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What Windows 2000 and XP say about Vista's schedule
What Windows 2000 and XP say about Vista's schedule
Will Microsoft finish Windows Vista on schedule? That's one of the biggest questions facing the company these days. And the completion of the first Windows Vista release candidate last week creates a new opportunity to assess its chances, using historical comparisons to previous Windows timetables....
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Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield'
Microsoft Research Builds 'BrowserShield'
Microsoft researchers are experimenting with an automatic code zapper for the company's Internet Explorer Web browser.
ADVERTISEMENT Researchers at the Redmond, Wash., company have completed work on a prototype framework called BrowserShield that promises to allow IE to intercept and remove, on the fly, malicious code hidden on Web pages, instead showing users safe equivalents of those pages.
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Windows PE 2.0: a tiny version of Windows for system maintenance
Windows PE 2.0: a tiny version of Windows for system maintenance
Few people know it, but when you boot off the Vista install DVD, youre booting into a different version of Windows altogether: Windows PE 2.0.
Its based on the Vista kernel, but its extremely compact. It provides read/write access to NTFS filesystems, a wide range of 32- and 64-bit hardware drivers, network connectivity and the ability to run both 32- and 64-bit applications.....
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Why Ubuntu Got It All Wrong
Why Ubuntu Got It All Wrong
Unless you have been living in a cave somewhere in Redmond you would no doubt have heard of Ubuntu and its many derivatives, touted as 'Linux for human beings'. Ubuntu has become the darling of the Linux media and has stolen the limelight from other prominent distributions such as the stalwart Red Hat and, the now Novell owned, SuSE. The question is why?
At first glance Ubuntu appears to be the answer to the prayers of Linux evangelists worldwide. It has a great website, great marketing, an enigmatic philanthropist leader, a devoted community and a philosophy which seems to mirror that of the wider free software community in stark contrast to its enterprise counterparts. With such a stellar resume one has to ask the question, is Ubuntu too good to be true?????
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Laser technology points to 200Gbyte Blu-ray discs
Laser technology points to 200Gbyte Blu-ray discs
TDK has claimed a breakthrough in the development of blue laser technology which could lead to recordable Blu-ray optical discs with a capacity of 200Gbyte.
A single-sided 200Gbyte blue-laser disc would double the capacity of the firm’s existing 100Gbyte Blu-ray prototype. A 200Gbyte discs could store approximately 18 hours of high definition video (encoded at 24Mbit/s).
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Will Google Apps truly encroach on Microsoft's domain?
Will Google Apps truly encroach on Microsoft's domain?
Mountain View (CA) - If there's any one element of the Google growth strategy that seems perennially iffy, it's the company's approach to applications. It's almost impossible to know how well the company's Google Pack freeware applications software package, released last January, is faring in the "market," because usually in order to have a market, money has to be transacted. If downloads truly are having an effect on sales of the leading applications software on the planet, Microsoft won't say, probably for good reason.
Generally, the sense to be found in Google's applications play is that it extends the visibility of the Google platform, which makes that platform more attractive to advertisers - and that's supposedly where the real market lies....
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Book Review: The Official Ubuntu Book
Book Review: The Official Ubuntu Book
Authors: Benjamin Mako Hill, Jono Bacon, Corey Burger, Jonathan Jesse and Ivan Krstic
Format: Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition (August 11, 2006)
ISBN: 0132435942
James Pyles
August 29, 2006
I have to confess, I was looking forward to reviewing this book for a personal reason...I recently installed Ubuntu 6.06 on my Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop. I took a rather secret thrill in deleting Windows XP Professional and replacing it with Ubuntu. I've been running Dapper Drake in VMware and tried to break it as many ways as I could. When I couldn't and when I'd completed my research, I took the plunge. I thought that reviewing the book (and reading it) would provide me with the "inside story" about working and playing with Ubuntu beyond what I've discovered so far.
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Vista Prices Leaked
Vista Prices Leaked
The Canadian Microsoft retail pricing page had the various versions of Microsoft Vista listed along with their SKUs. It immediately got taken down, but not before they were recorded for the world to see. Here is the big 'ole list. I busted out the abacus and converted all of the prices to USD. I'm such a nice guy.
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ANALYSIS: Impact of Microsoft's TestKing.com Lawsuit Unclear
ANALYSIS: Impact of Microsoft's TestKing.com Lawsuit Unclear
When Microsoft filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against braindump site Testking.com, many hailed the action. But the suit explores uncharted legal waters, with unpredictable results.
by Becky Nagel
Last week when Microsoft filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against leading braindump site Testking.com, many hailed it as a shot across the bow against the so-far elusive foreign providers that deal in IT certification exam questions and answers.
However, even if Microsoft wins the legal battle against TestKing.com, the war against braindumps could remain unchanged due to the difficulties of collecting overseas judgments.
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P.S. I stoled this from Tomshawk at TU.
Cisco Flaws Leave Firewalls, VPNs Vulnerable
Cisco Flaws Leave Firewalls, VPNs Vulnerable
Network routing and switching giant Cisco Systems has issued an alert for a potentially serious security flaw affecting multiple firewall products, warning that the bug could cause passwords to be changed without any user interaction.
The San Jose, Calif., company said unauthorized users can take advantage of the firewall bug to try to gain access to a device that has been reloaded after passwords in its startup configuration have been changed.
In addition, authorized users can be locked out and lose the ability to manage the affected device, according to the published advisory.
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