Archive for January, 2009
Friday, January 30th, 2009
It's nearly a year since Microsoft made the first beta of Internet Explorer 8 available: we saw another beta come along in August, but there's been precious little in the way of final product out there.That's changing today, as the company is opening up its first release candidate for download.What ...
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Goodwill Industries of Northern New England and Dell launched a free computer recycling service on Wednesday.
The program, called ReConnect, offers a convenient way to recycle any brand of computer and parts, according to organizers.
Computers can be dropped off at any of the 19 Goodwill stores and six donation centers in ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Microsoft said it has more Windows 7 beta feedback and testers than it can handle, and plans to stop offering downloads of the operating system on Feb. 10. Microsoft has had a strong and largely positive response to the Windows 7 beta, something that LeBlanc and other Microsoft representatives haven't ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Hewlett-Packard today released an embedded server blade that fits into higher-end ProCurve switches and a combined virtualization and network management technology. The new products blur the lines among the roles various vendors and devices play in the data center. The server blade, the Open Network Ecosystem Services zl Module, ...
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
In a world seemingly full of pocket-sized netbooks, it's refreshing to see a laptop with a decent screen size, and enough power to be able to handle more than a couple of Firefox tabs. The Toshiba Satellite A350 is designed for movie fans, featuring a 16-inch HD screen, which is ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Samsung spilled the beans on the new P3 MP3 player at the company's CES 2009 press conference. As an update to Samsung's popular P2, the P3 shares many of its predecessor's features, including a 3-inch WQVGA touch screen, DNSe sound enhancement, audio and video playback, photo viewer, FM radio, ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
Microsoft hopes that the release of Windows 7 will solve problems ranging from desktop clutter to what Vista did to Microsoft's public reputation. But the toughest challenge may be to win over the group of people that arguably represent the software giant's biggest obstacle to success: Windows XP users.
The Windows ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
Despite the fact that security programs are often some of the toughest code to make work with a new operating system, Windows 7 already has several companies ready with products aimed at keeping it safe from attackers.
By comparison, only one antivirus firm--McAfee--had its security software commercially ready by the time ...
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Internet Explorer (IE) version 8 will soon be a high-priority update within Automatic Updates for server systems, including Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003 (SP2 or higher). Many organizations have supported browser version requirements that prohibit the rapid adoption of IE versions on server (or client) systems. This may ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Microsoft will issue a patch on Tuesday for a critical vulnerability that could allow a hacker to gain control of a computer remotely, the company said in an alert on Thursday.
Microsoft also plans to host a Web cast at 11 a.m. PST as part of Patch Tuesday, which comes the ...
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