Archive for January 6th, 2009
Jan
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Microsoft is optimizing Windows 7 in order to increase performance, and, in this context, the dispatcher lock is one of the components that has got cut off . Fewer hardware locks are synonymous with boosted parallelism, namely a new level of efficiency when it comes down to taking advantage of modern processing architectures. This is valid
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Jan
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Iomega announced the debut of the Iomega(R) Home Media Network Hard Drive, a new standard in easy-to-use network storage for the digital home. With EMC's acclaimed LifeLine(TM) software, in three simple steps users can configure up to one terabyte* of network storage for backing up all of their files as well
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Jan
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Google released Picasa for Mac that brings all of the advanced sharing and sync features of Picasa to the millions of Mac OS X users who use Picasa Web Albums — such as non-destructive editing, and the ability to keep track of photos anywhere on your hard drive, then automatically account for new images as you
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Jan
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Google’s Lively 3D was launched and closed last year after being live just a couple of months. However, 3D developers in Beijing, China created a “New Lively” for three reasons: 1) to restore to Lively users their lost meeting place; 2) to put to test the strength of our executive management; 3) to prove to ourselves that our skills and abilities are in fact cutting-edge.
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Jan
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Clickfree Transformer is a simple USB dongle which promises to convert any USB External Drive into a full backup solution – i.e. no need to install and configure any backup software – just connect the drive to the computer using the dongle and you’re good to go. To use the
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Jan
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After months of speculation about Apple CEO’s health, Steve Jobs has revealed the reason for his weight loss during 2008: “my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.”
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Jan
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Another resurgence of Worm:Win32/Conficker, this time as Worm:Win32/Conficker.B. By exploiting the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE) vulnerability, the worm is capable of infecting computers across a network. The Redmond company pointed out that successful exploit could lead to remote code execution in scenarios in which file sharing was enabled on vulnerable machines. Win32/Conficker is also known as
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Jan
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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system recorded the biggest year in Xbox history, with more consoles, games and online entertainment experiences sold than any previous year. It was a year in which life-to-date unit sales of Xbox 360 systems climbed to 28 million consoles worldwide — expanding the product’s lead over Sony PlayStation 3
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Jan
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Intel and Adobe Systems announced that they're working to adapt Adobe's Flash media technology, widespread on PCs, to work in TV-focused devices. The two companies will work on fine-tuning the Flash Player and Flash Lite for Intel's Media Processor CE 3100. The goal is for Intel to ship the first CE 3100 chip with Flash Lite support
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Jan
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In what could be a significant victory for its online music store, Apple is believed to have landed agreements not only to remove copy protection from the music of all major labels but to also allow direct music downloads to iPhones over cellular networks.
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Jan
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After seeing a super-sized Brookstone remote control, michbex and his friend bought two Playstation 2 Dance Dance Revolution mats, a PS2-to-PC converter box, wrote a C# .NET library to interface with the mats and some more code to send appropriate keystrokes to Windows Media Center. The result, is a Windows Media Center remote control fit for the Hulk.
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Jan
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Seagate preempted CES by launching a major update to its Barracuda drives. The 7200.12 is the first desktop hard drive to fit 500GB of data on to a single platter and manages to hold 1TB by using just two platters versus as many as four on other disks. The SATA II drive comes with 32MB of cache
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Jan
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VIA ARTiGO A2000 is a storage-oriented compact barebone PC that's big on capacity and low on power consumption. Supporting two desktop hard drives, this unique barebone storage system is a perfect fit for home download applications, providing ample storage space in an energy-efficient, compact, and low-noise chassis. The VIA ARTiGO
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Jan
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This article describes the steps involved in reinstalling Edge Transport Server role in Microsoft Exchange Server Standard Edition 2007 on Windows Essential Business Server Security Server. During this period, Internet mail flow will be down as the Edge Server is responsible for sending and receiving mails to and from Internet. Please forward mail traffic to alternate
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Jan
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Paul Buchheit, the ex-Googler who created Gmail, remembers how difficult was to convince people that Gmail has the potential to become successful. He writes:
We starting working on Gmail in August (or September?) 2001. For a long time, almost everyone disliked it. Some people used it anyway because of the search, but
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