Archive for the August, 2007
Aug
1
If you own a Mac or an iPhone, chances are you'll need to download at least one of the security updates issued by Apple late Tuesday.
Dozens of vulnerabilities and bugs were covered by a total of six downloads for Mac OS 10.3.9 (Panther), Mac OS 10.4.10 (Tiger) on PowerPC, and the Universal version of Mac
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Aug
30
Microsoft Blog --"Actually, the cluster is a dual boot Linux/CCS cluster, which makes it even more interesting than the headline. The machine is reported to have 1,1151 Dell servers with dual-socket Barcelonas for a total of over 9,200 cores and will be housed at the University of Nebraska, Omaha."
We recently published a whitepaper which details howto
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Aug
10
In the case of online storage, whether it's a picture, a video or an email, you should just, well, be able to store it without having to worry about whether you've got enough space in each particular product.
The Picasa team has announced the rolling of extra storage that you can
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Aug
20
The Microsoft-Cisco meeting of the CEO minds on August 20 was a total non-news event. Microsoft did not set false expectations about that. No one going into the event believed for a moment there would be anything of significance — especially not a merger/acquisition involving the two players — on the docket.
The message that Microsoft CEO
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Aug
23
Update Rollup 1 is a tested, cumulative set of updates for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 3.0 Service Provider Edition and Microsoft Dynamics CRM client for Outlook 3.0 Service Provider Edition, including performance enhancements, that are packaged together for easy deployment.
Microsoft has released Update Rollup 1 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 3.0 Service Provider Edition and Microsoft
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Aug
13
Dell’s customers are paying a heavy premium for personal computers running Microsoft’s Vista, according to data compiled by Techworld.
Last week’s LinuxWorld event saw a number of open source desktop announcements, including Dell announcing it was selling its first Linux-based PCs outside the US, with the Ubuntu-based Inspiron 530n desktop, and the Inspiron 6400n notebook now available
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Aug
2
Abyss Web Server X1 is a free, personal Web server. Despite its small footprint, it supports CGI scripts, FastCGI, ISAPI extensions, ASP.NET, server-side includes (SSI), download resuming, caching negotiation, logging, custom error pages, password protection, IP address control, aliases, custom MIME types, index files, custom directory listings, anti-leeching, and bandwidth throttling. It also features an automatic
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Aug
6
AMD have announced new FireGL workstation graphics products at SIGGRAPH today, based on their R600 and RV630 ASICs currently used in desktop graphics products.
Supporting DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.1, AMD see these replacements for the outgoing FireGL product line, based on R520 at the top end, as bringing much improved performance and features for the market
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Aug
9
Microsoft announcing the final product name for what was previously known as Windows Live Folders. Windows Live SkyDrive gets not only its final product name but also a few new features and enhanced UI reflecting changes coming across many of the Windows Live services including Windows Live Spaces.
So what's Windows Live SkyDrive?
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Aug
15
The Microsoft Update Catalog is a searchable catalog of all security updates, drivers and service packs that are available through Windows Update (WU) and Microsoft Update (MU). You can also use the Microsoft Update Catalog to obtain and deploy hotfixes. You can use the Microsoft Update Catalog to distribute these updates through a corporate network using
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Aug
24
CD Art Display is a skinnable application that shows the now playing song cover on your desktop. It fully supports AlbumPlayer, Helium Music Manager, iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, MediaMonkey and partially supports foobar2000 (with Winamp API Emulator plugin), MP3Toys, qmp and musikCube. Currently there are more than 60 skins ready to use.
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Aug
16
On Microsoft's site dedicated to betas, Connect, a new program just appeared: codename Himalaya.
The brief description and enrollment survey reveal it's a solution to automate patching of powered off virtual machines, a critical feature in large scale virtual datacenters.
Codename Himalaya may become a feature included in further versions of upcoming System Center Virtual Machine Manager
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Aug
16
Microsoft has announced that it is releasing another version of XP Professional because it's run out of product keys. The service pack 2c (SP2c) exists for no reason except to provide a way to get new copies of the OS. SP2c doesn't include any new features or functionality.Microsoft said that SP2c will be released into
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Aug
23
Linux has long been held in mystique as an operating system for hard-core techies or hackers. Yet, this is far from true for today’s distros. A modern version of Linux is as easy to setup and use as the Macintosh is legendary for. Here’s reasons why people stick to Windows and how those factors can be
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Aug
8
Allegations of unlawful use of free technology in id Software titles on Steam are now a "dead issue," an id rep told Next-Gen.biz.
Message board users over the weekend found that older id games on Valve Software's Steam digital distribution platform used the x86 emulator DOSBox.
But the supposed issue arose when users found that id and Valve
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Random From The id Software titles on Steam are now a “dead issue”
- Mar14Enabling Active Directory Isolation mode for FTP to work for trusted domain users
Let's consider a scenario wherein we have an FTP site hosted on an IIS Server and we are trying to setup the site to work - Nov06Google Code Revamps with jQuery
We have revamped Google Code, the site which is the home to developers, and open source hosting. A ton of work went into cleaning up the UI integrating and unifying content, and simplifying. - Jun10DIY GPS Datalogger captures speed, coordinates to SD
This complete kit includes everything you need to get started and datalogging. Everything 'plugs' together. No soldering is required. 4xAA batteries are required but are not included — Take a Lassen iQ, an SD memory card, a LPC2138 ARM processor, mix in some FAT16 firmware and you get the new GPS logger from - Jun26Seagate Announces two new 1TB Drives
Seagate has unveiled two new hard drive lines that both offer a maximum 1TB capacity: the Barracuda 7200.11 (consumer) and the Barracuda ES.2 (enterprise). Expect - Nov28Microsoft Deletes Fake Xbox Live Accounts
Following on from the recent launch of the video marketplace for the Xbox