A quick burst of 4 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team.
World's biggest computer makers of 2009 - if we include smartphones >> Tomi Ahonen
From April, a perspective on "market share" if you define smartphones as "personal computers", from a former Nokia executive. Non-Windows OSs make up about 24% by his numbers. (Thanks to FKafka for the link.)
Slow PC sales raise fears over tech recovery >> Financial Times
"Weaker-than-expected consumer PC sales at the start of the back-to-school shopping season in the US are casting doubt on the sustainability of the technology sector recovery and may force computer makers to slash prices"
What Intel's McAfee acquisition means for Identity >> Gartner
"Intel may one day go further and sell locked down browsing launched from a 'secure chip' environment – which may keep bad guys from taking over good users' machines' browsers. We'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, there are a few good client-device-identification solutions sold today that don't require tagging a user's PC – either with software or via hardware. And they have certainly been effective at helping prevent fraud, although they can be rendered useless by man-in-the-browser attacks that take over seemingly 'good' PCs."
CSS3.0 Maker >> CSS3.0 Generator
Can't remember the browser-specific code you need for Opera to do a CSS3 text rotation? Want to get the transition code? Here you go. Wonderful resource for those shifting towards the HTML5/CSS3 world. Only works in HTML5-compatible browsers, of course.
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