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Testers get invites to SP2 betas for Vista, Windows Server 2008
Selected testers are reporting that they’ve received invitations for the Service Pack (SP) 2 betas for Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Neowin was first to acknowledge the delivery of the SP2 invitations. Other testers are now confirming that report. The broader-scale SP2 betas are exptected to begin within the next four weeks for the new service [...] -
Turn £50 Wireless Router in £400 Wireless Router – DD-WRT Guide
For those who don’t already know, it is possible to flash many Linksys and other wireless routers with a different firware (operating system) and greatly increase there functionality, in essence turning them into a much more expensive business class router. Whats even better – its completely free.
Before I go any further, I will say that [...] -
Turn £50 Wireless Router in £400 Wireless Router – DD-WRT Guide
For those who don’t already know, it is possible to flash many Linksys and other wireless routers with a different firware (operating system) and greatly increase there functionality, in essence turning them into a much more expensive business class router. Whats even better – its completely free.
Before I go any further, I will say that [...] -
Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7
The Windows team is readying second service packs (SP2) for Vista — and for its server complement, Windows Server 2008 — and is aiming to deliver these SP2s before it releases Windows 7, according to my sources.
I’m hearing that Microsoft already has delivered a beta of at least Vista SP2 to select hardware and software [...] -
Microsoft survey teases “Oahu”: affordable consumer-version of the Surface computer, hypothetically
Would you like your own Microsoft Surface computer but don’t own a hotel chain, telephone company, Las Vegas casino, television network or themepark? If so, you need to sign yourself up for some Microsoft market research. To be precise, Microsoft recently delivered a marketing survey centered around a multi-touch computing device codenamed “Oahu”. It is, [...]
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Firefox 3.1 beta
Firefox 3.1 beta now available: News – Software – ZDNet Australia
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in brief A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla.
The version, intended for testing by developers, was released overnight. According to the Mozilla website, the beta version of the browser contains a [...] -
Firefox 3.1 beta
Firefox 3.1 beta now available: News – Software – ZDNet Australia
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in brief A new testing version of the Firefox web browser, Firefox 3.1 beta 1, is now available for download from Mozilla.
The version, intended for testing by developers, was released overnight. According to the Mozilla website, the beta version of the browser contains a [...] -
nVidia to license SLI for Intel chipsets
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Interesting decision. If this expands to anything but X58 (meaning P55 etc), and if nVidia’s chipsets continue being terrible, this could be quite the coup. As of now, you can do Crossfire with an Intel motherboard, but not SLI, because SLI requires a bridging chip that nobody else can license.
This might doom nVidia’s chipset [...]