Archive for July 31st, 2007
Jul
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Researchers at Symantec have developed a system that mines underground Web sites and chat rooms for sensitive information that is being sold.
Called Dark Vision, the system was first developed in mid-2006, and allows Symantec to "track the underground economy," said Oliver Friedrichs, director of emerging technologies with Symantec Security Response.
Symantec hasn't decided yet when or if
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Jul
31
Microsoft is rushing to sign up several hundred UK channel partners over the next 12 months to sell its first dedicated small business offering.
The software giant has claimed Office Live – a hosted service aimed at firms with one to 10 employees – could become almost as important to Microsoft as its flagship Windows operating
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Jul
31
After CPUs and GPUs, there’s now a device to watercool your hard drives as well.
The new device is claimed to be the first watercooling system for hard disk drives and originally was developed for high-end audio-visual computers. NEC and Hitachi, however, said that the technology will also make it into some of its desktops in the
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Jul
31
Although Microsoft has remained mum on the subject, a number of retail store ads being prepared for mid-August have disclosed that the price of the Xbox 360 will be lowered by $50. The move was largely expected following Sony's $100 price drop on its now-discontinued 60GB PS3.
The Xbox 360 Premium will now be
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Jul
31
The AdWords blog has announced the release of a new ad performance tool called Campaign Optimizer. It's an on-demand AdWords tool that provides personalized campaign ideas in just minutes. We're always looking for ways to help you improve your account performance and increase your advertising return, and we're
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Jul
31
Although we probably won’t ever be seeing Mario on the Xbox, one of Microsoft’s latest franchises will be hitting a Nintendo system.
Microsoft announced at Comic Con that Viva Piñata is headed to the Nintendo DS. The title will be based off the current title for Xbox 360 (also slated for the PC later this year) rather
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Jul
31
With Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Speech Server, you can develop and deploy speech-enabled interactive voice response (IVR) applications. Speech Server combines speech technologies, Voice over IP (VoIP), and telephony capabilities into a single system and a single code base. In addition, with Speech Server tools, you can develop speech enabled self-service applications and improve your
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Jul
31
The Supreme Court Monday asked the Indian government to explain if global IT major Microsoft's Windows Vista launch function in the backdrop of the Taj Mahal this year violated norms and laws regarding heritage monuments.
A bench headed by Justice S.B. Sinha asked the government and the Archaeological Survey of India to reply within a week,
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Jul
31
Internet Explorer is the most influential technology of the past quarter-century, according to a new CompTIA study of IT pros. The firm says that a full two-thirds of all results nominated the Microsoft web browser for the top spot, eclipsing the second place Microsoft Word, which obtained 56 percent. Notably, virtually all of the top five
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Jul
31
Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain) is a Web interface to Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server.
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Jul
31
In reports similar to those for server platforms, Intel plans to ramp up its 45nm mobile processors (Penryn) and related platforms to account for over 50% of the company's total notebook shipments in the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at notebook makers.
45nm-based Penryn processors for Santa Rosa Refresh will launch in first quarter of
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Jul
31
Microsoft Corp. welcomed the decision, announced today by the Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), to introduce a new work item for the standardization of Microsoft’s HD Photo file format. Formal balloting of this work item is being submitted to the JPEG national delegations for approval.
Standardization of HD Photo, tentatively titled, “JPEG XR,” will ensure that
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Jul
31
AT&T on Tuesday announced the launch of its over-the-air music download service for its cellular subscribers, joining forces with eMusic to offer a catalog of 2.7 million songs. But the service won't run cheap: customers can pay $7.49 per month to download up to five tracks.
eMusic, which focuses primarily on independent artists, will provide two
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Jul
31
The AdWords team has recently introduced the Search Query Performance report in the AdWords Report Center. This new report shows performance data for the search queries that triggered your ads that were clicked on to show. More importantly, this data can be used to gain a better understanding of how users are finding your
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Jul
31
Apple said Tuesday that it had surpassed three billion songs downloaded from its iTunes Music Store, further extending its lead as the most popular online digital music store. Currently, iTunes contains about five million songs, plus about 550 television shows and 500 movies. It is also the third biggest music store overall, recently passing both Amazon
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