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Windows 7 updates next week: Don't get too excited

Windows 7 updates next week: Don't get too excitedThis seems incredibly stupidsince there have to be many PCs in the halls of Redmond running, or dual booting this OS. It seems like something that can be handled by a LAN rather than the internet. That is, unless Microsoft has made...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

Gartner: Biggest beta test--Windows

Gartner: Biggest beta test--WindowsLet's see how this one gets defended...[B]We've all been part of the biggest beta test the world has ever known--Windows. Microsoft will not solve all of the security problems, no matter what the richest man in the world says," said Gartner vice president Victor Wheatman in a...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Gartner Inc., beta test, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., spam, spyware

Discussion threads 2004-09-20

Additional Resources

Microsoft expanding Office Web Apps test program

Microsoft is allowing more testers to join the Office Web Apps Technical Preview program just a few weeks before the company is set to release a public beta of Office 2010. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Web Application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-24

Opera 10.10 beta 1 (Mac)

Opera is a fast and secure Web browser from the most innovative browser company. Download Opera 10.10 beta to test our new feature, Opera Unite a Web server in the Web browser. Opera Unite allows you to download and run Web applications and to share content with others in a...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Opera Software ASA, Beta, Opera Unite, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-14

Opera 10.10 beta 1 (Windows)

Opera is a fast and secure Web browser from the most innovative browser company. Download Opera 10.10 beta to test our new feature, Opera Unite a Web server in the Web browser. Opera Unite allows you to download and run Web applications and to share content with others in a...

Tags: Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Windows, Beta, Opera Unite, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-14

SplashPlay 1.0.0 (Windows)

SplashPlay is geared towards complete beginners and shows YouTube videos with synchronized chords, so beginners can understand how to finger the chords and when to play them. It's a powerful new way to learn and will save beginners hours of tedious learning, so they can get up to speed quicker...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Guitar, SplashPlay

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Exchange 2010: Another public test build released

It appears that most Americans supportconsider that Beta 3 was technically our ?feature complete? milestone, so you shouldn?t expect to see much in the way of major changes from here on in. However, one major update that is present in this release is the ability to run the...

Tags: Web servers, Server Core Installation, Exchange 2010, shouldn?t, server, Beta 3

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

CTIA: Android and Apps everywhere

Locked UpWe'll only see real growth the market liberalises, and real competition is given a chance -- when I can buy an iPhone/aPhone outright and use it only any network.@leegeeUnfortunately, without those kinds of lockdowns and gaurantees of profitability for the producers & telecoms, there is no incentive for a...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, CTIA

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Study: Windows 7 can boot more slowly than Vista

Windows Boot UpWell you know I think that the average user understand the boot up scenario.the more crap you add to your PC the longer it will take to become usable.All of those little dormant services being energized.Hell a clean install of Windows 7 on a Dell 530s with 4...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Two bars at home; three at work. Wireless coverage data is going granular

Two Bars at home; three at work.You have two bars at home and three at work?! Man, you're lucky. All I get to drink at either place is water or a coke once in a while. Oh, you mean cell phone service? Never mind.RE: Two bars at...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Cellular phones, wireless, Wireless coverage data, coverage data, cell phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Adobe and Nvidia bring GPU computing to the masses

Adobe and Nvidia announced that the next version of the Flash player will take advantage of Nvidia graphics processing units GPUs to improve online video. Adobe Flash Player 10.1, which will be in beta by the end of this year, will be designed to get a boost from Nvidia's GeForce,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NVidia Corp., Video, Computing, Graphics, Netbook, GPU, Ion, Mini 311, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Flash 10.1 beta coming to Windows Mobile 6.5 phones by year-end

Useful stuffPretty decent article which really worth reading...Useless stuffBoth Flash and Silverlight are most likely dying solutions for a problem which should have been solved with something properly standardized and free from the beginning.Flash is not just used to deliver movies and animations, it's a popular tool for ad makers...

Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, HTML5, Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala"

wow... seriously?NOTE: This was supposed to be in response to the "good for poor people" comment, but I screwed up:Do you have any basis for your claims? Have you even used Linux, let alone this version of Ubuntu which is still just a Beta? Why does cost/money...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial

I'm having issues with VirtualBox . . .I'm having issues with VirtualBox: Even though it worked before, lately it's claiming that "VT-X/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational" and not allowing me to run 64 bit Ubuntu :(.RE: Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast MarsupialI had some...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Win 7, Ext4, Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Windows SMB2 exploit now public; Expect in-the-wild attacks soon

Another "researcher" makes a name for himself.So, just why was it necessary for for this Bozo to actually "create and release the code" for the exploit? Let me guess. His company makes money by hyping up the level of fear. See their web page where they say...

Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Network security, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Windows SMB2, attack, firewall, antivirus

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29

Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Koobface, FCS, MSE, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Zoho's Next Big Thing

Zoho has announced the availability of Zoho Discussions. Of itself you might think this is a smallish me-too announcement given that it can be construed as support forums-reinvented for the new millennium with some bells and whistles thrown in. That would be a gross underestimate of...

Tags: Zoho, Smb/Sme, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Office Web Apps: New screenshots

Microsoft is releasing to a private group of testers a Community Technology Preview CTP test build of its Office Web Apps on September 17. Here are some screen shots of what testers will see now and later this fall when a public beta hits of Microsoft's Web-ified versions of Word,...

Tags: Public Beta, Web Application, Microsoft Office, Cloud Computing, Office Suites, Software, Office Web Apps, Office 2010, Office for Mobile, Office for Mac, SharePoint, Mary Jo Foley

Image galleries 2009-09-17

Microsoft delivers a partial preview of its Office Web Apps

Disabled bits does not a TECHNICAL PREVIEW make.Hmm, technical preview is for... People coders that want to be ready for the released product or as near to it as is possible. Having half the bits functions disabled or not available in a tech preview makes it, ummm, useless.obvioulsy notdont...

Tags: cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., partial preview, technical preview, Web application, Office Web Apps, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Opera Mini 5 beta released for BlackBerry and Java phones

RE: Opera Mini 5 beta released for BlackBerry and Java phoneslancau bagus.......dah la gedqabak besar......baling anjing pun mati punya........comfirm!!!!!!!!!!!!Confirm your browser supports the latest web standardsBefore purchasing ANY device with a web browser (smartphone, PC, eReader, game console, etc.), you should ensure that the browser included supports the latest web...

Tags: Web browsers, Java Phone, Java, phone, RIM BlackBerry, Web browser, Opera Software ASA

Discussion threads 2009-09-17