Archive for August 28th, 2007


Aug 28

Google and CNN.com reaches an advertising deal

CNN.com and Google had reached an advertising agreement today where Google’s Adsense program will provide contextually relevant ads alongside CNN content. Under the said agreement Google will have the exclusive rights to the provision of auction-based text advertisements on CNN.com. CNN.com senior vice president and general manager David Payne has this to say regarding the
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Aug 28

Sony’s MicroVault comes with rootkit

As a result of its decision to include a rootkit-based copy protection system in some of its CDs, Sony had to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties and refund users whose PCs were damaged by the software last year. However, it seems that wasn't enough to make the company turn its back on rootkits. The folks at
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Aug 28

Windows Server 2008: Terminal Services – Device Redirection Framework

This post deals with the Plug & Play Device Redirection Framework in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 which the folks over at the TS Team Blog have covered in a three part series.  I'll go over the highlights of the first part here ... The three parts are broken
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Aug 28

Analysts: WGA servers breakdown doubts about Microsoft reliability

The 19-hour blackout of the Microsoft Corp. servers that identify copies of Windows XP and Vista as legitimate or counterfeit shows that serious flaws exist in the process and raises questions about the reliability of Microsoft's services, analysts said today. From about 8 p.m. EDT Friday to 3 p.m. Saturday, a still-unspecified "server-side issue"
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Aug 28

Sony integrated HSDPA into VAIO Notebooks

Sony has upgraded six Vaio notebooks to include High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) connectivity. It claims the SZ6 and TZ20 series, which consist of six notebooks in all, will eventually provide users with download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps while on the move. Released under Sony's new Everywair brand, the technology will initially provide internet connections
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Aug 28

Microsoft doesn’t support 3rd party applications on SoftGrid

A new Microsoft Knowledge Base article reveals company support policy for its application virtualization platform SoftGrid .We support SoftGrid Application Virtualization as an alternative platform when you run applications. We do not directly support any third-party applications that run in a SoftGrid Application Virtualization environment... A couple of notes here: Softricty acquisition started 16
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Aug 28

System Center Updates Publisher 3.0

System Center Updates Publisher is a stand-alone tool that enables independent software vendors or line-of-business application developers to import software update catalogs, create and modify software update definitions, export update definitions to catalogs, and publish software updates information to a configured update server. By using updates Publisher to define software updates and publish them to the
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Aug 28

Google Talk on Your Mobile Phone

Until Google Talk releases a mobile version (or anything else), there's a simple way to chat with your friends from the mobile phone. eBuddy, an all-in-one web messenger similar to meebo, has recently started to support Google Talk. eBuddy has a mobile version available at
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Aug 28

Apple faces class-action suit over iPhones locking to AT&T’s network

Apple Inc. is facing yet another class-action lawsuit over its iPhone, this time from a New York State resident who claims the company failed to adequately disclose to consumers that the handset is locked to AT&T's network and that using the device internationally would result in substantial data roaming charges. Herbert H. Kliegerman's 9-page complaint, filed Monday
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Aug 28

Windows Mail outbox issues Update

Install this update to resolve an issue where messages become stuck in the Outbox and cannot be deleted when using Windows Mail. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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Aug 28

Slimbox WordPress Plugin

Slimbox is a 7kb visual clone of the popular Lightbox JS v2.0 by Lokesh Dhakar, written using the ultra compact mootools framework.
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Aug 28

AdSense Blog explains Referrals 2.0 reluctant to appear?

The AdSense Blog has made a post explaining "publishers having trouble viewing referral 2.0 ads on their pages". Here is what they say: First, keep in mind that not all referral ads are available in all sizes. For instance, most horizontal referral ad units smaller than 180x60, square referral ad units smaller than 125x125, and
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Aug 28

Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program update for Windows Vista

This update configures the Microsoft Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program to improve the quality of software information sent to Microsoft. This information is used to help improve the features you use most often. Participation in the program is voluntary and no information collected is used to identify or contact you. After you install this item, you
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Aug 28

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

The Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) installs runtime components of Visual C++ Libraries required to run applications developed with Visual C++ on a computer that does not have Visual C++ 2005 installed. This package installs runtime components of C Runtime (CRT), Standard C++, ATL, MFC, OpenMP and MSDIA libraries. For libraries that support
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Aug 28

LEd (LaTeX Editor) 0.51 Build 6200 Beta

LEd (LaTeX Editor) is a free environment for rapid TeX/LaTeX document processing. The main goal of the development of the editor is to make the process of TeX/LaTeX document production easier thanks to the integration of most helpful tools in one application.
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