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Should You Trust Your Health Records to Google and Microsoft?
2008-04-26 22:33:00 Until we have laws guaranteeing the privacy of my digitized health information, I’ll pass. Imagine being able to check your medical history as easily as you can your e-mail. Or being able to provide records to a new doctor at a moment’s notice. Google , Microsoft , and others are developing promising systems for storing digital health ... More About: Health , Trust , Records
The Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 Smackdown About to Start
2008-04-26 22:30:00 The Windows Vista vs. Windows X P face-off is far from over. Not only that, but the smackdown of the two operating systems is about to enter into its next stage of evolution with Microsoft launching the latest service packs for both platforms. Vista Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, ... More About: Start , Smackdown
Do Not Download XP SP3 RTM (Build 5512) Integrated Slipstream ISO Image
2008-04-26 22:26:00 Whatever you do, make sure you steer clear of downloads from torrent and warez websites that claim to offer the slipstream ISO image of the third and final build of Windows XP Service Pack 3. You have to understand that the downloads claiming to offer Windows XP integrated with Service Pack 3 RTM Build ... More About: Download , Image , Integrated
Windows XP SP3 RTM Build 5512 Available for Download at PCFORUM89- LEAKED!
2008-04-25 01:34:00 Windows XP Service Pack 3 RTM is finally available for download. Microsoft released the service pack to manufacturing, at the beginning of this week, on April 21, 2008 and is now making headway towards the general availability of XP SP3. Officially, the final version of XP SP3 is scheduled for delivery starting with the ... More About: Windows , Windows X , Download , Build , Windows Xp
Microsoft Could Keep XP SP3 Available after June 30, 2008 - According to St
2008-04-25 01:31:00 The third service pack for Windows X P, and also the last major update that the operating system will get in its lifetime, was released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008 . The service pack indicates that there is still life left into the aging platform, now over six years old, even though Microsoft is rushing ... More About: June
Windows XP SP3 RTM Available for Download on April 29, 2008 - The wait is n
2008-04-16 01:57:00 Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be available for download on April 29, 2008. At the end of this month, the Redmond company will release the third and final service pack for Windows XP, the operating system released initially at the end of 2001, and overhauled in 2004 with SP2. Until this point Microsoft ... More About: Windows , Windows X , Download , Windows Xp
Office Suite Smackdown: Excel 2008 vs. Numbers ?08
2008-04-16 01:48:00 Is Apple’s iWork a viable alternative to Microsoft Office ? To find out, we asked Rob Griffiths–our go-to expert on spreadsheets–to use Excel 2008 and Numbers ‘08 to create the same project, progressing from the basics (text entry and formatting) to more-advanced features. Our questions: Which program is better at each stage of the job? ... More About: Microsoft Office , Office Suite
Vista SP1 Upgrade Hack Is Piracy - And illegal
2008-04-16 01:39:00 Eric Ligman, Microsoft US Senior Manager Small Business Community Engagement, has come out guns blazing with sarcasm following reports of a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 loophole which permits end users to perform clean installations of the operating system instead of upgrades. The workaround is nothing new and represents an item of novelty just ... More About: Piracy , Hack , Illegal
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Gets No Love from Microsoft - And no support on
2008-04-16 01:36:00 Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 gets no love from Microsoft . The first taste of the successor of Internet Explorer 7 certainly still has a long way to go, and the Redmond company offers proof in this context. Now in the most early stages of the cooking process, IE8 Beta 1 is yet to be ... More About: Internet , Love , Internet Explorer
Updated Web Browsers: Which One Works Best?
2008-04-15 06:49:00 Apple’s Safari, Mozilla’s Firefox 3, and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 duke it out to be the program you use most on your PC. Back when the earliest programs for viewing Web content simply browsed flat pages of images and text, the name browser truly fit the software. But yesterday’s amateur pages have evolved into ... More About: Browsers , Web Browsers , Works
Yahoo Again Rebuffs Microsoft
2008-04-08 01:19:00 Microsoft’s threat of a hostile takeover draws a written response asking for “constructive” talk and more money. Yahoo called Microsoft’s threat of a hostile takeover “counterproductive” on Monday, while also saying it is open to a deal but only at a higher price. More About: Microsoft , Yahoo!
SP1 Drops as Vista Hugs from 13.24% to 14.02% of the Market
2008-04-08 01:13:00 The first Service Pack for Windows Vista is made available as the latest Windows client has firmly established itself as the runner-up of Windows X P. Vista passed the 100 million install base milestone by the end of 2007 and managed to grab a share of between 13.24% and 14.02% of the operating system market, ... More About: Linux , Operating System , Market
Windows XP SP3 Gets Its First Taste of Vulnerabilities
2008-04-08 01:12:00 The third and final service pack for Windows XP is not even out the door, and security company Symantec has already warned of a security vulnerability impacting XP SP3. With the advent of Windows Vista, Microsoft has started beating the drum of the increased security of its latest Windows client in comparison to XP ... More About: Security , Windows X , Vulnerabilities , Taste
Microsoft Says Get a Life, Forget Windows 7, Fresh Screenshots Available
2008-04-08 01:10:00 Mum’s the official word from Microsoft when it comes down to Windows 7. The Redmond company is terribly careful not to share any details on the next iteration of the Windows client. And yet, with Windows 7 Milestone 1 out and about since the end of 2007, with Milestone 2 on the horizon, and ... More About: Life , Screenshots , Fresh
Jury Orders Microsoft to Pay Alcatel-Lucent $367 Million
2008-04-05 22:29:00 Microsoft hopes to overturn a jury decision against it for patent infringement against Alcatel -Lucent. A jury in San Diego ordered Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent US$367.4 million for infringing on two patents, adding a new chapter to a long-running dispute between the companies. More About: Microsoft , Million , Orders
Make Windows Server a workstation- Almost!
2008-03-10 23:39:00 Enhance your Windows Server 2008 expertise with a little help CTFs help! Thanks to one of our CTF member "DAz999" which created a way into using Windows Server 2008 your way! More About: Make , Workstation
Siemens 802.11n Advance Verified
2008-03-10 23:33:00 A wireless analyst corroborates Siemens ’ claim of solving a problem with 802.11n technology, but won’t share the method. A leading wireless analyst has vindicated Siemens’ surprising claims to have cracked an 802.11n problem which has stumped other Wi-Fi vendors. But how Siemens achieved its feat remains secret. All other enterprise Wi-Fi vendors, including Cisco, Aruba and Trapeze, ... More About: Hardware , Internet
Microsoft Challenges Users? ?Vista Capable? Lawsuit
2008-03-10 23:31:00 The company wants time to dispute a ruling granting the case class-action status. Microsoft last week asked that a lawsuit claiming it duped consumers in a Windows Vista marketing program be suspended while the company appeals a judge’s decision to grant the case class-action status. If granted, the motion would also postpone any new disclosures of ... More About: Lawsuit , Users
IE8 Balks at Windows Update
2008-03-10 23:28:00 Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft’s just-previewed browser, blocks access to the company’s Windows Update service, company representatives confirm. Users who try to reach Windows Update with Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 1 are greeted with a message stating, "To use this site, you must be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later."
Microsoft Serves Build of Windows 7 for Antitrust Flavor Testing
2008-03-10 23:25:00 Microsoft’s next iteration of the Windows operating system, and the successor of Windows Vista, is in the very early stages of cooking, but still, the platform is out and about. First off, the Redmond company offered Windows 7 Milestone 1 to its close partners in the beginning of January. At that time, even though Microsoft ... More About: Microsoft , Testing , Build , Flavor |




