Top 3 months news:
Breakthrough in Intel/Nvidia licensing standoff for i7, i5 CPUs
In a statement this morning that included a blessing from an Intel vice president, GPU maker Nvidia announced it has been licensed by Intel, along
with other leading motherboard manufacturers, to produce its GPU-stacking SLI technology for motherboards that include Intel's Lynnfield generation
Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs using Nehalem microarchitecture, with Intel's P55 Express chipset.
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10.08.2009The Pirate Bay officially sunk
Today marks victory for Swedish authorities and Hollywood and a sad day for file sharing. Today the Swedish Authorities have ordered The Pirate Bay
to be taken offline immediately or the ISP could face heavy fines of 500,000 Kroner ($70,600 US) a day. The Pirate Bay's ISP had no choice
but to comply and disconnect the website from the Internet. The take down of The Pirate Bay comes 3 days earlier than expected, as the site was going
offline on August 27 or legalize the site before then, which was unlikely to happen.
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24.08.2009Free Windows 7 Professional at launch events across the US
Starting September 28 through November 4 Microsoft is hosting free Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 launch events across the United
States as part of the "New Efficiency" marketing campaign. Attendants of the event will get a free copy of Windows 7 Professional while supplies
last. Here are the list of cities the launch event will be at and the dates the event will be held: * Atlanta - Sep. 28 * Baltimore - Nov. 9
* Boston - Oct. 5 * Chicago - Oct. 20 * Cleveland - Oct. 12 * Dallas - Nov. 4 * Denver - Sep. 24 * Detroit - Oct. 28 *
Houston - Nov. 9 * Kansas City - Nov.
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16.08.2009AMD's fastest CPU reviewed: Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Without any challenge to present at the Core i7 performance level, AMD is trying to pressure Intel in the value segment before their Core i5 CPUs make
it to market. The new Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition that we are reviewing today operates at 3.4GHz with a 17x clock multiplier (200Mhz faster than
the 955). This new Phenom is based on the same "Deneb" architecture and therefore features 6MB L3 cache, with each core receiving its own dedicated
512KB of L2 cache (2MB total L2 cache). The Phenom II X4 965 also continues AM3 support and remains backwards compatible with AM2/AM2+ motherboards,
meaning that users can pick between DDR2 or DDR3 memory.
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14.08.2009Finland makes broadband a legal right
Many people consider having broadband access a privilege but if you live in Finland, its become a legal right. Starting in July 2010 it will be a
legal right for every person to have a broadband connection of at least 1MB and by 2015 everyone will have access to a 100MB connection. While not
the first country to make broadband a legal right, that title goes to the Swiss, it does show a growing trend of how integrated broadband technologies
are into our lives. Not much else is known about the new law that will make broadband a legal right.
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14.10.2009Phoenix Instant Boot BIOS starts loading Windows in under a second
Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS, a highly optimized UEFI implementation
that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7's optimized startup procedure, that means you're looking at incredibly
short boot times -- we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10.
It's pretty slick stuff, and it should be out soon -- check a video after the break...
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25.09.2009AMD Previews DirectX 11 Gaming Performance on Evergreen
AMD invited Legit Reviews up to their private suite in the hotel that Quakecon 2009 is being hosted at for a first look at gaming on one of their
upcoming DirectX 11 graphics cards. This graphics card has not been officially named yet, but it has the internal code name of 'Evergreen' and was
first shown to the media back at Computex over in Taiwan earlier this year. Once we arrived in the AMD suite we were introduced to not one, but two
systems running DX11 hardware! One system was setup running a bunch of DX11 SDKs and the other system was running the demo for the upcoming game title
Wolfenstein. The Wolfenstein video game demo uses just DX9, so it really doesn't show off DirectX 11 performance or functionality, but it does show
that the GPU is up and running...
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16.08.2009Apple releases 3.1 iPhone & iPod touch firmware
Apple has announcedd the release of iPhone and iPod Touch firmware 3.1, available for immediate download. The free download, for both iPhone and iPod
Touch 3.0 users, is said to improve battery life. The 3.1 firmware will improve video editing on the iPhone 3GS, that won't overwrite the
original clip when editing videos, preventing the loss of the original film. The new developer API's allows third-party applications access to
the videos and edit them, without having to use Apple's editing tools for the iPhone 3GS. The update is said to increase the boot time of
devices. The device will now vibrate when moving icons around to different locations.
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09.09.2009MS Office 2010 Build 14.0.4417.1000 Download Link and Screenshot Gallery
Download and discuss:here
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05.09.2009Twenty Snow Leopard Facts You May Not Know
Snow Leopard is nearing completion and is on schedule for release in late-September. Surprisingly however, a lot of people remain unaware of many
of the new features Snow Leopard will be offering. Take a look over the list below and feel free to post any others you may already know.
1.) Snow Leopard will only cost a majority of its users $29, which is priced $100 less than
normal.
2.) Snow Leopard will unlock additional multi-touch gestures on older MacBook Pros and Airs.
3.) Start up, shut
down (75% faster), and wake speeds are all notably faster compared to Leopard.
4.) Installation frees up 6GB of space for users
upgrading from previous versions of OS X.
5.) Snow Leopard offers Microsoft Exchange support right out of the box, which is something
that most Windows PC’s aren’t able to do.
6.) Snow Leopard allows for unibody users to draw Asian characters on the trackpad
instead of phonetically entering them on the keyboard.
7.) Time Capsule backups on Snow Leopard are up to 50% faster.
8.)
Installation is up to 45% faster compared to Leopard’s installation.
9.) Time zones are now automatically setup using Core Location
technology.
10.) Items can be put back directly to its previous location from the trash, which was never possible before in OS X.
11.) Ejecting disks is more reliable and dialogs are improved to clearly display what application is preventing the disk from being ejected.
12.) Exposé can now be activated from the dock by holding down a dock icon, which will display all the windows for that one
application.
13.) Snow Leopard is 55% faster at joining wireless networks compared to Leopard.
14.) Snow Leopard includes
a brand new thesaurus, the Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus second edition.
15.) The date now shows up in the menu bar next to
the time.
16.) iCal can setup Gmail and Yahoo! calenders automatically.
17.) TextEdit offers automatic spelling
correction, similar to what is offered on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
18.) Screen savers can now be shuffled as desktops can.
19.) The International preference pane has been removed and replaced with a Language and Text preference pane.
20.) QuickTime X,
included in Snow Leopard, allows you to easily upload videos to YouTube or MobileMe.
Learn More: Snow Leopard Home Page
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12.08.2009Safety First: Beefing Up Anti-Piracy Features in Microsoft Office
As the piracy trade becomes more sophisticated, the Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage program adopts an end-to-end approach to protect Office
customers from the risks of counterfeit software...
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25.08.2009AT&T Announces iPhone MMS Launch Date is September 25
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04.09.2009Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server RC
Forefront Security 2010 for Exchange Server provides fast and effective detection of viruses, worms, spyware, and spam by integrating multiple
scanning engines from industry-leading security partners. Its comprehensive messaging protection also prevents out-of-policy content from entering or
leaving your network using content filtering. Through integration with Exchange Server and core Microsoft infrastructure technologies, Forefront
Security 2010 for Exchange Server provides high performance, easily customized antivirus and antispam optimized for Exchange environments. It also
integrates with Forefront Online Security for Exchange to provide the defense-in-depth benefits of hosted and on-premise filtering in a single
solution.
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18.08.2009Mac OS X Snow Leopard reaches Golden Master
According to several sources in contact with MacRumors.com, Mac OS X 10.6 Build 10A432 has been designated as the Golden Master. This build is the
final release out of the development team and will likely be the final shipping version. Mac OS X 10.6, or Snow Leopard, represents a series of
changes to the operating system for increased performance over Mac OS 10.5 or Leopard. Technologies include Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL and now
most system applications will be 64-bit. Snow Leopard is also the first Mac OS release without PowerPC support.
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13.08.2009Predictions: Apple's iPod/iTunes event
Rumor has it that Apple are planning a refresh of their iPod Nano and iPod Touch models - one of the main additions to the product lines is predicted
to be a camera for taking pictures on the go. The up and coming event is taking place this coming Wednesday in San Francisco. According to The
Business Insider's website, there are some fairly sound expectations surrounding the event. In addition to announcing some new features with
their music management software iTunes, Apple are expected to announce "almost certainly" an updated version of the ipod Touch along with the
possibility of the same with the iPod Nano.
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07.09.2009No apps left behind: A backup checklist before reinstalling
Whether you're upgrading or repairing your computer, at some point in time you'll be faced with the task of reinstalling your operating
system, especially in the Windows world. As I can personally attest, most of the frustration with starting fresh comes from losing your installed
programs and customized settings with them. Sure, you can create tweaked installation discs to automate the process and have all your drivers,
programs and settings already in place. The problem is that most people won't reinstall Windows more than once or twice a year. When the time
comes to use your customized OS disc, new versions of your programs and drivers will have been released.
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13.08.2009Microsoft still fighting claim it distributed 'spyware' to XP users
Even as Microsoft's product groups focus on Windows 7 and beyond, its lawyers are still battling disgruntled PC users over the way the company
distributed an anti-piracy tool for Windows XP -- the version of the operating system that debuted nearly eight years ago...
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13.10.2009Mac OS X 10.6 Brings Serious Performance Gains
While our focus at Phoronix is on testing hardware under Linux, we remain friendly and interested in other BSD and UNIX operating systems too,
including Mac OS X . With the launch of Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" we have been particularly interested in it considering the technological
advancements that have been made in this update thanks to their large focus on improving the performance of Mac OS X. With that said, we have spent
all week working on a grand Mac OS X benchmarking showdown by comparing the performance of the retail build of Mac OS X 10.6.0 to the earlier Mac OS X
10.5.8 through a number of different quantitative tests. We firmly believe that as of right now these are the most detailed desktop performance
numbers available concerning Snow Leopard, but we already have more figures on the way. We have performance numbers from not just one Mac computer,
but two different setups. Here's to the first 60+ tests we ran!
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29.08.2009New Office 2010 build leaks
A new build of Office 2010 has surfaced around the web, identifying itself as "Microsoft Office 2010 Build 4417". The build is not a huge difference
but offers small improvements and more stability over the previously leaked Mondo builds which were plauged with problems. The most notable new
feature is that Back-Stage view has been altered and enhanced alot more and looks like it's almost finished. There's a new upload center to
store and share documents online - perhaps through live mesh - or it could be the Office Web Applications/Office Live Workspaces.
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31.08.2009Apple causes legal distress over revamped Woolworths logo
Halfway through last year, the company Woolworths Supermarkets announced that it was going to revamp its logo, in addition to making some other
changes, altering the entire corporate branding strategy. The company chose an "an abstract leaf symbol" as the new logo, hoping things would be
fine… but unfortunately, they weren't, particularly for Apple, Inc. AppleInsider has reported that the Cupertino-based company Apple,
known mostly for the the iPod, the Mac, and the iPhone, believes Woolworths' logo is far too similar to its own, wanting it to be changed.
Apple's had a history of legal battles with other companies over logo similarities, though it's expected for a company to want to defend its
brand.
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05.10.2009Why has Microsoft photoshopped this?
Engadget spotted this earlier today, it appears Microsoft has photo-shopped an image on the polish version of its Business Productivity site. If you
visit the US business site you will see the image below (top) and if you visit the Polish site you'll see the same picture (bottom) but the man in
the middle is no longer black. Why has Microsoft done this? It's not only rather strange but in a world where racism is a touchy subject and
businesses strive towards equality, this kind of behaviour is slightly alarming.
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26.08.2009Hohm Shows Way to More Energy-Efficient Future
Microsoft Hohm helps consumers reduce energy consumption, so utilities can better manage demand and power generation...
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13.08.2009Chrome OS leaks onto the internet
Just days away from an event at Google where the company will reveal more about one of their rumored and now confirmed projects - Chrome OS, package
files and pictures have leaked showing the operating system (or at least the browser part of it) running on top of a Ubuntu install with themes and a
new logo. The files that leaked were hosted on a public Google server, and were found by Living in a Google World earlier this week. The Operating
System which is very unstable (as expected) was leaked for only a few hours, and then taken down - but not before some users got copies of the files.
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16.10.2009Harry Potter style newspapers to become a reality
We are probably all aware of what a Harry Potter style newspaper looks like (The Daily Prophet). Moving images on the page, playing out a newsworthy
scene or a wanted poster. Such newspapers are surely that of fantasy, right? Not according to BBC News. Appearing in the September 18th editions of
Entertainment Weekly in Los Angeles and New York, slim-line screens will be embedded into the printed pages to offer video in these paper magazines.
The technology is similar to that of singing greeting cards, as the chips that store the video (up to 40 minutes worth) are activated upon a page
turn.
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22.08.2009Ballmer makes a scene over an iPhone during private meeting
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, is known for pulling some pretty interesting stunts and making direct comments putting down competitors of Microsoft.
For example his comment back in July stating that Apple's Mac growth is a "rounding error". The war between the two companies have been going on
for years now, and yesterday Ballmer pulled yet another stunt at a private company meeting at Seattle's Safeco Field. According to Todd Bishop
over at TechFlash, Ballmer was taking the stage for the event and "he spotted someone at field level, allegedly a member of the Windows group, using
an iPhone to take his picture. Ballmer grabbed the Apple device from the employee and made some funny remarks as everyone booed.
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13.09.2009Elevator to Space Stops at Microsoft
The final frontier could be an elevator ride away, according to hundreds attending this week's Space Elevator Conference 2009 at Microsofts Redmond
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11.08.2009Neowin's top 10 Firefox Add-ons you can't live without
Neowin and its members have compiled a list of their favourite Firefox add-ons they can't live without. The list was compiled out of the top 10
add-ons members have installed. #10 IE Tab: Even when users still use Firefox, they can't go without their beloved Internet Explorer. This
add-ons allows users to view web pages right inside Firefox as if they were using Internet Explorer, or link externally to IE itself, creating a quick
shortcut to opening the current page or highlighted link in Internet Explorer. Get this add-on #9 Glasser: This add-ons allows users to customize
their browser with a transperant Windows Aero look by making the Firefox toolbars turn transperant.
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17.08.2009Silent Install Firefox Plugin Backfires on Microsoft
Whilst it's not okay in Microsoft's eyes for Google to install a plugin into Internet Explorer, increasing the potential surface area of attack,
when Microsoft do it to Firefox, it's a different matter. Now a
security hole has been found in
a plugin that Microsoft have been silently installing into Firefox...
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17.10.2009Adobe CS5 on Mac to be Intel-only, Cocoa, 64-bit native
Following Apple's lead of dropping the ageing PowerPC architecture for Snow Leopard, Adobe have outlined its plans for a PPC-free future in a
recent blog entry. The next iteration of its Creative Suite, popular among designers and the like, will not only be going Intel-only, but will also be
rewritten in Cocoa for 64-bit native support, a requirement for Adobe after Apple previously revealed they had scrapped plans for a 64-bit Carbon.
John Nack is keen to point out that "the very youngest PPC-based Macs will be roughly four years old" by the time the software is released, giving
us a timeframe of either late this year or early next year.
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14.08.2009Mobile phone users in the U.S., Canada, Spain pay the most
The Wall Street Journal are reporting that out of 30 surveyed countries, cell phone users in the U.S, Canada, and Spain have the most expensive mobile
phone bills in the world. "People don't give up their cell phones. Many of us are on two-year contracts, and we can't just walk away from
them," Taylor Reynolds, an economist with the OECD's Telecommunications and Internet Policy division, said in an interview with the Wall Street
Journal. "Mobile phone connections are seen as a necessity, not as a luxury." According to a new report published by the Paris-based Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development, revenue in the mobile phone sector is on the rise, despite the current economic downturn.
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12.08.2009Breaking: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail
accounts have been posted online. An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at pastebin.com, a site commonly used by developers
to share code snippets. The details have since been removed but Neowin has seen part of the list posted and can confirm the accounts are genuine and
most appear to be based in Europe. The list details over 10,000 accounts starting from A through to B, suggesting there could be additional lists.
Currently it appears only accounts used to access Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail have been posted, this includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and
@live.com accounts.
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05.10.2009Intel Core i7 For Laptops First Benchmarks
PC Pro has benchmarked the first Intel Core i7 processors
for laptops. The chips mark the debut of Intel's Turbo Boost technology, which ramps up the speed of the working cores if two or more cores are
sitting unused. For the quad-core i7-820QM, this can take the stock speed of 1.73GHz up to a maximum of 3.06GHz. The 2D benchmarks show comparable
performance to Core 2 Extreme chips running at 2.53GHz. Power consumption and processor temperature is dramatically lower, which should lead to
significant improvements in laptop battery life.
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20.09.2009Microsoft, Google, and VMware redefine the OS
While the open-source crowd gets (rightly) excited by
Linux's growing market share, three companies are pulling the rug out from under the
feet of traditional operating systems.
Red Hat is winning in Linux while
IBM cleans up the Unix market. But those are increasingly
yesterday's markets as Microsoft, Google, and VMware create different breeds of operating system, each tuned to the strength of its product
portfolio.
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23.08.2009BT handed 100,000 file-sharer's IP addresses from BPI
The BPI have accused BT of not doing enough to prevent music piracy, after handing them 100,000 IP addresses of users allegedly caught sharing
copyrighted files, according to an article by TorrentFreak posted yesterday. BT said it could cost ISPs £365m a year to take action against
piracy, although the chief executive of the BPI, Geoff Taylor, claims that BT's figures are exaggerated. The BPI said it was "shameful" that BT
had nothing about the 100,000 IP addresses it gave them, however chief of BT's consumer division, John Petter, said that taking such action could
cost £365m a year, a whole £165m more than what the BPI claims the music industry will lose this year, due to piracy.
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30.09.2009Google Caffeine: A Detailed Test of the New Google
Did you hear?
Googles launching a new, upgraded version of its search
engine soon. And just as important, the search giant released the developers preview of it today. Google promises that the new search tool
(codename Caffeine) will improve the speed, accuracy, size, and comprehensiveness of Google search.
While the developer version
is a pre-beta release, its completely usable. Thus, weve decided to put the new Google search through the ringer. We took the developer version for a
spin and compared it to not only the current version of Google Search, but to Bing as well...
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11.08.2009Britain's oldest computer rebooted, first time in decades
According to the BBC's technology website, Britain's oldest computer, the Harwell, is being reported to be undergoing a reboot for the first
time in decades. Plans are being made to transport it to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley where it is to be restored to working order.
The computer was originally built and used at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Harwell, Oxfordshire. Construction started in 1949, and
became operational in April 1951 and remained in use until 1957. The computer used dekatrons for volatile memory (similar to RAM in a modern computer)
and paper tape for both input and program storage. Its purpose was to perform mathematical equations.
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06.09.2009WebOS 1.2 accidentally leaked, plugged by Palm
A user by the name of go4craig on the PreCentral's Forums has posted yesterday that he applied the webOS Doctor (This is a last resort method to
get your Pre back to the factory standard) and it installed webOS 1.2 for him. WebOS 1.2 is an unreleased version of the Pre software. It also
happened for a few other members. The leak was plugged pretty fast and all Palm Pre owners will now have to wait for the official update. The first
of changes that he found was the ability to add your account (payment information) directly into the App Catalog.
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07.09.2009Hands on: Sony VAIO X Windows 7 Notebook
Sony took the covers off its new X series range of notebooks yesterday at a press event in London and Neowin was waiting in the wings for an early
hands on. The new X Series is incredibly light and slim, weighing just 0.78KG (including battery). It's hard to describe just how elegant and
slim this notebook is, the chasis measures no more than 13.9mm in width at any point across its body. It's so light that Sony is claiming the X
series is the "world's lightest laptop." Sony has designed this latest notebook for portability, performance and style. Marketed towards
business travelers, this ultra-premium notebook is sexy in a choice of three finishes; gold, black and premium carbon.
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09.10.2009Microsoft to fix first critical hole in Windows 7 on Tuesday
Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that the company plans to push out a security fix for a critical security hole in Windows 7 next Tuesday. Microsoft
officials posted an advanced security bulletin today that confirms Windows XP will have 6 critical holes patched, Windows Vista 5 critical holes and
Windows 7 only one. Microsoft's critical rating is the highest out of all definitions used by the company, described as "a vulnerability whose
exploitation could allow the propagation of an Internet worm without user action." Microsoft will ship a total of 13 updates on Tuesday, eight of
them marked as critical. Previously the company released a record of 12 updates in both February 2007 and October 2008.
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09.10.2009NVIDIA GeForce GPUs and DirectCompute in Windows 7 Accelerate Digital Media Applications
By harnessing the parallel processing power of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs and DirectCompute, a new technology in Windows 7, developers can take the power of
graphics processors and make it available for general-purpose computing and create cutting-edge digital media applications.
Today, NVIDIA demonstrated leadership in the GPU computing revolution by receiving Windows Hardware Qualification Lab (WHQL) certification for a
driver supporting DirectCompute and Windows 7. With hundreds of applications that take advantage of the power of NVIDIA GPUs in development or already
available, DirectCompute enables more than 100 million users of GeForce GPUs to run applications optimized for DirectCompute so they can spend less
time waiting and more time creating and sharing content with friends and families.
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22.08.2009Windows 7 on multicore: How much faster?
Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system is receiving raves in its pre-release testing. While much of the kernel that lies at the heart of the
operating system is based on Vista code, several key advances have been made that get rid of Vista annoyances and greatly improve the user experience.
Inside the kernel, one important change centers on how multithreaded applications are run. The threading advances provide benefits in energy
reduction, scalability, and, in theory, performance...
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20.10.2009The Pirate Bay purchase approved by shareholders
On Thursday, The Pirate Bay got moved step closer to being sold to a Swedish software company that hopes to turn the world's largest BitTorrent
tracker into a legitimate pay-to-download service, which will be based on how much computer power you share with the website. GGF (Global Gaming
Factory) shareholders approved the $8.5 million transaction on Thursday this week, four months after TPB's four co-founders were convicted and
found guilty of facilitating copyright infringement. GGF intends to, within weeks, turn TPB into a subscription based service, even though no major
content providers have agreed to grant them a license.
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28.08.2009Next Firefox can detect computer orientation
The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you're listing to starboard--and pass that information along to applications running in
the browser.
That's because the browser will be able to detect the orientation of laptops and mobile devices equipped with
accelerometers that can tell which way is down. The reason for the work: Web applications running in the browser will be able to use the information,
useful for labyrinth-type games with virtual marbles rolling around boards, and any number of other gaming situations.
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13.10.2009T-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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12.10.2009Firefox 3.6 beta set to ship next week
Mozilla tentatively plans to release the first beta of Firefox 3.6 on 13 October.
The open source browser maker is expected to
spin out the next iteration of Firefox in November, and next weeks upcoming beta is understood to be the only test build released by Mozilla before
3.6 - codenamed Namoroka and based on Gecko 1.9.2 - lands.
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07.10.2009Are DVDs Nearing the End?
Watchers of streaming video trends are buzzing after a remark by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in a
Montley Fool podcast that DVDs may lose their number one spot for the company's video distribution after two years.
Although he didn't explicitly say what he thinks will replace DVD, a few of his statements seem to agree with
what many have been
saying since the end of the format war. It won't be Blu-ray.
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12.10.2009Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to
improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the addition of new features such as live migration and expanded processor and memory support for
host systems, it allows organizations to consolidate workloads onto a single physical server and is a good solution for organizations who are
consolidating servers as well as for development and test environments.
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2..
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29.08.2009Microsoft OneApp Connects Emerging Markets to Popular Mobile Phone Apps
New mobile phone application makes it possible for feature phone users to access popular apps and social networking sites now enjoyed by smartphone
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25.08.2009PS3 Slim shows up on major retailer sites, coming 8/24/09?
The PS3 slim has been rumored for quite some time. But now more than ever it's almost guaranteed that Sony will announce the new PS3 tonight at
its three hour long press conference. Sears and Kmart both have live web pages that allow you to pre order the upcoming PS3 Slim. While it is not
known if the PS3 Slim name will stay, it is certain that a new, thinner, cheaper, PS3 is on the way. Kmart and Sears both list the console at
$299.99 which is a $100 price drop over the current price for the console; both sites list availability on 8/24/2009. Unknown at this point
is what all the PS3 Slim will include.
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18.08.2009Nvidia: DirectX 11 is not important
Nvidia's Sr. Vice President, Investor Relations, Mike Hara, has played down the significance of DirectX 11 at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology
Conference. Instead, Mr. Hara insists technologies like CUDA, PhysX and Stereo 3D Vision are the future.
DirectX 11 by itself is
not going be the defining reason to buy a new GPU. It will be one of the reasons. This is why Microsoft is in work with the industry to allow more
freedom and more creativity in how you build content, which is always good, and the new features in DirectX 11 are going to allow people to do that.
But that no longer is the only reason, we believe, consumers would want to invest in a GPU, explains Mr. Hara.
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