Archive for February 20th, 2008
Feb
20
Microsft has made available SoftGrid - Microsoft Application Virtualization KB Articles to public. This post is a collection of all KB list for 2007
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Feb
20
As anyone who’s ever worked in a PC performance lab knows, the #1 rule of benchmarking is: Your mileage may vary.
I remembered that rule when I read my colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes’ epic account of his benchmark tests of Windows Vista SP1 versus Windows XP SP2 (Part 1 and Part 2). The first thing that
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Feb
20
AMD today announced that it has open sourced it’s AMD Performance Library (APL). Now referred to as “Framewave version 1.0,” the goal of this new open source project is to further enable the performance-optimized APL and expand its functionality beyond the existing core media capabilities, ensuring developers have an accelerated conduit to
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Feb
20
Livestation, the new video streaming service that features Silverlight technology, has begun its invite-only beta this past week by sending out invites to those who signed up for on the Livestation web site.With Livestation, you can watch a range of live radio and television channels on your computer if you have a
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Feb
20
Analysts say that the more secure, stable and reliable Windows XP is, the less reason businesses have to upgrade to Vista in a hurry.The upcoming release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 will further slow the rate of business adoption of Windows Vista by extending the life of the older operating system, some analysts
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Feb
20
Billy is an audio player that allows you to quickly play an entire directory of MP3 files. It can usually load files 2 to 8 times faster than Winamp or Windows Media Player. It plays music albums without any gaps between tracks, so an overlapping applause or beat will continue. The player is 100% controllable by
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Feb
20
When it comes down to the 32-bit Windows Vista vs. 64-bit Windows Vista, the comparison generally focuses on the added benefits synonymous with handling system memory. Because the address space of 64-bit Vista is not limited to 4GB, users are able to use a maximum of 128 GB of RAM with the Ultimate, Business and Enterprise
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Feb
20
Microsoft is announcing the Windows Essential Server Solutions family of products. The family includes Windows Small Business Server 2008, formerly known as code name "Cougar" and Windows Essential Business Server 2008, formerly known as code name "Centro".
Windows Small Business Server 2008 is built upon Windows Server 2008 and includes:
Windows Exchange Server 2007
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Enhanced Remote
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Feb
20
A few weeks ago we reported that the EU Greens launched a pro-filesharing campaign named “I Wouldn’t Steal”. In a continued effort to support the development of P2P technology, the European Union has now invested $22 million in the development of an open-source BitTorrent client.The team behind the social BitTorrent client Tribler
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Feb
20
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Over the past few days my inbox has been bursting at the seams from all the feedback I received from the Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows XP SP2 (Part 1 / Part 2) benchmarking that I carried out. I’ll tell you it’s at times like this that I’m glad that
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Feb
20
The WordPress.com blog-hosting service suffered a denial-of-service (DoS) attack that began Saturday and was still preventing users from logging in or posting to their blogs on Tuesday. Matt Mullenweg, spokesman for Automattic, confirmed that the service experienced a DoS attack with spikes of up to 6 gigabits of incoming traffic, which was making some
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Feb
20
At GDC this week, id Software and IGA Worldwide, a leading network of in-game advertising solutions, announced a partnership to bring Quake Live to the web (via Kotaku). And when we say web, we literally mean your web browser -- the game, along with stat-tracking, friends lists, sponsored tournaments and
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Feb
20
This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on February 12th, 2008. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an
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Feb
20
AirPatrol is a company that made its name in wireless intrusion detection. But it's a name you've probably never heard of because the software and radio frequency sensors usually carry the brands of resellers and OEMs.Now the company is introducing its own branded product line, called WiVision, openly competing with enterprise
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Feb
20
This morning at the Game Developer's Conference here in San Francisco Alex St. John, the CEO of WildTangent, will announce a new version of the company's gaming software that he hopes will make people think twice about buying a video game console.Taking a cue from the growing number of casual
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Random From The WildTangent Gaming Software to turn laptops into casual gaming boxes
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