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Best Buy gives poor hd-dvd buyers some gift card balm: Best Buy gives poor HD-DVD buyers some gift card balmShouldn't there just be a recycle/replacement program in placethe components of HD-DVD players are still modern and reusable??? Be nice, maybe environmentally friendly to 'recall' and replace/reimburse to get this dying tech tree out of consumers' way and back into...; Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, gift card, Best Buy Co. Inc., HD-DVD buyer, poor HD-DVD buyer, card, DVD; Discussion threads 2008-03-19

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Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand: Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...; Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
OCZ debuts DIY gaming notebooks: Here's something that fans of building their own PCs will be interested in - OCZ has launched a build-it-yourself gaming notebook kit. The idea is simple. You buy a kit (currently there's no word on pricing but the wording on the OCZ website suggest that this will...; Tags: Game, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-15
More on the Vista DVD playback issue: I thought I'd give you an update on the DVD playback problem that I reported on yesterday. Here's a summary of the problem: DVD playback is corrupted when one of the three screens (in this case a Wacon Cintiq WX12) is used to display the...; Tags: Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-15
News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo acquisition Techmeme EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS Adrian...; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Comcast Corp., Workday, Microsoft Corp., Zoho, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Rootkits, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware; Blog posts 2008-05-15

With the Quickness: HD Moore sets new land speed record with exploitation of Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL flaw: So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu family to remove the seed used for PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator used when creating SSL keys. Well, HD Moore set a new record...; Tags: OpenSSL, SSH, Debian, Key, Flaw, HD, ID, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Icahn reportedly preps his board slate for Yahoo: That Yahoo proxy war looks like it's on, but with a new cast of characters. According to Reuters, billionaire investor Carl Icahn will move ahead with an alternate slate of board of directors. The goal: Turn over Yahoo's 12 directors at once and sell Yahoo to Microsoft--or...; Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Content Protection madness on Vista: [UPDATE: For more on this issue, check out this post.] I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanisms are increasingly making this difficult for people. ...; Tags: Screen, Microsoft Windows Vista, Cintiq, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged: Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji allegedEbay and CraigslistEbay should be worried about Craigslist Craigslist is an easy,simple,FREE service for the individual. Ebay is a complicated mess with complicated support. I have sold on both. I didn't have to pay Craigslist and neither did the...; Tags: advertisement, Google Inc., Craigslist, eBay Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers: The greatest advantage of the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. The biggest problem with the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. Ironic, isn't it? The sheer number of choices means you can almost certainly...; Tags: Problem, Driver, OEM, Graphics Subsystem, Vista/Server 2008/Win7 Ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Could "not so high end" gaming systems tarnish Alienware's reputation?: Just as it seems that Dell is exiting the high-end gaming PC market by ditching the XPS line, Alienware announced its entry into the "not so high end" gaming market. Is this a good move for Alienware or could it dilute a brand considered to represent extreme gaming? ...; Tags: Alienware, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-13
VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.: VUDU: Day and date releases? Yeah, we've got that.Vudu Vs. Apple TVI looked into the two competitors when I made purchase two months ago. Shouldn't the ability to load your own video material onto the device be industry standard as well?I chose Apple TV because I can load my current...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Corporate communications, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, Vudu; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
(Slipstreaming XP SP3): (Slipstreaming XP SP3)Slipstreaming SP3I used the Auto Patcher slipstreamer:http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562It went without any problems. I also used it to slipstreamOffice 2003 SP3.RE: (Slipstreaming XP SP3)nLite is great. I used it for the first last night to install XP on a machine MiniPC without a floppy, but needed custom HD drivers. It's...; Tags: Slipstreaming XP SP3, nLite; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
HFSoft iPod Video Converter (exe): HFSoft iPod Video Converter is an easy-to-use video converter software for Apple iPod. It can convert most video and audio format, e.g. DivX, XviD, WMV, AVI, FLV, MOV, MPEG-2DVD, MPEG-4, MP3, AAC, M4A, APE to iPod Video format. It is also a powerful video converter with fast conversion speed. And...; Tags: Apple iPod, Video, HFSoft Studio, HFSoft iPod Video Converter, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2008-05-13
gBurner (exe): gBurner is a powerful and easy-to-use CD/DVD burning tool, which allows you to create and burn data/audio CDs and DVDs, make bootable data CDs and DVDs, create multisession discs. gBurner is also a disc image file processing tool, which allows you to open, create, extract, edit, convert and burn ISO/BIN...; Tags: CD, Disc, gBurner Systems, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment; Software downloads 2008-05-13
Backup&Synchronize Pro (exe): Backup&Synchronize Pro, a Windows application that makes it easy to create backups of your critical computer files. It easily performs routine file synchrronization between one or more source folders and one or more targets including zip file and FTP. It offers feature-rich functions : pdf report, geography map, schedule. It...; Tags: Hard Drive, Computer, RD Technologies, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-05-13
Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6835: Toshiba's Satellite brand has long played second-fiddle to the company's excellent Qosmio multimedia systems. But the updated Satellite line has a whole new look and feel, with a shiny metallic sheen and a clever new Sleep-and-Charge feature, which lets you charge USB devices even if the laptop is powered off....; Tags: Network technology, Notebooks, Toshiba Satellite brand, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite; Product reviews 2008-05-12
Major career web sites hit by spammers attack: What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...; Tags: Job, CAPTCHA, Web, Career, Spammer, Malware, Web Site, Spamming, Tool, Attack, E-mail, Spam, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Phantom Burner (exe): Phantom Burner is a virtual CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/CD-R drive. It not only allows you to mount disc image files as virtual CD or DVD discs, but also let you create disc image files by burning to the virtual CD-R drive, from using any disc burning software. By supporting standard SCSI commands, it...; Tags: Disc, CD-R, Phantombility, Phantom Burner; Software downloads 2008-05-12
Batch WMV to AVI MPEG WMV VCD SVCD DVD Converter (exe): Amor WMV to AVI MPEG VCD SVCD DVD Converter is a powerful, splendid, and simple to use application for WMV to AVI, WMV to MPEG, WMV to VCD, WMV to DVD, and WMV to SVCD video converting. The main features include batch convert WMV, ASF files to AVI, MPEG, VCD,...; Tags: WMV, AVI, Amorsoft, Digital Video, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-12