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Archive for October, 2007

Vista users safe from PDF exploit present in Windows XP

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

pdfxp Windows XP users have to bite the bullet of yet another unpatched flaw present in Windows XP and Server 2003 with Internet Explorer 7 installed.

Windows Server 2003 faces desktop search update error

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Untitled-3 Microsoft just can’t seem to keep those darned updates from installing without administrator approval, in the latest occurrence, some Windows Server 2003 machines received and installed an update for Windows Desktop Search.

Microsoft hopes Vista is the gift that keeps on giving

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Microsoft hopes Vista is the gift that keeps on giving Since Microsoft missed the back to school and holiday season last year, it is hoping those two events have driven up Vista sales, this year as it would mark the first year that Vista was available during back to school and will be available for the holidays.

T-Mobile HotSpot@Home compensates for shoddy coverage

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

T-Mobile HotSpot@Home compensates for shoddy coverageT-Mobile, a leading cell phone service provider to the U.S, has recently instituted a unique new optional feature for customers known as "T-Mobile HotSpot@Home," which allows users to seamlessly make phone calls over their WiFi without using their minutes for $20 a month.

Facebook employees know whose profiles you visit

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Facebook employees know whose profiles you visit It seems that Facebook employees enjoy seeing whose profiles you looked at while relaxing on their lunch breaks.

Judge Judy confused over World of Warcraft

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Judge Judy confused over World of WarcraftIn a recent episode of Judge Judy, the TV judge finds herself slightly confused after attempting to pronounce the name of the computer game phenomenon, World of Warcraft.

Nintendo DS Brain Training game proven to improve maths skills

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Nintendo DS Brain Training game proven to improve maths skillsVideo games are blamed for a lot of things these days, and are often cited as the cause of school shootings, violence, and crime, so it's nice to be able to report for once on something positive a game is doing for society.

Cyber shirt to harness your energy

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Cyber shirt to harness your energy Only a true geek would go walking and think "Look at all this energy I'm wasting".  Maybe it's because they stereotypically have less energy to spend before shortness of breath sets in.  Whatever the inspiration, a new product in development by CSIRO (Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) could harness that energy to mean you never run out of batteries again.

OLPC project pioneering cow-powered computing

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

OLPC project pioneering cow-powered computing The OLPC project is looking to use cows as the power source for remote networks and PCs - no cow pies involved.

Revival of the N-Word

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Revival of the N-Word I don't really know anyone who likes to referred to in a derogatory way but the N-word seems to evoke the most emotion of all the derogatory and defamatory words that one's imagination can conjure.

HDDVD players hit $200 mark

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

HDDVD players hit $200 mark If you are in to high-def then you either belong to the HDDVD or Blu-Ray camp and the HDDVD camp has an upper-hand right now, those players can be had for as little as $200.

Sign-Up for Filtered Content–No Thanks Comcast

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Sign-Up for Filtered Content--No Thanks Comcast On Comcast's front web page, they have the Top Five Questions Customers Ask but strangely none of them include: Are you going to filter out my content? The answer is probably yes. People who sign-up for broadband access most likely never ask that question.

Evidence: IPTV coming to your Xbox 360

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

rumoriptvheaderblahblah.jpgJust because it's evidence doesn't mean it's going to happen, so don't get mad at us if your Xbox 360 never gets Microsoft's IPTV. So what exactly is the evidence?

Top 5 dumbass headlines bloggers love to run about Google

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Top 5 dumbass headlines bloggers love to run about Google Google attracts hordes of bloggers and opinion-shovelers uploading ten sourceless articles a week in the hope they'll be the one to correctly guess what happens. A flock of seagulls trailing a ship - noisy, annoying, they all look the same and they feed on the scraps left by people who are actually going somewhere. Here I list top five things people like to say about Google, in the hope that we can all agree these are now officially "Done".

Apple places restrictions on iPhone sales: no cash, no resellers

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

no cash, no resellers In a move that's sure to win the company the support of consumer advocates, Apple Inc. has imposed limits on who can buy their hot iPhone, and how they can pay for it.

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