Emergence Day Revealed: Critically Acclaimed Xbox 360 Title Gears of War to Surface Nov. 12, 2006
Countdown begins for the most anticipated game of 2006 as gamers eagerly await the flagship title from Microsoft Game Studios and Epic Games.microsoft - comments - 3.8.2006
ATITool 0.27 Beta 1
ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards. Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks.download - comments - 28.2.2007
BIG Comparison of 27 BitTorrent clients
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of BitTorrent clients. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.common - comments -
Windows Home Server, officially available August 27
If theres one computing server product every enthusiast and home-user should be excited about, that would not be Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium-Based Systems..windows - comments - 17.8.2007
27 Vista SP1 Copies Running Simultaneously on the Same Machine
Microsoft never contested the fact that Windows Vista's hardware requirements qualified the latest Windows client as resource hungry, but at the same time, the company did point out that, given the right system, the platform would deliver quite a performance. windows - comments - 9.6.2008
February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch
Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.microsoft - comments - 10.7.2007
MS Office 2010 Build 14.0.4417.1000 Download Link and Screenshot Gallery
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Robert Anderson: I Was a Hacker for the MPAA
Promises of Hollywood fame and fortune persuaded a young hacker to betray former associates in the BitTorrent scene to Tinseltowns anti-piracy lobby, according to the hacker.In an exclusive interview with Wired News, gun-for-hire hacker Robert Anderson tells for the first time how the Motion Picture Association of America promised him money and power if he provided confidential information on TorrentSpy, a popular BitTorrent search site.
According to Anderson, the MPAA told him: "We would need somebody like you. We would give you a nice paying job, a house, a car, anything you needed.... if you save Hollywood for us you can become rich and powerful."
In 2005, the MPAA paid Anderson $15,000 for inside information about TorrentSpy -- information at the heart of a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by the MPAA against TorrentSpy of Los Angeles. The material is also the subject of a wiretapping countersuit against the MPAA brought by TorrentSpys founder, Justin Bunnell, who alleges the information was obtained illegally.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 22.10.2007
Microsoft's new Windows management czar touts fall releases
In late June, the Microsoft management community advocate, Brad Anderson, replaced longtime Microsoft management executive Kirill Tatarinov. In part one of a two-part series, Anderson discusses improvements to Configuration Manager 2007 over its predecessor Systems Management Server 2003 and how Microsoft, its partners and customers are developing a community for exchanging ideal system configurations.In part two, Anderson has his sights set on managed services under development at Microsoft and talks about the three areas having the most impact on the future of systems management: growing data centers, software plus services and mobility.
winbeta.org - 04.10.2007
MySpace Cofounder Tom Anderson Was A Real Life "WarGames" Hacker in 1980s
Late last year we discovered that MySpace cofounder Tom Anderson, arguably the most popular individual on the Internet with 240+ million MySpace friends (he is added by default to every MySpace account) was actually 37 years old, not the 32 that he continues to claim on his MySpace page.Now we’ve learned a much more colorful part of Anderson’s history: In 1985, when he was fourteen and in high school in Escondido, California, Anderson was subject to one of the largest FBI raids in California history after hacking into a Chase Manhattan Bank computer system and subsequently showing his friends how to do it. He was never arrested because he was a minor, but the FBI confiscated all of his computer equipment and some newspaper accounts of the incident stated incorrectly (see image below from a 1986 LA Times story) that he was “convicted in federal court of computer hacking and placed on probation” (the statements were corrected in subsequent articles). Anderson used the hacker name “Lord Flathead.”
winbeta.org - 31.08.2008
Mark Anderson to Microsoft: Your consumer business is dead
Mark Anderson, whose influential newsletter is read by technology leaders across the globe, including Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, was in New York City last night hosting his annual predictions dinner. As part of the evening's activities, the Friday Harbor technology pundit offered his top 10 tech predictions for the coming year. And one of his prognostications -- specifically item #8 -- certainly will stir the pot with some of his better known readers in Redmond. Anderson predicted that -- except for the games business -- it is "game over" for Microsoft in the consumer business...winbeta.org - 11.12.2009
Microsoft Helps Move UN Development Goals From Dreams to Reality
Q&A: Pamela Passman, corporate vice president of Global Corporate Affairs, gives a progress report on Microsofts 2007 pledge to address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals...microsoft.com/presspass - 26.09.2008
Microsoft Joins in 60th Anniversary Celebration of United Nations Human Rights Declaration
Q&A: Pamela Passman, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for global corporate affairs, discusses Microsofts commitment to the cause of human rights...microsoft.com/presspass - 10.12.2008
Ex-Apple CFO Blames Backdating on Jobs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs told former Chief Financial Officer Fred Anderson to backdate stock options, according to a statement issued Tuesday by Anderson's attorney. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a settlement with Anderson in the stock-options case and also charged former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen with fraudulently backdating options. An internal Apple audit found that Jobs was aware of the backdating, but that he did not financially gain from it and did nothing wrong.According to Anderson, he was told by Jobs in late January 2001 that Jobs had an agreement with the board of directors to grant stock options on January 2. Anderson " cautioned " Jobs that the grant for executives would have to be priced based on the date of the board agreement " or there could be an accounting charge ," and also told Jobs the board would have to confirm it had given prior approval for the grant dates " in a legally satisfactory method ." Jobs assured him that the board had given approval and Anderson " relied on these statements by Mr. Jobs and from them concluded the grant was being properly handled ." According to the SEC case filed today in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, both Heinen and Anderson personally received millions of dollars in unreported compensation through the backdating.
neowin.net - 25.04.2007
How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved
Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen, the gadget lovers managed to secure some rare development shots of how Microsoft came to the wallpaper that is now used worldwide. Chuck Anderson is a 20 something digital media artist living in the US. Both the login screen and wallpapers took approximately four months, start to finish according to Gizmodo. They were achieved by a mix of pen and paper, wacom tablet and Photoshop.Read full story.....
neowin.net - 06.11.2009
Groklaw's Jones Confident Amid SCO Deposition Summons
Calling her the "self-proclaimed operator of an internet website known as 'Groklaw,"' attorneys for UNIX vendor SCO Group filed a motion on Monday stating it is seeking to serve blogger Pamela Jones with a subpoena to be deposed in its intellectual property case against Linux vendor Novell...betanews.com - 07.04.2007
Google Presentations gets embeddable slide shows
The Google Docs team, has posted on their blog about the availability of a few new features for Google Presentations to start off the new year. The most significant of the new features is the ability to embed slide shows in web pages. It's not a surprise that Google decided to go this route, given the huge success of embeddable video with YouTube and other embeddable content around the web.winbeta.org - 06.01.2008
Russian Firefox drops Google for Yandex
Although Google has been the default search engine on popular web-browser Firefox's search bar (located right next to the address bar) for as long as many can remember, Russian users will soon find a new face taking Google's place: Yandex. According to Mozilla General Counsel Harvey Anderson, Russian-localized versions of Firefox 3.1 will have Google rival Yandex as their default search engine, with Google moving to the number 2 spot on the list. According to Mr. Anderson, "Russian users really wanted direct access to the Yandex search services in official Firefox RU builds." This move marks the beginning of a new partnership between Yandex and Mozilla, one that almost certainly involves ad revenue sharing.Read full story.....
neowin.net - 11.01.2009
MySpace upgrades itself to 'Profile 2.0'
Based around what MySpace's Tom Anderson says are several years worth of user requests, the popular social networking site has rolled out the updated profile system that has been in beta since earlier this year...betanews.com - 11.11.2008
New web threat takes advantage of iFrame vulnerability, making its way to the U.S.
Security firm Trend Micro said that it has discovered a new threat that is currently making the rounds on the Internet. The threat is based on an iFrame vulnerability in webpage code to plant a keylogger to steal user passwords, or turn computers into proxy servers for various other attacks.Trend Micro said that the threat could have originated from a computer Trojan-making kit and relies on a scenario in which website owners are unaware that they are compromised, and website users are unaware that surfing through seemingly legitimate pages can actually be part of an infection process. This process, according to the security firm, involves a malicious IP address that is inserted into the HTML code (HTML_IFRAME.CU), a download of malicious Trojans (TROJ_SMALL.HCK, TROJ_AGENT.UHL, TROJ_PAKES.NC, PAKES) from another URL via a JavaScript routine.
TrendMicro said that the threat was initially detected in Italy, but apparently is making its way to the U.S.
winbeta.org - 19.06.2007
Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) screencast Build a Custom Bootdisk
Chris Henley just released a new screencast on his Blue blog. This time our master storyteller has created a screencast on Windows PE. In the screencast Chris shows you how to get up and running in 17 minutes on a topic thats a bit tricky the first time you do it. Chris has more information in the subject in his blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/chenley/archive/2008/08/27/custom-win-pe-images.aspx. Theres a direct link there to the video in case you want to download it and watch it offline.winbeta.org - 28.08.2008
Obama inauguration: potentially the 'most viewed event' in history?
betanews.com - 19.01.2009
Microsoft Announces Game for Nintendo DS
Although we probably wont ever be seeing Mario on the Xbox, one of Microsofts latest franchises will be hitting a Nintendo system.Microsoft announced at Comic Con that Viva Piñata is headed to the Nintendo DS. The title will be based off the current title for Xbox 360 (also slated for the PC later this year) rather than the Party Animals mini-games package. The Microsoft-owned game developer studio Rare will be handling the development of this title in-house.
Rare describes the upcoming title in a news update on its website, This is a full-size Viva Piñata game in your pocket, featuring not only the entire range of paper beasts from the Xbox 360 title but also a few new ones thrown in to spice things up for those familiar with the established cast...
winbeta.org - 31.07.2007
Report: Adobe CS3 to Debut March 27
An analyst with Merrill Lynch says that Adobe will likely introduce Creative Suite 3 around March 27, with a ship date that would follow shortly afterwards. Most important to this refresh would be native support for Intel processors on the Macintosh platform...betanews.com - 21.02.2007
Apple board rushes to Jobs's defence
Apple's board of directors has issued a statement in support of chief executive and co-founder Steve Jobs, denying allegations by former chief financial officer Fred Anderson that Jobs approved illegal stock option back-dating. " We are not going to enter into a public debate with Anderson or his lawyer. Steve Jobs cooperated fully with Apple's independent investigation and with the government's investigation of stock option grants at Apple ." The board's statement also noted that an internal investigation found no wrongdoing by Jobs, and that the SEC cleared Apple from any charges in the case. However, SEC associate regional director Marc Fagel emphasized that the decision did not apply to individual employees within the company.neowin.net - 27.04.2007
CNET.com Announces First "Webware 100" Award Winners
CNET.com today announced the winners of its first ever "Webware 100" Awards. The Webware 100 winners were picked by users from a group of finalists that were selected by the editors of Webware.com, a CNET site. The "Webware 100" Awards recognizes the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovations."True to the Web 2.0 revolution, the innovative sites and services in the Webware 100 were chosen by a community of users and our editorial team," said CNET Editor at Large, Rafe Needleman. "By leveraging the expertise of our editors, and the passion of our users, were able to recognize the companies that are redefining how we use computers and the Internet."
These are the results: the top 100 Web apps, 10 in each of 10 categories, determined by Webware readers and the fans of the sites that made the final cut.
winbeta.org - 19.06.2007