Microsoft Australia: Find $10,000 on the Internet using IE8
Here's an interesting way to promote your browser: The Australian division of Microsoft is running a competition in which you can 'find' $10,000 hidden somewhere on the Internet.
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17.6.2009 Xbox 360 Crashing Like Mad? + Screenshots
From Xbox-Scene.com:
Jsgongwon, one of our forum members, reported that his newly bought Xbox 360 keeps crashing while playing Project Gotham Racing 3 in single player mode.
He's playing with the default settings, and apparently his Xbox crashes even before the end of the first lap. Crashes on Xbox Live and on startup occur too. He included screenshots of the crashed Xbox 360 and a video of the crash.
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23.11.2005 IE8 Beta 2 Next Month, Final IE8 by the End of 2008
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is scheduled to drop next month, with the final version of the successor of Internet Explorer 7 confirmed for availability by the end of 2008.
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29.7.2008 Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival
Microsoft's answer to Adobe Systems' Flash Player has an official name--Silverlight--and a coveted target audience: media and entertainment companies bringing video to the Web.
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16.4.2007 Microsoft urges users to update Flash Player
In an unprecedented move, Microsoft has issued a critical advisory urging users to apply a critical update from Flash Player update from Macromedia.
The vulnerability first reported by eEye Digital Security and Sec Consult, can allow malicious parties to inject unauthorized code, using invalid array indexes, to be executed by Flash Player.
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Users Report Glitches With Microsoft's Flash Patch
Microsoft plans to begin patching more than its own software, its first effort got off to a rocky start. By Wednesday, Windows users were complaining of glitches in updating Adobe's Flash Player through the Windows Update service.
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11.5.2006 Intel moves closer to flash memory replacement
Intel has been tinkering with a concept of a phase change memory device chip for nearly 30 years.
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18.4.2007 Check Out The New Windows Home Server Demo. But Why Is It In Flash?
Microsoft PR sent out a link to this slick new Windows Home Server Demo this afternoon. Nothing really notable about it (although I do want one)…except the demo is in Flash.
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27.10.2007 eBoostr - Boost Windows XP with Flash Memory
MDO Ltd. announces the release of eBoostr, a complete replacement for Microsoft ReadyBoost technology for Windows XP. Upgrade the performance of your PC without upgrading its components. Get ReadyBoost-like technology in Windows XP.
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14.11.2007 Silverlight 2, Microsoft's Flash Killer, Gets DRM, Just Like Vista
Microsoft's Flash killer, Silverlight, is on track to get digital rights management just like the company's latest Windows client, Windows Vista. Microsoft has faced a barrage of criticism over the content protection capabilities in Vista, and the subject is bound to yet again come into play with Silverlight 2.
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14.4.2008 Microsoft's Flash Killer, Silverlight 2, Released to Web
Silverlight 2, the next step in the evolution of Microsoft's Adobe Flash killer, has been released to web. As Silverlight 2 has reached the RTW milestone, the Redmond giant announced that downloads would only go live on October 14, 2008.
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13.10.2008 Vista's ReadyBoost flash drives lack significant boost
Windows Vista's Windows ReadyBoost sounds too good to be true, and based on our extensive lab tests, it is. The technology promises to let you speed up Windows by plugging an inexpensive USB flash drive into your PC. But we found that while ReadyBoost may speed up Vista a tiny bit, it can also slow it down in some instances.
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18.5.2007 Opera 10 Beta Version 10.00b1 download
The well-known web browser, Opera has released its new Opera Browser 10 beta version, which features faster speeds, new enhanced tabs and automatic update. The new Opera Brower 10 beta comes with Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections.
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26.6.2009 Vista hacked on 3rd day thru Adobe Flash. Linux Undefeated.
After Mac was hacked in 2 minutes at the CanSecWest Conference, it was now the time for Vista to get hacked on the 3rd day.
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30.3.2008 Forget about DirectX 10 - Introducing DirectX 10.1 Preview for Windows Vista SP1
Forget about Windows Vista's DirectX 10, Microsoft is delivering a preview of DirectX 10.1 associated with the first service pack for the operating system. The Direct3D 10.1 Tech Preview is an integer part of the August 2007, DirectX Software Development Kit, and is designed to provide the evolution of the current Direct3D 10.0.
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30.7.2007 IE8: What’s After Beta 2
The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development cycle getting broad public feedback.
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24.11.2008 IE8 and Trustworthy Browsing
This blog post frames our approach in IE8 for delivering trustworthy browsing. The topic is complicated enough that some context and even history (before we go into any particular feature) is important, and so some readers may find this post a bit basic as it’s written for a wide audience.
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26.6.2008 Firefox 3.0 goes Alpha but little word yet on IE8
Firefox 2 only launched six weeks ago, but there appear to be no plans for a Firefox 2.5 with the alpha, developer version of Firefox 3.0 just made available on Friday.
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10.12.2006 Microsoft IE8 trial coming soon
Internet Explorer 8 will be released as a beta test version later this year, according to a Microsoft source. Windows XP is apparently included in the plans for the new web browser.
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26.6.2007 Lukewarm reaction to first IE8 beta
Yesterday at the MIX '08 session, Microsoft employees Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and a host of Microsoft partners touted the new Silverlight and IE8 betas to what could be seen (from my perspective) ..
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6.3.2008 Wanted: IE8 Beta Testers
As previously mentioned in the IE8 Beta Feedback post back in March, we have several ways to submit feedback on the IE8 Beta.
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31.7.2008 Probably Fake IE8 alpha screenshots appear on the Internet
IE8 is set to be released in mid-2008, so we can fully expect IE9 to ship with Windows 7 (formerly known as Windows Vienna).
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5.7.2007 The First Look at the IE8 Beta 1 Graphical User Interface
Expect little and you won't be disappointed. This has got to be the rule for Internet Explorer Beta 1.
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3.3.2008 Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 Beta 2 in August
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates confirmed, at the company's Tech Ed North America 2008 Developers conference on June 3, that the next development milestone of Internet Explorer 8 is
approximately a couple of months away.
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3.6.2008 IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
With Microsoft making headway towards the gold build of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company has to face an ugly truth. Performance-wise, with emphasis on JavaScrip performance, the software giant is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
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27.9.2008 Microsoft to release IE8 RC1 next week
Microsoft is currently readying the release of Internet Explorer 8 RC1 for early next week, company sources indicate.
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22.1.2009 Microsoft releases IE8 language packs
In case your favorite language isn't English and have been waiting to install a language pack for the recently released Internet Explorer 8.
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26.4.2009 IE8 RTW Compatibility View Design
The Beta version of Internet Explorer 8 shipped with a big Emulate IE7 button next to the Home button on the Command Bar.
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22.6.2009 New Beta for Windows 7 and IE8 Security Baselines
Microsoft has debuted a new Beta program via Connect focused on the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines.
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16.7.2009 How to Restore or Reopen Last Closed Tabs in IE8
There may be times that one may accidentally or forgetfully closes a web browsing tab while surfing the world wide web in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) which has loaded important web page. Internet Explorer 8 has built-in mechanism that able to help user in “tab not found” situation, which is ability to reopen closed tabs, with support of up to 10 previously closed tabs.
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2.8.2009SQM Client Causing Crashing in Windows 7
Many users have started experiencing random crashing of explorer and msiexec.exe when trying to start Windows Update or install anything that uses an
MSI based installer. This issue is bad enough that some people have even formatted because of it, only to have it come back again...
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19.01.2009IE7 vs. IE8 in VSTS 2008 SP1 Load test
As we all know, IE8 is coming out soon (Beta 2 is already released) and one of the major performance changes in IE8 is opening up to 6 concurrent
connections per host, comparing to only 2 in IE7.
So, the question is: Does VSTS have IE8? And if it does, does it really open 6
connections per host?
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10.10.2008More Mysteries of the Win32 MessageBox Bug Revealed
Continued tests by BetaNews on
the form of the Win32 API
message box call discovered
two weeks ago, capable of
crashing Microsoft Windows
Vista as well as earlier
versions, indicates that while
the executable code remains a
problem, its capacity for
damage to Windows computers
may be limited to merely
crashing the system...
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03.01.2007Firefox Update Leads to Java, Flash Glitches
If you, a customer, or someone you know uses Firefox, you or they probably had to stop at some point over the past week and install its 2.0.0.8
update. So you may want to know about this, from Percy Cabello at Mozillalinks.org:
Firefox users who updated to the latest Firefox 2.0.0.8
version released last week may find that the Java plugin doesnt work. Apparently one of the dozens of bugs fixes uncovered a Java plugin misbehavior
that prevents it from starting properly and crashing the browser. A bug has already been filed on Suns bug tracking system.
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24.10.2007Will Microsoft bundle Silverlight with IE8?
Any day now, details of IE8 will begin to emerge and my question will have a black and white answer. Until then though, I'm free to speculate
about the best way for Microsoft getting Silverlight to the masses. Right now, I don’t see how else they could get quick adoption with minimal
effort. For those who are scratching their heads at this point, Silverlight is essentially a Web-based version of Microsoft's Windows Presentation
Foundation, the user-interface framework in Windows Vista. In other words, Silverlight is Microsoft’s answer to Flash (see, it is possible not
to say Flash killer). The technology is backed by Microsoft’s .Net Framework; designers can use Microsoft Expression Studio and developers can
use Microsoft Visual Studio to put together Silverlight applications for the interactive web. Those interested can choose from various languages,
including JavaScript, Ruby, Python, C# and Visual Basic .NET.
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07.12.2007Adobe bringing full version of flash to mobile phones
Adobe is shifting its efforts from "Flash lite" to developing a Flash Player 10 to work on higher-end smartphones. The admission came from Adobe
Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Lynch, at Adobe's Max conference in San Francisco. "We are midst of evolving Flash Player 10 for mobile," Lynch
said. "We're taking the full Flash Player and making that run on the higher end of the mobile market." Adobe demonstrated Flash Player 10 on
Nokia, Windows Mobile and Google's Android devices. Lynch was unable to demonstrate Flash Player 10 on the iPhone and commented "This needs a
little more baking.
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18.11.2008IE8 and Reliability
Andy Zeigler: Developing technologies that work reliably on their own and as part of the computing ecosystem is core to our mission and is an
important part of our commitment to Trustworthy Computing. Our customers and partners expect technologies and services they can depend on anytime,
anywhere, and on any device. We focus on constant improvements to the dependability of our technologies and services.
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Internet Explorer, reliability means that the browser should always start quickly, perform well, connect to the Internet, and show Web sites without
crashing or hanging. Most users want their browser to work, recover smoothly after a crash, and display the Web correctly. Users are not as concerned
with what causes the problem, whether that be a poorly functioning add-on or poorly performing website. As part of our ongoing commitment to improve
reliability, we have done a great deal of work in IE8 to make the browser more robust in all of these areas: performance, recovery and display. In
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29.07.2008Adobe pushes its Flash 10 beta 2 refresh
The latest beta update to Flash Player 10 has been made available, adding performance enhancements and many community-suggested features...
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04.07.2008Microsoft Australia: Find $10,000 on the Internet using IE8
Here's an interesting way to promote your browser: The Australian division of Microsoft is running a competition in which you can 'find'
$10,000 hidden somewhere on the Internet. As you can probably imagine, the only way to win at this is by using the latest addition to the Internet
Explorer family, IE8. Here's the steps Microsoft want you to go through in order to be up and running with this: 1) Ditch the web browser
you're using. If you try to find the $10,000 with your current browser, you'll get nowhere. 2) Download Microsoft's best ever browser,
Internet Explorer 8. It's the only browser capable of cracking all the clues. 3) Follow @tengrand_IE8 on Twitter for the daily clues.
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17.06.2009On second thought, IE8 will default to full Web standards
Should Microsoft choose for IE8 to follow the standards developers want or the ones they use ? It's been a tough call, and late
yesterday, the company reversed that call. Unlike IE7, IE8 will by default use "Standards mode."..
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04.03.2008Snow Leopard shipped with flash vulnerability
Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), has been found to ship with an outdated version of Adobe's Flash Player
(10.0.23.1). This version of Flash Player contains a vulnerability on Mac machines that could leave your system vulnerable to hackers. What could be
the most distressing thing of all, is when users upgraded from Leopard (10.5) to Snow Leopard (10.6), users found themselves with a downgraded version
of Adobe's Flash Player (10.0.23.1). Users who upgraded that had the latest security patches installed of Flash Player (10.0.32.18) found
themselves with a vulnerable version installed on their machine.
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04.09.2009IE8, and why fixing that pesky 'tab issue' sealed the deal
In my most recent piece, "IE8, and why it's almost my default browser", I outline a couple of factors that inhibited IE8 from holding the
default browser position on my PC. Since writing that article, due in part to some helpful Neowin members and some quality time with IE8, I have since
awarded IE8 that coveted position on my PC and have promptly thrown Google Chrome to the curb. Perhaps the most taxing of my issues was what has been
colloquially referred to as the 'tab issue'. Many users have complained of severe delays when opening new tabs in Internet Explorer.
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03.04.2009Microsoft continues to warn of IE8 lock-in for XP SP3 users
Last year when Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Jane Maliouta announced that consumers using Windows XP SP3 would be locked-in with the
IE8 if they had installed the IE8 beta prior to upgrading to SP3. Microsoft again yesterday issued that same warning to it's consumers. If you are
still one of the millions of users on Windows XP with SP3 installed, Microsoft has provided crucial steps to follow if you're ready to upgrade to
IE8 RC1. You can obtain IE8 RC1 from the links on this page. To see if you're one of the people who will have IE8 locked in, follow these steps.
Is your computer running Windows XP SP3?
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27.01.2009Adobe launches 'Astro,' Flash Player 10
Today, Adobe has launched Flash Player 10 after nearly six months in public beta, the day after Microsoft released Silverlight 2, Flash's most
high-profile competitor...
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15.10.2008Support for IE8 pre-released versions extended
The IE8 beta 2 support page has been updated again and the support for IE8 pre-released versions has now been bumped to until March 31st, 2009. This
could indicate that the final product may be released during April. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer had officially announced
earlier that there will be one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter of 2009, followed up by the final release. Currently, the IE8 Beta
testers can download the latest partner build and the rest can download the Beta 2 which is available to public. The current IE build version the
beta testers can download is 8.0.6001.18344 and the one available in the leaked Windows 7 Beta 1 is 8.0.7000.0.
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31.12.2008IE8 RTM expected in March
TechARP has predicted that Microsoft will reach IE8's RTM milestone in March during the last 2 weeks. TechARP expects so because Microsoft plans
to announce the final details of the IE8 RTM schedule and available language versions by March 5, 2009. The malaysian website also expects Microsoft
to determine a time frame for the public release of IE8 via Windows Update by March 8. There was a time gap of 8 weeks between IE7's RC1 and its
public release. A similar 8-weeks time limit applied to IE8's RC1 in January suggests the final build's availability around March 23 according
to TechARP.
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18.02.2009Windows 7 testers should upgrade their IE8
Though there is no IE8 release candidate for Win7, there's now another way for testers to apply critical bux fixes.
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25.02.2009Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta Now Available
Adobe® Flash® Player 10, code-named "Astro," introduces new expressive features and visual performance improvements that allow interactive
designers and developers to build the richest and most immersive Web experiences. These new capabilities also empower the community to extend Flash
Player and to take creativity and interactivity to a new level.
This public prerelease is an opportunity for developers and
consumers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe on new features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authored content. Once youve
installed Flash Player 10 beta, you can view interactive demos. You can also help make Flash Player better by visiting all of your favorite sites,
making sure they work the same or better than with the current player.
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15.05.2008New IE8 build available for program participants
Internet Explorer 8 beta participants today received a surprising e-mail about 'IE8 Partner Build' released to the IE8 Technical Beta to test
and find issues. This build represents a preview of IE8's progress and is best used to verify issues fixed since releasing Beta 2. While Microsoft
believes it to be of adequate quality for you to use, is not as extensively tested as a milestone build, so it is not meant for the general public but
only for testing purposes. Microsoft is not providing any support for this build and henceforth just like in transition from Beta 1 to Beta 2, if you
feel that Microsoft have resolved misfiled your bug, please re-activate the bug.
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11.12.2008IE8 via Automatic Update for users running IE6 or IE7
Microsoft plans to distribute Internet Explorer 8 to computers running previous versions of IE (IE 6 or IE 7) via Automatic Updates starting from the
3rd week of April. The update will be rolled out gradually from a small user base to large number of users. The update will be a 'high
priority' update for systems running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and is an 'important' update for Windows Vista and Windows Server
2008. The final version of IE8 was distributed via automatic update recently to users still running pre-release versions of IE8, Beta 2/RC1.
Organizations can use the IE8 Blocker Toolkit to block automatic delivery of IE8.
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