Archive for the October, 2007
Oct
12
Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0. SP2 provides the latest updates to Visual FoxPro 9.0, including fixes to customer reported issues. The bug fix list for SP2 can be viewed or downloaded from this page.
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Oct
11
The trend for exploiting vulnerabilities around the same time as Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday update continues.Hackers have crafted a new Word exploit based on a memory corruption vulnerability addressed by Microsoft on Tuesday. The flaw was already exploited prior to the release of the fix, according to Microsoft.Until
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Oct
15
New companies have to be brash to enter the network security market, given that the industry has witnessed an explosion in creativity over the past five years and considering that big players such as Microsoft and IBM increasingly are throwing their weight around in security. Nonetheless, anyone who takes the time to listen to what IT
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Oct
3
The AdSense team blog has announced a new payment method called “Western Union payment method”, which is avilable in selected countries only.
The Western Union Quick Cash, a new form of payment that lets you receive your AdSense payments in cash using the worldwide Western Union money transfer service. Payments will be available for
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Oct
26
With Leopard already in the hands of some customers, the launch less than a day ahead, and Apple's legal hounds safely at home in their kennels, AppleInsider has produced a comprehensive screenshot gallery from the shipping version of the new Mac OS.At least some Mac users report having received their shipping copies of Leopard
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Oct
15
Dead Pixel Tester - TFT screens have thousands of pixels, on a 1024x768 monitor, there are three cells for each pixel - one each for red, green, and blue - which amounts to nearly 2.4 million cells (1024x768x 3 = 2,359,296). There's only a slim chance that all of these will be perfect; more likely, some
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Oct
8
MSNBC has acquired Newsvine, the social news and discussion site, for an undisclosed price. Msnbc.com is a privately run news organization started by Microsoft and NBC in 1996. The site is one of the most decorated, highly trafficked news sites on the web, serving more than 29 million unique visitors per month. Contrary
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Oct
18
Sony has cut the price of the US 80GB PlayStation 3 to $499 (£245/€352), a prelude to the launch next month of the 40GB version, already announced in Europe and Japan.
Sony launched the 80GB PS3 in the US in July, a month before it went on sale for $599.
The 40GB model will cost $399 (£196/€281) and
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Oct
15
The AdSense Blog announced that they have added a validation period to non-Google referral products within the Google AdSense referrals console.
The blog post explains: "For some publishers who display referrals for non-Google products, the earnings you receive for the ad may now be less than the maximum referral value displayed for that ad. This
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Oct
30
Today MSN added a new channel to its online information and entertainment network called MSN Green No Comments » - Posted by DG
Oct
9
At the start of 2007, Microsoft released an update (KB 931836) to update the Time Zone rules on Windows Operating Systems. On November 4, 2007 Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end in the United States. However, other parts of the world
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Oct
26
Despite a bullish earnings report from Microsoft that credited its new operating system, Vista, with beating Wall Street expectations, and the announcement that the firm has now shipped 88 million copies of the software, some analysts aren’t drinking the silicon Kool-Aid.
Sales figures from NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y., show that on-shelf software sales (as opposed to
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Oct
3
Following Exchange Server 2007 content update announcement, the Exchange team blog has released new documentation related to the Exchange 2007 Autodiscover Service that was recently developed through the joint efforts of Exchange User Assistance and Customer Support Services. This refresh of the original documentation is a comprehensive and detailed white paper that includes the following:
How Autodiscover is
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Oct
27
Apple support drones are getting an earful from Mac users who are getting the dreaded Blue Screen of Death while trying to update to the latest and greatest version of OS X. This thread on an official Apple support forum has more than 200 posts left in 25 hours at time of writing. A
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Oct
25
Resource-hogging search app sprung on reluctant admins
Something seems to have gone horribly wrong in an untold number of IT departments on Wednesday after Microsoft installed a resource-hogging search application on machines company-wide, even though administrators had configured systems not to use the program.
"The admins at my place were in a flap this morning because Windows Desktop
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