items tagged with Vista
Windows XP: The party's over - or is it?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-06-24 18:27:15
Microsoft's rolling down the shutters on Windows XP next Monday, but if you're desperate for additional licences there will be ways and means. Furthermore, the company has said it will continue to provide security updates and other critical patches until April 2014.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-06-24 18:27:15
Microsoft's rolling down the shutters on Windows XP next Monday, but if you're desperate for additional licences there will be ways and means. Furthermore, the company has said it will continue to provide security updates and other critical patches until April 2014.
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XP's last chance saloon at Dell
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-24 01:27:49
Windows XP is on its way out, though Dell will still provide it at a price. But be quick - your options are rapidly disappearing.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-24 01:27:49
Windows XP is on its way out, though Dell will still provide it at a price. But be quick - your options are rapidly disappearing.
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US DOJ keeping firm eye on Windows 7 and IE 8
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 22:51:44
A new ‘joint status’ report – half authored by US states and the DOJ from an enforcement viewpoint, and half authored by Microsoft from a compliance viewpoint – has been released. It shows the progress made so far in keeping Microsoft “in compliance” with the antitrust judgements made against it. How’s it going?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 22:51:44
A new ‘joint status’ report – half authored by US states and the DOJ from an enforcement viewpoint, and half authored by Microsoft from a compliance viewpoint – has been released. It shows the progress made so far in keeping Microsoft “in compliance” with the antitrust judgements made against it. How’s it going?
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Goodbye to Bill Gates on June 27... but it’s not goodbye forever!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 07:24:26
Bill Gates stops his “day to day” work at Microsoft on Friday June 27, to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and its work in health, vaccines, education and more. But he remains Microsoft’s Chairman – and its largest single shareholder – so he won’t be too far away if Steve Ballmer wants to have a chat!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-22 07:24:26
Bill Gates stops his “day to day” work at Microsoft on Friday June 27, to focus on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and its work in health, vaccines, education and more. But he remains Microsoft’s Chairman – and its largest single shareholder – so he won’t be too far away if Steve Ballmer wants to have a chat!
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Microsoft blames human error for critical security update failure
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-19 18:13:57
"Human issues" are being blamed for a Microsoft security update failing to protect users of Windows XP SP2 and SP3 from a critical vulnerability. The Bluetooth flaw could allow remote execution of code on a targeted computer.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-19 18:13:57
"Human issues" are being blamed for a Microsoft security update failing to protect users of Windows XP SP2 and SP3 from a critical vulnerability. The Bluetooth flaw could allow remote execution of code on a targeted computer.
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What has happened to the cross platform gaming dream?
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2008-06-09 21:25:04
By now shouldn’t we all be playing each other at Call of Duty 4 regardless of the hardware we own? What happened to having PC gamers facing off against Xbox 360 owners and then, sharing in-game assets across mobile devices?
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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Radioactive IT
Category: Gaming and Entertainment tech blog
2008-06-09 21:25:04
By now shouldn’t we all be playing each other at Call of Duty 4 regardless of the hardware we own? What happened to having PC gamers facing off against Xbox 360 owners and then, sharing in-game assets across mobile devices?
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Microsoft releases “Windows Search 4.0” for XP, Vista, Server 03, 08 and Home Server
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-09 06:49:55
Mid last week, Microsoft released an update to its “instant search” software for XP, Vista and other recent versions of Windows. What are the claimed benefits?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-09 06:49:55
Mid last week, Microsoft released an update to its “instant search” software for XP, Vista and other recent versions of Windows. What are the claimed benefits?
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Bluetooth, IE, DirectX targets of MS June patches
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-05 17:22:15
We won't know the details until next Tuesday, but Microsoft is readying patches for a list of critical bugs that even affect Vista with SP1.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-06-05 17:22:15
We won't know the details until next Tuesday, but Microsoft is readying patches for a list of critical bugs that even affect Vista with SP1.
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Canonical brings forth remixed version of Ubuntu for “Netbooks” called... Remix
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-04 08:30:39
Want a version of Linux for your Intel Atom powered “NetBook” – aka Asus Eee PC type subnotebook? Canonical hopes that Ubuntu Remix will fit the bill for OEMs – and presumably users, too - and has launched it at Computex in Taiwan. Will it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-04 08:30:39
Want a version of Linux for your Intel Atom powered “NetBook” – aka Asus Eee PC type subnotebook? Canonical hopes that Ubuntu Remix will fit the bill for OEMs – and presumably users, too - and has launched it at Computex in Taiwan. Will it?
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Ballmer: Vista “not a failure” but here’s a Windows 7 demo
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-29 06:27:55
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were two of the star attractions at the D6: All Things Digital conference with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. They answered lots of questions, said Vista’s not a failure and gave a teensy Windows 7 preview. When will this new trickle of Window 7 information start turning into a flood?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-29 06:27:55
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were two of the star attractions at the D6: All Things Digital conference with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. They answered lots of questions, said Vista’s not a failure and gave a teensy Windows 7 preview. When will this new trickle of Window 7 information start turning into a flood?
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Adobe imposes two-day time bomb on Create Suite beta
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-27 16:50:44
In what seems one of the most paranoid software marketing ploys of all time, Adobe has placed a two day limit on testing its next-gen Creative Suite except for existing users. Does the company really want new customers?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-27 16:50:44
In what seems one of the most paranoid software marketing ploys of all time, Adobe has placed a two day limit on testing its next-gen Creative Suite except for existing users. Does the company really want new customers?
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OMG! Microsoft spills bean on Windows 7 with update
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-27 12:05:50
Yes, that’s right – Microsoft has said a lot about the upcoming Windows 7 while masterfully revealing little, spilling not many but barely more than a single bean of info. Is it the perfect start to a glorious new era of “promise and deliver” or just more of the same-ol’, same-ol’?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-27 12:05:50
Yes, that’s right – Microsoft has said a lot about the upcoming Windows 7 while masterfully revealing little, spilling not many but barely more than a single bean of info. Is it the perfect start to a glorious new era of “promise and deliver” or just more of the same-ol’, same-ol’?
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HP Mini-Note plays right tune but misses beat with Vista: review
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-26 07:11:30
For those of you waiting to get your hands on Hewlett-Packard's new budget priced sub-notebook, the HP 2133 Mini-Note, it is one hell of a little computer. However, laden as it is with Vista, the tune it wants to play is a little off key.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-26 07:11:30
For those of you waiting to get your hands on Hewlett-Packard's new budget priced sub-notebook, the HP 2133 Mini-Note, it is one hell of a little computer. However, laden as it is with Vista, the tune it wants to play is a little off key.
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I can’t believe it... Vista SP1 works! But how?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-21 22:30:59
Lumbered with a laptop computer that has three of the drivers Microsoft specially detected to prevent Vista SP1’s download, jumping aboard the SP1 train via Windows Update was something Microsoft was specifically preventing me from doing. But I’ve loaded it anyway. What are my experiences so far, and how did I do it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-21 22:30:59
Lumbered with a laptop computer that has three of the drivers Microsoft specially detected to prevent Vista SP1’s download, jumping aboard the SP1 train via Windows Update was something Microsoft was specifically preventing me from doing. But I’ve loaded it anyway. What are my experiences so far, and how did I do it?
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Asus Eee PC 900 set to square off against HP Mini-Note PC
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-12 20:44:37
Not yet available but due in stores by the end of May, the new Asus Eee PC 900 series is the most anticipated computer of the year, with more storage, more memory and a bigger screen in both Windows XP and Linux models. Clearly destined to be another major hit for Asus, the Eee PC 900 faces real competition this time in the new HP Mini-Note – will both be winners?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-12 20:44:37
Not yet available but due in stores by the end of May, the new Asus Eee PC 900 series is the most anticipated computer of the year, with more storage, more memory and a bigger screen in both Windows XP and Linux models. Clearly destined to be another major hit for Asus, the Eee PC 900 faces real competition this time in the new HP Mini-Note – will both be winners?
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What's coming on May's Patch Tuesday
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-05-08 17:41:57
Microsoft has a mixed crop of updates for us this month, affecting old and new versions of Windows, Office - including the Mac version - and the company's range of security products.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-05-08 17:41:57
Microsoft has a mixed crop of updates for us this month, affecting old and new versions of Windows, Office - including the Mac version - and the company's range of security products.
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Windows XP SP3: Beware the service pack!
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-07 18:54:08
The news that Microsoft has finally made Windows XP SP3 available for public download after many delays may not be the cause for joy that many XP SP2 users are hoping for. In fact, there are some ominous smoke signals on the horizon which may well sound a warning for intending users not to download it just yet.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-07 18:54:08
The news that Microsoft has finally made Windows XP SP3 available for public download after many delays may not be the cause for joy that many XP SP2 users are hoping for. In fact, there are some ominous smoke signals on the horizon which may well sound a warning for intending users not to download it just yet.
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Apple's Safari push to Windows proves a success
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-02 02:26:59
Apple copped some flack from some quarters by offering its Safari web browser to Windows users along with updates for iTunes and QuickTime, but the strategy seems to have paid off.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-05-02 02:26:59
Apple copped some flack from some quarters by offering its Safari web browser to Windows users along with updates for iTunes and QuickTime, but the strategy seems to have paid off.
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Open Screen Alliance seeks common platform from phones to TVs
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-01 20:14:35
A newly formed alliance aims to deliver consistent rich Internet experiences via a wide range of devices.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-01 20:14:35
A newly formed alliance aims to deliver consistent rich Internet experiences via a wide range of devices.
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iTunes gets movies on DVD release day
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-05-01 16:07:44
Major studios have allowed Apple and other movie download companies to begin offering movie purchases at the iTunes Store on the same day the title goes on sale on DVD - but only if you live in the US.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-05-01 16:07:44
Major studios have allowed Apple and other movie download companies to begin offering movie purchases at the iTunes Store on the same day the title goes on sale on DVD - but only if you live in the US.
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