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Courtois Joins Call for Europe to Lead in Innovation
Microsoft International President Jean-Philippe Courtois today joined with other European thought leaders to call for a new era of innovation and
creativity in Europe. Courtois is a European Commission Innovation Ambassador this year, part of the EC's Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009...
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12.11.2009Cisco Software Takes On Microsoft, IBM
If Cisco wasn't making enough enemies with its string of bold acquisitions and a brazen push into the server market last spring, it's now picking a
software fight with several more tech heavyweights: Microsoft, Google and IBM...
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09.11.2009CIA purchases stake in firm monitoring social networking
News reported on Wired's US website gives details regarding a plan by 'America's spy agencies' to read our blog posts, keep track of
our Twitter updates and check out our book reviews on Amazon. The investment branch of the CIA, a company named In-Q-Tel has invested a sum of money
into a company named Visible Technologies, a software firm which specializes in monitoring social media websites such as Twitter and YouTube.
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20.10.2009Chrome OS leaks onto the internet
Just days away from an event at Google where the company will reveal more about one of their rumored and now confirmed projects - Chrome OS, package
files and pictures have leaked showing the operating system (or at least the browser part of it) running on top of a Ubuntu install with themes and a
new logo. The files that leaked were hosted on a public Google server, and were found by Living in a Google World earlier this week. The Operating
System which is very unstable (as expected) was leaked for only a few hours, and then taken down - but not before some users got copies of the files.
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16.10.2009Can Apple Spoil Microsoft's Day?
The entire personal computer industry is gearing up for Microsoft's (MSFT) Oct. 22 release of Windows 7, by most accounts the best version of its
operating system in years. Yet Apple (AAPL), Microsoft's nearest competitor, is quietly planning to capitalize on the launch, too. "It presents a
very good opportunity for us," says Philip W. Schiller, Apple's senior vice-president for marketing...
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16.10.2009Companies making Wi-fi easier, goodbye Bluetooth?
Business Week is reporting that a consortium of companies which includes the likes of Intel, Cisco, and Apple is set to release new technology called
'Wi-Fi Direct' which will turn a slew of gadgets into hotspots. Wi-fi (when considered 'outside' as in not at work or at home) is
currently only available to the general laptop, netbook or phone user in a disjointed array of pubs and cafe's across the globe where users can
intermittently enjoy broadband out of the confinement of offices and houses.
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15.10.2009Could key-logging be behind webmail attack?
Key-logging malware could be behind the recent web mail attack that saw thousands of email addresses and their associated passwords leaked online,
according to one security expert. Amichai Shulman, from security firm Imperva, believes that the size of the scam shows that it is not a phishing
attack. According to Mr Shulman, the majority of people do not fall for phishing attacks, with only one person falling for such an email in every
1000 sent. "The vast majority of people do not fall prey to phishing attacks and the success rates are around one per 1,000," he told the BBC.
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07.10.2009Coming Soon “ Final Release of Windows XP Mode
Brandon LeBlanc: Thanks to everyones feedback, were happy to announce that Windows XP Mode has RTMd today. We expect to make the final release of
Windows XP Mode available via the Microsoft Download Center on October 22nd. OEMs will be able to offer Windows XP Mode on their PCs based on their
manufacturing schedules...
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01.10.2009Calls for users to be charged "micro-payments" for iPlayer
The chief executive officers of Talkback Thames and Fremantle Media (the parent company of Talkback Thames) have shown support for a "micro-payment"
model for the BBC iPlayer. According to an article by the BBC yesterday, Lorraine Heggessey of Talkback Thames and Tony Cohen of Fremantle Media have
added to the support from the media industry to introduce a new revenue model for online catch-up services. According to research by Fremantle, users
would be willing to pay up to £2 to see their favourite shows using an online catch-up service based around a micro-payment model. Catch-up
services have proved popular since their initial release, with Channel 4 releasing their own, and Five doing the same.
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25.09.2009Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet
It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we've all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier,
Microsoft's astonishing take on the tablet.
Courier is a real device, and we've heard that it's in the "late prototype"
stage of development. It's not a tablet, it's a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and
drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They're connected by a hinge that holds a single iPhone-esque home button. Statuses, like wireless
signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens. On the back cover is a camera, and it might charge through an inductive
pad, like the Palm Touchstone charging dock for Pre.
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23.09.2009Courier tablet one of many Microsoft prototypes
Microsoft does indeed have a
dual-screen tablet code-named Courier, and it may not be the only gadget that the
software maker has up its sleeves.
Earlier on Tuesday, Gizmodo revealed
photos and a video of Courier--showing it to be a
dual-screen tablet with both pen input and multitouch capabilities. Earlier this week, ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley also reported that Microsoft was
taking another swing at the tablet PC concept.
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23.09.2009China Unicom gets the iPhone, China Mobile to follow?
Mobile phone operator, China Unicom, has signed a 3-year deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to China. The first iPhones will ship sometime in the
fourth quarter this year according to TechCrunch. Both the iPhone and the iPhone 3GS will be launched in China this year. Interestingly, the iPhones
being sold in China will not have WiFi functionality. This has been one bone of contention between Apple and Chinese carriers. China Unicom has not
announced their pricing for the iPhone or what their service plans will be, however, according to The Wall Street Journal, the Chinese carrier plans
to keep the price down by offering subsidies to customers.
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03.09.2009Chrome Learns a New Trick - Bookmarks Sync
If you're on the Chrome developer channel, you just got a new feature- bookmarks syncing.
To use it, just use the
"–enable-sync" command line flag.
Note that this only seems to be working for Windows users, according to TechCrunch:
"Bookmark management appears to have been temporarily disabled on the latest versions of Chromium for Mac, after they were first turned on
last week. When they come back, hopefully this syncing will work for Macs as well. To stay up-to-date on the latest versions of Chromium for Mac,
check out our updater tool."
According to Google, the bookmarks are stored on your Google account and are synced via the jesus protocol
XMPP.
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18.08.2009China begins crackdown on sexy text messaging
A report that emerged yesterday from China Daily claims that central China mobile phone users could face detention for sending erotic texts as the
government tries to combat "unwanted and inappropriate text messages". One text message will be worth five days in prison, whereas three text
messages will get you ten days in prison and a fine of 500 yuan. The news comes after a Communist Party in the province of Henan held 480 meetings on
tackling the issue, causing a stir among the population, with one blogger named Han Haoyue stating "It's not necessary to hold 480 meetings on
this. This is an enormous waste of administrative resources." Not everyone is so reluctant towards the idea, however.
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12.08.2009Comcast rolls out domain "helper" service, with adverts
On Tuesday, internet provider Comcast announced it would be rolling out it's "Domain Helper" nationally, having trialled it before and reported
great market success. The "Domain Helper" is aimed at assisting users who have mistyped website addresses by redirecting them to an "easy-to-use
page with suggestions and links." That's how Comcast have described their latest service anyway. But what Comcast describe as a "Domain
Helper" has been referred to as DNS hijacking by others. Like many ISPs, Comcast now redirects their customers to a search page, but what they
didn't mention in their blog post were the adverts that are on the page too, leading some customers to be less than happy with the new service.
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07.08.2009Critical Bug in Windows 7 RTM
Thanks to pilot76103 for
reporting about this bug in our
forums
As most of you know, Windows 7 is expected to hit technet and MSDN by August 6th to a much anticipated welcome.
However, this particlar issue looks strangely out of place and makes you wonder how exactly this passed through validation...
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04.08.2009Can Windows 7 resurrect ancient PCs?
There is whispered talk of a savior for old computers, a shining new operating system that can breathe life into systems that are aging or even
already sitting in your decommissioned junk pile. The operating system is Windows 7,
and although its still in beta, reports are that
its doing everything from healing the sick to turning water into wine. Naturally, the cynical reviewers in the GCN Lab wanted to get to the bottom of
those rumors, so we began a project to see where and how Windows 7 would run...
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29.07.2009Critical security patch for IE released, Win 7 RC affected
Microsoft has released an out of band security patch (MS09-034) to fix remote exploits in Internet Explorer. This security update is rated Critical
for the following versions of Internet Explorer:Internet Explorer 5.01, running on supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000Internet Explorer 6
SP1, running on supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XPInternet Explorer 7, running on supported edititions of Windows XP and
VistaInternet Explorer 8, running on supported editions of Windows XP and VistaInternet Explorer 8, running on Windows 7 Release Candidate (build
7100) This security update also resolves three privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code
execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page using Internet Explorer.
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28.07.2009Critical remote IE exploit patch due Tuesday
Microsoft is planning to release two out-of-band security patches on July 28, 2009. Officials warned in an advanced security bulletin that the
Internet Explorer vulnerability is critical for Windows XP (IE 6/7/8) and Windows Vista (IE 7/8). It's not yet clear whether Windows 7 is
affected. The issue is marked as critical and as a Remote Code Execution. Microsoft also plans to plug a moderate hole in Visual Studio. Microsoft
Visual Studio .NET 2003, 2005 and 2008 are all affected and it's thought the Visual Studio patch will solve an issue that can affect certain types
of applications.
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25.07.2009Canada: Facebook violates privacy laws
Canada's privacy commission has published a report claiming that Facebook is breaching Canadian law by holding on to users' personal
information indefinitely. Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart says Facebook should hang on to the data only for as long as necessary according to
the BBC . More than 250 million people use Facebook and approximately 12 million in Canada alone access the popular social networking site. The
report concluded that Facebook's privacy policies are often confusing or incomplete. When users "deactivate" their account Facebook keeps their
personal information so that they can easily re-enable the account at a later date. This policy breached Canada's privacy laws according to
Stoddart.
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17.07.2009Chrome OS may push Google CEO off Apple's board
You may be aware that the CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, is currently positioned on the board of directors at Apple, helping oversee the workings of the
company. You may also be aware that the search giant just announced an operating system based on their Chrome browser. You may finally be aware that
Apple is well known for their iPhone device, and that Google has their Android operating system respectively, two technologies which go head to head
against one another. This last fact, when tied with the fact that Google's new operating system would compete with Apple's OS X, means that
Google's CEO may very well be kicked off the board of directors that he currently sits on.
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