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neowin.net -
28.02.2007Big U.S. Internet Providers To Speed Up P2P Transfers
Silicon Alley Insider: The biggest U.S. Internet service providers, which include the largest phone and cable companies, will roll out updates to
their network over the next two months that promise to make some peer-to-peer traffic faster and more efficient, we have learned.
The results won't be immediate for consumers or ISPs, but the updates could make P2P downloads faster or video streams better over time. And just
as important, the updates could someday save service providers money on bandwidth and capex -- which their investors would welcome. The upgrades could
also potentially rejuvate the peer-to-peer content delivery industry, which -- despite high expectations -- hasn't been able to win much business
from big media clients.
winbeta.org -
13.11.2008Microsoft Investigates Blocked Patch Updates in XP
Microsoft officials say they are investigating reports that files the company deployed this summer prevent Windows XP users who run a built-in
"repair" function from installing as many as 80 of the company's latest security patches.
"We are aware of reports about
customers not being able to download some updates from Windows Update when using the latest version of the Windows Update client and after
reinstalling Windows XP system files from CD," a Microsoft spokesperson said Sept. 27. "We take this issue very seriously and are investigating the
root cause of this behavior and what options are available to address it."
The issue was brought to light by Scott Dunn, a
writer and associate editor with Windows Secrets Newsletter. According to Dunn, the problem is stealthy updates deployed by Microsoft in July and
August. The files prevent Windows XP users who utilize the repair function from installing recent patches...
winbeta.org -
28.09.2007Opera Updates Browser for
Pocket PC
Opera Software on Wednesday
announced the release of Opera
8.6 for Windows Mobile based
Pocket PCs, adding support for
Microsoft's latest 5.0
release. The browser utilizes
Opera's latest core, and
offers tabbed browsing and Web
surfing in horizontal
landscape mode...
betanews.com -
31.05.2006Win X Hosting Now Open.
Win X Hosting Open To Day. We
Do Windows And Linux Hosting
Plus Reseller Web Hosting...
windowsvistax.com -
31.10.2006Mandriva updates its Linux distribution for spring
Mandriva quietly launched Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, the latest Mandriva Linux distribution featuring a number of updates since its last distribution
release...
betanews.com -
16.04.2008Windows 7 beta receiving test updates on Feb. 24th
As various Windows blogs are reporting, Microsoft is issuing some test updates for the official Windows 7 Beta (that's build 7000) this month, on
the 24th. The purpose of these updates is to ensure that Windows 7 is fully capable of being issued online updates, and to help the Windows 7 check
for any problems or bugs. The updates themselves will not automatically be install, but yet the user will be notified of these and will be offered if
they wish to download them. The updates serve no purpose except for testing, and this will be clearly labeled that they are for testing purposes only.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
20.02.2009MSN Launches 'Search and
Win' Contest
MSN has come up with a new
plan to draw users away from
Google: free stuff. The
company launched a contest on
Monday that will give users a
chance to win prizes simply by
using the service's search
engine. Over $1 million in
prizes will be available
during the months of February,
March and April...
betanews.com -
13.02.2006Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter
In a race between CNN and Ashton Kutcher, the TV and Hollywood star, the race to see who can hit 1,000,000 Twitter followers first is over, with
Ashton Kutcher as the winner in a landslide. Ashton Kutcher was the first person to achieve 1 million Twitter followers, followed shortly by Britney
Spears, and now CNN. The 140 character micro-blogging web site has been the focus of attention recently with hacking reports and business spotlights.
The service offers people to stay in touch with updates of what users are doing at any moment of the day through mini updates. Ashton Kutcher and
Larry King recently had an interview to celebrate the win over CNN.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
19.04.2009Two More NTP Patents Deemed
Invalid
BlackBerry manufacturer
Research in Motion celebrated
another win in its fight
against NTP, saying on Friday
that the U.S. Patent Office
had rejected two more of
NTP's patents in
"non-final actions."
With these latest rejections,
only one of eight patents
surrounding BlackBerry
technologies still stands...
betanews.com -
02.01.2006Microsoft release Windows 7 application compatibility update
Following on from the Internet Explorer 8 update that Microsoft released for Windows 7 Beta a day ago, another update has been released targeting
application compatibility. Judging by these two updates released, Microsoft is progressing nicely, and the most recent update targets mainly games
that did not run before hand, or had to be opened via compatibility-mode. Interestingly, Microsoft didn't state which applications were targeted
in this update, but it is of no doubt that users will find out soon enough. If you're currently having problems with gaming, or have had problems
with it, in the Windows 7 Beta, install these updates and post in the comments to show which games now work, or still don't.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
27.02.2009Microsoft honing its 'better together' story for Windows 7 and Office 14
Now that the Windows 7 Beta and
Office 14 alpha are both out there, word is beginning to
trickle out about some of the ways the two are being designed to "work better together."
Microsoft isn’t planning to
integrate Win 7 and O14 to anywhere near the degree that it is integrating Windows Live and Win 7, sources say. But officials are looking for ways
that users who buy both of these new products will be able to take advantage of how O14 “lights up” on Win 7.
winbeta.org -
15.01.2009Symantec Updates Antivirus
Products
Company now pushes product
updates via its LiveUpdate
feature...
pcworld.com -
18.01.2006Microsoft Launches "Connect & Win" Sweepstakes
To mark the release of Grand Theft Auto IV for PC, Microsoft has launched a "Connect & Win" weekly sweepstakes promotion.
Every day,
from now until January 19th, Microsoft will be awarding registered users who connect to the Live system through any Games for Windows Live PC title
with an entry into the weekly sweepstakes. You will be awarded one entry per day that you play.
Some of the prizes include Grand Theft
Auto IV prize packs, Microsoft Points, a copy of Fallout 3 Survival Edition, 17" Alienware Area-51 m17x laptops, and a trip for two to the 2009 San
Diego International Comic Con.
Unfortunately, only residents within the US, UK, Germany and France are eligible for these sweepstakes.
For full details and to register your gamertag for the sweepstakes, see the Connect & Win sweepstakes homepage below.
jcxp.net -
03.12.2008Latest Mozilla updates, including Firefox, address a serious vulnerability
Some of Mozilla's best researchers into the field of cross-site scripting discovered another instance where code from one site can be made to
control the interface of another. As it turns out, version 3.0.6 software contains the fix...
betanews.com -
07.02.2009Microsoft to release six security updates next week
Microsoft will release six
groups of security patches
next week, fixing bugs in the
latest versions of Excel,
Windows XP, Vista, and Windows
Server 2003. Online criminals
will typically e-mail the
victim with a maliciously
encoded Office attachment
that, once opened, gives the
hacker access to the victim's
computer. Microsoft isn't
releasing further details on
the flaws it's fixing until
Tuesday. Three other
less-critical updates are also
planned for next week's
"Patch Tuesday" security
fixes. They include
"important" updates for
Microsoft Publisher 2007 and
Windows XP Service Pack 2 as
well as a fix for Windows
Vista. In descending order of
severity, Microsoft rates
updates as critical,
important, moderate, or
low.
neowin.net -
06.07.2007Windows Live OneCare changes Automatic Updates
Amid reports that Windows Live OneCare changes settings in Windows Update to allow for automatic installation of important updates, the official word
from Microsoft is that this is by design. When first installing OneCare, the setup informs the user that proceeding will change computer settings to
automatically download and install important updates from Microsoft Update. Settings for recommended and optional updates are not changed. Even during
Tune-up, OneCare checks, and then prompts the user if there are missing software updates or if Automatic Updates settings have been changed.
“ OneCare is built for people who dont want to worry about protecting and maintaining their PC. This behavior is by design and is not unique
to the latest version of OneCare. It helps ensure that your computer continues to receive important updates as soon as possible after they are
released. We are evaluating user feedback and will be revisiting how we communicate the installation details of Windows Live OneCare as we are
continually working to improve that experience. In addition, OneCare was built with privacy in mind, and Microsoft takes that very seriously –
every new feature or setting change is reviewed and approved by Microsoft’s privacy experts .”
neowin.net -
26.10.2007
Latest Windows 7 Updates Cause BSOD: Fix