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- Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask Microsoft
- RE: Is it OK to use OEM Windows on your own PC? Don't ask MicrosoftI built my current desktop in July and purchased/installed an OEM version of Vista Home Premium. I also took advantage of Microsoft's free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium which I installed on the same PC....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Operating systems, cost difference, Microsoft Corp., OEM, Is it OK, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Microsoft gives up to 1 million Xbox modders the boot from Live
- Exactly. I could not agree moreno different then many other things.In NASCAR, the team owns the car, NASCAR the rest.You are perfectlly free to do with your car whatever you wish, NASCAR just will not allow you to run it at their events.Microsoft is not stopping them from modifying their...
- Tags: Game players, Linux, Games, EULA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, hardware functionality, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Nov/Dec 09
- These are consistently your most useful columnsI really look forward to these, especially since I'm thinking about building a new video editing machine. One that can handle full frame 1080 24p h.264 video. I can transcode it with cineform but unless you're doing a lot of color work, it's...
- Tags: Processors, Nov/Dec 09, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Best Kit List, Hardware 2.0, CPU, hardware, Intel Corp., motherboard
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Netbooks worth the upgrade to Windows 7? Heck yes!
- my thoughts"As I wrote the day that 7 launched, 'Windows 7 is just another OS.'"An article sitting at a -1 rating (out of 33 people) as I type this, and with quite a bit of Talkback discussion. Not exactly a shining pillar of truth."Most netbooks ship with Windows XP Home...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Boot-time, Waking Up, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks worth, Heck Yes
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions
- Except that most software is not 64-bitnor are most drivers. Also, you have a nasty Microsoft enforced warning screen if you are trying to use non-signed drivers each time you boot. Not a killer, but stupid and annoying.Also, as someone else pointed out, if you don't have at least 4...
- Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, 64-bit, Windows 7 Upgrade, 32-bit, Microsoft Windows 7, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumers
- Can't wait to see theseThe local Best Buy is having a midnight launch. I'm probably going to go and geek out for a bit.RE: Microsoft and PC makers introduce Windows 7 offers for consumersWish I could afford the upgrades.Been laid off and on for 6 years now.Could not renew my...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), way thing, Linux, U.S. Department of Defense, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Win7, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- A word of warning on hard disk recovery by swapping logic boards
- Freezing it?"Popping it into a sealed plastic bag and freezing it for a few hours."Pardon my ignorance - what does this do to help?Except in this case, the problem is almostcertainly fried electronics because of the method in which the drive failed.Strange. Hu?I can't say how it works, but I...
- Tags: logic board, hard drive, hard-disk recovery, Cooling
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- DiskGetor Data Recovery 2.1 (Windows)
- DiskGetor Data Recovery is a powerful hard disk data recovery software, fast free scan hard disk or hard drive partition, fast recover deleted (word/excel/music/zip/pdf/video) files or recover lost data from hard drive , lost/deleted/format/repartition/missing/Ghost raw partition or usd card ,raid disk drive. Even if you have written part of data,The...
- Tags: Software, Hard Drive, Data Recovery, Microsoft Windows, DNSSOFT, DiskGetor Data Recovery
- Software downloads 2009-10-20
- 'Evil Maid' USB stick attack keylogs TrueCrypt passphrases
- Security researcher Joanna Rutkowska has released a PoC proof of concept of a keylogger that is capable of logging TrueCrypt's disk encryption passphrase enabling the attacker to successfully decrypt the hard drive's content. Dubbed, the 'evil maid' attack due to its 'plug-and-exploit' functionality requiring 1-2 minutes for...
- Tags: Disk, Passphrase, USB, Laptop Computer, Attack, TrueCrypt, Hotel Room, Mobile Proximity Alarm, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Owners set up online memorial to dead Apple Time Capsules
- wowBut those "older" ones aren't really that old.Hilarious!! ntntYeaBecause to Apple, function follows form... so your drive isn't as pretty, but it functions better and its cheaper. Trust me, you win.Well, he wins only ifno one has to look at the device. :)RE: Owners set up online memorial to dead...
- Tags: Backups, Time Capsule, disk, Apple Inc., Apple Time Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooks
- O.o[i]Looks like Michael Dell is pushing for people to upgrade to the newest Dell laptops/desktops and Windows 7.[/i]He has to. It's how they make money.RE: Michael Dell - Loves Windows 7, slams netbooksNetbooks are about travel and portability. Am I going to give up my quadcore desktop? ...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Dell Computer Corp., Michael Dell, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Gili RamDisk 3.2 (Windows)
- Gili RAMDisk appears like a physical hard disk to the operating system and programs. You choose its size depending on the amount of RAM in your system, drive letter, and file system. You can copy, move and delete files on it. Like a physical disk, a RAM disk can also...
- Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, RAM, Gili Soft, Gili RAMDisk, RAM Disk, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-10-12
- Who is a Candidate for Desktop Linux?
- I personally do not fall into the group of people that can easily migrate away from Windows, but that doesn't mean you or someone you know can't make the switch. As I said in earlier post last month, the work that I...
- Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Desktop Linux, Computer, Super-Casual Web Surfer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- Moore's Law of Software is the key to the cloud
- I don't think so[i]Software falls further behind hardware every year.[/i]From where I seat software is not so much behind.In just a few years the hardware becomes inadequate to handle all the software we install.There is also plenty of software that can not be deployed because of the hardware lack of...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Programming languages, Development tools, Urquhart, SOFTWARE IS, software, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- MacAppStuff Blank 1.0b (Mac)
- Erases unused space on hard disks, USB flash drives etc, to prevent the recovery of deleted files. Any data which still resides in that unused space, albeit marked 'free', can be properly and securely deleted by overwriting it. As you may know, simply deleting a file does not actually delete...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Pass, MacAppStuff, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-03
- Annual cost of IT failure: $6.2 trillion
- I'm not buying their claims.. It looks like they're declaring all IT activities as a failure which is patently ridiculous.. The companies I support rarely experience a failure. I do the product evaluations up front and determine if a product is worthy of purchase and deployment. I use...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, software, CPU, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- What do you want to see in Apple's new iMac; MacBook?
- RE: What do you want to see in Apple's new iMac; MacBook?USB 3.0, an included game (got an iBook G4 years ago, came with Tony Hawk 3 preinstalled), wireless A/V support would be awesome. And LOWER PRICES.Absolutely nothing.Keeping them away from my sight should be enough to make me happy.I'm...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, CD Eject, Psychotherapist, Apple iMac, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., CD
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Intel: SSDs are coming
- A MisnomerThe term "solid-state" is actually slightly off, if the intent is to distinguish a unit with no moving parts from one with moving parts. The term "solid-state", although it can be used informally to mean "no-moving-parts", actually refers to lack of vacuum or gas-based tubes, thereby implying the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Visual Studio, Storage, Intel Corp., SSD
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Hijacking Windows System Restore for cybercrime profits
- welp.... they are finally getting a taste of their own crap.I wonder what they are doing. We use steadystate on all of our machines. Reboot the machine and everything is restored.Maybe they should move from a PC based environment to a terminal server like system. Each reboot...
- Tags: Terminal services, system restore, Hijacking Windows System Restore, cybercrime profit, SteadyState, operating system, terminal server, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
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