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Saturday, May 17, 2008
More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP InfoWorld's petition to keep the popular Windows version on the market has passed a new milestone
Reality Check: What does Gartner really DO?
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Rensselaer Student Invents Alternative To Silicon Chip
Microsoft Patches Six Security Holes
Archaeologist Uses Satellite Imagery To Explore Ancient Mexico
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Microsoft’s plan to block Linux on laptops
Microsoft: June 30 Windows XP cut-off set in stone
Will Microsoft kill Linux on ULPCs?
FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk “IT subversion”
Poorly walker in Highlands saved by sat-nav message.. via Texas
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off Note: It requires a seriously powerful computer with a fast broadband connection in order to run it and it's a very disapointing beta product.
MS whips lens cap off WorldWide Telescope To reveal? The inexorable blackness of space
Study finds Vista more vulnerable than Windows 2000
Four Vulnerabilities, Three Critical, Patched By Microsoft
The new rules for buying a Mac We bust the most common Mac shopping myths
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Windows Vista 37% Less Vulnerable Than Windows XP: Study
A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic
Wi-Fi Warning: That Person Next To You May Be A Hacker
Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XP
Microsoft faults OEMs for some XP SP3 endless reboots Microsoft document claims the fault for endless reboots lies in the Windows XP image originally installed on the PC by the computer manufacturer
DriveSavers breathes life into a dead drive
Monday, May 12, 2008
Adobe Plugs 8 Security Holes in Reader
NASA launches 50 years of space history in high-definition documentary
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Circuit City Gives Up the Fight The electronics chain puts out the "For Sale" sign, hiring Goldman Sachs to assist on a deal, most likely with Blockbuster
Microsoft Telescope Will Bring Universe to the Desktop Microsoft's free WorldWide Telescope software will let a home PC explore the galaxies using images taken by telescopes and spacecraft. WWT was developed with Microsoft's Visual Experience Engine and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates described it as "an observatory on your desktop." WorldWide Telescope includes commentaries.
New Evidence From Earliest Known Human Settlement In The Americas
Microsoft U-turn to stop Linux dominating ultra low cost PCs
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain The problems with XP SP3 range from spontaneous reboots to outright system crashes.
XP SP3 cripples some PCs with endless reboots Windows blogger has tentatively identified XP SP3's endless reboot problem as involving only machines using processors from AMD
What is your stolen data worth?
Wimpy: Why is Yahoo so afraid of Microsoft?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
May 7, 1895: Calculator Learns to Multiply
Microsoft Releases Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows XP SP3 leaps into the tubes Second verse, same as the first
External Hard Drives Buyer's Guide
Is the earth getting warmer, or cooler? A tale of two thermometers
Data recovered from Seagate drive in Columbia shuttle disaster
Comcast mulling metered access, 250GB monthly bandwidth caps
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Microsoft to Yahoo: Fine, Be That Way!
Comcast gets nominated for worst ToS
Riding the Autorenewal Express
Yahoo faces shareholder ire over failed Microsoft bid General class-action lawsuit accuses Yahoo of failing to act in the best interest of shareholders in rejecting Microsoft's bid
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Returning To Sender: A Cable Conundrum
Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared
From Win32 to Cocoa: a Windows user's conversion to Mac OS X—Part II
US senator: China wants hotels to filter Internet US Senator Sam Brownback contends China is requiring US-owned hotels there to filter Internet service during the Olympic Games
Monday, May 5, 2008
HP discovery may end need to boot computers Researchers have found a fourth basic type of electrical circuit, which may remove the need to boot computers.
Space shuttle takes its place on the pad Discovery rolls out for May 31 launch to space station with Japanese lab
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Digital Deception With a test, Web sites let people in and keep out computers set to unleash spam attacks. Now, computers are cracking the code.
$100 Laptop Program's New President Charles Kane thinks industry partnerships will boost the laptop's marketability.
Stepped Up Cyber Role for Spy Agencies
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Aquarid meteor shower to peak on moonless night
Thwart malware attacks by locking out bad sites
Novell Says SCO Group Owes It $20M; SCO Begs To Differ In opening arguments Tuesday before Judge Dale Kimball in the bench trial for the lawsuit against Novell, the two sides seemed to agree that SCOsource included licensing of Novell-owned technology, which is several versions of Unix System V collectively called "SVRX," and of SCO-controlled technology, which is UnixWare and OpenServer.
Deluded SCO CEO on witness stand: "Linux is a copy of UNIX"
Oxygen Depletion Zones In Tropical Oceans Expanding, Maybe Due To Global Warming
Study: US Needs Stronger Broadband Policy
Telescope could focus light without a mirror or lens
Top 10 Early Contenders for the Automotive X Prize
U.S. gas: So cheap it hurts Relatively low taxes have kept pump prices far below most other developed nations, which some say is precisely why the current runup is so painful.
Sneaky Safari Update Triples the Browser's Windows Market Share
Iron Man: Steve Jobs is even tougher than you think.
Moving 2.0: More than 30 services to help you relocate
Exclusive Video: Babbage's Mechanical Calculator Comes to Life
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Windows XP SP3 Delayed as Death Nears -- or Maybe Not Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been delayed even as Microsoft says it will stop sales of Windows XP on June 30. SP3 includes some Windows Vista features along with bug fixes. Meanwhile, computer makers Dell, HP and Lenovo plan to use license loopholes to keep selling Microsoft Windows XP through a "downgrade option."