Archive for the ‘Hi-Tech blog’ Category
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Microsoft sabotaging GPL, claims Samba
Samba project leader Jeremy Allison has accused Microsoft of trying to prevent people using and distributing software under the GNU General Public Licence, by forcing cross-patent licensing deals.
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Microsoft to switch cloud SQL Server from Web APIs to relational one
Microsoft Corp. said today that its upcoming hosted database service will switch from standard Web programming interfaces to the same relational one used by its on-premise counterpart.
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The software maker said it will give developers more control over manipulating data as well as make it easier for them to port existing database applications to the cloud. -
Windows 8 Already Cooking, Beyond Windows 7
Windows 7 Release Candidate is at most a couple of months away, with April 2009 as deadline, while the RTM could be reached within half a year, as early as August, but Microsoft is looking beyond the next iteration of the Windows platform. That’s right, Windows 8 is already cooking over in Redmond, with the [...]
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Internet Explorer/ Google Redirecting, Firefox Wont Work at All … Any Ideas?
okayy, this might be a bit of a odd question, and wasn’t sure whether to put this in here, or the virus forums, but i shall elaborate anyway.
we have a laptop running vista home premium (slow as hell), that had a couple of bugs a while back, but i believe these have been removed now. [...] -
Internet Explorer/ Google Redirecting, Firefox Wont Work at All … Any Ideas?
okayy, this might be a bit of a odd question, and wasn’t sure whether to put this in here, or the virus forums, but i shall elaborate anyway.
we have a laptop running vista home premium (slow as hell), that had a couple of bugs a while back, but i believe these have been removed now. [...] -
Need Advice On This Intel Core i7 920 Setup + Other Questions
All prices are in USD
Mobo (EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 X58 3-Way SLI Core i7 Motherboard with Tri-Channel DDR3 and Tuning Utility)
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CPU (Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8M L3 Cache 4.8GT/sec QPI Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost LGA1366 Processor)
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RAM (Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 Core i7 Memory Kit)
= $752
Video Card (EVGA [...] -
Need Advice On This Intel Core i7 920 Setup + Other Questions
All prices are in USD
Mobo (EVGA 132-BL-E758-A1 X58 3-Way SLI Core i7 Motherboard with Tri-Channel DDR3 and Tuning Utility)
+
CPU (Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8M L3 Cache 4.8GT/sec QPI Hyper-Threading Turbo Boost LGA1366 Processor)
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RAM (Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D Dominator 6 GB 3 x 2 GB PC3-12800 1600MHz 240-Pin DDR3 Core i7 Memory Kit)
= $752
Video Card (EVGA [...] -
Overclocking? nVidia 790i Ultra and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Processor
Ok, I THINK my computer is finally stable so I’m thinking of OC’ing. I don’t NEED to OC, I just want too. I want to learn. I have a fairly decent (I think) link to a guide on how to do so, I’m just wondering about some of the pro’s and cons of doing so. [...]