items tagged with Windows Vista
2009: Year of the Linux Delusion
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-18 03:27:27
An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won’t have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to “web only” applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-18 03:27:27
An article has come out claiming (yet again) that 2009 will be the year of Linux, and bases this prediction on the fact that low power ARM processors will be in netbooks which won’t have enough power to run Windows, but then says these new netbooks will be geared to “web only” applications which suits Linux perfectly. And, oh yeah, Palm might save Linux, too.
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Browser bonanza: all five major browsers updated or patched
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-12-17 17:03:09
Every major web browser has been updated this week, mostly to deliver security patches.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-12-17 17:03:09
Every major web browser has been updated this week, mostly to deliver security patches.
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Microsoft IE vulnerability to receive urgent fix Wednesday
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-16 21:09:26
Tomorrow, the 18th of December at 5am (Australian Eastern Standard Time), the 0-day security vulnerability that has embarrassed Microsoft into action will receive the urgently needed patch that will restore balance to the force and (temporarily) shut Linux zealots up.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-16 21:09:26
Tomorrow, the 18th of December at 5am (Australian Eastern Standard Time), the 0-day security vulnerability that has embarrassed Microsoft into action will receive the urgently needed patch that will restore balance to the force and (temporarily) shut Linux zealots up.
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Windows 7 performance whoops Vista and XP
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-12 21:50:17
The latest Windows 7 6965 build has been tested by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, and his results show that Microsoft’s promise of a vastly improved Windows experience in Windows 7 is coming true – despite 6956 not even yet at official “beta” status.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-12 21:50:17
The latest Windows 7 6965 build has been tested by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, and his results show that Microsoft’s promise of a vastly improved Windows experience in Windows 7 is coming true – despite 6956 not even yet at official “beta” status.
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Another big month for Microsoft security patches
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-09 15:15:57
Microsoft's Christmas bonus for system administrators has arrived in the form of eight security bulletins. Six of them are rated 'critical' and a seventh is more significant than its 'important' rating implies.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-09 15:15:57
Microsoft's Christmas bonus for system administrators has arrived in the form of eight security bulletins. Six of them are rated 'critical' and a seventh is more significant than its 'important' rating implies.
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Microsoft stuffs sysadmins' stockings with critical patches
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-04 14:41:44
System administrators look like having a busy time in the run-up to Christmas as they digest and test the eight security bulletins that Microsoft expects to release next Tuesday. Six of the bulletins are rated critical.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-04 14:41:44
System administrators look like having a busy time in the run-up to Christmas as they digest and test the eight security bulletins that Microsoft expects to release next Tuesday. Six of the bulletins are rated critical.
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Vista SP2 beta here, Win 7 not a "service pack" for Vista
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-03 15:56:02
The beta versions of Vista SP2 and Window Server 2008 SP2 have now landed for MSDN and TechNet users, and should be available for the “general public” to also try tomorrow, while a Microsoft executive tells CNET US that Windows 7 is not just a Windows Vista service pack.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-03 15:56:02
The beta versions of Vista SP2 and Window Server 2008 SP2 have now landed for MSDN and TechNet users, and should be available for the “general public” to also try tomorrow, while a Microsoft executive tells CNET US that Windows 7 is not just a Windows Vista service pack.
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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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Ballmer set to do Monkey Dance in court?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-23 05:18:43
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been ordered to testify in the “Vista Capable” court case after Microsoft failed to convince the judge that Ballmer didn’t know enough about the details.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-23 05:18:43
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been ordered to testify in the “Vista Capable” court case after Microsoft failed to convince the judge that Ballmer didn’t know enough about the details.
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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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Windows 7 pre-beta: it really rocks!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 06:52:40
The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to reality.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-03 06:52:40
The buzz over Windows 7 is everything Microsoft clearly wished for Vista, with illegal downloads racing across the Internet as curious computer users want to see if all the Windows 7 reports match up to reality.
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