Top 3 months news:
Remote Desktop Client (RDC) 6.1 now available for XP SP2 users
Nathan Mercer: We have received a lot of feedback from customers about the need for the Remote Desktop Connection client 6.1 to be made available as a
standalone install for Windows XP SP2 to ease deployments of Windows 2008 Terminal Services.
In response to this feedback, we
have released the Remote Desktop Connection client (RDC 6.1) for Windows XP SP2 on x86 platforms.
Download:
Remote Desktop
Client (RDC) 6.1 for XP SP2 View Full Article:
Nathan Mercer's blog..
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26.06.2008Here comes MSN.com v11 “ new look, hotmail integration, more
Looks like well be seeing a new MSN.com homepage soon,
even though it leaves Mini-Microsoft cold:
And some of the projects he's (ed: Kevin Johnson)
interested in and driving just leave me cold (e.g., the upcoming MSN UI revamp. It puts the F in WTF)
The new home page
features Windows Live, with Hotmail, Messenger, and Spaces tabs on the front page, in a Vista Sidebar looking design. Heres the new page...
View Full Article:
LiveSide..
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28.07.2008HTC Touch Pro Announced
HTC today unveiled its next generation business phone, the HTC Touch Pro.
The HTC Touch Pro (HTC Rafael) was rumoured to be announced in
last months unveiling of the HTC Touch Diamond but HTC have waited until today to unleash their latest and greatest offering.
The Touch
Pro features Windows Mobile 6.1, HSDPA (7.2mbps), 2.8" VGA screen, 3.2 MP camera, 512MB flash and 288MB RAM, Wi-Fi, GPS, bluetooth and a slide out 5
row QWERTY keyboard. All of the specs are backed up with a 1350 mAh battery so battery life shouldn't be too bad on this device. The Touch Pro
also has similar styling and the updated touchflo interface introduced with the Diamond.
HTC is working hard to make their devices one
hand, one touch capable allowing users to take advantage of their 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. The TouchFLO interface allows users to surf
through popular functions of the device such as messaging, calendar appointments and making calls. Thankfully for Windows Mobile we have great OEMs
like HTC creating a better user experience than that of Microsoft, many devoted Windows Mobile MVPs, users and customers have been pushing Microsoft
to fix simple issues with the Windows Mobile OS since 2000. Microsoft plans to re-invent the OS with Windows Mobile 7 and address many of the
complaints.
The HTC Touch Pro will be available to customers across all major European, Asian and the Middle East markets in late summer.
The North American and Latin American versions of Touch Pro will be available later in 2008.
Video:
>> Click here <<
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04.06.2008After pirate lands in prison, software group hints at eBay lawsuit
After convicted software pirate Jeremiah Mondello pulled a 48-month federal prison stretch on Wednesday, an industry anti-piracy group announced six
more lawsuits against individual piracy suspects -- also reportedly hinting that eBay could be the next one to get hauled into court...
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26.07.2008USB 3.0 battle heats up
nVidia and AMD are looking to wrest control from Intel over the specification for USB 3.0.
USB 3.0 is the next-generation high-speed
connection standard due out next year that is expected to offer 10 times the speed of USB 2.0.
At issue is that Intel is allegedly not
giving the specification to competitors in the CPU or chipset markets. Intel responds that it is "working hard to get the complete spec" to the
industry. One source close to Intel alleges that nVidia and Intel are seeking the "host controller "specification that Intel says is beyond the USB
3.0 specification.
View:
CNET: nVidia, AMD vie with Intel over USB 3.0
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07.06.2008DirectX End-User Runtime & SDK Available (August 2008)
The Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX the core Windows® technology that drives
high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.
This DirectX SDK release contains updates to tools, utilities, samples,
documentation, and runtime debug files for x64 and x86 platforms.
For additional information please see
Microsoft DirectX Developer Center along with reviewing the Readme for last-minute
updates.
Download:
DirectX
End-User Runtime Web Installer |
DirectX
SDK..
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09.08.2008Students crack Microsoft CardSpace
Students at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany, say they have found a way to steal security tokens in Microsoft's new CardSpace authentication
framework. Attackers can apparently get access to protected, encrypted user data – such as passwords, credit card numbers, and delivery
addresses – when they are transmitted. CardSpace (formerly InfoCard) is the successor to Passport. In both architectures, users' personal
data are stored locally on the user's system.
Depending on the web site, users can decide which data they want to transmit. CardSpace
is designed to make classic passwords a thing of the past, by replacing them with digital certificates that may be self-signed or signed by an
authoritative CA such as Verisign.
Link:
heise.de Read full story.....
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31.05.2008Microsoft Expression Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview
Microsoft Expression Blend 2 is the professional design tool used to create engaging Web-connected experiences for Microsoft Windows. Use Expression
Blend 2.5 to create and modify managed Silverlight 2-based applications. Expression Blend for Silverlight 2 includes all of the features in Expression
Blend 2 but has not reached the quality level of Expression Blend 2 for WPF or Silverlight 1 development.
Expression Blend 2.5
June 2008 Preview (build 2.1.1113.0) has been updated to work with the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta. To determine which build of
Expression Blend 2.5 you have installed, on the Help menu, click About Microsoft Expression Blend.
Download:
Microsoft
Expression Blend 2.5 June 2008 Preview..
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07.06.2008Vista's Security Rendered Completely Useless by New Exploit
This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely bring Windows Vista to its
knees.
Mark Dowd of
IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) and Alexander Sotirov, of
VMware Inc. have discovered a technique that can be used to bypass all memory protection
safeguards that Microsoft built into Windows Vista. These new methods have been used to get around Vista's Address Space Layout Randomization
(ASLR), Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and other protections by loading malicious content through an active web browser. The researchers were able
to load whatever content they wanted into any location they wished on a user's machine using a variety of scripting languages, such as Java,
ActiveX and even .NET objects. This feat was achieved by taking advantage of the way that Internet Explorer (and other browsers) handle active
scripting in the Operating System.
While this may seem like any standard security hole, other researchers say that the work is a major
breakthrough and there is very little that Microsoft can do to fix the problems. These attacks work differently than other security exploits, as they
aren't based on any new Windows vulnerabilities, but instead take advantage of the way Microsoft chose to guard Vista's fundamental
architecture. According to
Dino Dai Zovi, a popular security researcher, "the
genius of this is that it's completely reusable. They have attacks that let them load chosen content to a chosen location with chosen permissions.
That's completely game over."
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08.08.2008TCP/IP Fundamentals for Windows “ PDF download available
This online book is a structured, introductory approach to the basic concepts and principles of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) protocol suite, how the most important protocols function, and their basic configuration in the Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 families of operating systems. This book is primarily a discussion of concepts and principles to lay a conceptual
foundation for the TCP/IP protocol suite and provides an integrated discussion of both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6).
Download:
TCP/IP Fundamentals for
Windows (PDF)
News Source:
TechNet
Blogs..
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02.06.2008More Details on Elemental's GPU Accelerated H.264 Encoder
Anand Lal Shimpi: Tucked away in our
NVIDIA GT200 review was
a bit of gold.
Elemental
Technologies has been developing, in CUDA, a GPU-accelerated H.264 video transcoder.
If you've ever tried ripping a Blu-ray
movie you'll know that just a raw rip of just one audio and one video stream can easily be over 20 - 30GB. I've been doing a lot of this lately for
my HTPC and even without 8-channel audio tracks, my ripped movies are still huge
(Casino Royal was around 27GB for the 1080p video track and 5.1-channel english audio track). On a massive screen, you'll want to preserve every
last bit of information, but on most displays you could actually stand to compress the video quite a bit.
View Full Article:
AnandTech..
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24.06.2008Windows Live Messenger Build 14.0.3921.0717
Ah, the sweet smell of a Windows Live Messenger leak is in the air again, and along with that lovely smell is an actual download this time.
We've been lucky enough to get our hands on the latest build of Windows Live Messenger 2009 (fka. v9). The build number, however, has struck us
somewhat by surprise, already being at 14.0.3921.0717, clearly not following the common path.
In this build, the first thing you will
notice is a relatively restyled user interface, but not entirely revamped. While some areas have remained fairly consistent with 8.5 such as the
contact list, other areas such as the conversation window, have had a good makeover.
In the new feature department, well, it was sort of
like turning the handle on a jack-in-the-box for 2 minutes only to find out he was no longer inside. So far, the only two new features that have been
discovered is a new photo sharing utility that allows contacts to share and browse photos simultaneously, as well as a new "Group" feature, which
allows you to create a never ending group conversation which essentially re-invites the same contacts every time the "group" is initiated, unless a
contact decides to opt-out. However, this feature just doesn't seem to want to work in this build.
If you're interested in giving it a
try and checking out some of our screenshots, head on over to the link below.
Download and Screenshots:
WLM Build
14.0.3921.0717 
News Source:
In-House..
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24.08.2008Asus Extreme Radeon HD 4850 review
In an effort to remain competitive in the $200-$300 price bracket, ATI is launching yet another product from a brand new series which has been
given the codename R700. The R700 will be better known as the Radeon HD 4000, and the first product from this new series that we will be looking at is
called the Radeon HD 4850.
Already the Radeon HD 4850 is shaping up to be a rather interesting product as its suggested retail price has
been set at just $200, right between the GeForce 8800 GT and 8800 GTS 512. With that in mind we would normally expect this new card's
performance to at least exceed that of the 8800 GT, however, looking at its specifications the Radeon HD 4850 appears as it will be capable of much
more than just defeating the competition's budget king.
The Radeon HD 4850 is comprised of a staggering 800 (160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs and
16 ROPs. Compare this to the 320 (64x5) SPUs, 16 TAUs and 16 ROPs of the Radeon HD 3870 and you can quickly begin to understand why we feel this card
could be much more potent than current mid-range offerings. Also to be noted, the Radeon HD 4850 boasts a memory bandwidth of 64GB/s, while the Radeon
HD 3870 was limited to 57.6GB/s of bandwidth.
View:
Asus Extreme Radeon HD 4850
review @ TechSpot
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23.06.2008Windows Live Wave 3: Messenger v9
M1 dogfood build review and screenshotsLooks like its open-season on Wave 3 now, with Inky over at Mess.be getting his hands on the
Wave 3 Milestone 1 installer for Windows Live Messenger. While Inky may be obsessed with version numbers and about screens, we’re more
interested in what’s going on in terms of new integration across services. Its now been 9 months since the launch of Messenger 8.5, Mail and
Photo Gallery as part of Wave 2, but as this is only a first milestone, there’ll be other internal updates before a version gets released to the
public. That said, there’s still some positive signs that the eventual Messenger v9 release is going to be good.
View:
LiveSide for Screenshots and more info Read full story.....
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12.08.2008The New Taskbar in Windows 7
As we have noticed with the Windows 7 presentation at D6, Microsoft is putting in some efforts to make an update to the aging design of the taskbar,
contrary to the belief that they are going to make something completely new. The supposedly new name of the taskbar is the "Superbar." Long Zheng
has pointed out some of the new things:
"The first being the taskbar is higher than usual, but not as big as double-height. If I were to
guess, I'd say its somewhere around 1.75x-high. In the left corner, the Windows orb remains wedged "on top" of the taskbar - sticking its head out
a little - instead of in the center like it is today in Vista.
The taskbar also appears 'divided' into sections by variations in the
color (dark, gray, lighter) to indicate the different areas. Speaking of which, if you look at the far right corner, you'd notice that the tray
(icons & clock) is not touching the edge of the screen, and there's a small lighter gap. I have no explanation for this, but is well worth keeping an
eye on."
View More at Source:
istartedsomething 
Image:
Superbar shown at D6..
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01.06.2008Hotmail users getting locked out
Imagine getting an e-mail from a friend or family member with the following subject line: "ITS IMPORTANT YOU GET BACK ME TODAY."
CNET is aware of a couple of Hotmail users who have recently gotten locked out of their accounts. In one case, someone who had hacked into an
account sent a desperate-sounding e-mail asking for money under the account holder's name.
Microsoft had no direct comment.
View Full Article:
CNET News..
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31.05.2008How cool is that IBM supercomputer?
Some time over the next five to ten years, IBM expects to replace a new water cooling method for its Hydro-Cluster supercomputer -- just unveiled in
April -- with an emerging approach based on 3D chip stacks...
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07.06.2008ATI Radeon 4850/4870 mix and match with Radeon 3850/3870
If everything goes according to plan, we will see AMDs new Radeon GPU launch this week. But there is more news to this announcement and we are
thinking about one special item you are unlikely to hear about: During AMD's Cinema 2.0 schmoozapalooza in The Americano restaurant in San Francisco
we learned that your Radeon 3850, 3870 or 3870 X2 graphics card will hold extra value: Dont get rid of your old card just yet.
View Full Article:
TG
Daily..
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23.06.2008Microsoft June '08 Security Updates Available
Microsoft has released the latest monthly security updates for June 2008 and has made them available for download from the
Microsoft Download Center and
also from Windows Update/Microsoft Update.
Critical:
-
KB951376: Vulnerability in Bluetooth Stack Could Allow
Remote Code Execution
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KB950759:
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
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KB951698: Vulnerabilities in DirectX Could Allow Remote Code Execution
Important:
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KB948745: Vulnerability in WINS Could Allow Elevation
of Privilege
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KB953235: Vulnerability in
Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service
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KB950762: Vulnerabilities in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Could Allow Denial of Service
Moderate:
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KB950760: Cumulative Security Update of
ActiveX Kill Bits
Microsoft has released the usual update for the
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool and the Windows Mail
Definition Update
(x86) (x64).
View:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2008 News Source:
In-House..
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10.06.2008Microsoft DNS Update Disables Internet for ZoneAlarm Users
Punters who use the ZoneAlarm security package might not want to install MS update
KB951748.
According to several news groups, the first thing you will notice after running the update is
that your internet connection dies as KB951748 made changes to the networking files that Zonealarm doesn't like. It then decides to block everything
just to be safe.
View:
DSL Reports Forum View Full Article:
The Inquirer..
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09.07.2008It's official: Mozilla's Firefox sets Guinness World Record
From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, Mozilla indeed reached its goal of setting the record for "the single most
downloaded piece of software in a single day."..
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04.07.2008Firefox 3 Download Day Starts Today, June 17th 2008
Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you
have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not
asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.
Link:
Official Download Day Page View:
Time Zones
of the official download time Read full story.....
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17.06.2008Next Patch Tuesday has few security updates, big Vista reliability fix
In its monthly advance notice the weekend before the second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft said it will only be addressing four security issues this
time around, two dealing with Windows. But a surprisingly big Vista bug fix is under way...
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04.07.2008Apple iPhone 3G unlocked already
A group from Brazil has managed to unlock Apple's iPhone 3G handset just days after its release. The unlocked iPhone is displayed and demonstrated
in an online video on a Portuguese-language news blog. An unlocked iPhone can be used with any Sim card and service provider.
IPhone user
Bruno MacMasi said in an interview with Gizmodo that the unlocking process involved modifying the Sim hardware so that the International Mobile
Subscriber Identity can be overwritten and removed from the original network. A similar process was used to unlock the original iPhone last year.
Separately, a group of researchers known as the iPhone Devteam has released the first 'jailbreak' software releases for the iPhone 3G and the
iPhone 2.0 software update. The 'jailbreak' term refers to the process of removing the software controls which prohibit users from installing
software outside of the iPhone App Store.
View:
The full story @ vnunet
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17.07.2008Phoenix BIOS with hypervisor to premiere Monday in NEC laptops
BetaNews has learned that, on Monday, NEC will roll out plans to include remotely manageable anti-virus technology in PC notebooks, running outside of
the Windows OS in Linux-based HyperSpace firmware from Phoenix Technologies...
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12.07.2008DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2008)
This download provides the DirectX end-user multi-languaged redistributable that developers can include with their product. The redistributable
license agreement covers the terms under which developers may use the Redistributable. For full details please review the DirectX SDK EULA.txt and
DirectX Redist.txt files located in the license directory.
Download: DirectX
End-User Runtimes (June 2008)
Redistributable |
Web
Installer |
SDK..
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07.06.2008Five bucks for an office desk? Nassau County holds online auction
Are you in the market for a really good deal on a computer cart, a wooden office desk, or a living room couch? How about a 30-foot patrol boat, or
your very own weather station? Nassau County, New York may have a deal for you...
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31.05.2008Adobe hands over copyright to PDF format
Adobe has expressed interest in making the movement of digital document files more open, and having their format (PDF), being the popular standard.
PDF's will soon become the international standard for electronic documents after Adobe handed over the copyright to ISO.
"By releasing
the full PDF specification for ISO standardization, we are reinforcing our commitment to openness", says Kevin Lynch, CTO at Adobe.
Most
businesses use PDFs as the main way of transitioning from paper to electronic documentation, and now a slew of new readers, writers and development
tools for the format will likely be unveiled in the near future thanks to the move.
The new PDF standard is called ISO 32000-1.
View:
TechRadar View:
ISO Press Release Read full story.....
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04.07.2008Windows Embedded Standard CTP Now Available
Microsoft has just released the Windows Embedded Standard CTP and it is available for public download as a 4.2GB ISO from
Microsoft Connect:
We're excited to announce that the Windows Embedded Standard Community Technology Preview (CTP) has been
made available for download! Please download this build and help us improve the quality and reliability of Windows Embedded Standard with your
valuable feedback. You can submit bugs and suggestions directly on the Connect site, and if you have any questions please post a thread on the Windows Embedded Standard MSDN forum.
The product team will be monitoring the forum and responding as quickly as possible.
Don't forget to join us on June 3rd for the
Windows Embedded Standard Launch Event to hear
all about this new release and get ready to build the next generation of smart, connected devices. And if you want a chance to win an Xbox 360 Elite
console, simply register for the Launch Event
AND download the CTP then you will be automatically entered in to win
one of ten Xbox 360 Elites! For more information and official rules, click here.
News Source:
In-House..
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31.05.2008Microsoft Launches New Website : WindowsAndMe
WindowsAndMe is a new website launched by Microsoft. It will be the place where the
Windows community at large will come together to share their experiences, explore the magical world of Windows and learn to make the most of their
digital experience.
Share your experiences, voice your opinion & learn from other Windows users to get more out of your PC experience.
We have a panel of “Windows Gurus” who can help you with your questions or concerns. As a member of Windows and Me, you will be informed
about the trendiest new features and innovations in the world of Windows. Also, we have some great partnerships in place to give you exclusive offers.
We encourage you to visit the site regularly to enjoy these benefits.
Editorial Note: The authenticity of this site has not been verified
and has been questioned by many of our members. Please use caution when entering any personal information into this website.
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28.06.2008Sweet plugin: Microsoft Cake 2.0 for Firefox 3
Microsofts Internet Explorer team has sent a fancy cake to Mozillas Mountain View headquarters to join the celebration of the Firefox 3 release.
(Image Credit: Mozilla Links)
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Mozilla Links..
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18.06.2008WGA and OGA Servers Down
According to Ars Technica, the servers responsible for activating new installs of Windows and Office are currently down due to an unspecified reason.
The issue became apparent after several users attempted to activate Office 2003 with no avail, even as early as this morning, and a Microsoft
representative confirmed that the servers were offline. Fortunately, this seems to be simply a case of prolonged downtime, rather than an actual
activation error, as was this case in August of last year, when the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software acidentally labelled legitimate installs
as pirated versions. Users affected by this issue can still take advantage of the built-in 30-day grace period until the servers are brought back
up.
Link:
Story at ArsTechnica
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19.07.2008PC vendors pessimistic about MIDs
Although Intel is aggressively pushing MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) and its Centrino Atom platform, PC vendors still feel pessimistic about the
market's future. The increasing demand for 7- to 10-inch netbooks and declining worldwide economy impose great threats toward MID products, noted
sources at PC vendors.
In addition to the above factors, Nvidia's ARM-based Tegra is also creating pressure toward MIDs.
View:
The full story @ DigiTimes Read full story.....
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04.07.2008Windows Live Messenger 9 to have WPF effects
You may have
already
heard that, along with the rest of Windows Live wave 3, the next version of Windows Live Messenger (version 9.0) will have a new user
interface.
After being tipped off by an unaffiliated yet trustworthy source who – naturally – doesn't want to be
identified,
Messenger Stuff can now reveal that the new interface will use the graphics effects available through WPF , where
supported.
To put it simply, this finally means that we will see transparency effects in the various windows of the program,
possibly similar to those already seen in Yahoo! Messenger for Vista. We are
led to believe that the actual design has not changed much but the WPF effects have been integrated well in what is bound to be a popular new
addition.
View: Full story at Messenger Stuff
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neowin.net - 07.08.2008
Intel to launch lower price quad-core CPU
Intel is planning to launch a Core 2 Quad Q8000 CPU series, offering entry-level prices to counter AMD's triple-core CPUs in the mainstream
market, according to sources at motherboard makers.
Intel will launch the Core 2 Quad Q8200 in the third quarter this year, supporting FSB
up to 1333MHz, L2 cache of 4MB and a core frequency of 2.33GHz. Pricing will be set around US$203 in thousand-unit quantities
View: The full story @ DigiTimes
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 13.06.2008
IBM's 4.0GHz, eight-core Power7 to fuel 10 petaflop beast
IBM looks set to join the seriously multi-core set with the Power7 chip. Internal documents seen by The Register show Power7 with eight cores
per processor and also some very, very large IBM boxes based on the chip.
The IBM documents have the eight-core Power7 being
arranged in dual-chip modules. So, that's 16-cores per module. As IBM tells it, each core will show 32 gigaflops of performance, bringing each chip
to 256 gigaflops. Just on the gigaflop basis, that makes Power7 twice as fast per core as today's dual-core Power6 chips, although the actual clock
rate on the Power7 chips should be well below the 5.0GHz Power6 speed demon.
View
Full Article: The Register..
winbeta.org - 12.07.2008
UK Illegal downloads: which ISP's customers are the worst?
New research has shown that the customers of just three of Britain's leading ISPs are responsible for more than 60% of illegal downloads.
Internet intelligence firm, Envisional, has been tracking music torrent downloads for the past couple of months, analysing the IP address of
those downloading and uploading content and matching it to their ISP.
The company traced more than 28,000 unique IP addresses in June
alone and found that 22.6% of them were Carphone Warehouse customers, with 21.6% from Virgin Media and 21.2% from BT.
View: Full article @ PC Pro
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 01.08.2008
Dane-Elec ZPen Review & Competition
These days, more and more gadgets are being released to try and help make life easier. People and businesses are moving away from using paper based
products, and everything is digitised. But for those of us that sit around in meetings day in, day out, a pen and paper is absolutely essential if you
want to make a decent amount of notes as to what is going on. And you can guarantee someone else is going to want copies as well! The task of writing
up those written notes is probably one of the mosted hated out there. Students who attend lectures sit with laptops in front of them instead of
keeping a pen and paper because writing up the notes afterwards is a royal pain.
There are several companies out there that have cottoned
on to this fact, and have released "Digitising Pens" that record movements on a piece of paper and help you record electronic copies of your notes -
and the DaneElec Z-Pen is the latest in this range of gadgets. Neowin has been lucky enough to secure a unit for review.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 18.07.2008
Preview of 160 GB ClickFree backup drive
At the Digital Experience show last night, Storage Appliance Corp. previewed a new 160 GB ClickFree Automated Backup device, not set for official
announcement until July 3...
betanews.com - 27.06.2008
Xbox 360 price cut coming July 13
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about rumors that Microsoft was planning to chop the Xbox 360's price in July. Well, that price cut was all but
confirmed today by Kotaku.
After posting leaked photos of upcoming Best Buy, Kmart, and other circulars, the gaming blog now has a
GameStop employee's cell-phone snapshots of shelf art and an internal memo announcing that the Xbox 360 Pro (aka the Premium) would drop to $299.99 on Sunday, July 13. Not coincidentally, E3 kicks off the next day with
- you guessed it - Microsoft's press conference.
As Sony's PlayStation 3 has come on strong in recent months, sales of the Xbox 360
have been flat, so a price drop seemed likely. The success of Metal Gear Solid 4 continues to give the PS3 a boost, but chances are Sony, too, will
have to trim the price of its console before the holiday buying season.
All that said, the big question remains whether Microsoft will
announce any new configurations of the Xbox 360. Rumor has it, the company is just using the price drop to clear out inventory of the 20GB Premium
before it brings out a new 60GB version.
Full Article: Crave @ CNET
News Source: Bink.nu..
jcxp.net - 11.07.2008
30+ Adobe AIR Apps
Adobe's popular AIR runtime is gaining more and more fans, and with that, far
more applications than ever that cover a broad spectrum of tools. From fun applications that let you order pizza from your desktop to applications
that let you track your investments online and off , the entire spectrum is out there, and this guide should help you find at least one or two that
fit your life.
View Full Article: Mashable..
winbeta.org - 07.06.2008
Symantec shapes its virtualization strategy
Symantec Corp. continues to broaden its virtualization portfolio this week with the addition of a connection broker and thin-client type technology
through acquisition.
The company's bid for nSuite Technologies Inc. is expected to close this month and would add those two
pieces to Symantec's growing endpoint virtualization group of products which already include Altiris' application virtualization and AppStream's
application streaming products.
View Full Article: SearchWinIT.com..
winbeta.org - 06.08.2008
Delta to Provide Wi-Fi on Domestic Flights
Delta Air Lines announced today in a press release that
it will soon start rolling out broadband Wi-Fi access for its entire domestic mainline fleet of more than 330 planes. The access, which is provided
courtesy of a partnership with Aircell, will cost $9.95 on flights of three hours or less and $12.95 on flights of more than three hours. The
first planes to have access will be Delta's 133 MD88/90 planes, with coverage expanding to the rest of the fleet early next year.
"Delta remains committed to providing a travel experience that maximizes the time our customers spend with us onboard by offering them even more
productivity options...Beginning this fall, our passengers will have the ability to stay connected when they travel with us throughout the continental
United States," said Richard Anderson, Delta's chief executive officer.
The move comes after American Airlines began demoing its
own in-flight internet access last month; Virgin American, JetBlue, and US Airways also have announced similar plans. However, Delta, who's
pricing mirrors that of American's, is clearly pursuing the most aggressive rollout policy of the four companies involved: American only expects to have Wi-Fi in 15 domestic planes, and JetBlue
has yet to announce any widespread plans.
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neowin.net - 06.08.2008
New Laptop Windows Vista SP1 Virtual Machine World Record
Keith Combs: In this case, a
picture is worth a thousand words. I spent some time this afternoon and evening setting up for a fun little test of the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p I
have. As youll recall from my previous post, my laptop is loaded up with 8GB of memory. So I thought it would be cool to fire up a bunch of virtual
machines to see how effectively Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V allocate and juggle memory. I was able to get fourteen operating system instances
running at the same time. The host OS is of course Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 with Hyper-V RC1. In the screenshot, youll notice I am running
six instances of Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 x64 and seven instances of Windows Vista Enterprise SP1 x86. Paging and disk I/O really went up after I
fired up VM number eight.
View Full Article: TechNet Blogs..
winbeta.org - 08.06.2008
Bill Gates: how a geek changed the world
Bill Gates ends his full-time job at Microsoft on a Friday afternoon and the company opens for business after the weekend as if nothing has
changed.
At least, that is how Gates' successors want to play it.
The 'transition', as it is called
inside the company, was announced two years ago.
On the face of it, the only difference after 27 June will be that Gates will be
non-executive chairman rather than executive chairman, spending just one day a week on Microsoft business.
View Full Article: BBC
News..
winbeta.org - 19.06.2008
BitTorrent calls reports of staff layoff 'inaccurate'
UPDATED A representative of BitTorrent this afternoon called allegations that the company laid off most of its sales and marketing department
"inaccurate," "irresponsible journalism," and "outright false."..
betanews.com - 08.08.2008
Dell's mini-desktop launching tomorrow
The small form factor PC that Dell was talking up earlier this year
will be released tomorrow.
The company posted a teaser video to its
blog today.
Dell says it's 80-percent smaller than a traditional PC and it will come in seven different colors. But here's some
stuff that's not in the video: Yes, it's a desktop, but it'll have Intel's latest mobile processor in it, according to someone familiar with the
product.
View Full Article: Crave CNET Blog..
winbeta.org - 29.07.2008
Asus Crosshair II Formula motherboard review
Early this year we reviewed the Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe, a high-end Phenom supporting motherboard that featured the AMD 790FX chipset. But while gamers
wanting to use Crossfire technology will no doubt be quite happy with that product, those wanting to use multiple Nvidia-based graphics cards are
going to have to look elsewhere.
Unfortunately SLI support does come at a price and choice premium for AMD users. The Asus Crosshair II
Formula that we will be testing today features the Nvidia nForce 780a SLI chipset, which is currently the most advanced SLI capable chipset available
to AMD users. This new Asus motherboard is a member of the elite “Republic of Gamers” series, meaning that it is geared towards gaming.
View: Asus Crosshair II Formula motherboard review @ TechSpot
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neowin.net - 21.06.2008
An Update For Windows Update
An infrastructure update has been planned for Windows Update client. The gradual roll-out of this update will begin in late July. This update will
occur automatically to any system configured to either receive updates “automatically” or “notify” customers that new updates
are available for download.
For enterprise customers who use Windows Server Update Services or Systems Management Server, all updating,
including the WU client, is controlled by the network administrators, who have authority over the download and install experience. Windows Vista
customers who select “never check for updates” in their WU settings will not receive this update until they manually install updates from
Windows Update.
In this particular update, there will not make any changes to the way WU looks or feels, instead the following have been
improved:
- The length of time it takes Windows Update to scan for updates
- The speed in which signature updates will be delivered
Detailed information on this is posted on the Microsoft Update blog.
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neowin.net - 05.07.2008
Microsoft update kills ZoneAlarm
PUNTERS who use the ZoneAlarm security package might not want to install MS update KB951748. According to several news groups, the first thing you
will notice after running the update is that your internet connection dies as KB951748 made changes to the networking files that Zonealarm doesn't
like. It then decides to block everything just to be safe.
You can get around the problem by setting the Internet Zone Security permission
slider from high to medium and that will give you your connection back but that is not really a good idea if you want high security. Sniffing around
the forums we found similar advice although, apparently, the best bet is to reset the ZoneAlarm database.
View: The full story @ The Inq
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neowin.net - 09.07.2008
