Chrome loses beta label, tackles privacy
Google has made it official: Chrome is out of beta.
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11.12.2008 Google removes Beta label from Gmail and other services
It’s one little word - but its presence can make all the difference in the world.
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7.7.2009 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008 The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
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15.2.2008 Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
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27.3.2008 Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1
Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
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30.6.2008 Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer
In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.
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1.11.2009 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2
Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
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27.12.2007 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista
32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
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4.1.2008 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1
With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
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4.12.2007 New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.
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21.5.2007 Windows Vista on Super Nintendo, As Real As Vista on PSP
We're puzzled and confused... How can a console that's at least ten times less powerful than the acclaimed PSP cope with Windows Vista's requirements?
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15.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking
Enough with benchmarking the OS - let’s see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1.
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26.2.2008 Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Needs to Speak the Same Language as Vista RTM
Microsoft says that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 needs to speak the same language as the RTM version of the latest Windows client. Otherwise there's no game.
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2.4.2008 Vista SP1 to Cure the Vista RTM Wow Hangover
When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience.
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11.4.2008 Vista-For-Free coupon with Vista ready PC's
Microsoft and the world's leading PC vendors have reached an agreement to promote the long-awaited Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
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11.10.2006 Can Vista SP1 help polish Vista’s tarnished image?
Call it complaining. Call it whining. The end result is the same: Windows Vista’s image is tarnished. And it’s corroding more and more rapidly as the weeks are going on. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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21.8.2007 Vista SP1 Features the Same Sins as Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 comes with the same sins as Windows Vista. The service pack is not even out the door, and is already putting users at risk.
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16.1.2008 Will Vista SP1 Go Where Vista Never Went? Even with XP SP3 and Windows 7?
Throughout 2007, it became painfully clear to Microsoft that the main competitor for Windows Vista was not Apple's Mac OS X or even the open source Linux operating system but Windows XP, and, in fact, specifically XP SP2.
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1.3.2008 New Vista AutoPatcher - Vista update toolkit Alpha
Vista Update Toolkit Alpha (Windows Vista Updates Downloader) is a FREE program which downloads updates directly from Microsoft. All files are very useful with vLite!
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26.9.2008 Vista SP1 – Microsoft Could Not Have Given Less – Vista SP2 Anyone?
Microsoft had the chance to position the first service pack for Windows Vista as a panacea for the operating system, giving the platform nothing less than a fresh start and another take at the Wow.
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3.10.2007 Vista SP1 Rolling Over for Vista SP2
Vista SP1 did not do the trick for your RTM copy of the operating system? While such a scenario is highly unlikely, Microsoft is getting closer and closer to taking Windows Vista to the next level, again.
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7.12.2008 Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?
Microsoft’s announcement that it is preparing a Vista Service Pack 1 beta in two weeks is curious on many levels. Although Microsoft delivers improvements via service packs I can’t help but consider Vista SP1 a do-over.
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30.8.2007 Vista RTM vs. Vista SP2
We are all well aware of the limping start of Vista on the OS market. Despite the fact that its launch had been highly anticipated for a good while, contrary to all Microsoft expectations, Vista was received with great reluctance and unwillingness on the part of XP fans.
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13.12.2008 Microsoft: Vista! Vista! Vista!
Microsoft has a single generalized answer to all life's problems, but especially end user protection, and that answer is of course Windows Vista.
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14.8.2007 Windows XP SP3 Twice as Fast as Windows Vista – Leaves Vista SP1 in the Dust
Forget about Windows Vista. And forget about Windows Vista SP1. Microsoft's latest Windows client has been quite sluggish to begin with. This in both consumer adoption and in terms of the performance it delivers.
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27.11.2007 Windows Vista Wow! Forget about Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Windows 7!
That's it, forget about Windows XP Service Pack 3, about Windows 7, the next iteration of Windows and even about Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
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1.2.2008 PC buyers: 'Vista Capable' machines weren't Vista capable
How misleading was Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" campaign? Misleading enough for a judge to approve a federal trial.
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9.8.2007MySpace to Become Record Label
Social networking site MySpace
announced Thursday that it
would create its own record
label in an attempt to promote
many of the bands that have
used the service to draw
attention to their music. The
first album to be released
from MySpace will include a
mix of major label and indie
artists...
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04.11.2005Record Label Quits, Uploads Albums onto The Pirate Bay
Dependent Records, an independent record label from Germany recently decided to shut its doors and upload all its albums onto The Pirate Bay.
Interestingly, a year ago the the CEO of the label mentioned piracy as one of the main reasons why they decided to quit.
Nonetheless, a few
days ago Dependent records’ CEO Stefan Herwig decided to upload all the albums from his label -which mainly features aggrotech,
electro-industrial and futurepop artists- onto The Pirate Bay. In the description on the torrent download page Herwig writes: “I closed down my
record label Dependent Records for good. But since I want my music to be heard by the people out there, everything I have ever published is now
available on The Pirate Bay,” stressing that it’s a legal torrent, approved by the label.
Over the past few months, more and
more artists have decided to make their music available for free on BitTorrent sites. However, this move from Dependent Records seems to be a bit odd,
especially when you read why the label decided to close its doors.
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11.02.2008Major label artists become paid bloggers?
LA-based social media site Buzznet, which provides audio, video, blogs and editorial content about the popular music scene, has just received an
equity investment from major label Universal Music Group...
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18.04.2008Best Buy launches collectively customized 'Blue Label' laptops
How would you describe your 'ideal laptop'? Starting with new Toshiba and HP models, Best Buy is now offering an exclusive line of CE products --
based on people's answers to questions like these -- under its new 'Blue Label" program...
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10.10.2008Label suit against CEO of MP3Tunes dismissed
"Big Four" music label EMI and fourteen affiliate labels sued MP3Tunes as a company and its CEO Michael Robertson personally last year for
alleged copyright infringement. A judge has tossed the personal lawsuit...
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03.10.2008Warner Starts E-Label, Pearl Jam to Offer MP3s
Acknowledging the rise of digital music in the industry, Warner Music Group has announced plans to start a digital-only music label that it will use to promote new artists. Instead of the traditional album releases, a "cluster" of about three songs from an artist would be released every few months...
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26.08.2005Music industry tectonic shift: Ticketmaster and LiveNation to merge
The big record labels are not only being pummeled by the digital music distribution model, but the looming threat of the even bigger "mega
label." The merger of Live Nation with Ticketmaster could create the biggest mega label yet...
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10.02.2009Review: Shinnorie GEN™ Label iPod touch 2G case
iPod touch cases are a dime a dozen these days, and it's no wonder; the metal backs of the things scratch more than a DJ in a record factory.
Recently I had looked around for a better solution, but didn't want to settle for second best, and had discovered this: Shinnorie's GEN™
Label contoured nylon case. As the title may indicate, this review is for the iPod touch 2G device, but Shinnorie make these cases for the iPhone 3G
and iPod Classic, also. The GEN™ Label case series is quite an interesting one. Shinnorie allows you to customize the color and thread of the
case, as well as the color of the front panel.
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07.03.2009Record label EMI to launch new music portal
"Big Four" major label EMI has plans to launch a dedicated Web portal, but contrary to what many are reporting, it will not be a competitor to
other online music shops...
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09.10.2008Nokia may sign second label to mobile music service
Record label EMI yesterday publicly announced it is in talks with Nokia to have music from its catalog offered through Nokia's new "Comes with
Music" initiative that is to be offered on select Nokia phones...
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21.03.2008Update: "Vista Capable" trial
The ongoing "Vista Capable" class-action lawsuit against Microsoft took an interesting turn the other day when an expert witness for the plaintiffs
claimed that the Redmond company made more than $1.5 billion through their "Vista Capable" marketing campaign. The origins of the trial itself
are to be found in the months prior to Vista's release when many computers were sold with Windows XP and the promise that they would be capable of
running Vista. However, many of these PCs, which sold at a premium and bore the "Vista Capable" label, turned out to be only capable of running
Vista Basic. Hence, Microsoft is being sued for what many would call false advertising.
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06.01.2009Microsoft: Vista Capable site description unchanged
Despite reports to the
contrary, Microsoft said
Tuesday it has not changed
wording at its Web site to
explain more clearly how
hardware with a "Windows
Vista Capable" label will
perform when running the OS,
in light of a class-action
lawsuit filed against the
vendor last week.
Reports published this week
by The Seattle Times and other
news outlets claimed that
Microsoft has updated the
description of what the label
means on the
Windows
Vista Capable Web site,
which is part of a marketing
campaign that was launched
before Vista was available.
According to reports,
the changes are in direct
response to a lawsuit filed in
the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of
Washington last week. The suit
claims that Microsoft unfairly
labeled PCs "Windows Vista
Capable" even when the
computers could run only the
most basic form of the OS.
Moreover, many of the machines
with the label can't or
poorly run Home Premium, the
least expensive version of
Vista that includes most of
the heavily advertised
features, according to the
suit, which is seeking
class-action status and
damages from the vendor.
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12.04.2007EMI Says No to $4.1B Warner Music Bid
EMI, the world's third
largest record label, has
officially rejected a $4.1
billion takeover offer from
the world's fourth largest
label, Warner Music. EMI on
Friday held a board meeting to
discuss the "non-binding
proposal" and decided it
was not good for shareholders...
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03.03.2007Microsoft was advised not to brand Home Basic as Vista
A key area of controversy in an ongoing lawsuit is whether Microsoft misled consumers by allowing computer makers to label PCs as "Vista Capable"
when they could only run the most basic version of the Vista operating system, known as Vista Home Basic. Turns out Microsoft was advised to not put
the Vista name on Home Basic computers at all.
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22.01.2009Google removes 'Beta' label from Gmail, other services
Google announced on its company blog that starting from today the company will remove the beta label from Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs and Google
Talk. Matthew Glotzbach, Director of Product Management, Google Enterprise noted "We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be
perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than five years. We realize this situation puzzles some people, particularly those
who subscribe to the traditional definition of "beta" software as not being yet ready for prime time." Google says it has added new features to
the Google Apps suite. Offline access to e-mail and calendars and better access to Google Apps for BlackBerry users are some of the improvements.
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07.07.2009Is Microsoft 'capable' of stopping Vista Capable lawsuit?
Microsoft would dearly love the Vista Capable lawsuit to just go away, but once the wheels of justice start grinding, can any amount of grease stop
the squeaky wheel?
Microsofts Vista Capable class action lawsuit is in the news again, this time because Microsoft wants an
appeals court to reverse the decision to have granted the case official ˜class action status.
The whole situation bubbled up
because a number of consumers felt duped by the Vista Capable sticker that implied a computer with such a label would be able to run Vista, presumably
at least the ˜Home Premium version of Vista with the fancy Aero graphics, instead of the Vista Home Basic version which had no such capability.
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11.03.2008Claim: Microsoft earned $1.5B from "Vista Capable" PCs
An expert estimates Microsoft earned more than $1.5 billion through the sale of PCs labeled as "Vista Capable," according to a court document.
Microsoft allowed PC makers to label some XP-running PCs as "Vista Capable" prior to the release of the Vista operating system in
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04.01.2009U.K. Music Label Creates a DRM-Free Vinyl-MP3 Hybrid
While the copyright
fight rages between big record
companies and their customers,
some smaller, independent
labels are moving in with
innovation instead of
litigation.
First Word Records, a U.K.
label based in Leeds, has one
new idea -- vinyl records that
include downloadable MP3s.
First Word's primary
customers are DJs, an often
challenging market for record
labels. DJs embrace new
technology or repurpose old
(think scratching), but at the
same time scour old stores and
markets for rare, used vinyl.
First Word is attempting to
address both these needs with
DigiWax...
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15.05.2007DSG blames Vista for £20 million in lost profit
UK Retail outfit, DSG has issued a profit warning blaming Microsoft's Vista for £20 million in lost profit.
Mark Webb, a
spokesman for the group which runs PC World and Currys shops, having largely ditched the Dixons label, said: "Vista just didn't capture the
imagination as much as previous versions of Windows." Although sales volumes have been good, he said, "We've not seen the huge rush that we would
have hoped for."
Webb said very few people were buying boxed copies of Vista, feeling it was hardly worth upgrading from XP. The
weedy OS overhaul also hit sales of new PCs, the company complained.
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18.10.2007RCRDLBL.com: Free tunes for your Zunes
Peter Rojas of Engadget and Gizmodo fame has started a new record label which goes by the clever name
RCRDLBL.com. RCRDLBL is a big shift from your typical record label in that the music is free... yes, free. Instead of track
sales, the bands are paid from advertising on the site. That might not get you gold rims and a dedicated episode of Cribs, but it's a good incubator
for bands who want to be heard.
The music is licensed under Creative Commons - NonCommercial, so you can freely download it to
your computer and/or any of your devices (Zune, cellphone, or one of those pod-things), you can even remix the music into something new, so long as
you're not making any money off of it yourself in distribution. RSS feeds for the site and for each artist are available, as well as various web
gadgets (Vista Sidebar gadgets coming soon, or you could use
Amnesty on the existing ones.)
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