Archive for September 4th, 2008
Sep
4
Of the back of the RTM that was released last night, Microsoft has also released a new set of excellent documentation for App-V 4.5 RTM;
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Sep
4
An impending update to Java might sound like just an incremental release, based on its cumbersome naming: Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10 (Java SE 6 u10). But the upgrade actually features technology considered critical to reviving the concept of client-side Java applets. Applet startup times are improved and applets can be turned into desktop
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Sep
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Many of you might have heard of the Mojave Experiment [here, here, here or here] and some of you might have snickered at that site's use of another rich client technology. In case you haven't, the Mojave Experiment documented the reactions of users to an operating system called "Mojave." Reactions were
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Sep
4
Macintosh forum users reporting that they've lost EDGE and/or HSDPA data service connectivity completely this morning. "Email, Safari, everything is toast," complains one user.
"No Edge connectivity at all," complains another. It looks like this may not be specific to the iPhone, as other AT&T customers say they're also having connectivity issues. "We are aware of
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Sep
4
Von caschy am, an independent developer has released Portable Chrome that runs Google Chrome browser directly from the USB stick. All you’ve to do is simply download an 11MB self extracting file, and extract files to the directory of your choice. The program folder called Chrome - all your data and settings remain in the folder profile.
Now click on ChromeLoader.exe
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Sep
4
A reader has found a way how to crash not just tabs, but the entire Google Chrome browser time and time again with two keystrokes. We will let this pass through since Chrome is still in beta, but still: Chrome should not crash that easily. One of our readers noticed that Chrome and all of its tabs
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Sep
4
The beta version of Picasa 3 offers many improvements and additions to the existing Picasa software. One of the most excited feature is powerful retouching tool that can fix things like acne and scratches -- and it's great for restoring old photos. If you've ever scanned decades-old prints, you well know they're not always in the
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Sep
4
Yougle is an addin which extends your Media Center so it can play online video/audio from sources such as Youtube, live365.com and some others. Their source list isn’t very extensive but they’ve got Shoutcast and Youtube which makes up for a lot.
Unfortunately for us x64 users there are still some problems with playing back flash content.
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Sep
4
If you just want to try Communicator Mobile 2.0 without installing it on your Windows Mobile device, you can use a device emulator running on your desktop computer (or even running the emulator in a Virtual PC on your desktop machine J). This guide will instruct you, how to install all required components and also includes
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Sep
4
As Microsoft watchers may recall, Microsoft's gag order on “Fiji” (Windows Media Center TV Pack) was slated to officially end this week, concurrent with the CEDIA Expo show. Announcements regarding the first PCs preloaded with Fiji are expected from:
Fluid DigitalS1DigitalLifewareCannon PC
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Sep
4
Here’re some some things you can do in Google Chrome browser.
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Sep
4
Microsoft and Sony celebrate the Joint Video Team (JVT) Committee’s receipt of a 2008 Primetime Emmy Engineering Award for its work on the development of the High Profile of the H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC video compression standard. Both Microsoft and Sony, as members of the JVT, were contributors to the High Profile of H.264/MPEG-4AVC, a standard specification
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Sep
4
It’s not Apple only that’s gearing up for some type of important announcement or here on September 9 at San Francisco. Microsoft is planning the release a new non-laser mouse, as teased on Microsoft Hardware with a video entitled “Say goodbye to Laser”.
The announcement won't just be centered around a new mouse, but will
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Sep
4
New details have been released on the evidence backing a civil lawsuit against Nvidia and ATI (now owned by AMD) - evidence that allegedly indicates the two companies participated in a graphics card price fixing cartel.In June 2007, at least 51 separate complaints were lumped together and amended into a single class action lawsuit
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Sep
4
Google said that it plans to alter contract terms that gave the search provider broad rights to use anything entered into the browser. Google has announced the terms of service updation: “So for Google Chrome, only the first sentence of Section 11 should have applied. We're sorry we overlooked this, but we've
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Random From The Google Chrome: Terms of service “Section 11″ updates
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This plugin does exactly what the title says, displays content related rss feeds. Takes the most relevant keywords from the post content and goes and finds feeds containing those keywords, and does that automatically, without the need of manually searching for appropriate feeds, all you got to do is install the plugin and choose where you want the feeds to be displayed. Great for Search Engine Optimization.