Attackers Use BBC to Exploit IE Flaw
Security firms are warning Internet users of a new method of attack that attempts to fool people into clicking on links to supposed BBC News stories. However, the page visited is a forged copy, and a keystroke logger is installed on the victim's computer through a vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
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1.4.2006 Microsoft responds to BBC Watchdog
Admits there are "isolated reports" of faulty Xbox 360s. Microsoft has responded to claims by the BBC's Watchdog programme (see previous article) that it is charging excessive amounts for Xbox 360 repairs, stating that there is "no systemic issue" with the console.
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15.2.2007 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. Its about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008BBC to Offer TV Programs Online
British broadcasting giant BBC announced on Monday that it would offer viewers the opportunity to download its programs up to seven days after they had aired on television. The new offering is part of a plan to modernize the network. The player would also include live feeds of both BBC 1 and BBC 2...
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30.08.2005YouTube to Add Three BBC-Branded Channels
The BBC has beaten ITV to the
goal line in signing a content
deal - the terms and length of
which have not been disclosed
- with YouTube, the streaming
video division of Google.
Starting today, YouTube has
begun offering three new
BBC-branded channels
containing sharable clips from
BBC "programmes,"
though it appears this morning
that these clips will be
mostly promotional...
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02.03.2007BBC submits plans to copy protect Freeview HD listings
The BBC has been criticised for its plans to copy protect high definition Freeview content, by encrypting certain data that only manufactures the BBC
deem trustworthy will be given the decryption keys to. The BBC says that the plans, which have been submitted to Ofcom, would prevent piracy,
according to an article by the BBC. Only the TV listings would be encrypted, as encrypting the actual content is not allowed. This would prevent
software which didn't meet the BBC's (or, as is more likely, the HD content provider's) copy protection standards from recording content
using TV listings provided by the BBC, according to an article by ZDNet UK.
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17.09.2009BBC iPlayer going multi-platform
The BBC has announced its plans to create a platform-independent client in partnership with
Adobe.
Erik Huggers, Director of BBC Future Media & Technology, described the plans in a
blog post on the corporations site.
"Audio/visual is
the soul of the corporation and will form the backbone of a vastly improved bbc.co.uk in the years to come" noted Huggers.
The BBC plans
to use Adobe Integrated Runtime (
AIR) to enable iPlayer download
functionality on the Mac, Linux and Windows operating systems for the first time later this year. According to the BBC whatever platform you use,
you'll now be able to download TV programmes to watch later - on the train, in the garden, or wherever you like.
It's not
immediately clear if iPhone and iPod devices will be able to play the content as typically Apple has restricted this.
Content will still be
DRM protected but not in a way that will affect enjoyment of the programs that the BBC offers.
In a separate announcement earlier this week
the BBC also
revealed its plans to offer over the air
streaming to the Nokia N96.
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16.10.2008BBC iPlayer to no longer be Windows only
Since it's release, the BBC's iPlayer has required Windows XP, Windows Media Player 10+ and Internet Explorer exclusively for the on demand TV. But
after a lot of griping and moaning, it seems an online petition signed by over 16,000 UK residents (or 16,000 email addresses with a "UK postcode")
has changed the outcome of its future.
The Government set up the BBC Trust to represent the interests of licence fee payers,
and to ensure good governance of the BBC. The BBC Trust has responsibility for ensuring that the correct degree of scrutiny is given to all proposals
from the BBC Executive for new services (such as the iPlayer) and any significant changes to existing services. To fulfill this duty, the Trust
conducted a Public Value Test on the BBC Executive's proposals to launch new on-demand services, including BBC iPlayer. This included a public
consultation and a market impact assessment by Ofcom. In the case of the iPlayer, following the consultation, the Trust noted the strong public demand
for the service to be available on a variety of operating systems. The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services
that the iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has given a commitment that it will ensure that the BBC meets this demand
as soon as possible. They will measure the BBC's progress on this every six months and publish the findings."
In actual
English: more operating system support is due to become available in the future, but don't expect it next week.
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08.09.2007BBC's use of Windows DRM attacked by open source advocates
The BBC's upcoming iPlayer
service is being targeted by
the UK's Open Source
Consortium. The iPlayer in
question is a BBC service that
will allow viewers to watch
any show that they have missed
for up to a week after it airs
on television. BBC Trust has
decided to require DRM on the
downloads: the shows will
expire after a few days. The
BBC chose Microsoft's DRM to
protect the downloads, which
means that Mac and Linux users
are excluded. This didn't sit
well with the Open Source
Consortium, which has just
written a letter to the
BBC.
" This
action from the BBC
effectively promotes one
operating system vendor at the
expense of others. It is very
disturbing that the BBC should
be using the license payers'
money to affect the operating
system market in this way.
Imagine if the BBC were to
launch new digital channels,
but only make them available
on a certain make of
television-there would be
uproar ," said the
group's CEO, Ian Roberts. The
BBC has already expressed its
support for the Mac and claims
that something will be done as
soon as possible (which will
probably involve a RealPlayer
system).
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25.06.2007BBC sells shows through iTunes
BBC Worldwide has struck a deal with iTunes to sell its programming through the popular online shop in the UK.
Titles will appear on iTunes
after they've had their seven day run on the iPlayer, and cost the standard £1.89 per episode, though discounts will be available on full
series. Programming from the BBC archives will also be available, though only ten series will be available initially and will include "Life on Mars"
and "Little Britain." A spokesperson for the BBC confirmed that more series will be added in the coming weeks.
The BBC confirmed that a
new revenue sharing deal had been agreed with the production companies which make the shows, but neither the BBC nor the companies
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19.02.2008BBC Launches Free Online TV in UK
The BBC launched its online
television service on Friday,
which is being called the
biggest change to the way its
viewers watch its programming
in four decades...
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27.07.2007OSC not happy with BBC's Windows 7 coverage
The Open Source Consortium (OSC) is getting its knickers in a twist about the BBC's recent Windows 7 coverage.
The OSC has started a
complaint with the BBC's Fair Trading Unit claiming that the
BBC are advertising a Microsoft product that "does not even yet exist." Obviously the OSC didn't attend Microsoft's recent
PDC to pick-up their copy of Windows 7 that clearly
exists.
An
email, sent to the BBC's Fair Trading Unit, reads as
follows:
"You may recall that Open Source Consortium expressed concern about BBC iPlayer and the Microsoft Windows operating
system...
...moving forward, it feels like deja vu all over again.
On BBC News we see a two minute advertisement for Windows 7 -
the replacement for Vista (link:
BBC News item: A closer look at Windows
7). This product does not exist, even if it does come into existence, it will not exist for two years by Microsoft's own projections.<...>
Gerry Gavigan
Chairman
Open Source Consortium"
Not only are they wrong about the product not existing they even got
the date wrong as it's
likely to be a year
until RTM. Last year the OSC
slammed the BBC for their use of
Microsoft's DRM with the BBC iPlayer.
The BBC's Fair Trading Unit has passed the complaint to the BBC News site and has yet to
respond publicly regarding the concerns of the OSC.
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10.11.2008BBC unveils next-gen iPlayer
The BBC has taken the wraps off the second version of its hugely popular iPlayer, integrating radio with on-demand TV. The new version is still in
beta and will run alongside the original while the finishing touches are added over the next few weeks. "The next-generation BBC iPlayer allows UK
licence fee payers to catch up on their favourite BBC TV and radio programmes in one place, a completely unique on-demand service," said Erik
Huggers, group controller for future media and technology at the BBC.
"Audiences are now able to experience the full range of BBC content
- some 250 TV programmes available each week as well as all the BBC radio networks - in a new and more accessible way, and all for free." The iPlayer
has been a huge success, garnering a reported 100 million downloads in the six months since its launch.
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30.06.2008BBC in talks on Google link-up
The BBC is in advanced
negotiations with Google to
make programming available via
a branded channel on the
search giant's video-sharing
site, MediaGuardian.co.uk can
reveal.
It is
understood that BBC executives
are keen that the deal, which
involves BBC Worldwide and the
BBC, is eventually expanded to
include putting content on
Google-owned YouTube.
BBC Worldwide is understood
to be looking at commercial
options for the agreement,
such as a share on contextual
advertising that will run
alongside BBC content.
This would mirror the
type of deal that YouTube has
in place with US sports
organisation NHL.
The BBC will use Google
Video as a vehicle to raise
the profile of its content by
posting clips of popular
programming.
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23.01.2007BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal
The BBC has struck a content
deal with YouTube, the web's
most popular video sharing
website, owned by Google.
Three YouTube channels
- one for news and two for
entertainment - will showcase
short clips of BBC content.
The BBC hopes that the
deal will help it reach
YouTube's monthly audience of
more than 70 million users and
drive extra traffic to its own
website.
The
corporation will also get a
share of the advertising
revenue generated by traffic
to the new YouTube
channels.
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02.03.2007BBC adds shows to iTunes in UK
Britons were already able to enjoy a limited selection of American television content through iTunes, BBC is now the first British content provider...
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19.02.2008BBC launches iPlayer 2.0
Last year, the BBC's iPlayer launched in beta, presenting UK license holders with over 400 hours of free BBC programming on demand. Today, the 2.0
beta version was rolled out...
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27.06.2008BBC reveals Freeview HD rollout details
The BBC has confirmed a timetable that will bring high-definition Freeview channels to half of the UK before the World Cup next year, in June. The
timetable will also make high-definition Freeview available to 98.5 percent of the UK population by 2012, when the digital switchover is complete.
According to a press release by the BBC (via TechRadar), viewers in London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Bradford and Birmingham should be receiving
Freeview HD by the end of March 2010.
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17.11.2009Gates predicts four-year downturn
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has told the BBC that it could take as much as four years for economies in trouble to return to positive growth.
He said the upturn would be driven by innovations in science and technology...
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30.01.2009BBC suspends its education Web site
On March 20, the BBC will
suspend its $289 BBC Jam,
which provides free
educational content for
children in the 5-16 age
group, following complaints
made to the European
Commission that the site
unfairly impacts the
commercial market for such
content. The BBC made the
announcement after discussions
among the U.K. government, the
EC and the BBC Trust, the
independent governing body
that in January replaced the
BBC's Board of Governors. The
EC has received a number of
complaints alleging that the
publicly funded BBC Jam, which
has about 170,000 registered
users and is operated by about
200 BBC employees, damages the
interests of the commercial
sector.
" Whilst we are not
currently in a position to
determine whether the BBC is
noncompliant, as alleged by
the industry to the EC, we
cannot ignore the allegations
facing the BBC right
now ," the BBC's acting
chairman, Chitra Bharucha,
said in a statement.
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16.03.2007BBC iPlayer download feature available on Linux & Macs
The BBC has released a beta of its popular iPlayer service that will allow Mac and Linux users to download programs and keep them for up to 30 days
(or seven, after playing for the first time). The new version has been developed using Adobe AIR, one of Adobe's latest applications, allowing
content to run outside of the browser, instead of it being embedded in a Flash player. As each platform requires a different DRM technology, mobile,
Linux, and Mac users have been missing out on the download feature that Windows users have had for over a year now.
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19.12.2008The future of the BBC iPlayer
The man in charge of the BBC's Online Media Group has hinted at new features that could come to their popular on-demand catch up service, the
iPlayer, this year. In an interview with paidContent:UK, Anthony Rose - the controller of Vision & Online at the BBC - revealed that he'd like to
see High Definition streaming, better mobile device support, and new social features added to the iPlayer. Mr Rose revealed that he'd like to
see an adaptive solution that only provides a quality of video that your connection can handle, whether that be a 3G mobile connection or a relatively
high-speed broadband connection.
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02.01.2009Modular Windows plan 'welcomed'
Plans to introduce modular features in Windows 7 have been welcomed by the European Commission's former Microsoft monitoring trustee.
Windows Features allows users to turn off applications such as Media Centre, Media Player and Internet Explorer.
Professor Neil Barrett said this would help promote effective competition...
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