Warning: Windows 7 beta could corrupt your MP3s
Several reports from users testing the latest leaked build of Windows 7 indicate a potential data corruption issue using Microsoft's Windows Media Player 12.
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5.1.2009 Warning: Windows 7 beta bi-hourly shutdowns start next week
The Windows 7 beta will begin bi-hourly shutdowns on July 1, 2009 and will expire on August 1, 2009.
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23.6.2009 TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S.
TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent tracking site facing a copyright lawsuit from the motion picture industry, is shutting down access to users in the United States, the company said in a statement late Sunday night.
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27.8.2007 Microsoft Shuts Down Halogen
For the last three years, we've worked incessantly to bring you the best Halo mod that we could. There have been a lot of ups and downs, but somehow Halogen has always managed to come out kicking.
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11.9.2006 Microsoft Vista shuts out other OSes
When Microsoft's Vista arrives on machines, it looks like it may need a trusted platform model (TPM) chip to be present on the system.
That's just one element of what Microsoft dubs "multi tiered data protection", and the firm says that it will support full volume encryption to prevent disk access to files by other operating systems.
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Windows XP Exploit Shuts Off Windows Firewall
Detailed exploit code for a Windows XP security vulnerability has been published on the Internet, offering a roadmap for hackers to disable the firewall embedded in the operating system.
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1.11.2006 Microsoft issues warning to Volume License customers over Windows Genuine Advantage fail
Phil Liu of Microsoft has reported problems with the Windows Genuine Advantage authentication method for Volume License Key (VLK) customers and a temporary work-around.
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5.10.2006 Microsoft Rocked by New IE Zero-Day Flaw Warning
Barely two weeks after shipping an Internet Explorer security makeover to cover a wave of drive-by malware downloads, Microsoft is scrambling to address the public disclosure of a new zero-day vulnerability that could be used in code execution attacks. The Redmond, Wash.
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26.4.2006 Microsoft Rocked by New IE Zero-Day Flaw Warning
Barely two weeks after shipping an Internet Explorer security makeover to cover a wave of drive-by malware downloads, Microsoft is scrambling to address the public disclosure of a new zero-day vulnerability that could be used in code execution attacks.
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27.4.2006 Warning: Vista Marketing Tsunami Looming
If your reaction to all of the hype swirling around the launch of Windows Vista this week is less "Wow!" and more "Whoa! Enough already!" then 2007 could be a long year.
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1.2.2007 Warning: ZoneAlarm 7.1 Reported to Kill Vista Cracks
VistaLoader and Paradox gone! The day has come, it is over the happy Vista cracking era, and no it is not Microsoft it is a 3rd party security software. Thanks to Steve Jobs who report this on his blog.
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3.7.2007 Keznews Dangerous MS Update Early Warning System
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in our forum. Steve Jobs wrote:
15 May 07 - Since a few days, most of the known Office 2007 keys do not pass the Genuine test anymore.
You can still use them to install your Office 2007 and change the key later.
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17.5.2007 Warning! Microsoft Made Its Own Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
Warning! Microsoft authored its very own Windows Vista vs. Windows XP comparison. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that is why I included a .PNG image of the Redmond company's Vista vs. XP toward the bottom of this article.
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20.8.2007 Activate Windows 7 Pre-Beta 6801 with Vista Beta or RC Product Key without Crack
Already download and install Windows 7 Pre-Beta build 6801? You probably have to leave the product key field blank during installation in order to complete the setup of Windows 7.
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1.11.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 Leaks, Public Beta Expected in November
After Microsoft announced yesterday that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 will be sent to testers this week, more exciting news comes from the Office 2010 section.
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21.10.2009 Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2
Visual Studio 2008 is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and the Web. The Beta 2 release includes most of the products found in the Visual Studio product line. MSDN Subscribers can also download these files from
MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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27.7.2007 Can we have a Windows 7 beta 2 please?
I’ve been running Windows 7 beta 1 for now eight weeks and I’ve put this beta thorough a serious workout.
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21.2.2009 Windows Defender Beta 2
Overview
This release includes enhanced features that reflect ongoing input from customers, as well as Microsoft?s growing understanding of the spyware landscape.
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14.2.2006 Windows VistaBootPRO 2.0 Beta
PROnetworks announced that VistaBootPRO 2.0 Beta, the newest version of the original program developed by the PROnetworks Betas Team and the Beta Testing Forum, is now available for download. This is an update to the original VistaBootPRO 1.0 Beta. There are lots of new features and improved GUI interface. Full support for Windows Vista Beta 2 and Build 5456 has been added as well.
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15.7.2006 Safari 3.0.4 Beta for Windows
Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web, up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer.
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16.11.2007 Windows 7 Beta 1 Just Around the Corner?
Microsoft has not only wrapped up the first Beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2, but is also close to releasing the first Beta of Windows 7.
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4.12.2008 Windows 7 beta 1 review
I’ve now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest release.
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29.12.2008 Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN!
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8.1.2009 Windows 7 Changes Since Beta for the RC
We’ve been quite busy for the past two months or so working through all the feedback we’ve received on Windows 7.
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26.2.2009 Windows 7 Beta 1: Two Months Later
I've been running the software since Jan. 9. It's time for an update on the experience.
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9.3.2009 Windows 7, a few more changes from Beta to RC…
Building on the recent post on some changes since Beta) on some of the changes you will see in the Release Candidate.
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13.3.2009 Windows 7 Beta Is Dead
This is it! Today, August 1st, 2009 is the final expiration deadline for Build 7000, which is the first and only Beta development milestone of Windows 7.
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1.8.2009 DOWNLOAD Windows Vista Beta 1
links updated
This is Unofficial Download page of Windows Vista Beta 1. Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft
This is Beta 1. Build 5112 for those inclined to such information.
Please post this on other forums and sumbit this to other news sites to help us. It will increase the traffic to the page dramatically!
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Windows Vista Beta 2 Videos
After installing Beta 2 of Microsoft's upcoming operating system, I decided to grab a few videos of the GUI in action. Read more for videos.
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A Warning About the Windows Vista SP1 Beta Standalone Installer
Robert McLaws: By now you're aware that the Windows Vista SP1 Beta has been released to beta testers for a thorough shakedown. I just wanted to give
anyone who still has UAC on a bit of warning. If you right-click the installer and select "Run as Administrator" first, then it won't take nearly
as long to extract the files. Otherwise, it takes almost 15 minutes just to fail thrugh the copy the first time, until you finally get the UAC
dialog.
Also, be aware that, while it says it can take up to 30 minutes, it's closer to an hour, and it will restart 3 or 4
times in the process (checking the box at the beginning is definitely advised). I've been running SP1 on my main machine for a few hours now, and it
seems to be pretty stable. I'll have more on this later.
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25.09.2007Warning: Windows 7 beta could corrupt your MP3s
Several reports from users using the latest leaked build of Windows 7 indicate a potential data corruption issue using Microsoft's Windows Media
Player 12. Windows 7 beta 1 build 7000 leaked over the Christmas holidays and a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that there is a bug which
affects the leaked build. Approximately 2-3 seconds will get shaved off the beginning of MP3s if you have set your Windows Media Player 12 settings to
retrieve information from the internet and update files. The default configuration for WMP12 sets this if you use the "express" option during setup.
"The problem only happens when you edit metadata on a certain class of MP3 file (a file with a header larger than 16KB).
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05.01.2009Microsoft Shuts Down 'Max' Project
Microsoft Max, a beta
application that was a testbed
for new technologies and was
designed to showcase the
capabilities in Windows
Vista's new graphics and
communication frameworks has
concluded, Microsoft disclosed
this week...
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03.11.2006Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows Live Help Community too
Microsoft has silently removed the
Windows Live Help Community service and the link
now redirects to Windows Live Help. This is one of the many Windows Live services being dropped in recent times. And Like Windows Live for TV, Help
Community never made it out of beta.
For those of you who don't remember, Microsoft released Windows Live Help Community back in
December 2006, providing another channel for users to get help for their Windows Live services. However, throughout the lifetime of the service, only
three services ever utilized Help Community - that is Windows Live Admin Center, Windows Live Call for Free, and Help Community itself.
As
noted back then on LiveSide, there seems to be too many help and feedback channels for Windows Live services, including:
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Help Central
Windows Live Account - Feedback
Live Search QnA
Windows Live Help Community (now removed)
Windows Live Message
Boards
Windows Live public newsgroups
Seems like Microsoft is finally getting their hands on to clean up the mess they've
created with Windows Live and Live Search.
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16.06.2008Microsoft shuts off Messenger in US-embargoed countries
Microsoft has switched off access to Windows Live Messenger in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea. The software giant announced the policy
change in a blog post spotted by our friends at LiveSide. If any users in these countries attempts to sign into Messenger they will receive the
following message: 810003c1: We were unable to sign you in to the .NET Messenger Service. Work arounds are already available, signing in with a 3rd
party client or setting your location in your Windows Live account to any other region will allow you to sign in again. A Microsoft spokesperson
confirmed to Neowin that the company has discontinued Messenger services to certain countries due to United States sanctions.
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22.05.2009Google shuts off anti-phishing feature in Firefox 2.0
Mozilla had announced earlier that it is not planning to do any further security & stability updates for Firefox 2 and the phishing protection service
will no longer be available for Firefox 2 users from January 20, 2009. As announced the phishing protection service has been turned off for Firefox 2.
The phishing sites list (also known as black list) is generated by the Google Search in Firefox 2 using the initial version of the SafeBrowsing
Protocol. Google and Mozilla have updated the SafeBrowsing protocol to version 2.2 now.
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21.01.2009Want Windows 7 Beta 1? Here's what you have to do...
PDC attendees got the Windows 7 pre-beta build, and Microsoft told them that a public beta would be available in early 2009. But you don't want to
wait until then, right? You want Beta 1, right now. Well, I can't give you that, but I can tell you how you can get your hands on a physical copy
of the Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD. You'll need $100 and a desire to visit one of the upcoming episodes of the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC).
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04.12.2008Intel's profit warning follows a profit warning
It's being called the "economic Katrina," and now there are signs that it has officially made landfall. After already preparing investors for
bad news, Intel yesterday took the unusual step of proclaiming the news will actually be worse...
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13.11.2008BSkyB Shuts Video Service
After DRM Crack
A crack in the digital rights
management software for
Windows Media has caused a
British television network to
suspend its movie and sports
content download service while
it updates the DRM on its
files...
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13.09.2006US shuts down 'scareware' sellers
The US government has moved to shut down sellers of fake security software. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has won a restraining order that stops
several sellers of "scareware" from continuing to trade. Millions of people are thought to have been caught out by the software which, once
installed, issues false alerts about viruses and illegal porn. The FTC is pursuing further legal action to win a permanent ban on those peddling
the scareware. Court papers submitted by the FTC show that the peddlers of the fake security software tricked websites into advertising their
products. The companies behind the fake security software won customers via adverts on many popular websites.
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13.12.2008Brits who download music illegally to receive warning letters
If you live in England and download a lot of copyrighted music, check your mailbox. The British government said Thursday that the recording industry
and the country's largest ISPs have agreed on a deal to cut down on piracy through warning letters...
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25.07.2008Windows 7 beta on MSDN?
Just as many are waiting for the Windows 7 beta to be announced at CES, we have a Microsoft blog saying its available on MSDN! Image Courtesy: MSDN
Blogs It is not sure whether it is available now or will be available soon, but you get the word. MSDN subscribers would be lucky enough to get hold
of Windows 7 beta. If you are a MSDN subsriber, can you see Windows 7 listed in there already?
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08.01.2009Microsoft shuts down popular Windows patching package, AutoPatcher
Microsoft Legal defies logic today by
forcibly removing a free and trustworthy
software package which makes updating Windows more convenient and accessible.
AutoPatcher, for those who dont know, was an impressive
Windows community project that combined publically available
Windows hotfixes and security updates each month to form a single package that could either be installed in a batch or burned on to an CD. To those
who regularly format their computers or fix other peoples computers (for which I share you pain), AutoPatcher not only saves bandwidth but precious
time downloading each individual update from
Windows Update.
It is not hard to imagine AutoPatcher violated some clause in some terms of service
somewhere, but why Microsoft would act on it, and act on it now is unbelievable. If AutoPatcher could be as śmaliciousť as Microsoft suggests, then
why havent they acted on it sooner?
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29.08.2007Microsoft warns of IE8 lock-in with XP SP3
Microsoft yesterday warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they won't be able to uninstall either the service pack or Internet
Explorer 8 (IE8) under some circumstances. The warning was reminiscent of one Microsoft made in May, when Windows XP SP3 had just been made available
for downloading. At the time, the company told users they wouldn't be able to downgrade from IE7 to the older IE6 browser without uninstalling the
service pack.
In a post to the IE blog today, Jane Maliouta, a Microsoft program manager, spelled out the newest situation, which affects
users who downloaded and installed IE8 Beta 1 prior to updating Windows XP to SP3. If those users then upgrade IE8 to Beta 2 , which Microsoft
unveiled today, they will be stuck with both IE8 and Windows XP SP3. A warning dialog will appear to alert users. "If you chose to continue,
Windows XP SP3 and IE8 Beta2 will become permanent," Maliouta said. "You will still be able to upgrade to later IE8 builds as they become available,
but you won't be able to uninstall them."
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28.08.2008Reminder: Windows 7 beta download ends this week
Just a reminder to everyone that as we reported earlier, the general availability of Windows 7 Beta program is ending this week. Starting from Feb
10th (12am Pacific Time), there wont be any new downloads of Windows 7 beta available, and from Feb 12th (9am Pacific Time), no downloads of Windows 7
beta will be available. If you are already downloading your beta, better complete the download before Feb 12th! So, if you haven't yet started
your download or yet registered for Windows 7 Beta, then this is the right time. Download your beta here before it ends!
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10.02.2009Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP
After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting
about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows
Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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03.01.2009Think Secret settles with Apple, shuts down
Apple was handed a minor victory on Thursday as the rumor site agreed to shut down, however the company will not get the identities of Think Secret's
sources...
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20.12.2007Windows 7 Beta - When will it arrive?
Still a few hours away for CES, it is known that Microsoft is going unveil the Windows 7 Beta at CES. But it is still unsure when would users be able
to download it officially. Mary-Jo Foley reports that public betas of Windows 7 would hit this week along with the private beta. Now, there is some
information available from this Microsoft blog: Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD - and that
immediate upcoming MSDN Developer Conference is on January 13th, which is next Tuesday! At the worst, expect a public beta release next week as the
private beta testers would get priority even if its released earlier.
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07.01.2009Microsoft shuts down book search
Microsoft plans to shutter its book-scanning operation next week, the company said on Friday.
It will shut down the
Live Search Books and
Live Search Academic Web sites and
stop scanning library and copyright books, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of search, portal and advertising
for
Microsoft, wrote in a
blog post .
Microsoft appears to have decided that it doesn't want to be in the business of creating digital content, instead hoping that
others will take on that task. The company will give its scanning equipment to its library and digitization partners and encourage
them to continue to scan books. "Based on our experience, we foresee that the best way for a search engine to make book content
available will be by crawling content repositories created by book publishers and libraries," Nadella wrote.
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24.05.2008New Zero-day Flaw In Firefox &
IE
According to Tech Web,
multiple security
organizations are warning of a
new Zero-day flaw in both IE &
Firefox. The article says that
the bug affects Internet
Explorer (including
fully-patched IE 6.0 and even
IE 7 Beta 2) and Firefox, the
Mozilla suite and
SeaMonkey.
According to Symantec, which
issued an alert late afternoon
Tuesday, all versions of the
Microsoft and Mozilla browsers
could be used to harvest data
through a JavaScript
key-filtering vulnerability.
"This issue is triggered by
utilizing JavaScript
'OnKeyDown' events to
capture and duplicate
keystrokes from users," went
the Symantec warning.
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