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Microsoft is offering an automated fix designed to resolve issues Zune owners might experience after upgrading the software for the digital media player device, in which songs become incorrectly associated with albums.
This particular problem is not exactly new, and KB 945319 has been available for a while now, hel... |
14 November 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Just as Batman: Arkham City is being released this week across the globe, Rocksteady Studios' game director, Sefton Hill, has talked about the upcoming Batman game and how the team added not just big features like the open world of Arkham City, but also new upgrades and gadgets that can be used by the Caped Crus... |
17 October 2011
14:21 GMT |
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In just 10 days, Office 2003 will turn eight. There’s no better present that customers can give themselves the eighth anniversary of Office 2003 than an upgrade to Office 2010, according to Microsoft.
Office 2010’s is the Redmond company’s fastest selling release of the productivity suite, with a copy... |
11 October 2011
09:50 GMT |
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The upgrade process from an existing installation of Windows to the public pre-Beta of Windows 8 released at BUILD can alter the data associated with copyright protected content to the point in which it’s rendered unusable.
Microsoft has confirmed this problem, indicating that early adopters testing Windows... |
10 October 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Early adopters testing the first public pre-Beta Build of Windows 8 can come across a variety of issues, including incompatibility problems.
These glitches are inherent to the testing process, especially since Windows 8 Build 8102, or the Developer Preview of the operating system, is still a Milestone 3 (M3) rele... |
10 October 2011
11:11 GMT |
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The FX series of AMD processors is almost upon us, but there might be some things preventing users from actually seeing the best of them, so AMD decided to spell out how one can avoid the pitfalls of PC upgrades.
The problem with new CPUs is that they sometimes need new motherboards, or at least updated BIOS vers... |
7 October 2011
08:13 GMT |
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Today, Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility will kick-off the 4G LTE upgrade process for all Motorola XOOM devices on the wireless carrier's airwaves.
The update was expected to arrive on devices since early 2011, but the two companies haven't been able to make it available until now.
Starting tod... |
29 September 2011
07:44 GMT |
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A new flavor of HTC's high-end Android-based flagship HTC Sensation smartphone might be unveiled to the world in the not-too-distant future, if some of the latest reports on the matter are to be believed. This would be a special flavor of the mobile phone, one that would include various improvements when compar... |
1 September 2011
05:22 GMT |
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Motorola and Verizon are about to kick off the upgrades to 4G LTE for all of the Motorola XOOM tablet PCs available on the wireless carrier's network, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest.
No official release date has been made available for the time being, but it seems that the carrier is geari... |
25 August 2011
05:41 GMT |
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Though it took quite a few weeks for it to happen, some actual information on a number of upgradeable Intel central processing units has been uncovered, though users will still have to pay a fee for it.It has been about two months since the news came that Intel was preparing so-called upgradeable CPUs, and users now... |
13 August 2011
06:25 GMT |
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A special deal from Microsoft is designed to convince existing Foundation Server customers to make the jump to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. The Redmond company uses Foundation Server to refer to both Windows Server 2008 Foundation and Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation. Via the new offer from the software giant, ... |
11 August 2011
07:13 GMT |
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Microsoft is tweaking the Windows Live Hotmail / ID sign-in experience for the second time in approximately a month in response to user feedback.
Back in early July 2011, the Redmond company scrapped the old user tile-based login page for all its Windows Live properties, including Windows Live Hotmail, and i... |
3 August 2011
02:36 GMT |
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Approximately a week ago an updated version of the Windows Azure Platform Management Portal went live, and it brought with it an additional upgrade for some of Microsoft’s Cloud customers.Essentially, the Redmond company kicked up a notch Windows Azure Connect, but despite the refresh, the development process ... |
25 July 2011
03:31 GMT |
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The Windows Live Hotmail default sign-in experience has been upgraded last week, Microsoft confirmed, offering a few details about the change. Since Hotmail is just one of the software giant’s online properties for which a single sign-in mechanism is leveraged, the modifications introduced actually reverberate... |
7 July 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has pledged that it will continue updating its Xbox 360 home console as well as the Kinect sensor with new and better software, in order to upgrade their abilities and provide even more special features to its customers.
Microsoft has been packing the features onto its Xbox 360 home console for many year... |
4 July 2011
03:50 GMT |
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At the end of the previous summer, Intel initiated a test program with the Pentium G6951 that was designed to see how would consumers react to an upgradeable CPU and it now seems this pilot was a success, as the company is preparing to launch a second such processor, this time based on the Sandy Bridge architecture.T... |
24 June 2011
14:31 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 Slim model is set to receive a new hardware upgrade, as Microsoft has announced an innovative system-on-chip processor that will be at the heart of upcoming versions of the home console.Microsoft's Xbox 360 saw a major redesign with the release of the so-called Slim model last year, which boasted an... |
13 June 2011
05:10 GMT |
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Microsoft has really botched its Download Center with an upgrade introduced this week, handicapping the UX unnecessarily. As highlight of the upgrade, consider the fact that software giant managed to make Microsoft downloads less relevant on the Microsoft Download Center. Sure, the new design is Metro-cute, and I&rs... |
10 June 2011
04:01 GMT |
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The webmaster tools offered by Microsoft for its search / decision engine have been upgraded this week, better equipping site owners with resources to have their websites play nice with Bing. Microsoft is referring to the new features and content introduced to the Bing Webmaster Tools as the Honey Badger update, wit... |
9 June 2011
06:18 GMT |
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Microsoft’s machine translation technology received an upgrade this week, with the Redmond company announcing that the overall users experience was boosted in tandem with the introduction of new features. The enhancements cooked into the latest version of Microsoft Translator are intimately connected with the ... |
6 June 2011
11:15 GMT |
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The San Diego Unified School District managed to upgrade in excess of 140,000 PCs to Windows 7 even when hit with budget cuts, Erwin Visser, Director Business-Marketing Organization, Microsoft revealed. Microsoft has stressed time and again that education organizations need to regard investments in technology as cre... |
12 May 2011
07:48 GMT |
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Seeking to put an end to this age where all electronics rely on highly-specialized chips that get outaded fast, Tabula came up with chips that, like FPGAs, are customizable but much cheaper, faster and smaller, and it looks like it scored an investment to help it promote its invention.Consumers will have probably no... |
19 April 2011
05:44 GMT |
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College students with valid university IDs can upgrade to Windows 7 for under $30 via a special deal from Microsoft. Softpedia readers might already know that this offering is nothing new, but apparently, although the Redmond company continues to claim that it’s limited by either supply or time of availabili... |
2 April 2011
07:11 GMT |
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It looks like LG is doing more than releasing new mobile phones, tablets and 3D TVs, as one of its most recent revelations deals with a certain set-top box capable of doing everything its name implies.Nowadays, there seems to be a visible transition towards so-called smart TV solutions, namely TVs, or accessories, t... |
29 March 2011
09:39 GMT |
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There was a lot of criticism pointed at Microsoft for its decision not to support Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrades, but only allow Windows Vista users to seamlessly make the jump to the latest iteration of the Windows client. However, the Redmond company did note at the time that customers could opt to upgrade from ... |
3 March 2011
03:03 GMT |
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While there are plenty SSDs available right now on the market for DIY-ers and upgraders to choose from, almost all of these are using the SATA interface, so Active Media designed a 1.8-inch PATA drive that will most certainly arouse the curiosity of many notebook owners that still use an older machine.
Dubbed the ... |
24 January 2011
04:54 GMT |
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The recession hit everybody and software developers don’t make an exception. Therefore, in order to best deal with this situation, some companies have decided to take immediate action and make some important changes to their licensing model. Now, most companies did this with a sense of ethics... but not all of ... |
7 December 2010
16:29 GMT |
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While yesterday's “Back to the Mac” event has focused largely on software applications targeting Apple's trademark computing eco-system (including here a quick preview of the forthcoming Lion OS), the company also brought some interesting novelties for the MacBook fans, and we're not talkin... |
21 October 2010
07:34 GMT |
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As odd as it may or may not sound, Intel has begun to sell upgrade cards for one of its processors, the Pentium G6951 to be exact, which unlocks HyperThreading support and 1MB of L3 cache memory, guaranteeing an instant performance boost.Though CPUs can usually place all of their resources at their masters' dis... |
20 September 2010
03:13 GMT |
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A new major update is pushing Microsoft’s search/decision engine to the next level, introducing a number of enhancements across the table. The Bing summer update started rolling out on June 22nd, 2010, with Satya Nadella, senior vice president, Online Services Division, referring to the refresh as being packed ... |
23 June 2010
09:59 GMT |
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Windows Mobile 6.5-based HTC HD2 has seen great traction in the US on the airwaves of T-Mobile, and it seems that the device is continuing to appeal a lot to users. The latest reports on the matter suggest that existing T-Mobile customers find it rather difficult to upgrade to the new device, although the high-end ha... |
10 May 2010
09:43 GMT |
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Windows 7’s modest system requirements in comparison with Windows Vista’s have made it possible for customers to upgrade to the latest iteration of the Windows client, without having to also upgrade their hardware. While Vista was somewhat of a resource hog, Windows 7 is designed to run on the same comput... |
30 March 2010
12:05 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering a $250 reduction on the estimated retail price of Visual Studio 2010, but only for developers that move fast. The Redmond company has kicked-off pre-orders of the Professionals SKU for the next generation of its development platform, which is now just a month away from General Availability. Acco... |
11 March 2010
03:39 GMT |
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Redmond-based software company Microsoft announced more than two weeks ago the launch of a new mobile operating system, the Windows Phone 7 OS, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but it seems that it will indeed remain committed to the older Windows Mobile 6.5 platform too. It appears that more handsets powe... |
4 March 2010
05:34 GMT |
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McAfee has releases a major upgrade to its 2010 consumer product lineup boasting expanded threat protection, boosted performance and an overhauled graphical user interface. Today, February 8th, 2010, the Santa Clara-based security outfit has revealed that the upgrades are already available for download in the United ... |
8 February 2010
07:16 GMT |
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People close to both Apple and tech-site HardMac have leaked information regarding the possible upgrade of Apple’s Mac Pro workstation in the coming weeks. The new 32-nanometer Gulftown chips would have 12MB of L3 cache, and six cores with 12 threads for each CPU. Historically, Apple has been the first to recei... |
2 February 2010
09:57 GMT |
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While it is unclear why HardMac is under the impression that Apple is gearing up to upgrade the MacBook Air, the publication cites recent rumors as suggesting that the Mac maker just might. The site claims it’s possible that Intel sends new chips in the form of first samples over to Apple, at a premium price, b... |
22 January 2010
09:02 GMT |
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Enermax has announced that it is adding extra functionality and reliability to its mainstream power supply series in the 400W to 720W range. More specifically, the company is improving the PSUs from the MODU82+, PRO82+, Liberty ECO and ECO80+ series. The new units will feature the HeatGuard technology, CordGuard and ... |
18 January 2010
09:15 GMT |
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While the Exchange Server 2010 Deployment Assistant was made available to customers only days after the launch of Exchange Server 2010 in the first half of November 2009, the initial release was focused on a limited number of deployment scenarios. Earlier this week, Microsoft introduced additional upgrade scenarios f... |
15 January 2010
05:22 GMT |
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HTC HD2 has been rumored quite a few times before to be on its way to receive an update to the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system from Microsoft, and now another confirmation of the move emerged into the wild. It's not something new, it seems, as the info came from HTC back in December 2009; yet, it sho... |
13 January 2010
10:32 GMT |
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Windows 7, the product of what was by far the largest testing effort around a Windows client, with Microsoft revealing that in excess of 8 million early adopters got involved in test driving the operating system. Subsequently, customers applauded the software giant for delivering an extremely polished platform, with ... |
15 December 2009
10:15 GMT |
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Microsoft has made available for download an automatic fix designed to resolve failed upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7 in scenarios in which the process gets stuck at 64% indefinitely. With Windows 7 having hit the shelves on October 22nd, 2009, eligible users running Vista proceeded to upgrade to their recen... |
4 November 2009
03:21 GMT |
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Sure enough, Apple makes a good point in its latest Get a Mac ads targeting PC users’ upgrade to Windows 7. However, we have overlooked one tiny aspect about Apple’s own upgrade to Snow Leopard, and the company seems to act like nothing ever happened. You guessed it - it’s the data-eating bug affect... |
27 October 2009
07:51 GMT |
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A report by AppleInsider mentions some interesting findings on behalf of Spanish-language website Applesana.es. According to the latter, the configuration files included with the latest Snow Leopard developer build contain references to two new MacBook Pro models. Apple issued Mac OS X 10.6.2 Build 10C531 to develop... |
26 October 2009
11:42 GMT |
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The newest TV commercials from Apple have just started airing, with all three spots targeting Microsoft’s Windows 7 launch. Apple is now creating scenarios where people decide it’s easier and more logical to switch to a Mac, since Microsoft has customers moving files manually when performing the “up... |
23 October 2009
02:47 GMT |
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As Apple’s FY Q4 2009 conference call approaches, talk of new, all-in-one desktop Macintosh models continues to surface. With iMac supplies dwindling in recent weeks, 9to5mac cites more than one source as saying that new iMacs are likely on their way. One of these sources even suggests the launch could occur th... |
19 October 2009
02:44 GMT |
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Three Apple online advertisements appear to have been published earlier than planned, hinting that Apple is, indeed, preparing to update its entire Macintosh lineup. Seemingly leaked by one of Apple's international online stores and spotted by AppleInsider, the AdSense ads “suggest it's only a matter ... |
5 October 2009
09:48 GMT |
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People close to Apple have revealed that the Mac maker is ready to phase out current iMac models in favor of introducing upgraded units at attractive prices. The desktop computers are said to feature a thinner design and new enclosures, in addition to other enhancements. By speaking to people familiar with Apple&rsqu... |
25 September 2009
09:28 GMT |
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NPD is reporting that Apple’s Snow Leopard has outsold sales of both Leopard and Tiger in just two weeks. NPD not only believes Snow Leopard sales are over twice those of Leopard, but also that they are around four times higher than those achieved by Tiger. “Even though some considered Snow Leopard to be... |
18 September 2009
04:48 GMT |
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According to Microsoft, the maximum amount of time that a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to Windows 7 upgrade can take is 1,220 minutes. Yes, Microsoft has identified a scenario in which moving from Vista SP1 to Windows 7 lasts almost an entire day, over 20 hours. Affected by this are what the Redmond-based company ref... |
4 September 2009
12:42 GMT |
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