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- Best Buy adds $197 HP laptop to Black Friday lineup
- I hate agreeing with linuxbut alas I must do it this time :( He's right, this is some cheap hardware. Intel celeron? Who uses that anymore? I guess its good for kids, but any power user will not want this laptop. I'm holding out for a...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Black Friday lineup, laptop computer, Intel Celeron, Best Buy Co. Inc., Black Friday, HP Laptop, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Windows Mobile is better than you think
- My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
- Do you mean:"The vulnerability was confirmed on fully patched Windows XP SP3 systems with Internet Explorer 6 and [b]7[/b]."Also how effective is the exploit with Protected Mode and limited user account usage? I'd like to see more information on how these two mitigation techniques work against exploits. I suspect the...
- Tags: Web browsers, EXPLORER, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Internet Explorer, critical IE 7 zero-day flaw, IE 7 zero-day flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, zero-day bug, exploit
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?
- MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...
- Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?
- So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Google-Microsoft rivalry on with ChromeOS launch
- This will usher in an era of intense competition and innovation, as well aslower prices.This will be good for all concerned. Windows users will get lower prices and faster innovation. The Windows users should be Google's biggest fans here.Chorme OS could get 10% or more of the netbook market. That...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Chrome, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fonts
- Not too worried here......Been using group policy for a long time with font downloads always being disabled for all users on my network. I am patching no doubt, but much less concerned knowing I have always had this blocked. I'm coveredno windoze , no threat.Again with the fear...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, font, Microsoft Windows, malware attack, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, malware, Windows7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- My scareware night and how McAfee lost a customer
- With their Comcast and AT&T dealsMcAfee has a huge market share hereit pretty much does nothing to prevent being infected by these rogue antivirus attacks.I have found Combofix (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix)is the most effective tool to remove these things but even that isn't 100%.Usually you will want to rename it before you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Vista/7, software, McAfee Inc., AV Software, Malwarebytes
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole
- I hope Jeremy got some sleep last nightbecause he probably won't be getting much in the near future.first of many zillionsis there anything worse than being MS security programmer?poor bastards.YesYeah, being a mindless repetitive troll.yeah, being a poor Mac user. yeah, being a poor Mac user....
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, zero-day hole, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, firewall
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Is Windows 7 a Mac OS X wannabe? That explains why I like it
- no, it looks like kde but doesn't have it's functionalityjust put kde 3.5. with transparent taskbar and crystal theme and you got what win7 looks like.and kde 3.5. was way older than vista and 7.So it IS about pride after all?To Apple fans it is always important who copied who....
- Tags: Operating systems, TRANSPARENCY, Apple Mac OS, task bar, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- Linux to your grandma this Christmas
- finaly:)RE: Linux to your grandma this ChristmasEldy is definetly a great piece of software, works on windows and linux and it's absolutely free of charge and ads freelong live the no profit European Associazione Eldy!RE: Linux to your grandma this ChristmasNot a viable option. Grandma already has enough problems trying...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, value-add, Linux, grandma, Eldy
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7
- You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Study claims netbook users dissatisfied with Windows 7. Are you?
- Very satisfiedVery satisfiedIt's a intentionaly crippled OS from a software company with lackluster QACYou should expect to be disappointed.In the Netbook realm, closed source can't compete with free.I have 7 Pro on mineand I also dual boot with Ubuntu Netbook Remix. And while I personally prefer Ubuntu, there is nothing...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Windows 7 Pro, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, netbook user
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Why is Apple meddling with my Windows AutoRun?
- Not suprised...Why would Apple try to keep their competitor secure? It would go aggainst their own adds.Oh and I'm not suprised that apple wants to meddle with autorun... I always disable that feature and it will stay disabled... I just hope Apple wont try to stealth enable it... PS: Great...
- Tags: Zune HD, Microsoft Windows, Autorun, Apple Inc., CD, Apple iTunes, Auto-run, Microsoft Zune
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Which should a small business choose: Windows Home Server or Windows Server Foundation?
- CompetitionThe $1000 Mac-Mini with Snow Leopard Server and no user-count limits may have inspired the outreach.That depends on your needs.WHS is a great solution for file sharing and/or client backups. It's backup feature is a strong selling point, IMO. It would be nice to see this extended to every version...
- Tags: Backups, Servers, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Home Server, WHS, server, backup, small business, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- High-risk flaw dings Google Chrome
- no NoScript..No Google Chromethis is one of the reasons i don't want to get near this browser. Till Google wakes up and builds an add-on support for Adblock and NoScript, then and only then i might give it a try.Chrome wont even give me the Option to manually disable Scripting....
- Tags: Scripting languages, Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., JavaScript, NoScript, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)
- RE: Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap or even freeGreat post, Ed! Seeing how you outlined the cheapest way to get Microsoft Windows 7 there should be no reason why anyone would not want to upgrade now. Price is no longer an issue. This would be...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, legal way, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"
- RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
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