Windows 7 – Lost in Translation
Windows 7, Microsoft's next iteration of the Windows client and the successor of Windows Vista, is nothing short of lost in translation.
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14.7.2008 What Does Microsoft's Lost Antitrust Battle in Europe Mean for Windows Vista?
The European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg announced that it was upholding the European Commission’s decision on Microsoft's abuse of its dominant market position with the Windows operating system initially delivered in March 2004.
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17.9.2007 Google falters: Packets lost
We’re getting various reports via that Google services are down or at least sucking some serious wind. The service appears to be back as of noon-ish EDT in New York City. Google cites a “traffic jam” in Asia for the outage.
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14.5.2009 No Vista Ultimate upgrade: has Microsoft lost the plot?
Microsoft as predicted months ago finally announced last week that it would allow PC buyers from now until March when Windows Vista is released to the public to upgrade for a substantial discount or for free, depending on the version.
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30.10.2006 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows 7 Data Corruption
Microsoft warned that testers of Windows 7 could come across data-corruption issues on various machines including computers from Lenovo and HP.
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31.3.2009 Windows 7 Search for Data Anywhere It Lives
Windows 7 has long evolved past its precursor, Windows Vista. One key aspect of this evolution is the operating system's ability to stretch Windows Explorer well beyond the limitations of a local machine, or even a local network.
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24.3.2009 Windows Vista Activation Problems
Windows Vista has had everything but an easy ride since it hit the shelves in January 2007. The operating system was plagued by a luxuriant variety of problems from hardware and software incompatibilities to lack of support and poor performance and reliability.
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23.11.2007 Trojan poses as Windows screen to collect data
Symantec has warned of a Trojan that has posed as a Windows activation program and duped users into entering credit card information.
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7.5.2007 Windows Vista Interface Causes Problems For Consumers
Windows Vista Interface Causes Problems For Consumers, Support Firm Says. Navigating Windows Vista's Aero user interface is a big problem for many consumers learning Microsoft's 6-month-old operating system, a technical support company said Thursday. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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13.7.2007 Five Vista perception problems Windows 7 must overcome
Wide Angle Zoom You can just feel Apple getting ready with a new slate of "I'm a Mac" ads featuring Windows 7. They'll have to roll off Microsoft like Teflon.
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29.5.2009 No fix for data corruption bug in Windows Home Server
Two months after acknowledging a serious data corruption bug exists in Windows Home Server, Microsoft has admitted it still has no fix.
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27.2.2008 Windows Vista: Betas show potential and problems
Windows Vista shows a lot of promise. With beta 2 of Microsoft's much anticipated operating system nearly ready to be released to the public, users will soon have the ability to judge for themselves how Microsoft's next generation operating system is coming along.
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19.5.2006 Microsoft Confirms That Its Secret Alterations of Windows Generate Problems
Microsoft has been modifying files in the Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems without the knowledge or consent of the users that have acquired the products in good faith.
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28.9.2007 Windows Vista Genuine Validation Fails Due to Incorrect BIOS Data
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in his blog. Even if the operating system was activated properly.
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27.6.2007 Stop the Windows Vista Features and Services Harvesting User Data for Microsoft
There is a constant flow of communication between Windows Vista and Microsoft. A collection of features and services across Microsoft's latest desktop operating system exchange data with locations on the Internet, including those belonging to the Redmond company.
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19.8.2007 50 ways to lose your data
Disk drives are marvelous devices. Especially when they go “clunk” and stop working. I’m not kidding: at least you know your data is hosed. I prefer that to the silent data corruption you don’t find out about until you can’t access a file or your OS starts freezing. Or a RAID rebuild fails.
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8.8.2007 Inside a Microsoft data center
It takes mucho computes and terabytes to create the 3D models used in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth online mapping service. So how do they cram 5,000 cores and 10,000 terabytes - 10 petabytes - of storage into 3 40 ft. shipping containers?
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25.3.2009 Common Errors and Problems when Activating Windows Vista with KMS Server
Windows Vista Business edition and Windows Vista Enterprise edition can be activated by using a corporate KMS (Key Management Service) server, without contact or communicate with Microsoft.
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14.12.2006 I/O Data Vista Approved Tuners Announced
This week I/O Data is launching its new line of TV tuners -- the company is ready to set the mark for Vista friendly video hardware.
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1.1.2007 Hackers steal government, corporate data
Hackers stole information from the Department of Transportation and several U.S. corporations by seducing employees with fake job-listings on ads and e-mail, a computer security firm said on Monday.
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17.7.2007 Analyzing 3 months of Vista reliability data
A Windows Vista feature which I make use of regularly is the Reliability Monitor. While being far from an ideal metric for measuring reliability, it does offer users a simple way to tell if their system is behaving or misbehaving.
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25.3.2008 Microsoft 2008: From Desktop to Data Center
Year In Review. Microsoft had a pretty good year, despite the fourth quarter's global economic crisis.
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30.12.2008 Data Protection Manager 2010 Beta
On September 29, 2009, Microsoft released the beta version of the third generation of System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), previously called “DPM v3” or “Zinger”.
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30.9.2009 iPod Nano May Have Some Big problems
What some analysts have billed as the "top MP3 player this fall" may have just hit a potentially damaging roadblock - its own frailty.
Complaints have begun to circle on both Web logs and Apple's own support forums surrounding an issue with the polycarbonate plastic that covers the front of the iPod Nano. Some users claim the player scratches extremely easily, enough that it makes the screen difficult to read.
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iPod, iTunes Have Problems with Vista
If you have an iPod, and plan to install Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, Apple has one word of advice for you: don't.
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4.2.2007 States rush to remove data on residents from websites
States across the USA are furiously removing sensitive data from official websites.
The task highlights challenges facing states with sites full of personal information on residents, from Social Security numbers to bank account numbers.
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24.4.2006 Napping data centers could cut energy use by 75%
Researchers at the University of Michigan have announced a plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume by putting idle servers to sleep when they’re not in use.
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8.3.2009 Microsoft Sued for Xbox 360 Problems
Microsoft has been sued by a Chicago man who bought the company's new Xbox 360 game console over alleged overheating and lockup issues. The suit, which asks for class-action status, accuses Microsoft of rushing to market a flawed system to ensure it beat competitors Sony and Nintendo to the punch.
According to Reuters, the suit seeks damages and litigation related expenses, as well as a replacement or recall of Xbox 360 consoles
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6.12.2005 Quick Fixes for Five Nasty Vista Problems
Cool, it Works! One of the most common gripes we've seen in message boards all around the Internet involve users not being able to install AMD's Cool & Quiet drivers on Windows Vista, and therefore not getting the power saving effect.
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19.3.2007Apple comes clean on MobileMe problems, marketing
In an e-mail to customers, Apple admitted it had problems with its MobileMe launch last week, and is prepared to compensate them for lost time.
Marketing of the service is also set to change...
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16.07.2008Millions of L-drivers' data lost (UK)
The details of three million candidates for the driving theory test have gone missing, Ruth Kelly has told MPs. Names, addresses and phone numbers -
but not financial data - were among details on a computer hard drive which went missing in the US in May. It belonged to a contractor to the Driving
Standards Agency, the transport secretary told MPs. It is the latest in a series of data losses since discs with 25m people's details on were lost
by HM Revenue. Earlier the chancellor told MPs there was no evidence of fraud after the loss of the child benefit data by Revenue and Customs in
October. Alistair Darling has been given an interim report into that loss, but said conclusions would be outlined in a full report out next year.
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17.12.2007T-Mobile and Microsoft Danger Sidekick outage, lost data
Over the weekend T-Mobile and Microsoft Danger confirmed a huge outage on its Sidekick devices. In a statement issued to customers T-Mobile confirmed
"we must now inform you that personal information stored on your device - such as contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists or photos - that is no
longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger." According to some reports, the failure
was due to a SAN (Storage Area Network) gone wrong at Microsoft's end. It is claimed that Microsoft does not have a working backup of some of the
data that has gone missing from customers devices.
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12.10.2009IRS lost 490 notebooks, many with unencrypted data
The Treasury Department's
Inspector General for Tax
Administration has released a
report on the Internal Revenue
Service and found that 490
laptops had been reported
stolen between January 2, 2003
and June 13, 2006.
Unfortunately, because
reporting procedures for
stolen laptops were often not
followed, there isn't a real
way to know whether this
number is accurate. " As a
result, it is likely that
sensitive data for a
significant number of
taxpayers have been
unnecessarily exposed to
potential identity theft
and/or other fraudulent
schemes ," writes Michael
Phillips, the author of the
report. The IRS currently has
more than 47,000 notebooks in
operation, and has no doubt
used many more than that over
the last few years. The report
does not suggest that the
agency try to cut losses to
zero, but instead that it take
better precautions.
Inspectors found that " a
large number of the lost or
stolen IRS computers contain
similar unencrypted
data ," and that employees
routinely used flash drives,
CDs, and DVDs to cart
unencrypted data around with
them. The report also points
out that physical security is
important. 111 laptops were
stolen right out of IRS
facilities and many of the
remaining laptops were stolen
out of vehicles or employee
homes. The problems even
extended to off-site data
backups, where backup media
were often unsealed and open
to anyone in the building. IRS
management has agreed with the
findings of the Inspector
General and has pledged to
implement the report's
recommendations. The report
does note, however, that the
IRS was warned about
unencrypted data back in 2003
but did not take " adequate
corrective actions ."
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07.04.2007Analysts: Too much data could get 'lost in the wash'
Data security isn't exactly top of mind for everyone. In fact, lots of folks are leaving important data literally in the bottoms of their pockets,
according to a new survey released this week. Conducted by Texas-based Credant Technologies among dry cleaning establishments, the study determined
that 9,000 USB sticks got forgotten in customers' pockets last year in the UK alone...
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27.01.2009TSA Loses Hard Drive With Employee Data
The Transportation Security
Administration admitted over
the weekend that it had lost a
hard drive containing data on
approximately 100,000
employees...
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07.05.2007UK government loses data on as many as 25 million people
Calling it a data breach is an understatement. The UK government has lost child benefit data on as many as 25 million people in its country, making it
the largest loss of personal information ever reported...
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22.11.200775,000 Affected by WellPoint Data Loss
WellPoint, a health insurance
company that handles coverage
for Empire Blue Cross and Blue
Shield disclosed Wednesday
that a CD containing medical
records and other personal
data may have been lost...
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15.03.2007Prime Minister: UK lost data on 3 million citizens
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown had the unfortunate task Monday of disclosing yet another incident of data loss, this time on drivers with the British
equivalent of a learner's permit...
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18.12.2007Microsoft Gains in Web Server
Market
Microsoft said Thursday that
third-party data indicates the
Windows server platform
continues to grow at the
expense of Apache and Linux.
According to Web hosting
research company Netcraft,
Windows hostnames grew by 4.5
million, while Apache/Linux
lost 429,000...
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09.06.2006NEC Debuts Laptop Without a
Hard Disk
Aimed at corporate users, the
PC Parafield reduces risk of
losing loads of sensitive data
if notebook is lost...
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01.12.2005IBM Offers Reward For Lost Employee Data
IBM admitted that a contractor
is believed to have lost
multiple tapes containing
identifying information on an
undisclosed number of current
and former IBM employees. The
tapes hold employment data on
them, including names,
addresses, birth dates, Social
Security numbers as well as
beginning and end dates of
employment. IBM ran ads in
several local New York papers
offering a reward of an
unspecified amount for the
return of the tapes or
information about their
whereabouts. " If anyone
has the tapes, we don't want
to give much detail about
them. So far, the ads have
failed to find the tapes for
us ," said IBM spokesman
Fred McNeese. He wouldn't say
how many responses IBM
received or whether the lost
information was encrypted. He
would only say that
" various tapes had
different levels of
protection ."
On February 23, the tapes
were lost while in route to a
long-term storage facility: an
unnamed long-time IBM
contractor was transporting
the tapes when they were lost
near the intersection of
Interstates 287 and 684 in
Westchester County, New York.
He wouldn't say if the tapes
were lost during an auto
accident or if they somehow
simply fell out of the
vehicle. The company began to
notify those affected about
the loss in April. " It
took us a while to determine
what was on the missing tapes,
and then it took a while to
line up the credit monitoring
and to begin notifying
people ," said McNeese.
IBM is offering those affected
by the loss a free year's
worth of credit monitoring.
The contractor who lost the
tapes is still employed by his
firm.
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17.05.2007Microsoft restores T-Mobile Sidekick users data
After a recent outage for nearly 800,000 T-Mobile Sidekick subscribers, leaving many users without the use of their mobile device features, Microsoft
has confirmed a restoration process is about to begin shortly. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the data recovery will start with users'
contacts, than other features like calendars. Microsoft and T-Mobile reported that there was an outage in the core database, where user's data is
stored, which caused the data loss. The backup of the core database also suffered from an outage, which appeared that many users' data would be
permanently lost.
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16.10.2009Windows Home Server Power Pack to enter public beta after a data bug
It's one of Microsoft's most innovative products, creating a new market for consumer level server management. But Windows Home Server has recently
suffered a few setbacks -- problems which may very well be addressed by a forthcoming beta...
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23.05.2008Troubleshoot Networking
Problems in Windows XP
Charlie Russel explains how to
troubleshoot problems on your
Windows XP network...
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04.01.2006Dell Moves to Regain Lost Ground
Dell announced a host of
changes to its device lineup
and introduced several new
products in an effort to
retake some of the ground it
has lost in the consumer
market, as well as make itself
more attractive at retail...
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26.06.2007Girls lost in drain rescued due to Facebook status update
When two girls, aged 10 and 12, were lost in a storm drain in South Australia last night, most people would have expected them to have called the
emergency services immediately, seeing as they had their mobile phones with them. However, that was not the case with the two lost girls. Instead of
ringing the emergency services, the two girls decided to make a Facebook status update stating that they were lost, which, luckily for them, caught
the attention of one of their male friends who called for help. The two girls were eventually rescued from the storm drain in Hackham, in the south
of Adelaide, by the fire service, according to ABC news (via TechRadar).
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07.09.2009Malicious users steal data on 4.5M British job-seekers
With the theft of confidential resume information from the UK's version of Monster.com, Great Britain has now undergone its biggest data theft in
history, according to The Times of London .
The data on job seekers stolen by hackers from Monster.co.uk included names, passwords,
phone numbers, birth dates, and ethnicity, for example, the Web site
admitted
earlier this week. Registrations on the job site have soared with the rising layoffs of the economic downturn. In an earlier large data breach in
the UK, the British government lost the details on 25 million child-benefit recipients in 2007...
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30.01.2009Apple: Oops, some MobileMe e-mail lost forever
In its recently created status blog for MobileMe, which has struggled with downtime since its launch earlier this month, Apple admits it lost some
e-mails during a four-day period at the height of the outage...
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28.07.2008Job gains and losses in IT: The latest numbers
Although the telecom industry lost 3,400 jobs from August through September of this year, the computer manufacturing business lost virtually none, and
"computer systems design and related services" picked up 8,500 more employees...
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