Archive for April 30th, 2008
Apr
30
Microsoft downplays a recent DNS vulnerability in all Microsoft operating systems (XP, Vista, 2000, and 2003), claims Amit Klein, the security researcher who published the original vulnerability description (PDF) earlier this month. According to Klein, the description in Microsoft's Secure Windows Initiative blog entry is misleading, contains disinformation about the DNS
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Apr
30
Although a "significant" number of corporations are hesitating to move to Windows Vista, businesses should bite the bullet because Microsoft Corp. is retiring Windows XP, and there's no guarantee it will deliver a next-generation operating system on time or with compelling features, a research analyst said.
"Vista is an inevitability, for a number of reasons,"
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Apr
30
HP’s Software Update Tool has been found to contain flaws which can lead to remote code execution or the leakage of sensitive information stored on a PC. The offending component of the HP Software Update application is the HPeDiag ActiveX control, which checks for and downloads security, firmware, software and driver updates. The flaw affects any
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Apr
30
An Intel spokesperson confirmed to BetaNews this morning that an alliance between the manufacturer and Cray Inc. will lead to future Cray supercomputers being endowed with Intel Xeon processors.
Itanium processors -- which are designed with explicit parallelism from the outset will not be involved in this partnership, according to Intel spokesperson Nick Knupffer. Instead,
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Apr
30
If you want to create a Windows Home Server Flash Drive, you will need a 2GB stick because the DVD takes 1.2GB of space. The Windows Home Server Restore Disk takes about 130MB so a 256MB stick or larger is preferred because of additional drivers and such. Windows Vista takes about 2.4GB for the 32-bit version
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Apr
30
Fresh Plus Visited is a very simple plugin for WordPress 2.5 that adds a user color scheme to the admin interface. The colors are exactly the same as the built-in Fresh color scheme, with the addition of a gray color for dashboard links that have been visited.
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Apr
30
Mike Klucher talks about building XNA Framework games for the Zune and shows the soon-to-be-released CTP that enables developers to build Zune projects, adds a new menu on your Zune for games, and also enables device debugging directly from Visual Studio.
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Apr
30
Windows XP SP3 Build 5512 is finally here for those that use Windows Update to download. Here is an interesting article regarding SP3 performance, ignoring the fact that Vista SP1 is still faster than XP SP2/SP3 users will enjoy a performance boost over SP2. When will people learn that Vista ain't all bad!
Windows® XP
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Apr
30
Madonna’s exclusive performance at New York City’s famed Roseland Ballroom will be available live to millions of fans via an online broadcast at http://music.msn.com/madonna, it was confirmed today by MSN and Control Room, which announced that the show will stream live Wednesday evening, April 30, at 10 p.m. EDT in the United States and will
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Apr
30
Without any fanfare, Microsoft lifted the covers on a prototype composite application technology from its stealthy “Oslo” initiative.
Configuration Service 2.0 is a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service for managing composite applications, is expected to be available on Microsoft’s MSDN Web site this week. The service is a companion to Microsoft’s StockTrader 2.0 SOA sample application, but
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Apr
30
Software developers claim they have created a tool to bypass User Account Control -- an "annoying" security feature in Windows Vista, according to Microsoft executives. The developers from NeoSmart said on their Web site that the UAC feature was "only there to give the impression of security".UAC is a controversial feature of Vista designed
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Apr
30
Microsoft has released beta technologies that allow its network-management software to manage non-Windows environments as part of the company's strategy to make its software more conducive to managing large data centers.
Microsoft is releasing beta technology Tuesday for products in its System Center suite that allows the software to natively manage Linux and Unix environments
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Apr
30
The Live Search Mobile team lets us about the updates to browser-based mobile search at m.live.com.
We've just released the latest updates to our browser-based mobile search at m.live.com. One of our major efforts was to bring the power of product search to the convenience of a mobile phone. Think about how
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Apr
30
According to the Mactopia website, the new Messenger 7 for Mac is designed for use on either older PowerPC Macs, or the newer Intel ones:
Messenger for Mac 7 is an integrated communications client that enables you to communicate with contacts within and outside your organization. Messenger for Mac 7 is a Universal application that
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Apr
30
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Microsoft has "betrayed" MSN Music customers and wants the company to make things right by issuing an apology, refunds, and eliminate digital rights management technology from the Zune music player.
Microsoft stirred some controversy last week by announcing that it would no longer issue DRM keys for defunct MSN Music after
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