Archive for August 25th, 2007
Aug
25
Let's come right out and say it: when AMD announced that the launch clock speeds of Barcelona would start at sub-2.0 GHz, people were frustrated. This long-awaited monolithic quad core release from AMD would be the pinnacle of their core design technology and would usher in a new era of powerful computing.
Sound about right? So, imagine
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Aug
25
The Windows Installer 4.5 Beta binaries, CHM, headers, and libs are all now accessible at http://connect.microsoft.com.
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Aug
25
Palm denied a recent industry report that its new Foleo mini-notebook would be delayed and said the device was still on target to launch in the U.S. "this summer," or by the end of the third quarter.
The company was responding to a report suggesting that bugs in Foleo's software will delay the launch of the device
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Aug
25
MSN's new Election '08 site is using Silverlight and Live Search to display candidate information organized by issues. Its a very efficient way to navigate this information.
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Aug
25
We've seen the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player listed at close to $200, so we're happy to find it offered for quite a bit less.
The Xbox 360 HD-DVD player is an inexpensive way for 360 owners to get high-def movies. For you gamers who already love your Xbox, just plug in the HD-DVD player and boost your
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Aug
25
Proto.Menu is a simple and lightweight prototype-based solution for context menu functionality on your page.
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Aug
25
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Amazon.com should look with pride at the changes going on at eBay.
The Web's largest auctioneer is revamping page designs, overhauling search functions and launching new services that bear a strong resemblance to features that work well at Amazon, the Internet's biggest retailer. To be sure, this is
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Aug
25
This ought to please the ad wizards in Redmond based Microsoft Corp. In two separate surveys recently, the results showed that Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS) product was growing faster than the one of the world's most popular web server software systems -- the open source Apache Server that runs on the free Linux
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Aug
25
This is the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the XML Schema Designer. It is a graphical tool for working with XML Schemas. This CTP introduces XML Schema Explorer - a tool that helps you navigate, search and work with schema sets. XML Schema Explorer will automatically come up when you open or create an xsd
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Aug
25
Whether it involves choice or price, freedom isn't free.
This is especially true in the realm of computer software licensing, where the question isn't if one has to pay for program use and development but rather how, to whom and when.
And nowhere is this more apparent than in the case of Microsoft's ongoing interoperability efforts as they
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Aug
25
These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to control device installation using Device Management and Installation (DMI) and manage ADMX files.
There are also step-by-step guides to help you protect data using BitLocker Drive Encryption, to administer the TPM Security
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Aug
25
thumbalizr is a smart web2.0 online tool to make screenshots of any webpage you want, you can use it for your presentations, documentations, visualisations or your webpage. Just enter the target-URL and press the "thumb it"-button. Wait a moment and a screenshot of the desired page will be taken. You can choose between a screenshot with a
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Aug
25
Sun continues to work on the Java Kernel, the idea of which is to provide a subset of the Java Runtime Environment tuned to particular programs.
Formerly known as Java Browser Edition, the Java Kernel is planned for release as part of Java Standard Edition (SE) 6 update 4, probably in early-2008, a Sun representative said on
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Aug
25
A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the company won't be attending the inaugural E for All Expo.
SCEA has also chosen not to participate, focusing instead on E3, Leipzig, TGS, CES, DICE and GDC, according to their spokesperson.
The E for All Expo, organised by IDG World Expo, is scheduled for October 18-21 at the Los
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Aug
25
An old worm known as Slammer, which originated back in January 2003, is still going strong according to Gunter Ollmann, director of security strategy at IBM's Internet Security Systems (IBM ISS).
Ollmann, the author of the white paper "Old threats never die", says that Slammer is still the threat most commonly encountered by IBM ISS.
But it isn't
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Random From The Gunter Ollmann “Slammer Strikes Again”
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