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D-Day for Microsoft's Yahoo bid
2008-05-02 06:15:00 Microsoft could formally announce a hostile takeover bid for Yahoo today, according to the Wall Street Journal. <a href= http://adserver.adtech.de/?adlink|2.0|340 |1132902|1|171|KEY=news;grp=98498040;loc= 300; target= _blank ><img src= http://adserver.adtech.de/?adserv|2.0|340 |1132902|1|171|KEY=news;grp=98498040;... More About: News , Yahoo!
British group releases 3G phone unlocking mod
2008-04-30 07:01:00 A company known as 24/7 Mobile Solutions has made available a chip which the company claims to be able to unlock any 3G phone. To install the SIMable mod (http://www.simable.com/), the user must punch a hole in his SIM card with the provided cutting device, and then... More About: Phone , British , Group , Unlocking
Apple refreshes its iMac line
2008-04-30 06:36:00 Apple's consumer desktops have received faster processors and better graphics cards, which may only add momentum to a product line analysts are saying may finally be stealing market share from Vista. In fact, Apple credits the iMac as contributing to the ability for the company to grow its overall... More About: Apple , Line
Cool: Windows Server Core - CoreConfigurator GUI
2008-04-28 22:48:00 Core is cool, but a bit of GUI can help a lot: At first look, developing a GUI utility for configuration of Windows Server Core might sound quite absurd. Alas, the whole point of Server Core is a cut down version of Server OS without the overhead of GUI and... More About: Cool , Core , Windows Server
Download Windows XP Service Pack 3 now
2008-04-28 22:40:00 For the people who doesn’t want to download from pirated sites and who were waiting for the official release of Windows XP SP3, now the wait is over and it is available for download via Windows Update site though it is still not available on automatic updates.This is the... More About: Download , Service , Windows Xp , Pack
Windows Mobile upgrade gets IE6 boost
2008-04-08 05:35:00 Microsoft has announced plans to upgrade Windows Mobile by the end of 2008, including the introduction of a new version of Internet Explorer that will bring desktop-browsing to smartphones.The new version of Internet Explorer (IE) Mobile will make it easier to pan and zoom through web pages and to access... More About: News , Windows Mobile , Boost
Five scams you may not know about
2008-04-08 05:25:00 Identity theft has become a huge problem in the United States. The FTC recently reported that identity theft was the number one complaint again last year for the eighth consecutive year! There are literally thousands of scams out there, and you're... More About: Guides , Scams
Release date set for Ubuntu Linux 8.04
2008-04-07 22:56:00 New desktop and server versions of Ubuntu Linux version 8.04 are set for release on April 24, and will include features aimed at making the open-source operating system easier to use and to deploy. More About: Ubuntu Linux , Release , Computex
Release date set for Ubuntu Linux 8.04
2008-04-07 22:34:00 New desktop and server versions of Ubuntu Linux version 8.04 are set for release on April 24, and will include features aimed at making the open-source operating system easier to use and to deploy. More About: Ubuntu Linux , Release , Computex
First customer for Microsoft's surface computer
2008-04-07 22:18:00 US mobile operators AT T will be the first company to install Microsoft's touch-enabled, tabletop Surface computers as customer-service kiosks in stores.AT T said that beginning April 17, Microsoft Surface computers will be set up in 12 retail locations in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, Texas, and San Francisco.AT T... More About: News , Computer , Customer
First customer for Microsoft's surface computer
2008-04-07 22:16:00 US mobile operators AT T will be the first company to install Microsoft's touch-enabled, tabletop Surface computers as customer-service kiosks in stores.AT T said that beginning April 17, Microsoft Surface computers will be set up in 12 retail locations in New York, Atlanta, San Antonio, Texas, and San Francisco.AT T... More About: News , Computer , Customer
Yahoo is open to some type of transaction with Microsoft
2008-04-07 22:05:00 A complete withdrawal from the table at this point might spur shareholder resentment, but Yahoo 's executives and board had to make some signal in light of Microsoft 's claims last week of foot-dragging.In recognizing what many independent financial analysts termed an untenable position, Yahoo's new chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry... More About: News , Open , Type
Yahoo is open to some type of transaction with Microsoft
2008-04-07 22:04:00 A complete withdrawal from the table at this point might spur shareholder resentment, but Yahoo 's executives and board had to make some signal in light of Microsoft 's claims last week of foot-dragging.In recognizing what many independent financial analysts termed an untenable position, Yahoo's new chairman Roy Bostock and CEO Jerry... More About: News , Open , Type
Ballmer: Microsoft is 'only alternative' for Yahoo
2008-04-07 21:55:00 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has Yahoo 's board of directors with a proxy battle if it won't agree to a buy-out in the next three weeks.Breaking nearly two months of silence since Yahoo's board rejected Microsoft's $44.6bn bid, Ballmer sent an open letter on Saturday to Yahoo saying that Microsoft is... More About: News , Microsoft , Alternative , Yahoo!
Ballmer: Microsoft is 'only alternative' for Yahoo
2008-04-07 21:54:00 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has Yahoo 's board of directors with a proxy battle if it won't agree to a buy-out in the next three weeks.Breaking nearly two months of silence since Yahoo's board rejected Microsoft's $44.6bn bid, Ballmer sent an open letter on Saturday to Yahoo saying that Microsoft is... More About: News , Microsoft , Alternative , Yahoo!
Hacked Vista laptop with attack code on eBay
2008-04-01 06:15:00 The winner of a recent hacking contest is offering the computer he broke into for sale on eBay, possibly with the Microsoft Vista attack code he used intact.In a Monday listing, Shane Macaulay is selling the Fujitsu U810 laptop he won last Friday during the CanSecWest PWN 2 OWN contest.... More About: Security , Laptop , Ebay , Code
Hacked Vista laptop with attack code on eBay
2008-04-01 06:14:00 The winner of a recent hacking contest is offering the computer he broke into for sale on eBay, possibly with the Microsoft Vista attack code he used intact.In a Monday listing, Shane Macaulay is selling the Fujitsu U810 laptop he won last Friday during the CanSecWest PWN 2 OWN contest.... More About: Security , Laptop , Ebay , Code
Boom! 20th anniversary Madden NFL coming in August
2008-03-29 21:57:00 Game maker Electronic Arts today publicly announced that Madden NFL 09 will be released in North America on Tuesday, August 12, with a 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition also in the mix.The most important aspect of the Collector's Edition is that it will come bundled with NFL Head Coach 09, which... More About: News , Boom
Access 2007 Runtime SP1 is now available
2008-03-29 21:53:00 You can download the Access runtime from : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detail s.aspx?FamilyId=D9AE78D9-9DC6-4B38-9FA6-2 C745A175AED displaylang=en (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai ls.aspx?FamilyId=D9AE78D9-9DC6-4B38-9FA6- 2C745A175AED displaylang=en) This version of the... More About: News , Runtime
Windows Search 4.0 Preview
2008-03-29 21:52:00 WS4 lets you perform an instant search of your computer. WS4 helps you find and preview documents, e-mail messages, music files, photos, and other items on the computer. Please refer to the Knowledge base article KB940157 for a full description of the technology. More About: News , Windows , Preview , Search
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Vista Released
2008-03-29 21:50:00 Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista SP1. More About: News , Microsoft , Released
Black Hat: Who patches security holes faster, Microsoft or Apple?
2008-03-29 21:48:00 Apple's teasing commercials that imply its software is safer than Microsoft 's may not quite match the facts, according to new research revealed at the Black Hat conference on Thursday. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology looked at how many times over the past six years the two... More About: Security , Apple , Patches
Top 10 April Fools' Day Joke Web Sites
2008-03-29 21:40:00 What is it about April Fools' Day jokes that we love so much? Perhaps it's that, in the midst of the crushing influx of information that many of us cope with daily, a well-constructed prank provides a welcome break. For a moment, we smile, even when the joke is a... More About: News , Joke , Web Sites , Sites
The easy way to speed up Windows Vista
2008-03-29 21:21:00 Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) may not give your system much more oomph, but there are other ways to speed Vista (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/product s/windowsvista/default.aspx) up. Spending a few minutes (or a few pounds) optimising your Vista PC or laptop can help it get its groove on, More About: Windows , Windows Vista , Guides , Speed
YouTube Insight provides usage stats
2008-03-28 10:52:00 Those uploading videos to YouTube can now access usage statistics for the videos they post on the site, such as where viewers are geographically located and how they found the clips. More About: News , Youtube , Insight , Stats , Usage
Websites still exposed to patched Flash bug
2008-03-28 10:51:00 Hundreds of thousands of web pages are still serving up buggy Shockwave Flash (.swf) files that could be exploited by hackers, two months after Adobe patched a serious flaw in its Flash development software to tackle the problem, according to a Google researcher. More About: Security , Websites
Adobe releases Photoshop Express as free beta
2008-03-28 10:49:00 Adobe's free web-based version of Adobe Photoshop is now available as a beta. Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2GB of images, make edits to their photos, and share them, all online. First rumoured last year (http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cf m?newsid=8562), Photoshop Express is a way for Adobe to compete with... More About: News , Adobe , Free , Beta
Mozilla fixes 10 Firefox flaws, 5 critical
2008-03-28 10:46:00 Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org/) has patched 10 vulnerabilities in Firefox , half of which were marked as 'critical'. The new Mozilla Messaging spin-off, however, was not able to provide a matching update to its Thunderbird email client, which shares five of the Firefox flaws that were fixed. More About: News , Mozilla , Critical
Microsoft plans Apple iPhone apps
2008-03-28 10:44:00 Microsoft is plans to use Apple 's iPhone software developer kit (SDK) to extend its Mac products for use with the mobile phone.As revealed by Fortune, a team of Microsoft's engineers from Microsoft's Mac Business Unit are examining the SDK to determine if there's any way to sell software for the... More About: News , Microsoft , Iphone , Plans
AMD launches quad- and triple-core Phenoms
More articles from this author:2008-03-28 10:43:00 AMD has provided further details of its new Phenom processors, including quad-core chips and its first triple-core version for desktop PCs. The company's triple-core Phenom X3 8000 series processors provide an option to mainstream PC buyers who don't want to spend on a quad-core processor but are looking for more... More About: Core , Quad , Triple 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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