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| Wii'll Never Be the Same |  | How about playing the Wii without the Wii? As intriguing as it may sound, we have the technology and it has already been put to good use for those that want an alternative to Nintendo's Wii console. The cheaper alternative to the wireless gaming console is named CamSpace, and comes under the form of an executable that can be installed on Windows platforms.
The application boasts with allowing you to play any computer game without a ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 09:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| At the Roots of Windows Blue Screen of Death |  | Unfortunately for Microsoft, one of the aspects of its proprietary operating system that has grown to become associated by default with the Windows brand is the Blue Screen of Death. BSOD, for short, is the result of a critical system error that will stop the operating system dead in its tracks and lead to a reboot. In the NT corner of the universe, blue is by no means a welcomed color, and the BSOD even managed to span a cousin ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 12:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Offers In Excess of 2,300 Windows Help and How-to Articles and Demos |  | Microsoft offers an impressive collection of resources built around its Windows operating systems. There are in excess of 2,300 Windows help and how-to articles and demonstrations available straight from Microsoft. Under the old design of the Windows corner of Microsoft.com, the main focus was on Windows Vista, and this continues to be clear on the ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 15:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows Wins Another Small Battle over Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux |  | Windows is generally perceived as the perpetual bronze winner in a three horse race against Apple's Mac OS X and the open source Linux, despite the fact that Microsoft continues to account for in excess of 90% of the operating system market. According to the Redmond company, the operating system vulnerability counting games has been indisputably won by Windows, by Windows Vista, in fact. But the Windows operating system has also won[A ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Get a Redesign, but Not the OSes, Just the Websites |  | With Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista and Service Pack 3 for Windows XP already made available to the general public, it would be a tad late for Microsoft to introduce a redesign into its Windows clients. But not the same is valid for an overhaul of the Windows, Windows Vista and Windows XP websites on Microsoft.com. The redes ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 07:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Midori, a Candidate for the Operating System to Kill Windows |  | Although speculations do exist pointing that Microsoft is in the "right direction" as far as the next releases of its proprietary operating system are concerned, the fact of the matter is that Windows 7 and Windows 8 will not diverge from the Windows path in the foreseeable future. Do not expect Windows Next or Windows Next Next to be a rewrite of Windows because, just as Windows 7 is intimately connected to Windows Vista down to ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 13:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Market Share Smackdown: Linux 85.4% vs. Windows 1% |  | No, Linux 85.4% vs. Windows 1% is not a typo, neither the result of erroneous information. The fact is that there is a context where the open source operating system holds the lion's king of the market while Microsoft's proprietary platform is not the only dominant OS, but is reduced to a bottom feeder in terms of its install base. In one area, the tables are completely turned around and Linux enjoys supremacy while Win ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 07:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bill Gates Still "Pretty Hardcore" |  | Bill Gates has officially stepped into the next phase of his life, one dedicated almost exclusively to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. After doing the same job for over 30 years, Gates admitted that the new direction would not be easy; however, he stated that he is ready for the change. Microsoft’s co-founder and now part-time Chairman also added that moving on and focusing on philanthropy does not mean that he will lose h ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 04:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft: The Windows OEM License Dies with Its Computer |  | Licenses for Windows come in various flavors from Retail to Volume, but perhaps the most common of all is provided by original equipment manufacturers together with operating systems preloaded on new computers. Since over 80% of the revenues of the Windows Client Division come from sales of Windows on new machines, the OEM licenses are bound to represent the vast majority of EULAs. At the same time, the OEM End User License Agreement is th ... [read more >>] | | 17 June 2008, 11:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefox 3.0 Final Available for Download Right Here |  | This is it! The wait is now over! Firefox 3.0 Final is available for download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Mozilla announced since last week, following the release of the Release Candidate 3 Build, that the gold bits for Firefox 3.0 would be made available on June 17, 2008, and managed to meet the deadline. Although the official release of Firefox 3.0 is still a few hours away, the downloads for the next iteration of the Fire ... [read more >>] | | 17 June 2008, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| June 2008 Security Releases ISO Image for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 |  | The June 2008 Security Releases ISO Image is available for download containing critical fixes for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3, as well as additional supported Windows platforms. On June 10, 2008, Microsoft made available for download no less than seven security bulletins impacting exclusively Windows client and server operating systems and their default components. Three of the bulletins have been l ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 04:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Anti-Piracy Tools Expose Windows and Office Pirates |  | Microsoft's online validation tools designed as anti-piracy mechanisms are increasingly applauded by the company for contributing to identify pirates of its software products. The Redmond giant has made available both the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) and the Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) to protect its flag-ship products, the Windows platform and the Office System. As a result of feedback provided through the anti-piracy ... [read more >>] | | 10 June 2008, 06:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Guess What: Windows Can Also Look Great, Too! |  | Some people say that Windows XP doesn't look too great and use all kinds of applications to change the way it does, customizing the window interface, the interface, the start menu or any other element of the operating system. In an article published a few weeks ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 10:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fake Windows XP Security Center in the Wild |  | Back in the past, we saw a huge number of rogue anti-spyware technology which did nothing than to misinform users and trick them into buying unneeded security solutions. Today, a similar scam has been reported by security company Panda Software but, in comparison with the previous attacks, this one relies on a Windows function closely related to security. The Adware/XP-Shield poses as a Windows security center which usually infor ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 09:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Plants and Windows Increase Job Satisfaction |  | Well, that settles it. When you want to make your employees unhappy just put them in an environment with artificial light only and no windows and take away their greens – plants, that is. According to a study led by Tina Cade from the Texas State University and Andrea Dravigne of the San Marcos Nature Center, the presence of plants in your work environment could have a significant impact on your happiness.
"We pretty muc ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 09:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kernel Comparison: FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris and Windows |  | The perpetual face-off between operating systems certainly goes deeper than the shell, and in this context, a critical aspect of such a comparison is a "measuring contest" involving the core of the platforms. Diomidis Spinellis, from the Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, compared four kernels in a white paper for the "30th International Conference on Softw ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 11:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download May 2008 Windows Security Releases ISO Image |  | Following feedback from end users, and especially corporate customers, Microsoft's process of delivering security updates for its products evolved from an on-need approach to a strategy built on a scheduled monthly patch cycle, even though out-of-band releases have not been ruled out. An integral part of the Redmond company's security bulletin distribution is bundling up the patches affecting the Windows platform, both client and ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 06:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Security Experts Urge Users to Apply the Latest Windows Patches |  | The latest "Patch Tuesday" brought us lots of patches supposed to fix security vulnerabilities discovered in Microsoft's products, including here Microsoft Office for Windows and for Mac, Windows, OneCare, Antigen and Windows Defender. Microsoft said that four of the patched vulnerabilities are critical, a fact that underlines, once again, the need for applying the newly-released patches.
Although the Redmond-ba ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 09:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Vista SP1 and XP SP3 Dodge the Latest Release of Security Patches |  | May has so far proved to be nothing short on an easy ride for the Redmond company, which issued a total of four security bulletins affecting the Windows operating system and the Office suite as well as a range of security solutions including Windows Live OneCare, Antigen, Windows Defender, Forefront Security. Notable is the absence of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 from the list of affected products, but the fac ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Avast Antivirus Breaks Down Windows XP System Restore |  | Avast Antivirus, the popular antivirus application which currently has millions of users in almost every corner of the world, may cause an unexpected behavior of your Windows operating system if certain conditions are met. According to a blog post on the Avast forum, users of older versions of the antivirus may encounter difficulties when trying to run the Windows XP System Restore function. It seems like users of Avast 4.8.1169 ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Download Scalable Adaptive Graphical Environment for Windows |  | The Scalable Adaptive Graphical Environment for Windows is not a Microsoft project per se. SAGE was developed by the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is a stranger to the project. In fact, NCMIR acknowledged support from Microsoft, namely the Research and Development division for creating SAGE. The Scalable Adaptive Graphical Environment enables large tiled displ ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 06:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Safari Sees Usage Increase on Windows-Running Machines |  | A while ago, Apple released Safari 3.1.1, a revised version of its standard web browser on Leopard-running machines. Among other fixes, v 3.1.1. patched the vulnerability that enabled Charlie Miller to compromise Apple's MacBook Air at Pwn2Own, ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 03:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Boot Camp Updated to Version 2.1 |  | Apple's Boot Camp has just been updated to version 2.1. It is available in three forms, for Windows XP, Vista 32 bit, and Vista 64 bit. Update 2.1 addresses certain issues with the utility and improves compatibility with XP and Vista. Click ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 04:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Beyond Windows – The Cloud as the Hub of Social and Device Mesh |  | This week, Microsoft has made the first step into a new era of its evolution, one that takes it beyond its traditional business model, focused almost exclusively on the desktop, the Windows operating system and Office productivity suite. After he took the title of Chief Software officer from Chairman Bill Gates, together with half the responsibilities of the Microsoft co-founder, Ray Ozzie has set the company on a new Software + Services c ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 09:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 450 Million Windows Computers Under Attack |  | Windows is without a doubt the most attacked platform worldwide, an inherent detail associated with its ubiquity. Because it is able to centralize data from such a vast pool of end users, Microsoft is capable of putting together perhaps the most comprehensive perspective over the threat environment involving everything from software vulnerabilities, to exploits, malicious code and potentially unwanted software. Infosecurity Europ ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 11:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Troj/Dloadr-BKU - Yet Another EXE Downloader |  | Finding malicious websites on the Internet or receiving emails with infected files is something usual these days so it's pretty important to have an up-to-date antivirus which would be able to block these threats. However, new infections are born every day so, if you really want to keep your system clean, you must keep an eye on the advisories released by security companies. One of the recently spotted infections is Troj/Dlo ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 05:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| F-Secure Launches New Windows Security Tool |  | F-Secure is a company which has rolled out numerous security applications targeting most operating systems out there, but most focused on Windows. Today, the company has just rolled out a new beta, namely Home Server Security Beta 1.00 build 166, a special software solution which is supposed to bring more security to Windows Home Server systems. Just like the other technologies rolled out by the company, Home Server Security prot ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 03:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Lends a Helping Hand to Convert Users to Linux |  | The former anti-Linux poster child, Microsoft, is now lending a helping hand to the process of converting users to the open source operating system. The Redmond company announced the extension of its 2006 Windows-Linux interoperability agreement with Novell, with a strong focus on China. Together, Microsoft and Novell will attempt to catalyze the migration of unsupported Linux users on the Chinese market to supported SUSE Linux E ... [read more >>] | | 21 April 2008, 10:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top Pranks for Your Workmates |  | Working for a famous company is great, especially for those who enjoy their job and do whatever they like. Most employees are grouped in teams, specialized on certain aspects of their job, working together in order to improve productivity and get better results. Because of that, monotony is just a matter of time so in case you feel the need for some jokes, computers are the best way to do them.
Today, I’m going to present you ... [read more >>] | | 19 April 2008, 13:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Updates Software Update |  | Recent not-so-good news surrounding Apple concern a certain Software Update mechanism that enables Windows users to improve the operability of iTunes, QuickTime and Safari, the latter being Apple's standard web browser. The latter, again, has been quite a PITA for some Win ... [read more >>] | | 18 April 2008, 15:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Critical Attack Over Windows 2000 in Progress |  | Microsoft's Windows operating system is again causing trouble for its customers after security company Symantec confirmed that a new malicious code targeting the Chinese version of Windows 2000 is available on the web. Moreover, it seems like the code is able to exploit a critical vulnerability, which was actually patched by the Redmond-based company last week. However, the non-Chinese versions of the operating system are al ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 06:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Secure by Default – Windows, Linux and Mac OS X |  | The correlation between the ubiquity of the Windows operating system and the volume of attacks targeting the product, together with the platform's ill reputation for protecting end users have forced Microsoft to step up its security game. As a consequence, the Redmond company has adopted new models, strategies and best practices of building software including Secure by Design, Secure by Default, and Secure in Deployment (SD3), the Def ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 08:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Windows-Based Robotics Platform from Microsoft |  | Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 is the Redmond company's new iteration of its robotics programming platform. The RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition in Pittsburgh is the stage where Microsoft unveiled the next step in the evolution of the Windows-based environment. The community technology ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 10:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows vs. Apple Mac OS X vs. Red Hat Linux |  | Windows, Mac OS X and Linux have long disputed superior positions in comparison to one another, in what is essentially a race without a finishing line. Microsoft, Apple and members of the open source community involved in the development of Linux distr ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 10:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Unveils Its Secrets in Over 44,000 Pages of Documentation |  | Following the embarkation on a new course focused on interoperability, Microsoft has made available in excess of 44,000 pages of protocol documentation related to its high-volume products from the Windows client to the Office System and the server platforms. In the latest push designed to fuel open connections in accordance with the company's recently adopted interoperability principles, Microsoft added the preliminary versi ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 07:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| If You Think Mac OS X Is More Secure than Windows, Think Again |  | If you think that Mac OS X is more secure than Windows, by all means, think again. Despite the fact that the Cupertino-based hardware company claims that Mac OS X is secure by default and out of the box, data put together by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology comes to contradict Apple's ma ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 14:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple Puts an End to Illegal Safari Installations on Windows PCs |  | This is it! Apple has put an end to all the illegal installation of the Safari browser on PCs running the Windows operating system. The Cupertino-based hardware company, and maker of the Mac OS X operating system that ships with Safari as a default component, had its arms wrapped tight around the browser. In this context, Apple specifically prohibited users to install Safari on a Windows PC. And yes, the Cupertino-based company m ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 12:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| More Mac vs PC. Sidebar Ads |  | Sidebar ads are nice and entertaining, aren't they? Every time you load a page, there's a good chance that a funny sidebar ad will appear, either aimed at promoting a device, a car, an environmental-friendly product and of course more. So, they&# ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 07:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Inside the Open Source Fief at Microsoft |  | Microsoft is regarded as the traditional anti-Linux poster child. The Redmond company is in this context at the opposite end of the spectrum in comparison with the open source community. And while this dichotomy is valid for a range of open source and free software products, as well as Microsoft's proprietary solutions, nowhere it is more consistent than in the face-off between Windows and Linux, both on the server and the client side ... [read more >>] | | 24 March 2008, 10:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Self Aware Safari 3.1 |  | Most iPod owners use a PC. Not because they don't like Macs, but because most iPod owners are part of a huge population that uses PC. Not making myself clear yet? People mostly use PCs, OK?! It's hard for me to say this, but it's true. Moving on. As iPod owners, they need iTune ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 16:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mass Web-Based Attacks Prey on Windows |  | Security company McAfee has warned of a new mass web-based attacks preying on the Windows operating system. The first attack was initially discovered on March 12 and it involved SQL injection. Craig Schmugar, threat research manager, McAfee Avert Labs, revealed that initially Mc ... [read more >>] | | 14 March 2008, 14:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Security Company Says Windows Firewire Hack Actually a Feature |  | A tool developed by Adam Boileau, a New Zealand security consultant with Immunity, can hack into a Windows computer in a matter of seconds via a connection made through a Firewire port. The hack dates back to 2006, but just recently Boileau has made the tool available to the public. However, what was initially interpreted as the exploit of sec ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2008, 10:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Open Source Windows No, but Windows and Open Source, Yes |  | If you are expecting an open source Windows operating system from Microsoft, by all means please do not hold your breath. But while the Redmond company is saying "no" to an open source variant of its proprietary platform, it is increasingly saying "yes" t ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2008, 07:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Best Windows Antivirus – 2008 Editions |  | The search for the best antivirus of 2008 has advanced one step further, courtesy of security solution testing lab AV-Test.org. All the best available 2008 security suite editions were thrown against in excess of 1.1 million samples of malicious code on an arena of Windows XP SP2. At this point in time, with XP S ... [read more >>] | | 13 March 2008, 05:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 100% Natural – The Future of Windows User Interfaces |  | One key aspect of computing in particular and technology in general is the end user interaction. So far, when it comes down to computers, the keyboard plus mouse is the traditional and established model of interaction. But without a doubt at this stage in the evolution of computing both the mouse and keyboard are becoming obsolete. By this I do not mean that they have come to the end of their evolution, but that there is a strong shift in ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 15:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kerala's Schools to Use Only Linux |  | Kerala will become the first state in India to completely switch from Microsoft Windows to only GNU/Linux free software to be used in the mandatory IT test at the state SSLC examinations.
Until last year, the students could take the test either by using Windows or Linux. From now on, the use of GNU/Linux free software w ... [read more >>] | | 07 March 2008, 06:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Cooks Portable Windows on USB Drives |  | Microsoft Research is hard at work on a new project designed to virtually redefine the concept of portability. In a variety of ways, the Windows operating system can already go virtually anywhere with its users, but this does not mean that the evolution has stopped at the laptop or Ultra Mobile PC level. According to Mary Jo Foley ... [read more >>] | | 03 March 2008, 11:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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