items tagged with Vista
Adobe CS3 for rent
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-01 00:13:08
If you need the full power of Adobe's Creative Suite 3 for the occasional project but can't justify the purchase price, a new rental option may be the answer.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-05-01 00:13:08
If you need the full power of Adobe's Creative Suite 3 for the occasional project but can't justify the purchase price, a new rental option may be the answer.
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5th of May is D-Day for Officeworks and Dell
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 23:53:24
The day Dell really goes retail down under is the 5th of May, in partnership with Officeworks, and while they’ll be the only partner for now, the deal is not exclusive. It also follows similar moves in the US, Europe and China, seeing Dell go direct to retail, while still selling directly online. Will retail sit well with Dell?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 23:53:24
The day Dell really goes retail down under is the 5th of May, in partnership with Officeworks, and while they’ll be the only partner for now, the deal is not exclusive. It also follows similar moves in the US, Europe and China, seeing Dell go direct to retail, while still selling directly online. Will retail sit well with Dell?
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Er... Microsoft delays XP SP3 web rollout... stuffs up AGAIN?!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 06:19:13
In what is becoming a rather comical comedy of comedic errors for Microsoft, the news that XP SP3 is being temporarily delayed is clearly the punch line to a joke, right? No, it’s yet another delay, due to a ‘compatibility issue’, this time with the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-30 06:19:13
In what is becoming a rather comical comedy of comedic errors for Microsoft, the news that XP SP3 is being temporarily delayed is clearly the punch line to a joke, right? No, it’s yet another delay, due to a ‘compatibility issue’, this time with the Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System.
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Vista SP1, XP SP3 distribution glitch
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-29 17:39:40
Incompatibilities with a Microsoft application are holding up the automatic distribution of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-29 17:39:40
Incompatibilities with a Microsoft application are holding up the automatic distribution of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3.
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Apple breaks with Tuesday tradition and launches new iMacs
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 09:45:14
Apple has just broken with its Tuesday policy of launching new products by launching updates to the iMac line – on a Monday (US time), with the fastest iMac now screaming along at a whopping 3.06 Ghz!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 09:45:14
Apple has just broken with its Tuesday policy of launching new products by launching updates to the iMac line – on a Monday (US time), with the fastest iMac now screaming along at a whopping 3.06 Ghz!
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Ballmer suggests XP might stay while PC makers flout Microsoft
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 07:32:44
The other Steve, Steve Ballmer, has suggested that Microsoft might keep on selling XP if it’s what customers want – but companies such as Dell, HP and Lenovo plan to keep on selling it anyway – thanks to an escape clause in Vista’s licensing.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-28 07:32:44
The other Steve, Steve Ballmer, has suggested that Microsoft might keep on selling XP if it’s what customers want – but companies such as Dell, HP and Lenovo plan to keep on selling it anyway – thanks to an escape clause in Vista’s licensing.
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Windows Vista SP1 automatic updates have started – if you’re lucky
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 08:38:08
The Windows Vista Team Blog has announced that automatic updates of Vista SP1 have started for qualifying Vista owners – but tough luck for you if you don’t qualify. You can just keep on waiting!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 08:38:08
The Windows Vista Team Blog has announced that automatic updates of Vista SP1 have started for qualifying Vista owners – but tough luck for you if you don’t qualify. You can just keep on waiting!
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Hardy Heron – my odd first experiences
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-26 01:02:24
A Linux Ubuntu 8.04 virgin no longer, I popped my own cherry last night, installing Hardy Heron for the first time, with some odd installation experiences I can only hope aren’t the ‘norm’. So, what happened?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-26 01:02:24
A Linux Ubuntu 8.04 virgin no longer, I popped my own cherry last night, installing Hardy Heron for the first time, with some odd installation experiences I can only hope aren’t the ‘norm’. So, what happened?
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OMG! Microsoft releases new Vista Ultimate Extras!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-25 02:26:50
Last Tuesday, the 22nd of April, something remarkable happened. Microsoft decided it was time to finally release some new Vista Ultimate Extras. So, has something dramatic shifted at Microsoft at last, or are the extras “cool”, but “no big deal”? Read on, dear reader. Read on.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-25 02:26:50
Last Tuesday, the 22nd of April, something remarkable happened. Microsoft decided it was time to finally release some new Vista Ultimate Extras. So, has something dramatic shifted at Microsoft at last, or are the extras “cool”, but “no big deal”? Read on, dear reader. Read on.
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Ubuntu propagandist creates cool Vista dissing sticker
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 09:05:28
Ubuntu fan ‘Madman2k’ has created a cool sticker that looks very familiar – it takes the ‘Designed for Windows XP – Windows Vista Capable’ sticker and transforms it into one that Ubuntu and FOSS lovers... will love!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 09:05:28
Ubuntu fan ‘Madman2k’ has created a cool sticker that looks very familiar – it takes the ‘Designed for Windows XP – Windows Vista Capable’ sticker and transforms it into one that Ubuntu and FOSS lovers... will love!
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Ubuntu 8.04’s Wubi makes for universal desktop
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-04-23 06:51:59
Ubuntu 8.04, dubbed Hardy Heron, is out this week and Linuxophiles worldwide are excited. It’s not hard to see why, but is this really the much-fabled year of the Linux desktop? Will the Heron match the unmet hype of predecessor Gutsy Gibbon? And let me tell you just how spectacular and cool Wubi is.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-04-23 06:51:59
Ubuntu 8.04, dubbed Hardy Heron, is out this week and Linuxophiles worldwide are excited. It’s not hard to see why, but is this really the much-fabled year of the Linux desktop? Will the Heron match the unmet hype of predecessor Gutsy Gibbon? And let me tell you just how spectacular and cool Wubi is.
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Microsoft sets SP3 free for Windows XP – at last!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 20:58:50
On the cusp of Microsoft’s decision to demote Windows XP from a retail product into one that is only available for ultra-low cost PCs, the long-awaited Service Pack 3 (SP3) has finally gone RTM, with consumers able to start manually downloading it from April 29. Will horror installation stories follow?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 20:58:50
On the cusp of Microsoft’s decision to demote Windows XP from a retail product into one that is only available for ultra-low cost PCs, the long-awaited Service Pack 3 (SP3) has finally gone RTM, with consumers able to start manually downloading it from April 29. Will horror installation stories follow?
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Microsoft: will you save Windows XP?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 05:59:49
The cries to save Windows XP get ever louder, as Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista is a work-in-progress.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 05:59:49
The cries to save Windows XP get ever louder, as Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer admits Windows Vista is a work-in-progress.
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HTC Shift lands in Australia at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 01:43:55
The long awaited HTC shift, a 7-inch ultra-portable Windows Vista Business computer, merged with a Windows Mobile style device, has finally landed in Australia, but it isn’t cheap!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 01:43:55
The long awaited HTC shift, a 7-inch ultra-portable Windows Vista Business computer, merged with a Windows Mobile style device, has finally landed in Australia, but it isn’t cheap!
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Sony Vaio TP2 media centre - REVIEW
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2008-04-17 22:55:30
The only way to get your dream lounge room companion is to build it from a computer, but Sony's ugly Vaio TP2 media centre is unlikely to be your one device to rule them all.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Reviews
2008-04-17 22:55:30
The only way to get your dream lounge room companion is to build it from a computer, but Sony's ugly Vaio TP2 media centre is unlikely to be your one device to rule them all.
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Acer brings true blue HD to notebooks thru Gemstone Blue
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-16 23:06:04
Watch out Toshiba – Acer is stepping on Qosmio’s turf with the new Gemstone Blue series of ‘entertainment notebooks’, featuring ‘world’s first full HD 1920x1080p’ resolution for notebooks, and world’s first 6 integrated speakers with bass booster. Entertain away!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-16 23:06:04
Watch out Toshiba – Acer is stepping on Qosmio’s turf with the new Gemstone Blue series of ‘entertainment notebooks’, featuring ‘world’s first full HD 1920x1080p’ resolution for notebooks, and world’s first 6 integrated speakers with bass booster. Entertain away!
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Users demand the choice of either XP or Vista well beyond June 30
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-14 10:50:35
Microsoft’s plans to stop general sales of Windows XP to anyone that wants it, by June 30 this year, is running into a roadblock: customers that don’t want it to go, or at least, just yet. Will the consumer – and customer demand win, or will Microsoft have its way and impose the view of Vista on all but the ultra-low cost PC market where XP sales will now continue until 2010?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-14 10:50:35
Microsoft’s plans to stop general sales of Windows XP to anyone that wants it, by June 30 this year, is running into a roadblock: customers that don’t want it to go, or at least, just yet. Will the consumer – and customer demand win, or will Microsoft have its way and impose the view of Vista on all but the ultra-low cost PC market where XP sales will now continue until 2010?
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Shock: Some major anti-virus vendors fail VB100’s latest test
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2008-04-09 07:07:40
Security vendors such as McAfee, Sophos, Trend Micro, BitDefender and Avast have failed VB100’s anti-virus, anti-malware test on Vista SP1, while Symantec’s Norton Anti-Virus, AVG, Kaspersky and, surprisingly, Microsoft’s OneCare, have passed the test with flying colours.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2008-04-09 07:07:40
Security vendors such as McAfee, Sophos, Trend Micro, BitDefender and Avast have failed VB100’s anti-virus, anti-malware test on Vista SP1, while Symantec’s Norton Anti-Virus, AVG, Kaspersky and, surprisingly, Microsoft’s OneCare, have passed the test with flying colours.
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More Windows and Office security flaws fixed
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-08 16:53:22
Microsoft's latest set of security updates address critical flaws in all currently supported versions of Windows. Components of the Office suite are also affected.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-04-08 16:53:22
Microsoft's latest set of security updates address critical flaws in all currently supported versions of Windows. Components of the Office suite are also affected.
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ASUS Eee PC – no XP premium at Best Buy
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-08 08:58:50
If you want to buy an ASUS Eee PC loaded with Windows XP in Australia, you’ll pay an $80 premium over the $499 Linux version – but Best Buy in the US has both models at the same price – US $399.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-08 08:58:50
If you want to buy an ASUS Eee PC loaded with Windows XP in Australia, you’ll pay an $80 premium over the $499 Linux version – but Best Buy in the US has both models at the same price – US $399.
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