In an development first reported by Ryan Naraine, the free antivirus and anti-malware program Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) has been deleting the popular Google Chrome browser claiming that it was a piece of malware from the Zeus family of trojans. The Chrome help forum logged over 289 comments in less than 2 hours on this issue. Affected users all reported that MSE advised them that they had a malware attack, and asked if they wanted MSE to remove it. If the user said yes, (and who would not?) then the “malware” was removed by MSE. As part of the removal process the user was asked to restart the affected machine. Once rebooted, Chrome was gone.

The Zeus Trojan has been responsible for over $70 million USD in losses to banks and businesses, according to the American Federal Bureau of Investigation. There are reports that the Zeus source code has been recently released into the public domain, making it a serious risk for businesses. Also, as business IT departments look for more ways to save deployment costs, Chrome and MSE are being seen on more and more desktops in businesses, not just home computers.

Being advanced has its own pros and cons. And for the next generation of Windows 8 PCs, it’s going to be something very different. Following the news that the next generation of Windows 8 PCs will be equipped with a completely new booting specification known as UEFI or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, we were able to receive a rather shocking update about the UEFI’s supposed desirable feature. It appears that Microsoft has gone a little cold, although the UEFI specification is somewhat captivating, we’ve also heard that the interface could most likely include a special secure boot protocol that will be required to all Windows 8 users. Yes, it is a security feature that can not only preserve your PC’s software sanity but can also ward off infectious rootkits from entering into the system as well. But there’s a problem.

They say that the devil is in the details. Although what you are about to hear could be partly gossip and partly informative, digging our noses to get the most up to date mobile news in the marketplace has always been a fun and thrilling activity for us here. So if something interesting comes up, we will do our best to bring that one up to you. So what do we have here? Following the recent rumors that Apple is planning to release both the iPhone 5 and a somewhat remodelled version of the iPhone 4 this fall, we were able to grab a few pictures of familiar hardware internals that were allegedly taken from an iPhone 5 device.

Although this has not yet been officially confirmed, the chipset found in the images has the A5 chip marking similar to that of the iPad 2 tablet but with a startling resemblance to the A4 chip used in the iPhone 4, thus stirring the emotions of everyone who are all waiting for something to come from Apple. Thanks to Weibo, China’s own version of Twitter, our picture of the next generation iPhone is starting to get clear.

Among the many promises of Windows 8 are phenomenally fast boot times. A recent Microsoft Developer blog post explained how Microsoft engineers are using a hybrid system to combine the features of a cold boot and hibernation with existing PC hardware to go from off to desktop in less than 40 seconds.

One of the major frustrations for current Windows users is the time it takes to turn the computer on to being able to do work in Windows. Tales of workers turning on the computer, going to get a cup of tea or coffee and coming back just as the desktop appears are all too common, and true. Users have worked around slow Windows boot times for years, with many simply leaving the system on all the time in sleep mode. Leaving ones machine in sleep mode brings its own set of problems as, even the best configured systems will slow over time and require a full stop and restart if for no other reasons to make sure all updates are in place. Further, many feel that it is wasteful to keep systems drawing even the small amount of power required for sleep mode if they are unproductive.

We all love surprises right? I mean, who isn’t going to be excited about the thrilling news that Apple is going to release two new iPhone models this coming fall. Apparently, JP Morgan’s very own Mark Moskowitz started the buzz which easily spread like wildfire overnight. In a note to investors on Monday, the sharp analyst wrote that Apple is poised to out the much awaited iPhone 5 and a revised model of the iPhone 4 dubbed as the iPhone 4 Plus a.k.a. iPhone 4S this fall. Furthermore, Mark Moskowitz acknowledged the rumors that the next generation iPhone could most likely feature global roaming, capable of supporting both GSM and CDMA data networks without the support for LTE or 4G.