Microsoft may offer Windows 7 on thumb drive for netbooks
Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on netbooks even since it first introduced the operating system, however, helping consumers getting it on there may prove a bit tricky.
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27.6.2009 Microsoft Picks Partners to Fight Phishing
Microsoft has signed up three companies to add phishing monitoring and detection technology to its antiphishing filter in the MSN Search Toolbar and the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7, and its SmartScreen e-mail filter, the company says.
The software vendor has also released the final version of its phishing filter add-on technology for the MSN Search Toolbar. The technology is available as a
free download.
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19.11.2005 Microsoft Partners: Vista Campaign Was Deceptive
Microsoft may soon be defending itself from a class action lawsuit over its 'Vista Capable' marketing campaign, and several of the vendor's channel partners aren't the least bit surprised.
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14.2.2008 Microsoft Partners with Top Social Networks
Today Microsoft is announcing some significant developments to the Windows Live platform that demonstrate Microsoft’s commitment to data portability and giving users a choice of how to use and control their information.
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25.3.2008 Microsoft Partners: MinWin Could Soothe Vista Headaches
In the year that has passed since Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) released Windows Vista to business users, the operating system has gained a reputation in the channel as a bloated memory hog that many companies are avoiding like a trip to the dentist.
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3.12.2007 Microsoft Cites Top 10 Reasons Partners Should Pitch Vista
Microsoft cut the WinFS file system and PC-to-PC synchronization from Windows Vista, but the company says there are at least 10 key reasons for partners to push the upgraded desktop operating system to their SMB customers.
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11.7.2006 Hosting Partners Cast Wary Eye At Microsoft Office Live
With Microsoft's Office Live open for business, its shadow looms large over other hosted collaboration and e-mail services for small businesses.
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6.3.2007 Microsoft Hones IE 7's "Drive-by-Download" Defenses
While Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates told security professionals that security is job number one on Tuesday, he's leaving it up to developers like those working up the next version of Internet Explorer to make it happen.
Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7), said Gary Schare, director of product management for IE, will reduce the chance that spyware spreaders can use silent drive-by downloads to infect PCs with malicious software.
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16.2.2006 Microsoft shows off HD DVD drive for Xbox
Microsoft on Monday offered the first glimpse of an external HD DVD drive built for the Xbox 360 game console.
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8.8.2006 Microsoft eases hard drive capacity restriction for netbooks
Microsoft has officially eased the restriction of the standard specification for netbooks using the Windows XP operation system by increasing the allowable hard drive capacity from 80GB to 160GB, according to sources in the channel.
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3.9.2008 Partners and retailers rally apps, support for Vista
With the consumer launch of Windows Vista on the horizon, Microsoft's software and retail partners are preparing for the launch with applications and support for the new OS.
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25.1.2007 New Windows Home Server Hardware and Software Partners
In his keynote address at the Microsoft® Windows® Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) 2007, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates today demonstrated Windows Home Server and announced new hardware partners for the upcoming product, which include Gateway Inc., LaCie and Medion International.
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15.5.2007 Vista SP1 to Include Common Security APIs for Partners
A spokesperson for Microsoft Thursday evening characterized as "grossly inaccurate" reports from earlier in the day, including from Reuters, stating that a technical glitch in the company's Live Meeting services led to a dissolution of a meeting between Microsoft and security products vendors.
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21.10.2006 Office 2007 Referral Payment Pilot Irks Some Partners
Microsoft's plan to pilot test an Office 2007 referral payment program with a limited number of large system builders has some smaller partners miffed.
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25.1.2007 Microsoft Addresses Xbox 360 100 GB Hard Drive Rumor
Following yesterday's report on a supposed 100 GB Hard Drive for the Xbox 360 being announced at the Korean X06, we contacted Microsoft to confirm the existence of such accessory.
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22.10.2006 Terabyte Drive is Coming Now
Having storage problem with your PC? You have downloaded a lot of movies, MP3 songs, games, etc.
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12.2.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive
You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on.
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4.5.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive
You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. But did you know that your disk drive has a built-in system for the secure erasure of data? No? Then read on.
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18.6.2007 How to REALLY erase a hard drive 2
A new version of HDerase.exe has been released Go direct to
UCSD’s Center for Magnetic Recording Research website to download version 3.2.
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19.6.2007 Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive
Overview
The Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive includes essential tools that can help you transform the way you create, share, and manage ideas and information using all four Office 2004 for Mac programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. After you install the Test Drive, you can use it for 30 days. It includes almost all of the features found in Office 2004. For details about the Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, see the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive Read Me.
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4.12.2005 Hard drive price war coming
According to reports, we may witness a price war in the hard drive business industry. At least this is what Seagate Technology CEO Bill Watkins said on Wednesday. Seagate is currently the world's largest hard drive manufacturer and competes with such companies as Western Digital, Hitachi, Samsung and Toshiba.
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13.8.2006 Seagate Confirms 1TB Hard Drive
Seagate has confirmed to the folks over at DailyTech, that they plan to launch a 1TB (Terabyte) hard drive sometime in the first half of 2007.
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5.1.2007 New Windows Vista Test Drive Website
"The Windows Vista Business test drive allows you to try this latest operating system from Microsoft..."
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6.1.2007 Test drive the new Windows Live suite
You’ve probably already read about some changes we’re making to Windows Live, and have seen some of your services change over the past few weeks. Starting later today, you'll be able to test out the new suite of Windows Live software at http://get.live.com/wl/all.
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5.9.2007 Fujitsu Shows 500GB Laptop Drive
The latest entry in high-capacity notebooks is Fujitsu, which will release a laptop with a 500GB drive in May.
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25.2.2008 Dell Ships Laptop with Blu-ray Drive
Dell on Monday became the latest manufacturer to support Sony's Blu-ray discs in its notebook computers, a move that was largely expected as Dell is a founding member behind the format.
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12.12.2006 Hitachi Ships 1TB Hard Disk Drive
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has started to ship its 1TB hard disk drives (HDDs) introduced early this year commercially. But the hard drive that represents a milestone in desktop data storage costs a little less than two times higher compared to slightly less capacious one, which makes it not very affordable.
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6.4.2007 Free Hard Drive Virtualization for Windows - SteadyState 2.5
Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows SteadyState helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them.
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13.6.2008 Hitachi aiming for 5TB hard drive by 2010
Solid-state disks may be eating into the territory of traditional hard drives, particularly in laptops, but that doesn't mean spinning platters are on their last legs – particularly not at Hitachi.
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3.7.2008 Free Gadget: Hard Drive Diagnosis Software
Is there any funny sound generated when your hard drive is in operation? Here I am introducing a free application that can be used to diagnose your hard drive problem.
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27.7.2008Microsoft may offer Windows 7 on thumb drive for netbooks
Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on netbooks even since it first introduced the operating system, however, helping consumers getting it on there
may prove a bit tricky. According to CNET, Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive so that netbook owners are able to easily
upgrade their machines in case they lack a DVD drive, and are unable to use an external one. Even though Microsoft is considering selling Windows 7
on a thumb drive, there are other options for netbook users to upgrade. Less tech-savvy consumers could pay for someone else to do it, such as a
service like Best Buy's Geek Squad.
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27.06.2009Kingston launch world's first 256GB thumb drive
Is that a whopping 256GB USB flash drive in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? The huge flash drive is in Kingston Technology's pocket
as they are set to launch the highest capacity USB thumb drive available on the market this week, with their DataTraveler 300 device. Whether the
demand for such a device exists remains to be seen. The flash drive includes password protection functionality - through their Password Traveler
software - which can protect of up to 90% of its capacity, and it is apparently enhanced for use with Windows Vista's ReadyBoost feature.
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21.07.2009Apps Launch from USB Drives
U3 and partners add smarts to
thumb drives, so users can
carry desktops in their
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20.09.2005Terabyte Thumb Drives Made Possible by Nanotech Memory
Researchers have developed a low-cost, low-power computer memory that could put terabyte-sized thumb drives in consumers' pockets within a few
years.
Thanks to a new technique for manipulating charged copper particles at the molecular scale, researchers at Arizona State
University say their memory is, bit-for-bit, one-tenth the cost of -- and 1,000 times as energy-efficient as -- flash memory, the predominant memory
technology in iPhones and other mobile devices.
"A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says
Michael Kozicki, director of ASU's Center for Applied Nanoionics, which developed the
technology. "All the current limitations in portable electronic storage could go away. You could record video of every event in your life and store
it."
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28.10.2007Contractor Pleads Guilty To Stealing Classified Data
Jessica Lynn Quintana, a
former employee with a
contractor at the Los Alamos
National Laboratory pleaded
guilty in U.S. District Court
in Albuquerque, N.M. to
stealing classified
information from the lab and
is now facing a maximum of one
year in jail and a
$100,000 fine. She has
lost her security clearance
and could also receive up to
five years of probation.
Quintana was hired to
archive classified information
at the multi-disciplinary
scientific laboratory in
northern New Mexico. According
to a release from the
Department of Justice, she
admitted in her plea that on
July 27, 2006, she was working
in a secure area at the lab
and printed pages of
classified documents and
downloaded other classified
information onto a thumb
drive. She put the stolen data
in a backpack and headed for
home. Quintana told government
agents that she stored the
pages and thumb drive at her
home, which was outside of her
authorization limits. On
October 17, officers of the
Los Alamos Police Department
executed a state search
warrant on Quintana's home
and seized the thumb drive
containing classified
information. Three days later,
the FBI seized the classified
printouts during the execution
of a federal search warrant on
her home.
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17.05.2007Google to 'share the wealth' with partners on Apps Premier Edition
Expanding on its efforts to drive revenues from its online application suite, Google this week launched a plan to help authorized reseller partners
sell, customize and support the Premier Edition of Google Apps...
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16.01.2009Microsoft Equips Microsoft Dynamics Partners to Seize Vertical Opportunities
Q&A: Doug Kennedy, vice president of Microsoft Dynamics Partners, discusses Microsofts plan to help Microsoft Dynamics partners capitalize on
customers growing need for vertical solutions...
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13.07.2009Managing USB Thumb Drives - Is Vista Better Than Epoxy?
Chris Chalmers: What's so bad about USB flash drives? Isn't it great that, for less than $50, I can buy device the size of my thumb that holds 16Gb
of emails, product designs, and drafts of confidential memos? In a word, NO.
From an e-discovery perspective, tracking and
managing all these potential sources of responsive information is a nightmare. Brad Carlson of Fios, Inc. outlines a helpful process in his article,
"Collecting Personal Data for E-Discovery" in Computer Technology Review (you can read it here:
http://www.wwpi.com/fall-2007/2794-collecting-personal-data-for-e-discovery).
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09.09.2008Microsoft Recognizes Outstanding Partner Achievements
Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 in Houston, Microsoft Corp. honored an elite group of Microsoft Dynamics partners for their
commitment to customers and success in extending the Microsoft Dynamics platform to drive business advantages in companies worldwide.
śOur partners represent the premier channel in the industry, with a solid commitment to constantly achieving strong performance and delivering
exceptional value to customers,ť said Doug Kennedy, vice president, Microsoft Dynamics Partners. śIts an honor to acknowledge their dedication and
success as part of the Microsoft Dynamics partner community.ť
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10.07.2008Sony USB thumb drives come with rootkit
As a result of its decision to include a rootkit-based copy protection system in some of its CDs, Sony had to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties and
refund users whose PCs were damaged by the software last year. However, it seems that wasn't enough to make the company turn its back on rootkits.
The folks at F-Secure
have discovered that software
bundled with Sony's
MicroVault USB thumb drives installs a driver
intended to conceal files in the host system's Windows directory. Said directory reportedly becomes invisible to the Windows API and some anti-virus
software, which could potentially allow malware to exploit it in order to avoid detection.
According to F-Secure, Sony relies on
the cloaking functionality to conceal data used by the thumb drives' fingerprint authentication system.
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28.08.2007Install Windows Vista from a high speed USB 2.0 Flash Drive
Why would someone want to
install a client OS from a
thumb drive instead of a
DVDROM or over the network?
One reason: Performance.
Installing Windows
Vista from a high speed USB
flash drive is in my
experience the easiest &
fastest way to complete a
Windows Vista install. This is
much faster than using a DVD,
gigabit ethernet, or possibly
even some external USB 2.0
hard drives, due to
differences in access speed &
transfer rate. To put this
into perspective, y'know how
installing Windows on a
Virtual PC virtual machine
from an .ISO CD image is
really, really, really fast?
Imagine something
roughly just as fast, except
for doing installations of the
OS on to actual
workstations.
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01.03.2007SanDisk, Microsoft Join to Replace U3
Just four months after its big
coming out party at CES, U3 --
a platform for running
applications from USB thumb
drives -- has already been put
on the chopping block by
parent SanDisk. The company
has decided to join Microsoft
in creating a new standard...
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14.05.2007Microsoft Partners Welcome Windows 7 Release Candidate
As Microsoft delivers its Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) operating system to the public on May 5, company partners weigh in on the impact of the new
platform to their products and customers. Microsoft is relying on some 10,000-plus partners to help promote Windows 7 to customers.
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05.05.2009100GB Hard Drive for Xbox Coming
Microsoft announced in Korea
Thursday that it plans to
deliver a 100-gigabyte hard
drive add-on for the Xbox 360.
The current premium version of
the console comes with a 20GB
hard drive. The news came at
the company's X06 conference,
but no specific timetable was
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19.10.2006In Wake of Credit Crisis, Technology Critical for Growth, Microsoft Leader Reports from SIFMA Wall Street Conference
Q&A: U.S. Capital Markets Industry Solutions Director Craig Saint-Amour discusses how Microsoft and its partners are demonstrating a variety of
innovative solutions that can help Wall Street firms drive better customer experiences and thrive “ despite the tough economic environment...
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11.06.2008"BlackBerry Thumb" sparks new form of hand massage
Many BlackBerry users
feel the "BlackBerry Thumb"
affect after spending hours on
a hand-held e-mail device.
This thumb effect results in
sore thumbs, but there is a
possible solution. The Hyatt
hotel chain found so many of
their business travelers were
complaining of hand and arm
discomfort that they have
introduced a special
"BlackBerry Balm" hand
massage at most of their North
American spas.
Corporate spa director
Kyra Johnson said guests began
asking masseurs to spend more
time on their hands and arms
because of the growing
popularity of PDA (personal
digital assistant) devices
like BlackBerrys and Treos.
The
30-minute massage, that costs
about ฮ, begins with heat
treatment and uses a
"BlackBerry Balm." It
"focuses on counteracting
tension on various hand and
arm muscles, specifically in
the thumbs and overworked
wrists," according to a Hyatt
statement.
The
American Physical Therapy
Association recently
recognized BlackBerry Thumb as
an official work place malady
-- a stress-related injury due
to over-use of any PDA or
smartphone. Ontario-based
Research IN Motion Ltd's
BlackBerry became a
technological must-have in the
late 1990s as a tool that
delivers e-mail to users on
the move.
Professor Alan Hedge, an
ergonomics specialist at
Cornell University in New York
state, said the condition is
caused by "highly repetitive,
forceful thumb movements with
the thumbs held back from the
palms." The symptoms
are pain in the thumb and
region around the base of the
thumb and hand. Treatment
typically consists of resting
or strapping the thumb,
anti-inflammatory medicines,
cortisone injections and, as a
last resort, surgery.
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Review: SanDisk 8GB Micro SDHC + MobileMate Micro Reader
Technology is moving at an alarming pace, allowing you to pack more in to a smaller place. Today I will present a continuation in this process: an 8GB
Micro SDHC and the accompanying micro reader. The focus of course being on size and density.
The relatively new format, Micro SD, was introduced by
SanDisk Corporation as a replacement for Transflash in 2005 and, along with Transflash, remains the smallest memory card form factor with dimensions
15 mm x 11 mm x 1 mm. Starting with petite 512MB versions three years ago, SanDisk has recently released micro drives capable of storing
16GB. The unit being reviewed is only 8GB, however.
I do not intend to mislead anyone here. Compared to a standard thumb drive, the only
advantage of a micro SD card is the size. The main reason for this type of memory card existing is to fit large memory capacities in to small devices.
Though, this review will go in depth in to the other benefits of having such a small memory card.
neowin.net - 13.11.2008
Hitachi to Debut 1-Terabyte Drive at CES
Hitachi introduced the first
commercially available
one-terabyte hard drive on
Friday, delivering on a
promise made nearly two years
ago. The drive uses
perpendicular recording
technology in order to store
data...
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Xbox 360 HD DVD drive gets the axe
Stopping short of saying it would produce a external Blu-ray drive, Microsoft has discontinued the accessory...
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Microsoft Plans Tougher Action Pack Requirements
Microsoft later this year
plans to raise the bar on a
popular software trial program
in response to reports that
some partners have been
illegally selling its
software.
The
Action Pack allows
Microsoft's Registered level
partners to obtain up to 10
licenses for Microsoft desktop
applications and operating
systems, and single server
licenses with up to 10 Client
Access Licenses (CALs).
The Action Pack
is intended for internal
business testing and
evaluation and also includes
technical demonstration and
marketing materials. However,
some Microsoft partners have
been breaking the rules by
selling the Action Pack
software to customers,
according to solution
providers.
When partners sell Action
Pack software in violation of
their licensing agreement, it
can harm other partners'
businesses, says Alex Pearson,
president of IS Systems, a San
Antonio, Texas-based solution
provider...
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