The Latest Version of Windows for Supercomputers Goes Against Linux
Microsoft has completed the Windows Server 2008 puzzle with the release to manufacturing of the latest iteration of Windows for supercomputers.
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22.9.2008 Latest Windows 7 Updates Cause BSOD: Fix
TechARP had been providing giving updates on the Windows 7 Downgrade Rights Program. Now Microsoft has confirmed the same in a blog post, regarding the Windows 7 Downgrade rights program.
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16.4.2009 Latest patched Windows exploit is a golden oldie
We've seen Microsoft patch vulnerabilities in Windows that we swear we'd seen before, and sometimes they all look so much alike that they tend to run together. But this one really is a classic: a buffer overrun triggered by a fake image file.
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9.9.2008 Latest Windows 7 blasts past XP, Vista
Over the weekend I’ve been spending time with the latest leaked build of Windows 7 - build 7057. While this isn’t the release candidate (RC) build that some people claim it is, this build is certainly pretty close to being RC.
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18.3.2009 Microsoft's Latest Critical Fixes Include Buggy Windows Patch
For the second time in three months, Microsoft has released a buggy patch for problems it had deemed to be "critical."
Messages on Microsoft's newsgroups about problems began accumulating as early as Wednesday Oct. 12, within 24 hours of the patches' debut. Late Friday, Microsoft acknowledged the buggy patch in one of its infrequent security advisories, and said that customers had reported a wide variety of strange behaviors after installing one of the three critical patches released that week.
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Windows 7 Ultimate Black Edition 2009 Beta 32bit
Dont modify this Seven® Black™ Edition 2009 R1 Beta in anyway and for torrent uploaders dont add any viruses.
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11.3.2009 The latest fraudulent Bill Gates interview
Though he might be upset that he's the subject of a recent fake interview, Bill Gates can at least take solace in the fact that he's among some elite company in that regard.
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14.9.2007 Windows 7 RTM Black Screen of Death after Forced Shutdown Actions
Microsoft has informed users of an issue that prevents Windows 7 from starting after the computer the OS is installed on has been forced shut down.
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7.10.2009 Users feel pain after latest Microsoft patch
Microsoft's latest security patch is causing issues for users of several HP products including cameras, scanners and printers.
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18.4.2006 Latest MS Update Causing Major Headaches
Broadband Reports is running a story regarding the latest MS update to fix problems with animated cursors.
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5.4.2007 Vista Still Breathing as XP Chokes on Latest Vulnerability
Windows Vista is still breathing as Windows XP is now choking on the latest vulnerability to hit Microsoft's platform. The Redmond company issued a security advisory detailing a flaw residing in the Macrovision SECDRV.SYS driver that ships by default with both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
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7.11.2007 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 Black Friday brings down online retailers
Amazon, like many other online retailers were brought down yesterday from eager users trying to get their hands on some limited offers from the sites.
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29.11.2008 Black Xbox 360 With HDMI, Improved Features
Rumors of a hardware refresh for the Xbox 360 began earlier this year, when photos of a prototype console with HDMI output and a revised scaling chip appeared on the Web.
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22.3.2007 XP Black Edition USA 2007 DVD
Thanks to odeeee and other posters to for this download. No Viruses....Cracks....for the programs it comes with.....Falsly reported as Viruses....Coz they R Crackz.
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7.5.2007 Winstep Xtreme 7.1 - Black XP Visual Styles
Thanks to hwh1226 for this download. A powerful, multi-paged desktop replacement, program launcher and document organizer that can be used as an alternative or supplement to the normal Windows desktop.
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18.6.2007 Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates
Microsoft Windows' infamous "blue screen of death" has become synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide can expect from now -- a black screen of darkness.
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12.9.2007 Microsoft: Vista's 'Black Screen of Death' Is a Hoax
Many other news sites have just picked up the original article believing that it's legit. We have already updated our original post from last night and are posting the following to correct any disinformation out there.
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12.9.2007 Latest Vulnerability Attacks Steer Clear of Vista SP1, but Not XP SP3
The latest attacks targeting vulnerabilities in Microsoft's software products have steered clear of Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
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24.3.2008 MS preps black Xbox 360 as PS3 spoiler?
Is Microsoft preparing a spoiler for Sony's PAL-region PlayStation 3 launch on 23 March?
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9.2.2007 German hacker denied entry into U.S. for Black Hat training
Thomas Dullien, a prominent security researcher who has been a fixture at the annual Black Hat security conference, has been denied entry into the U.S. to attend and conduct training at this year’s confab.
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30.7.2007 Microsoft presenting at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas
Hi everyone, Stephen Toulouse here. As you probably know, all throughout the year we attend various security researcher conferences all over the world. One of the biggest and the best is the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. And of course the MSRC, as well as a number of other Microsoft teams, will be down there this August.
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11.6.2006 Black Screen of Death for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Upgrades
Microsoft has warned end users that performing Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 upgrades from copies of XP SP2 and Vista RTM, respectively, that have Onekey Recovery 5.0 installed will cause the operating systems to display a black screen following reboot.
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9.8.2008 Vista SP1 Application Compatibility Update Fixes Black Screens of Death
With the release of the gold version of Service Pack 1, but also with the maturing of the software and hardware environment orbiting around the Windows client, Windows Vista's compatibility level has continually increased.
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14.8.2008 On to the next version of Windows
Guess Microsoft really wants to make sure the next version of Windows doesn't take another five years.
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12.4.2006 Next version of Windows to be 'fundamentally different'
Future versions of Windows will have to be "fundamentally different" in order to take advantage of multicore processors, according to Ty Carlson of Microsoft.
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15.5.2007 Windows Services for UNIX Version 3.5
Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 provides a full range of supported and fully integrated cross-platform network services for enterprise customers to use in integrating Windows into their existing UNIX-based environments.
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22.9.2006 Windows Live version three, right around the corner
Microsoft made a statement that Windows Live 3 services would begin rolling out by years end and that time is quickly approaching.
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19.11.2008 Windows 7 Guide Updated to Version 1.2
Microsoft has developed one of the key resources it has been providing so far for Windows 7.
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10.12.2008 Want the Enterprise Version of Microsoft Windows Vista?
If so, you'll have to sign up for the Microsoft Software Assurance licensing program.
Businesses that want the Enterprise Edition of Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system will have to sign up for its Software Assurance licensing program, the company announced today.
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Black Maximized Windows Borders Fixed
The Windows team posted an
exciting post on their new
Shell:Revealed blog, giving
people who wanted the black
maximized window borders to
disappear a rest, because the
problem is apparently fixed
starting from today's builds.
Due to the very short time
limit until the upcoming RC2
build, we're still unsure
whether the final version
distributed to testers will
feature that change.
The "fix", although
quite welcome, isn't really
what people asked for:
"In the end, we decided
that we like the black and
think it is the right thing to
do, but we want to respect the
user's color choice for users
who bother to make a change.
So - starting in today's
build, we have significantly
backed off the amount of black
that is mixed in with the
user's color for maximized
windows". Basically,
they are offering people the
choice to customize the color,
although there will still be a
black shade to it. The fix
isn't apparently very
noticeable on the default
color, though it is most
useful on strong colors.
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04.10.2006Microsoft to share more vulnerability data with select partners
In what may be becoming a semi-annual ritual, Microsoft chose the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas to unveil its latest initiative to share
details about Windows vulnerabilities with outside sources who may be able to help...
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06.08.2008Black Hat: Vista users urged to beware of IPv6
Vista users would be wise to
turn off the Teredo IP
tunneling system that is
enabled by default in
Microsoft's newest operating
system, since attackers may be
able to exploit it for
phishing, pharming and other
mischief. James Hoagland,
principal security researcher
for Symantec Corp., issued
that warning Thursday during a
presentation at the Black Hat
2007 conference.
Hoagland -- along
with fellow researchers Matt
Conover, Tim Newsham and Ollie
Whitehouse -- conducted an
extensive analysis of Vista.
They found that while
Microsoft has significantly
improved security in the
latest version of Windows, new
vulnerabilities were likely
created in the process.
Hoagland
said the best example may be
Vista's default enabling of
Teredo. The software giant has
embraced Teredo as a way to
help users transition from
IPv4, the long-standing
protocol that is quickly
running short on IP address
space, to IPv6, a more
advanced protocol that vastly
increases the number of IP
addresses available to
networked devices...
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03.08.2007AMD launches second "Black Edition" processor
Following the Athlon 64 X2 6400+ Black Edition flagship processor, AMD has introduced a 5000+ mainstream version.
Compared to the
regular 5000+ chip, the Black Edition comes with the same 2.6 GHz clock speed, 1 MB L2 cache and 65 watt power envelope, but includes a customizable
clock multiplier that allows users to adjust the performance of the processor.
The processor is aims to attract the eyeballs of
mainstream end-users, according to AMD.
The added feature comes at a slight premium: The 5000+ Black Edition has a tray price of
$136, while the regular version lists for $125. Actual retail pricing of the new Black Edition CPU processor should follow recent AMD processor
pricing trends and should be near the tray price: The 6400+, with a tray price of $251, hit the market for an average of $272 in the week of August
21, but recently fell to an average of $249, according to Pricegrabber.com. The regular 5000+ processor currently sells for an average of $113.
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26.09.2007Apple to offer discounts of up to 15% on Black Friday
While Apple is remaining tight-lipped on what we can expect from their stores on Black Friday, one analyst is predicting consumers will see discounts
of up to 15%. According to Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu, Apple's Black Friday sale will be more aggressive than usual. Apple products are
traditionally more expensive than their non-apple counterparts and price reductions are not commonplace for the tech giant. In past years, Apple has
offered Black Friday discounts between 5 and 10%. If Wu's prediction is correct, consumers will be seeing a reduced price on the iPod, iMac, and
MacBooks. However, Wu is skeptical as to whether or not the iPhone will be subject to the Black Friday discounts.
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27.11.2008Quacking Through Licensing Complexity
Think the latest version of
the GPL is confusing? Just try
to keep track of the software
components that are governed
by version 3 versus those that
are not. If that doesnt make
ones head spin, the task will
be compounded by the presence
of other open source license
schemes, including the Apache,
BSD and Open Source Initiative
(OSI) licenses.
Black Duck
Software claims it has the
answer to the problem of
staying in compliance with a
flock of licensing
requirementswhatever they may
be. Black Duck released
protexIP/development 4.4 on
Aug. 6, approximately one
month after GNU General Public
License version 3 (GPLv3) was
finalized.
The 4.4 release is
designed to help organizations
incorporate code from open
source projects and
distinguish projects that have
explicitly switched to GPLv3
from those that have not.
GPLv3 is not wholly compatible
with earlier versions of the
GPLmost prominently, certain
GPLv2 licensesmaking it
difficult to ensure that
components licenses do not
conflict.
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07.08.2007Refreshed 4/8GB Zunes Coming?
From Long Zheng's blog:
"Several hours ago Microsoft released the Zune Spring 2008 Update with a new Zune software package (version 2.5).
Embedded in the resource files is an interesting image of a new red "Scorpius" (4/8GB) Zune. Instead of the model available today with a silver
backing and red touchpad, this had a black backing and black touchpad.
For any skeptics out there, the two images have notably different
positioned logos which confirms these are not the same images colored differently."
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09.05.2008Connecting the Black Friday dots: What to expect from CE retail
In anticipation of the coming annual Black Friday spending surge, analysts have come out of the woodwork to voice their predictions. This afternoon,
we took some time to parse some of them...
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27.11.2008Opera for Windows Mobile 5.0
Ships
Just in time for the Treo 700w
and Cingular 2125, Opera
Software has made available a
beta version of Opera 8.5 for
Windows based smartphones
running Windows Mobile 2003
and the latest version 5.0.
The Web browser supports all
major Web standards, including
CSS2, DOM 2 and JavaScript...
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18.01.2006Metamorphosis complete: Skype 4.0 for Windows is released
Today, the "gold version" of Skype 4.0 for Windows is available. The latest version of the popular voice chat client has been in development
since 2006, and is the team's "most distinctive new release in Skype's five year history."..
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04.02.2009Analysis: Is Black Friday truly good for an ailing US economy?
As the final figures for last Black Friday's and Cyber Monday's sales show positive gains, is this really proof that the US economy isn't as
lumbering as the housing market and credit crunch would indicate?..
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01.12.2007New DS bundles arrive in time for Black Friday
In order to keep sales of its popular portable gaming system at a high level, Nintendo debuted two new DS packages for consumers to debut Black
Friday...
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20.11.2007Coming Soon: MSRC and Microsoft at BlackHat Las Vegas 2007
Its that time of year again.
The kids are out of school,
most folks are planning for
that August vacation, and the
MSRC (and Microsoft) are
headed to Vegas for Black Hat.
This years event
will be a new experience for
me. Although Ive been to lots
of Black Hat conferences “
this is the first time I go
wearing both hats of director
of MSRC and director of
outreach to the security
community. It looks like both
my teams will be quite busy “
checking out the latest
research and introducing the
MS product development folks
to the security community
folks. There are so many great
presentations on the agenda
and so many people catch up
with that it will be difficult
to figure out how to be in two
or three places at once. I am
excited that again this year
Microsoft will present
interesting and new security
technologies. We have four
speakers this year.
Ian McDonald and Brandon
Baker will talk about Windows
Server 2008. Ian will cover
Windows Server 2008 Server
Foundation “ the latest in
attack surface reduction “ you
just select the roles for your
server. Brandon is slated to
give a deep dive into the
internals of Windows Server
2008 virtualization.
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20.07.2007Red Hat refreshes its Enterprise Linux distro with version 5.2
The latest version of the company's commercial version of Linux for businesses offers new hardware support, several new features, and performance and
stability improvements...
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22.05.2008How eWEEK Got Hacked at Black Hat
Brian Prince: A group of reporters from Global Security Mag were kicked out of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas after stealing password
information from another reporter who will remain namelesswe'll call him "me."
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08.08.2008Nokia N82 goes black for everyone but the US
The workhorse Nokia N82 mobile phone has been generating a lot of buzz on the Web, especially now that it's available in a steely black, but US
consumers are still wondering when the phone will be available here through carriers...
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07.02.2008Seagate intros 1 TB Maxtor home NAS for $329.99
Seagate's latest portable, external storage device -- a black desktop unit in a distinctive, semi-tapered shape -- was accurately described by
Seagate's own representatives yesterday as a trapezoid...
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27.06.2008XP Pro to receive WGA similar to Vista SP1
Remember how everyone was excited about how Vista SP1 received a WGA update to not block you from your computer?
Well, the same is coming
to Windows XP. (Professional only, though. Who would want to pirate XP Home?)
From the WGA Blog:
With this update to
WGA Notifications in Windows XP, we've implemented a couple of related features that draw on the notifications experience we designed for Windows
Vista SP1. After installing this version of WGA Notifications on a copy of Windows XP that fails the validation, most users will discover on their
next logon that their desktop has changed to a plain black background from whatever was there previously (see below).
The desktop
background can be reset to anything else in the usual ways, but every 60 minutes it will change back to the plain black background. This will continue
to happen until that copy of Windows is genuine.
Also, the user will see the addition of what we call the "persistent desktop
notification." This notification is similar to a watermark but works a bit differently. The image (see below) appears over the system tray and is
non-interactive in the sense that you can't click on it or do anything to it.
As with previous releases, if a copy of Windows fails
validation, notifications will appear above the system tray regularly - and we will continue to have the pre-logon message, the logon interrupt
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27.08.2008Dell not installing the latest Ubuntu on new netbooks
Dell's Mini 10v netbook that was launched last week has some nice new upgrades, including "wireless improvements" according to Betanews, but one
thing that users shouldn't expect is the latest version of Ubuntu, 9.04, or even version 8.10. The netbook is currently being sold running Ubuntu
8.04 standard, but in an email that Dell sent to Betanews, they believed that installing the newest version is not in the best interest of the
mainstream users. Dell has stated two main reasons for sticking with the older version. A Dell spokesperson said, "We are trying to stay on a
12-month cadence to keep costs down, and build a stable platform.
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27.05.2009Microsoft Cashback goes offline to Black Friday shoppers
UPDATED Like Sears and several other major retail sites, Microsoft Cashback became a temporary technical casualty on Black Friday, a time when
generally hesitant consumers were actually trying hard to buy holiday gifts...
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