Archive for March 7th, 2009
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TimedShutdown
Vijf uur, het werk zit er op en dan klinkt in menig fabriek of kantoor Klaar? Naar huis! Net als voor huisvrouwen is voor pc’s het werk haast nooit gedaan en dus als u lekker gaat slapen, zwoegt uw computer vaak nog een paar uurtjes door. Is hij klaar voor u weer opstaat dan kost [...]
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Beta to RC Changes – Turning Windows Features On or Off
The theme of “choice and control” has been applied in many aspects of how we have designed Windows 7. We’ve certainly received lots of positive feedback about the theme and about the choices we’ve made in the design, and we’ve also received a few suggestions for how we might continue to implement this theme in [...]
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Security Report Ignites Firefox vs. Internet Explorer Feud
A report by Secunia finds the vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox greatly outnumbered those in Internet Explorer, Apple Safari and other browsers in 2008. However, Mozilla was quicker to react than Microsoft when dealing with vulnerabilities disclosed publicly without prior vendor notification, Secunia says.
Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser has been gaining market share against Microsoft Internet Explorer [...] -
Behind the scenes at Microsoft Live Labs: The process
Twice a year, the team at Microsoft’s Live Labs meets to vote on what new projects they should work on over the course of the next six months.
What would add value to Microsoft’s Web initiatives? What would have the most strategic impact? What could be the next Photosynth, the 3-D photo stitching application, which Live [...] -
Controlling Shadow Copies in Vista (and Windows 7!)
Shadow Copies is the informal term for Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), also known as "Previous Versions." All three names point to the same feature: the automatic saving of copies of files. The purpose of the service is to allow you to restore these backups of files that you have lost for any reason—file corruption, [...]
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Microsoft Windows on a mainframe?
Software that for the first time lets users run native copies of the Windows operating systems on a mainframe will be introduced Friday by data center automation vendor Mantissa.
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The company’s z/VOS software is a CMS application that runs on IBM’s z/VM and creates a foundation for Intel-based operating systems.
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Users only need a desktop appliance running [...] -
Microsoft’s secret plan behind the TomTom suit?
A very interesting analysis of the Microsoft versus TomTom suit has appeared on veteran journo Glyn Moody’s blog.
Having established that Microsoft’s “it’s not about Linux” schtick is transparently wrong – the area covered by the FAT patents is pure Linux, unchanged by TomTom, so any Linux distro with FAT compatibility would qualify – we then [...] -
Windows 7 should get an iTunes-like app store
The app store concept is one of the few bright spots in most technology company arsenals this year. Apple lead the ways with the juggernaut that is iTunes+iPhone, while Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft all sell games online for their consoles. So, it’s a natural step for Microsoft to include a dedicated applications/music/video/games store as part [...]