UpdateStar 1.0.13 Beta
UpdateStar is free software that lets you stay up-to-date with the personal software installations on your computer. It eases your life as a software user and makes sure you always have the most up-to-date software versions.
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5.10.2007 Vista attacked by 13-year-old virus
A batch of laptops pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium was found to have been infected with a 13-year-old boot sector virus. Thanks to odeeee for this news.
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17.9.2007 Windows 7 RTM sign off set for July 13
We have some big news regarding the Windows 7 RTM. According to Wzor, the final sign off is set for July 13th. According to a translation
, this is the final roadmap for Windows 7:
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22.6.2009 Rumor: Windows 7 RTM sign off on July 13
Russian rumor website Wzor is reporting that the Windows 7 RTM sign off is set for July 13. Throughout the development of Windows 7, Wzor has been known to continually leak out build strings and important dates.
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23.6.2009 Intel to Launch Quad-Core Chips on November 13
In a race with rival Advanced Micro Devices, Intel will bring its quad-core chips to market in a new line of Hewlett-Packard workstations due to be introduced on November 13.
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15.10.2006 Windows XP SP3 Brings the Death of SP2 - July 13, 2010
The advent of Windows XP Service Pack 3 has brought with it the proverbial "beginning of the end" for its predecessor, Service Pack 2.
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19.5.2008 MagicTweak 4.11
MagicTweak is a special program designed to optimize and personalize Microsoft Windows. It provides one-stop, instant access to a variety of Windows settings that can be altered for a friendlier Windows environment.
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31.10.2007 Trillian 3.1.11.0
Trillian is a multi-network chat client that currently supports IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger.
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4.10.2008 Fedora 11 now available
Fedora 11, the next release of the popular Linux distribution, is now available from the Fedora website.
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9.6.2009 Joke? - It's the End for 3.11
For those that were not aware, we recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM's will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel.
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10.7.2008 No Windows Mobile 6.5 on May 11
Over the weekend, several blogs reported that Windows Mobile 6.5 would release on May 11. That's simply not true.
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22.4.2009 Diskeeper 11 Build 709t
Diskeeper is a disk defragmenter for Microsoft Windows. Diskeeper 2007 represents a quantum leap in system performance, enabling you to run your computer at the height of its potential, 100% of the time, and for the life of your systems.
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27.5.2007 Process Explorer 11.02
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
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15.9.2007 Windows 7 Direct3D 11 Features
As of November 2008, Microsoft is delivering the first taste of DirectX 11 for Windows 7 for download. A release aimed at developers, The November 2008 DirectX Software Development Kit, brings to the table the successor of Direct3D 10.1, namely Direct3D 11.
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27.11.2008 Windows Mobile 6.5 launching on May 11
Back in February, Neowin cited Mary-Jo Foley predicting the Windows Mobile 6.5 roadmap. The Windows Mobile Team has announced the Windows Mobile 6.5 official launch date in a blog post as May 11, 2009.
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18.4.2009 DirectX 11 coming to Vista
As with Windows Vista, the newest version of Windows brings with it a newer version of Microsoft's DirectX. Windows 7 was released with Direct X 11 support, and it was initially thought that Direct X 11 support would remain a 7-only technology.
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3.11.2009 Windows Media Player 11 Interview
I just put online my first interview here at The Insider. I ask a few questions I've seen asked here in the community in regards to Windows Meda Player 11 to Geoff Harris who is the Product Unit Manager for WMP 11.
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6.5.2006 Microsoft Delays 11 Patches To Push One
The company has made delivering the patch for the vulnerability cited in security bulletin MS06-040 its highest security priority, letting other patches slide until later, a program manager confirms.
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16.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Released
As promised and revealed by Neowin, Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.
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30.10.2006 DirectX 11 at the Vanguard of the GPGPU Revolution
Microsoft's next iteration of DirectX is bound to be situated at the forefront of the general purpose graphics processing (GPGPU) revolution, according to the Redmond company.
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6.8.2008 DirectX 11 for Windows Vista SP2 Available
Microsoft is beginning to backport Windows 7 features to Windows Vista, and as an integral part of the process, the company is also upgrading Vista’s graphics technology to the level of Windows 7.
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12.9.2009 The Windows 7 11-Second Boot and the Computer That Made It Possible
Windows 7’s evolution compared to Windows Vista is undeniable, and the lucky few that so far have had access to the RTM bits of the latest Windows client can confirm this.
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18.9.2009 Windows Media Player 11 for XP download
I have some information about release dates on WMP 11 for XP that no one else has. This info was obtained from a Microsoft employee who I can't name but was able to give me this info.
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10.5.2006 Microsoft drops 6 bulletins, fixing 11 vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday train arrived today with six bulletins covering at least 11 vulnerabilities, most carrying the company’s highest severity rating.
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11.7.2007 Windows Media Player 11 Beta Official download
Finally, Today it seems that Microsoft have released the highly anticipated Windows
Media Player 11 public beta! Along with this release, Microsoft have launched WMP11's
new website, which explains some of WMP11's major
features.
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17.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 will RTM on September 14th
Exclusive news from keznews.net: Windows Media Player 11 for XP will RTM on September 14th, 2006.
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6.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 released to the public!
Today Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 to the public. It can be downloaded at
http://www.microsoft.com/... 11/default.aspx. The new build number is 11.0.5705.5043.
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31.8.2006 11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign
11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign, read how Microsoft negotiated with the Stones for the song.
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25.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 release pushed to Tuesday Oct 30th
Windows Media Player 11, originally scheduled to be released in a final version to the public today, was pushed back to Tuesday Oct. 30th.
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25.10.2006 Microsoft delivers 11 patches, 6 critical; Excel flaw left unpatched
Microsoft delivered 11 patches on Tuesday addressing 17 vulnerabilities. Six updates fix critical flaws and five address important vulnerabilities, but an already exploited Excel zero day was left unpatched.
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12.2.2008PINNED: Internet Explorer 7 Released!
Internet Explorer 7 has just
hit the virtual shelves! Just
minutes ago, a link to
download Internet Explorer 7
RTM was discovered on
Microsoft's Poland web site.
The build number
is 7.0.5730.11 and is
approximitely 15MB in size.
Changes in hte build are still
unknown as no official release
notes have been published as
of yet.
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19.10.2006Google adds 'on demand' indexing to Site Search
Google will enhance its
hosted Site Search service for businesses on Thursday by letting Web publishers trigger a re-indexing of their site whenever
they want.
The new feature gives control to Web publishers over the frequency with which Google refreshes its index of the
site's content, something that until now had been automatically scheduled by Google's system based on internal algorithms.
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13.11.2008HP revenues lift slightly, but profit sharply falls by 13%
Services sparked a slight first-quarter revenue gain for Hewlett-Packard, but profits fell by 13% over the prior year, prompting the company's shares
to fall 6% in after-hours trading...
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19.02.2009Microsoft Increases Quarterly Dividend
Microsoft Corp. today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share, reflecting a one cent increase over the
previous quarters dividend. The dividend is payable December 13, 2007 to shareholders of record on November 15, 2007. The ex-dividend date will be
November 13, 2007.
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13.09.2007DoD Blocks Access to 13 Web Sites
A new policy being implemented
by the Department of Defense
means that soldiers will lose
access to 13 sites including
MySpace and YouTube beginning
Monday in an effort to
conserve bandwidth...
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15.05.2007$13.9 B buyout will create 'EDS: An HP Company'
Hewlett-Packard plans to buy technology services giant EDS for $13.9 billion, officials confirmed today, potentially bolstering its position versus
IBM in the business services arena, particularly with government and health care...
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13.05.200813" and 15" MacBook Pros Have a Slower SATA Interface
Mac Rumors: As
first described in our forums, Apple seems to have quietly
downgraded the SATA Interface from 3.0Gbit to 1.5Gbit speeds in some of the new MacBook Pros introduced last week. Readers are
reporting that both the new 13" and 15" MacBook Pro models are
affected while the 13" MacBook (white), 17" MacBook Pro and 13" MacBook Air retain the 3.0Gbit SATA interface. SATA is the interface between a
computer and its hard drives.
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15.06.2009Microsoft, GSMA promote 3G laptops
Microsoft and the GSM Association are promoting 3G (third generation) mobile telecommunications by asking companies to build laptop PCs that
automatically connect to the Internet wirelessly over mobile phone networks.
They're hosting a contest challenging companies to
design mobile phone-like connectivity into easy-to-use laptops aimed at mainstream users looking for a hassle-free device able to connect them to the
Internet wirelessly anytime, anywhere.
These laptops will be aimed at the mass-market consumer laptop PC segment in the $500 to
$1,000 price range, the GSMA said in a statement. The group, a promoter of mobile phone networks and technology, points out that mobile phone networks
offer far greater range than competing wireless technologies.
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13.11.2007Apple Patches 13 Security Flaws
Apple released its fifth
security update of 2007 on
Friday, correcting 13 bugs in
both client and server
versions of its Mac OS X
operating system. The most
serious security hole could
lead to arbitrary code
execution or a denial of
service attack, although most
require local access to the
Mac...
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29.05.2007Sirius, XM Confirm $13 Billion Merger
Satellite radio providers XM
and Sirius confirmed the
rumors Monday, announcing a
surprise $13 billion merger of
equals, which would keep
Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin and XM
Chairman Gary Parsons in their
respective roles...
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20.02.2007Microsoft Office development platform ups and downs
Attendees at the
Microsoft 2008 Office System
Developer Conference this week are leveraging development capabilities in Office System, but cite issues such as getting used to the new
ribbon-based
Fluent UI in the 2007 Office release.
A sampling of attendees at the San Jose, Calif. event revealed mostly satisfaction with
Office System. Most were Microsoft
business partners developing applications for Microsoft's SharePoint platform for
collaboration and business processes.
"I bought into it. I'm drinking the KoolAid," said Jeff Modzel, technical architect for
SunGard Higher Education.
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13.02.2008New 'Daily Show' Site Launches with 13,000 Clips
Comedy Central has launched a new Web site in beta for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart , giving the program its own destination and making
available 13,000 video clips. Although full-length episodes will not be viewable, users can search for and view specific segments free of charge...
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19.10.2007Microsoft readies 'Stirling' security console
Microsoft is on track to begin testing a console by the end of the year that will give customers a single tool for managing all of its Forefront
enterprise security products.
Code-named Stirling, the console will manage Microsoft security products for desktop clients, instant messaging servers and
e-mail, as well as antispam applications and two of Microsoft's gateway security products, said Steve Brown, director of product management for
Microsoft's security and access division. Stirling will handle the creation of security policies, configuration tasks and centralized reporting.
"What we consistently hear from customers is they're in a lot of pain today apparently trying to do the day-to-day management of
their security systems," Brown said, at Microsoft's IT Forum customer event in Barcelona.
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13.11.2007Dell Recalls 35,000 Laptop
Batteries
Following reports of
overheating, Dell has issued a
recall of batteries used in
its Latitude, Precision and
Inspiron notebook computers
that were shipped between
October 5 and 13 of this year.
The recall includes 22,000
batteries shipped in the U.S.
and another 13,000 distributed
overseas...
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16.12.2005Microsoft week-in review, June 6 to June 13
This week has been quiet for the folks up in Redmond, but just in case you missed the action this week lets recap what was announced this week. As
we move closer to the general availability of Windows 7, it's time for retailers to start planning their upgrade paths that they will offer
consumers to move from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Looks like Best Buy is the first retailer to unofficially announce how much they will charge folks
to upgrade to Windows 7. According to a leaked memo, Best Buy will start selling upgrade packages on June 26 at BestBuy.com.
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13.06.2009DirectX 11 coming to Vista
As with Windows Vista, the newest version of Windows brings with it a newer version of Microsoft's DirectX. Windows 7 was released with Direct X
11 support, and it was initially thought that Direct X 11 support would remain a 7-only technology. Reports indicate that a platform update is being
pushed via Windows Update that will enable DirectX 11 support on Vista PC's. With an impressive lineup of Direct X 11 games announced which
includes Crysis 2 and The Lord of the Rings Online, Vista users will be happy to know that they can go out and purchase a Radeon 5870 and use it to
its full potential.
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03.11.2009Xbox 360 Now 13% Cheaper in Japan
Microsoft will cut the price of its Xbox 360 console in Japan by about 13 percent from 39,795 yen ($348) to 34,800 yen ($304) starting November 1. The
Core version of the console will now run 27,800 yen ($243), further putting pressure on Sony, which recently lowered the price of the PS3...
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22.10.2007Windows Media Player 11
Localized
A few weeks ago, the release
of Windows Media Player 11
Beta for Windows XP caused a
stir in every Windows
community site. This
long-awaited release seems to
be enjoyed by most users and
many people noted that it was
actually faster and more
resource efficient than its
predecessor, Windows Media
Player 10.
Last
week, Microsoft decided to let
non-english speaking people
experience the goodness of
this release, by translating
the most recent Beta version
in 13 different
languages.
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24.05.2006Apple Plugs 13 Mac OS X
Security Holes
Apple late Tuesday issued
Security Update 2005-009
containing 13 fixes for
security vulnerabilities, two
of which only affect server
versions of Mac OS X. The
update plugs holes in Apache,
CoreFoundation, curl, OpenSSL
and fixes four flaws in
Apple's Safari Web browser...
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30.11.2005Apple Updates MacBooks
As rumored, Apple has quietly updated the MacBook to the Santa Rosa architecture with mild speed bumps and the GMA X3100 integrated video.
White 13.3"
$1099.00 2.0GHz/1GB RAM/80GB/Combo/GMA X3100
$1299.00 2.2GHz/1GB RAM/120GB/SD-DL/GMA X3100
Black
13.3"
$1499.00 2.2GHz/1GB RAM/160GB/SD-DL/GMA X3100
Despite comparable clock speeds (2.0 -> 2.0GHz, 2.16 -> 2.2GHz) to the
old models, the new MacBooks use the Santa Rosa chipset which boasts a faster 800MHz front side bus over the previous MacBook models. The introduction
of the GMA X3100 video card also provides significant benefits over the previous models. The new specs can be seen at the
Apple Store.
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