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- Microsoft+removes+another+one+of+WGA%27s+fangs
- Microsoft+removes+another+one+of+WGA%27s+fangsSo what's new???Samo samo........... crap!Seems like Microsoft has lost its nerve...They might as well just be rid of WGA and activation keys altogether if this is all that will happen if it is a pirated copy.Seems like Microsoft has lost its nerve...They might as well just be rid of WGA...
- Tags: error code, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., fang, SP1
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Windows error messages - written by robots, for robots
- Windows error messages - written by robots, for robotsYesMany, many hapless users believe Windows is crammed full.Look on the bright side...it gives you something to blog about.Incidently, I think you misunderstood the real meaning of "Get Help".Anyway: http://taurarian.mvps.org/WindowsXP/0x8024402f.htmSuch error messages are deeply frustrating, but aren't you overstating it a bit...
- Tags: Robots, robot, error code, Windows Error Message, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Actron PocketScan Code Reader CP9125
- Small and simple to use, Actron's PocketScan Code Reader provides good general information in an easy-to-read format, can erase trouble codes, and turns off the Check Engine light. This scanner is an inexpensive tool that can help diagnose a multitude of car problems but is a far cry from more...
- Tags: Scanners, Monitors & displays, Actron PocketScan Code Reader CP9125, scanner
- Product reviews 2006-02-22
- Better errors in 2005
- Preston Gralla has an interesting list of five things Microsoft won't do in 2005, but should. Worth a read, but one of the "should" items for Microsoft is also true of a great deal of open source software as well. Specifically, Gralla's advice to Microsoft to "introduce plain-English error...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, error code, segmentation, Preston Gralla, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-01-04
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- The Importance of Dissent
- Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...
- Tags: MySQL, Arjen, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet
- Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science ICS have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful -- and malicious -- botnet. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Application, Network, DOS, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Consultant Code Of Conduct
- Consultants often require a very high ethical standard when pursuing clients and performing work for them. These strict standards are required to ensure the best interest of the client and the security of all data that the consultant may come in contact with. A consultant's conduct not only...
- Tags: Consultant, Code Of Conduct, Policies And Procedures, Outsourcing, Quality, Human Resources, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- Download resources 2008-09-05
- FRS Coloring Book Volume 2 (exe)
- FRS Coloring Book Volume 2, a follow up to the highly popular FRS Coloring Book, provides 100 new fun and educational illustrations for Preschool and Kindergarten age children. The alphabet, counting, basic shapes, and even the four seasons are topics that you and the children that color the pages within...
- Tags: Children, Fast Rabbit Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-05
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade barely for WGAReal LifeUnless you realy have a bootleg or keygened cd ke. pretty mush any XP sticker from any manufacturer can be "recycled" into any other PC. Just tell the right thing to the automated phone system: Did you change your motherboard: YES...And...
- Tags: deactivation option, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- SocialCast: enterprise Twitter/FriendFeed mashup
- SocialCast has revamped its group comms service, given it a facelift, aligned itself more closely to consumery apps like Twitter and FriendFeed and then given it an enterprise twist. As far as I am aware, this is the first enterprise facing application that has gotten close...
- Tags: Enterprise, Mashup, SocialCast, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Branding, Wiki, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Video: Google demos speed benchmarks for Chrome
- Video: Google demos speed benchmarks for ChromeCrash ChromeCrash Chrome by typing :% into the OmniboxIt will also speed up the timeit takes google to track, capture, and store your personal information for future sale or use.RE: Video: Google demos speed benchmarks for ChromeThe best use-case...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Scripting languages, Web browsers, cloud computing, Chrome, Google Inc., video
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list
- Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...
- Tags: Windows Media, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Google's Top 10 Cloud Computing List
- Dontcha just love Top 10 lists? At the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Matthew Glotzbach, who leads the Enterprise Products team at Google, offered a "Top 10 Things I Can Do in the Cloud That I Couldn't Do A Year Ago." No surprises that many of the tasks...
- Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Mobile, E-mail, Productivity, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- IE8's "best" feature broken: stick with Firefox
- IE8's "best" feature broken: stick with FirefoxIE8 BetaIE8 is in Beta, it is not the finished product. There will be issues adn problems. I am currently using it as well, and the problems I do have, I have let Microsoft know. It is a work in progress.That's...
- Tags: Web browsers, IE8, beta, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- IE8's "best" feature broken: stick with Firefox
- The plug-ins, the add-ons, the "download and use with" programs. So many people have been on about the "porn mode" InPrivate feature, the coloured tabs and the accelerator features, but what seems to be missing from the blogosphere is the entire gallery of additional software for the product. ...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, IE8, Internet Explorer 8, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'
- Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'Analyst: Google Chrome 'SOA ready'Google Chrome is not SOA ready. Any sites that require more than HTML will fail to fully load on Chrome. Also Chrome has had major issues with trying to click on the back button. Now if someone takes the...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, SOA Ready, Google Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Ten key differences between Linux and Windows
- Ten key differences between Linux and WindowsRe: Shouldn't this be titledNot everything; for example 1) hardware support - not all closed source OS has the same level of hardware support. 2) Command line vs no command line : Many closed source OS has fully functional command line support.3) Multilayered run...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Ten key differences between Linux and Windows
- Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License
- News items 2008-09-04
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