In April 2010, Apple released the iPad, a revolutionary device that encapsulates all the vital abilities from a home computer as well as using Apple’s well known features, such as downloadable applications.

The technology market was in shock after a huge demand, when they sold 3 million units in 80 days!

Read more: Has the iPad met its rival?

A patch has been developed by Apple for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to close a loophole in the Safari web browser that allowed people to jailbreak their device by visiting a website called JailbreakMe.

According to Apple the same loophole is a vulnerability that could have been exploited by attackers to gain access to your device.

Read more: Apple releases patch for popular Jailbreak website

The motherboards inside several Dell servers namely the PowerEdge 310, 410, 510 and T410 have all been reportedly shipping to customers “pre-loaded” with viruses. Dell puts this blunder down to “Human error” but refused to say whether it was running anti-virus software at its factory.

Read more: Dell does factory fresh virus infections?

A computer is made up of three main components, the central processing unit (CPU), the hard drive, and random access memory (RAM).

To understand the function of each component, let's think back to pre-computer days when your workspace consisted of just you, your desk, and your filing cabinet.
Now, think of your computer in those same terms. You are the CPU. You decide what you are going to work on and how hard you're going to work. Your file cabinet is your hard drive. It's where you store all the stuff you may not need every day, but important stuff that you want access to at any given moment. And your desk is the RAM, the memory. If your desk is small, you can only work on a few things at a time. If you want to work on something new, first you'll have to take something off your desk and file it away to make room.

Read more: The role of memory in your computer

Google has patented a system that displays search results and adverts based on where you move your mouse.

Search engines such as Google’s already order search results according to click-through rates – i.e., how often users click on particular links

According to the patent it involves installing a piece of software on the user’s machine

These various pointer activities can provide another way to evaluate the user’s feedback with respect to a particular informational item. A longer hover period may suggest a more positive opinion from the user.