Archive for August 7th, 2007
Aug
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The following is a summary of the key changes to the Windows Media Center Software Development Kit for this version:
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The new Windows Explorer in Windows Vista is not all that it was cranked up to be. Well, at least not when it comes down to the built in compression mechanism. This is nothing new in Vista. In fact, the default compression capabilities of Windows XP have survived in Microsoft’s latest operating system from XP. However,
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The open-source browser maker was forced to issue a statement Monday, retracting a pledge attributed to the company's director of ecosystem development, Mike Schaver, to fix any critical security bugs in the browser within "Ten Days." Security researcher Robert Hansen said that Schaver had made the pledge at a late-night pajama party, hosted at last
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A router design that promises to change the way traffic is handled on the Internet has been announced by the Internet pioneer Lawrence Roberts. People familiar with the new Flow Router said Roberts' system is a novel and promising approach to a well-known problem, but his startup, Anagran Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.), faces hurdles gaining market
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Aug
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Implementing networks with the new IPv6 standard will take substantial preparation, such as training developers and network administrators.
Business IT managers be forewarned: Implementing networks with the emerging Internet Protocol Version 6 standard will take substantial preparation, including training developers and IPv6 administrators charged with provisioning office applications.
"We've found a gap in the knowledge of administrators and
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Aug
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Linchpin Labs, a small Australian security company whose free utility Microsoft has blocked from loading unsigned drivers into Windows Vista, today lashed out at the American giant. Microsoft, said Linchpin, should set its own security house in order before it accuses other developers of turning their legitimate software into threats.
Earlier this month, the Sydney, Australia-based
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Aug
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No less than 100 laptops to be given away for free. Enter the sweepstakes today! Microsoft and Asus have joined hands to offer you a chance to win Asus laptops pre-loaded with Windows Vista Ultimate. All you have to do is upgrade your email account from hotmail.com, msn.com or live.com to Windows Live Hotmail. No kidding!
So,
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Aug
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Dan London of Vibrant Orange SEM has posted a recap on the AdWords Editor Blog about his experience with the AdWords Pay-Per-Action, where advertisers only pay Google a CPA (cost per action) for a conversion.
When I go into my AdSense account and find my offer, I can see that it is a 5-star rated
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Aug
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Google Lat/Long Blog announces that Google Maps added street-level imagery for 4 new cities: San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Orlando, but only San Diego has high-resolution imagery. Street View is also available in: Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, New York City, and San Francisco Bay Area.
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Aug
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There is a huge gap between advertised broadband speeds and the actual speeds users can achieve, new research from consumer group Which? has shown. A survey by the organisation found that broadband packages promising speeds of up to 8Mbps (megabits per second) actually achieved far less. Tests of 300 customers' net connections revealed that the average
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Aug
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Who Sees Ads is an advanced ad management plugin that lets you decide who will see your ads, depending on user defined conditions. The association of an ad and these conditions is called a context: a set of circumstances you define, that will eventually display or not an ad.
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Aug
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Intel is currently developing two new technologies which will be introduced along with the upcoming high-end X38 chipset, according to sources at motherboard makers. Both technologies target the enthusiast market.
The two new technologies are named Extreme Memory and Extreme Tuning Utility. Both new marketing lead architectures will be introduced along with the X38 chipset in October
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Aug
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On the heels of the popular black Zune – Halo 3 Edition, Microsoft is introducing a new brown version of the Halo-themed player for military service members. After receiving feedback on the popularity of the Zune players from U.S. soldiers, teams from Microsoft Zune and Microsoft’s U.S. Federal business joined together to develop a special Zune
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Aug
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Wireless security researchers are probably reaching for the digital Pepto-Bismol after they slurped down gigabytes of valuable traffic at the recently completed Defcon security convention in Las Vegas. A group of wireless hackers calling themselves the “Church of the WiFi” built a multi-router honeypot which captured gigabytes worth of port scans, man in the middle attacks
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Aug
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Apple has just unveiled iLife '08, the company's catch-all software suite for entertainment applications.
The new package has all the same applications, iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, and iDVD, that were seen in the last version of iLife, but the 2008 version expands on the scope of the entertainment functionality.
As part of iPhoto, Events organizes digital image collections by
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