “Droid Does”.

Let us know your thoughts on the Verizon Motorola Droid 2. Review of the phone was conducted in preliminary stages of trial and we will be sure to update it as more observations are made.

It’s been a hectic couple of months for Activision and it’s most popular franchise – Call of Duty – and they’re hoping to leave everything behind with their latest game in the franchise set to come out on November 9 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops. Multiplayer details have been revealed and if this latest trailer is anything to go by, it looks like Activision Blizzards’ Treyarch studio will have no problem capitalizing on the huge success of the recent Call of Duty Modern Warfare games, with the second one becoming the best selling game of all time. Before we let you watch Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer trailer however, we should give fans of the series a heads up about the possible changes that might be coming to the Call of Duty series.

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CoD MMO Coming With Call of Duty Black Ops Multiplayer?

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) CEO Bobby Kotick has made it clear that there is nothing he would like to see more than a Call of Duty MMO, and that could become reality in this latest incarnation of Call of Duty. There’s no certain proof that Call of Duty: Black Ops MMO will become a reality, but Kotick and COO Thomas Tippl both informed investors in their recent Q2 earnings call that they would announce their multiplayer plans for Call of Duty in the near future.

The Call of Duty Black Ops multiplayer trailer neither confirms nor denies the possibility of a Call of Duty MMO, but it’s interesting that at the end of the trailer, they do leave the room for what would seem like a rather large announcement:

Full Multiplayer Reveal September 1st

So looking at the actual Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer – we can immediately see that it’s going to be some of the same adrenaline pumping action as before, with probably some steroid doses here and there. As for the Call of Duty Black Ops weapons that we got a chance to see in this latest video: a crossbow with explosive arrows, a deadly ‘skewer’, and a radio controlled car bomb that blows up (akin to the sheep in the Worms video games).

The other big Call of Duty Black ops teaser info we got a chance to see is a video recording and editing feature which will let you show off your wildest killing sprees to presumably the whole world.

So all in all, it looks like Activision Blizzard has another hit on its hand. We’ll sure to keep you updated with all the Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer details when we hear more information. For now watch the Call of Duy Black Ops multiplayer trailer and let us know your thoughts on this latest COD game.

Mountain View, California, USA (BGN) – The undisputed internet advertising leader and search giant has for years been desperately hard at work to try to find alternate sources of revenue besides its ‘Adsense’ program. Numerous acquisitions and billions of dollars later – Google still hasn’t managed to find their next cash cow to give its board and investors a sigh of relief. Google execs are hoping that will all change with the upcoming rumored ‘Facebook killer’: “Google Me”.

Google already has a social networking platform to its name called Orkut – a relatively unknown networking portal outside of Brazil and India. Google also introduced recently something akin to Twitter in which web surfers could instantly share links, thoughts, pictures and a variety of other social media items through Google’s free email platform, Gmail.

Google has made it very clear with its 100 million investment in Zynga that it has made it a top mission to grab some of the social networking pie. There’s also the belief that Facebook is becoming so big that it might soon cannibalize the whole web and make Google and its main search product obsolete.

Google Me Social Network

Currently nothing is definite about how Google Me will work and what it will look like. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has already let it be known that they are in no way trying to imitate Facebook and at this point with 500 million users, it’s probably an insurmountable task to try to beat Facebook at its own game.

If anyone can take down Facebook however, you would think that Google are on the top of the list of possible candidates. Google is already rumored to be in talks with the leading social game developers and hopes that its recent acquisitions in the flash based gaming market can reap dividends once Google Me does see the light of day.

Google is currently involved in so many facets of the internet and technology that it is quite surprising how distant it has been thus far in the social networking sphere. Surprisingly enough, it could be all of Google’s past lackluster expansion efforts that can, once combined, provide the company its sought after new killer product.

Google TV, Android, Google Docs, Knol, Google Checkout, Orkut, Gmail, Google Buzz, Google Search and everything else under the Google umbrella (which seems to be just about everything these days) – can fit in quite nicely with a carefully planned “Google Me”. If Google manages to find a way through the highly sensitive privacy topic, and be able to gather what everyone is doing on these different platforms, it will be able to fend away Facebook and retake its throne atop the internet kingdom.

As Google CEO Eric Schmidt says, “The rule of the Internet is it never stops”, and with Google Me, the plan is to not to stay behind.