items tagged with Windows XP
Windows Vista SP2 due April 2009?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-01 02:51:52
An online hardware review website has come out with news from a “confidential source” that Windows Vista SP2 is due to go RTM in April 2009, with the “Release to Web” (RTW) still "to be advised".
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-01 02:51:52
An online hardware review website has come out with news from a “confidential source” that Windows Vista SP2 is due to go RTM in April 2009, with the “Release to Web” (RTW) still "to be advised".
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Dell’s Inspiron Mini 12 “netbook” arrives at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-30 22:07:05
Dell’s 12-inch netbook is finally available in Australia, but with a hardware limit of 1GB and only Windows Vista Basic on offer (unlike in the US, where Ubuntu is also available), is the Inspiron Mini 12 worth it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-30 22:07:05
Dell’s 12-inch netbook is finally available in Australia, but with a hardware limit of 1GB and only Windows Vista Basic on offer (unlike in the US, where Ubuntu is also available), is the Inspiron Mini 12 worth it?
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Safari 3.2.1: fix or no fix?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-25 20:14:14
Apple has released the 3.2.1 update for the Safari web browser less than two weeks after its predecessor. What's going on?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-11-25 20:14:14
Apple has released the 3.2.1 update for the Safari web browser less than two weeks after its predecessor. What's going on?
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Is Microsoft's Morro, due mid-to-late 2009, a great ad for Linux?!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-20 04:09:23
Microsoft will launch a leaner version of an Internet security package to protect users from malware, viruses, rootkits, spyware and trojans, but for some weird reason is waiting until the second half of 2009. Wake up Microsoft – just make OneCare free, today!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-20 04:09:23
Microsoft will launch a leaner version of an Internet security package to protect users from malware, viruses, rootkits, spyware and trojans, but for some weird reason is waiting until the second half of 2009. Wake up Microsoft – just make OneCare free, today!
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Microsoft to drop OneCare and launch free security software
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 19:01:54
Microsoft is preparing to phase out Windows Live OneCare in favour of a new, free-of-charge consumer security product.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 19:01:54
Microsoft is preparing to phase out Windows Live OneCare in favour of a new, free-of-charge consumer security product.
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Google ups SketchUp to version 7
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-17 18:16:15
SketchUp 7, the latest version of Google's 3D modelling program, features 'dynamic components' - objects that are more than just a collection of lines.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-17 18:16:15
SketchUp 7, the latest version of Google's 3D modelling program, features 'dynamic components' - objects that are more than just a collection of lines.
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Security is the theme for Safari 3.2
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-13 21:26:45
It's a busy week for browser updates: first Firefox (which implies a corresponding Camino update can't be far away), and now Safari. What has Apple delivered in version 3.2?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-11-13 21:26:45
It's a busy week for browser updates: first Firefox (which implies a corresponding Camino update can't be far away), and now Safari. What has Apple delivered in version 3.2?
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Another month, another Windows patch - two, actually
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-11 15:53:51
Microsoft has released just two security bulletins this month. One is rated critical, the other important - but don't dally, because the company warns that exploits are likely.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-11 15:53:51
Microsoft has released just two security bulletins this month. One is rated critical, the other important - but don't dally, because the company warns that exploits are likely.
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GNU/Linux is user-friendly - and logical too
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-11-06 17:55:28
Over at iTWire, we are often in the position where we disagree with a fellow writer and say so. This morning, I found my colleague Davey Winder's piece "Opinion: why Linux sucks at being user friendly" to be a litle too general to pass without comment.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-11-06 17:55:28
Over at iTWire, we are often in the position where we disagree with a fellow writer and say so. This morning, I found my colleague Davey Winder's piece "Opinion: why Linux sucks at being user friendly" to be a litle too general to pass without comment.
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November Patch Tuesday: the calm after the storm?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-06 17:20:17
After all the excitement of November 4, Windows administrators can look forward to a relatively peaceful November 11 with just two updates being foreshadowed by Microsoft.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-06 17:20:17
After all the excitement of November 4, Windows administrators can look forward to a relatively peaceful November 11 with just two updates being foreshadowed by Microsoft.
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I didn't know you could do that in Linux!
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-05 07:59:01
Here are 12 tips, tricks, tweaks and techniques to make you say "I didn't know you could do that in Linux." Sure, not every one may be your cup of tea but here are 12 items to help you have the most positive Linux experience you can and to show why Linux is a superior operating system to other alternatives.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-05 07:59:01
Here are 12 tips, tricks, tweaks and techniques to make you say "I didn't know you could do that in Linux." Sure, not every one may be your cup of tea but here are 12 items to help you have the most positive Linux experience you can and to show why Linux is a superior operating system to other alternatives.
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Microsoft slowly edges away from Vista
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-28 05:00:25
The Microsoft Windows Vista Team Blog was the place to get the official inside word on everything to do with Vista, well everything Microsoft wanted you to know about at any rate. So why has it just been re-launched as The Windows Blog which reflects Windows in a broader sense?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-10-28 05:00:25
The Microsoft Windows Vista Team Blog was the place to get the official inside word on everything to do with Vista, well everything Microsoft wanted you to know about at any rate. So why has it just been re-launched as The Windows Blog which reflects Windows in a broader sense?
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Linux incognito part two: Windows XP
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-24 19:25:42
For an awful lot of people their first encounter with a computer will invariably be Microsoft Windows. This straight away creates a barrier against considering alternate operating systems because they look different to what the user has been accustomed to. Here's how to paint a Windows facade over Linux and remove that obstacle.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-24 19:25:42
For an awful lot of people their first encounter with a computer will invariably be Microsoft Windows. This straight away creates a barrier against considering alternate operating systems because they look different to what the user has been accustomed to. Here's how to paint a Windows facade over Linux and remove that obstacle.
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Azentek in-car PC, first with Vista but not first in Australia
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-24 02:00:05
Forget about sticking your laptop on the passenger side front seat if you want an in-car computer, you can now have a real Windows XP or Vista computer installed where your car radio would normally go for the complete computer-on-wheels experience. Is it any good, and what’s an alternative that works with higher-end mobile phones?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-24 02:00:05
Forget about sticking your laptop on the passenger side front seat if you want an in-car computer, you can now have a real Windows XP or Vista computer installed where your car radio would normally go for the complete computer-on-wheels experience. Is it any good, and what’s an alternative that works with higher-end mobile phones?
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Linux toast as Apricot gets in a netbook jam
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-10-23 08:33:33
One of the reasons why netbooks have proved so successful is the inclusion of Linux to lower resource requirements and cost alike. So why has Apricot decided to drop Linux and only offer a Windows XP powered netbook instead?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-10-23 08:33:33
One of the reasons why netbooks have proved so successful is the inclusion of Linux to lower resource requirements and cost alike. So why has Apricot decided to drop Linux and only offer a Windows XP powered netbook instead?
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Ballmer’s buzz on Windows 7
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-19 03:22:43
Speaking at the final keynote of Gartner’s “Symposium ITxpo” in the US, Ballmer explained Microsoft’s stance on Windows 7, saying it’s “Vista but a lot better”, yet insisting Windows 7 is a major OS revision, and not a minor one, while criticising Google Apps. Oh, and yeah, it’s ok to wait if you want.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-19 03:22:43
Speaking at the final keynote of Gartner’s “Symposium ITxpo” in the US, Ballmer explained Microsoft’s stance on Windows 7, saying it’s “Vista but a lot better”, yet insisting Windows 7 is a major OS revision, and not a minor one, while criticising Google Apps. Oh, and yeah, it’s ok to wait if you want.
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Heaven: Windows 7 will be called Windows 7
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-14 00:03:49
Although XP and Vista were names of Windows that didn’t date the year after they were launched, Microsoft has gone with “year” names for Office and server versions of Windows for years. But the previously codenamed Windows 7 won’t be Windows 2009 or 2010, it will be Windows 7 – and it’s a first!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-14 00:03:49
Although XP and Vista were names of Windows that didn’t date the year after they were launched, Microsoft has gone with “year” names for Office and server versions of Windows for years. But the previously codenamed Windows 7 won’t be Windows 2009 or 2010, it will be Windows 7 – and it’s a first!
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Kingston pops 32GB into a USB flash drive!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 10:31:09
The flash memory revolution keeps on revving up, with 32GB now a standard USB flash memory drive capacity at prices that anyone can afford. Cool!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 10:31:09
The flash memory revolution keeps on revving up, with 32GB now a standard USB flash memory drive capacity at prices that anyone can afford. Cool!
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Have consumers spoken and said: “Linux sux”?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-07 06:01:00
Uh-oh. Hazmat time. 0.001% of 1.04%* of the world’s Linux die-hard supergeeks are about to descend and call me all kinds of names, but facts are facts: one of the world’s biggest makers of netbooks says Linux models are being returned at a rate at least four times higher than XP netbooks. Could it be that Linux sucks?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-07 06:01:00
Uh-oh. Hazmat time. 0.001% of 1.04%* of the world’s Linux die-hard supergeeks are about to descend and call me all kinds of names, but facts are facts: one of the world’s biggest makers of netbooks says Linux models are being returned at a rate at least four times higher than XP netbooks. Could it be that Linux sucks?
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Before Windows 7 heaven comes an XP extension
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-06 21:28:35
With Windows 7 due in either 2009 or in 2010, and plenty of companies still happy with their XP deployments, Microsoft has done the inevitable, extending XP downgrade rights for another six months.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-06 21:28:35
With Windows 7 due in either 2009 or in 2010, and plenty of companies still happy with their XP deployments, Microsoft has done the inevitable, extending XP downgrade rights for another six months.
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