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- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XP
- Microsoft to tweak WGA Notifications on Windows XPDo it right......kill WGA altogether!! Time to start listening to your customers, M$!!WGA, friend or foe?Somebody at my work brought to me his laptop that had XP pro. A friend of his had sold it to him and when he tried to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Microsoft tweaks WGA Notifications
- Yesterday I blogged about the fact that Microsoft has made some changes to how the WGA Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application works. Today Ill show you some of the changes that Microsoft has carried out to this application to try to make it fairer.The changes that Microsoft have made...
- Tags: Microsoft, WGA Notifications
- Blog posts 2006-11-29
- WGA Notifications
- Updated WGA Notifications - November 06
- Tags: WGA Notifications
- Image galleries 2006-11-29
- The WGA fiasco continues
- [Update 30-June 9:30AM PDT: Apparently someone at Microsoft reads this blog. Several of the errors listed in this post have now been corrected. (One still remains.) The link to KB921914 leads to the revised article.] How many ways can Microsoft screw up in the Windows Genuine Advantage fiasco? Whatever the...
- Tags: WGA Notifications, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-06-28
- Microsoft backs off on WGA "phone home" - sort of
- eWEEK has just reported that the update pushed out yesterday through Automatic Updates to the problematic Windows Genuine Advantage checker turns off the "phone home" feature, at least on a daily basis. According to Ryan Naraine's report:In the pilot phase, a PC that had installed WGA Notifications checked a server-side...
- Tags: phone home, Microsoft Corp., WGA Notifications
- Blog posts 2006-06-28
- Does Microsoft's new WGA disclosure fall short?
- After its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy software pushed to end users via Windows Update starting phoning home to Microsoft's servers on a daily basis thus earning Microsoft a place in the public spotlight in recent days, the software giant's public relations engine was apparently very busy yesterday figuring out...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-06-09
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- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- No surprise: Microsoft to fine-tune UAC in Windows 7
- No surprise: Microsoft to fine-tune UAC in Windows 7Not Far Enough.I have not had a lot of experience with Vista but what I have experienced is more than I care for. When I have used Vista I had the distinct feeling that I was being watched by the computer....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Oops I'm Late (Windows Mobile) (exe)
- Oops I'm Late! is software for mobile phones that sends notifications based on one's calendar and GPS. Whether you are late, on-time, or early, let Oops I'm Late! keep in touch rather than be distracted while driving. No re-entering destination information for the umpteenth time; Oops I'm Late! uses Calendar...
- Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Oops, GPS, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-06
- Samsung Omnia
- Photo gallery:Samsung OmniaAlong with the RIM BlackBerry Bold and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the Samsung Omnia is one of the most requested and sought after smartphones of 2008. Why all the buzz? It's not so much the Omnia's touch screen that's drawing attention (after all, we've seen it in the...
- Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung OMNIA, OMNIA, touch screen
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Visa to develop apps on Android, Nokia phones
- Visa said Thursday that it will develop applications for Android and Nokia phones with mobile payment systems planned for the latter. First up, the company said Chase Visa cardholders could get notifications about transaction activity on Android phones statement. Visa added that location-based services, maps and merchant...
- Tags: Visa Inc., Payment, Phone, Nokia Corp., Android, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown
- With all of the hooplah surrounding T-Mobile's announcement of the G1, I thought it useful to lay out the details of the phone: T-Mobile G1 Fact: First phone using Google Android platform Looks like: A Sidekick Price: $179...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, T-Mobile, Pricing Strategy, Pricing, Scanners, Keyboards, Marketing Research, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Review: The Nokia E71 is a tough device to beat
- It has been over 2 months since I wrote up my first impressions of the Nokia E71. At that time I was getting flooded with review and purchased devices such as the Palm Treo Pro, Samsung OMNIA, Touch Diamond, Treo 800w, MWg Zinc II, iPhone 3G and loads of applications...
- Tags: Application, Device, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Nokia E71, Exchange, Meeting Entry Screen, Custom Recurrence, 3G, E-mail, Keyboards, Corporate Communications, GPS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Microsoft's secrecy gameplan tested as more Win7 screenshots leak
- Microsoft's secrecy gameplan tested as more Win7 screenshots leakMicrosoft blah blah blah, Microsoft blah blah blah...Microsoft should take the advice it gives to its hapless customers: remove all important data and reinstall. This isn't news no fault of yours Mary Jo, this is a broken record... as in vinyl...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Win7 screenshot, gameplan, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-09-20
- Apple files notification screen patent, is this really that unique?
- One aspect of the Apple iPhone that I can't stand is the lack of quickly viewable notifications and I am actually very surprised that Apple doesn't have a better system in place on the device. Then again, I think the notification system for most mobile operating systems can be improved....
- Tags: Notification, Patent, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Microsoft pressed SHIFT-DEL on epic fail Gates/Seinfeld ads
- Microsoft pressed SHIFT-DEL on epic fail Gates/Seinfeld adsTwo old farts pushing an outdated OS, that's a winner...I can't believe Microsoft thought this was a good marketing strategy by bringing one old comedian and one old nerd to brand to an upcoming generation of computer users and buyers. These commercials were...
- Tags: Microsoft AD, Microsoft Corp., advertisement, Gates/Seinfeld, Gates/Seinfeld ad, Shift-Del
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- Spamming vendor launches managed spamming service
- A spamming vendor known as the SET-X Corporation, has recently launched the distributed SET-X Mail System, a sophisticated managed spamming service available for rent on a monthly basis starting from $2000, promising to achieve "spamming speed" of 5000 to 7000 emails per minute and over 1 million spam messages per...
- Tags: Malware, Server, Bot, Spamming, Spamming Service, SET-X Mail System, MX, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- It's all email's fault
- It's all email's faultCompanies can be pro-active.People spend 5 minutes writing an email that can be resolved with a 15 second phone call. It sometimes takes 15 minutes of accumulative time for the reader to ask a follow up. My personal policy at work, I read emails at...
- Tags: e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Windows 7: Beta 1 tracking for mid-December
- Windows 7: Beta 1 tracking for mid-DecemberThis One Day After Microsoft Admits They Screwed Up With Vistahttp://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/shattered_dreams_and_broken_promises_vistas_failure_launchNow what are you going to do about Windows 7? Same thing? Another blown launch? Two in a row is going to sink you hard.You Want Shine With That OS?I am...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- Countrywide warning: Ex-employee (may have) sold customer, mortgage data
- Countrywide Mortgage has started notifying customers that a rogue employee since dismissed may have sold sensitive personal information to an unidentified third party. The company mailed "urgent security notification" letters to customers this week, warning that the customer information involved included names, addresses, social security numbers, mortgage...
- Tags: FBI, Customer, Countrywide Mortgage, Mortgage Lead, Mortgages, Social Security, Federal Government, Operational Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures, Government, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
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