How to monitor the health of
your PC
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
explains how to use the tools
in the Windows XP Help and
Support Center and third-party
programs to check your
computer's system health...
WindowsXP/expertzone -
04.01.2006Windows Vista Makes Backup and
Recovery Simple
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
explains the new and improved
backup and restore
capabilities in Windows Vista...
microsoft.com/windowsvista -
15.08.2006Best Practices for
Partitioning a Hard Disk
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
explains how to choose a disk
partitioning scheme that helps
you be better organized, more
productive, and helps ensure
the integrity of your data...
WindowsXP/expertzone -
04.01.2006Designers set off Layer Tennis match
A Friday amusement for the design-interested kicks off in about 30 minutes, as the latest iteration of Layer Tennis gets underway. The live artists'
face-off begins at noon PST; the artists at the epicenter are Mitch Ansara and Rod Hunting, with play-by-play commentary from Matthew Baldwin...
betanews.com -
21.02.2009Resolving Windows XP
SP2???related application
compatibility problems
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
identifies common Windows XP
SP2???related application
compatibility problems and
identifies ways to resolve
them...
WindowsXP/expertzone -
04.01.2006Resolving Windows XP
SP2–related application
compatibility problems
Columnist Mitch Tulloch
identifies common Windows XP
SP2–related application
compatibility problems and
identifies ways to resolve
them...
WindowsXP/expertzone -
21.08.2006Second acts: Seven tech titans today
Once upon a time, the name Tim Berners-Lee was on the lips of everybody in the tech world. Same goes for Philippe Kahn, Mitch Kapor, Steve Wozniak and
several others who have since stepped away from the spotlight. What are these technology titans up to today? Read on to find out.
winbeta.org -
03.12.2007Comcast to Slow Some Web Traffic for Up to 20 Minutes
Comcast Corp. plans to slow Internet service to its heaviest users during periods of congestion, after regulators ordered the company to devise a new
method for managing its Web traffic.
The top Internet speeds for targeted customers will be reduced for periods lasting 10
minutes to 20 minutes, keeping service to other users flowing, Mitch Bowling, Comcast's senior vice president and general manager of online services,
said in an interview yesterday.
winbeta.org -
21.08.2008Yahoo! and Virgin agree mobile search deal
Yahoo and Virgin Mobile have agreed a deal making Yahoo search the exclusive pre-installed search service for Virgin's 4 million mobile
subscribers in Britain, the two companies said on Monday. Yahoo is hoping to steal a lead on rival Google in the nascent mobile search and
advertising markets, having lost the battle for dominance in the desktop computer search market, and is spearheading its European efforts in Britain.
"We will continue to focus on investing in this area. It falls squarely within our strategy of indispensable starting points," the head of
Yahoo's mobile operations in Europe, Mitch Lazar, told Reuters by telephone.
Read full story.....
neowin.net -
02.12.2008Microsoft Officially Lowers Price of Xbox 360 by $50
Microsoft Corp. today kicked
off the greatest holiday
lineup in video game history
by announcing it will reduce
the estimated retail price
(ERP) of Xbox 360 by $50
(U.S.) beginning Aug. 8.
Soon to
follow, Electronic Arts Inc.
(EA) will release its
blockbuster video game title
Madden NFL 08 on Aug. 14.
Madden NFL Football, one of
the most important mass-appeal
franchises in video games, was
the top-selling game of 2006
and is the top-selling
franchise of the past 10
years. Only Xbox 360 offers a
console for all interests and
budgets.
The fact that we have
been able to keep our launch
price longer than any other
console while retaining our
leadership position
demonstrates that consumers
believe in the value of Xbox
360, said Mitch Koch,
corporate vice president,
Global Retail Sales and
Marketing Group, Entertainment
and Devices Division at
Microsoft. On the eve of the
best holiday games lineup ever
and the launch of Madden NFL
08, there has never been a
better time to jump into Xbox
360. ..
winbeta.org -
07.08.2007US files complaint with WTO
US Trade Representative Susan
Schwab has announced that the
US will file two complaints
with the World Trade
Organization against China
over what Schwab described as
" inadequate protection of
intellectual-property
rights ." The complaints
cover widespread piracy of US
movies, music, and software
along with market barriers
that make legitimate works
more difficult to buy. The
recording industry expressed
its support for the
complaints: " This is a
serious, significant, and
welcome step by the US
government. China has to date
failed to institute the types
of serious, systemic reforms
and measures that would bring
real accountability to the
marketplace and secure
compliance with its
international
obligations ," said RIAA
CEO Mitch Bainwol in a
statement.
The US
had been engaged in bilateral
talks with China but with very
little results. In May 2006,
the government mandated that
all computers shipped in China
contain only licensed software
and said that it planned to
begin removing unlicensed
software from its own
computers. It also passed a
new law designed to keep its
citizens from uploading
copyrighted content to the
Internet, mandating fines
and/or the confiscation of
property for those caught
doing so. Nevertheless, as of
late 2005, 90% of all software
in use in China was pirated
according to the Business
Software Alliance, and
although the situation has
improved somewhat, it's still
a major problem for the music,
movie, and software
industries.
neowin.net -
10.04.2007LimeWire countersues RIAA
LimeWire LLC is planning an
enthusiastic defence against
RIAA's lawsuit against them.
Lime Wire is countersuing the
music labels for
anti-competitive activities,
illegal restraint of trade,
tortious interference, and
deceptive trade practices.
LimeWire insists that it is
different from the original
Napster as it uses a "truly
decentralized P2P technology"
and only allows users to
install the software if they
agree not to use the
application to infringe
copyrights. It sounds great on
paper, but this argument never
saved Grokster.
LimeWire had planned to
educate users about
copyrighted materials but
music labels did not allow
LimeWire to redirect users to
legal alternatives such as
iTunes. The only acceptable
way of doing so, was to
partner with iMesh - a P2P
company with close RIAA
connections. Lime Wire is
asking for actual damages,
punitive damages, and legal
fees from the RIAA. The
counterclaim states music
labels form a practical
monopoly that has engaged in
the illegal restraint of
trade. LimeWire agrees with
the idea of "copyright" in
principle: the owner has the
right to control the making of
copies. However, LimeWire
argues that the RIAA is using
its copyrights over recorded
works as a weapon to stifle
competition from anyone in the
Internet distribution
business. After MetaMachine
(the company behind eDonkey)
settled with the RIAA two
weeks ago, RIAA CEO Mitch
Bainwol publicly claimed
LimeWire was next.
neowin.net -
28.09.2006RIAA counters Jobs, says Apple should open technology
A recording industry group
fired back Wednesday at Apple
Inc. CEO Steve Jobs,
suggesting his company should
open up its anti-piracy
technology to its rivals
instead of urging major record
labels to strip copying
restrictions from music sold
online. Mitch Bainwol,
chairman and chief executive
of the Recording Industry
Association of America, said
the move would eliminate
technology hurdles that now
prevent fans from playing
songs bought at Apple's
iTunes Music Store on devices
other than the company's
iPod. ``We have no
doubt that a technology
company as sophisticated and
smart as Apple could work with
the music community to make
that happen,'' Bainwol said
in a prepared statement.
In an essay posted
Tuesday on the Cupertino-based
company's Web site, Jobs
called on record labels to
abandon their requirement for
online music to be wrapped in
Digital Rights Management, or
DRM, technology, which is
designed to limit unauthorized
copying. The major record
labels -- Universal Music
Group, EMI Music, Sony BMG
Music Entertainment and Warner
Music Group -- control some 70
percent of the music market
and have maintained that DRM
safeguards are needed to stave
off rampant piracy. Jobs said
eliminating such restrictions
would open up the online music
marketplace
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08.02.2007
