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Vista Won’t End Windows XP Availability
I can’t count how many times people have asked me if Windows XP would be available on new PCs following Vista’s release. In the near term, the answer is as much a factor of user demand and OEM and system builder policies. That said, Microsoft will make Windows XP…
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Windows Vista and protection from malware
On November 30, Sophos issued its monthly report on the top ten threats reported to them in November of 2006. As a part of this, Sophos also studied Windows Vista’s vulnerability to these malware threats. I found the information and press discussion confusing, so I…
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Vista Could Sap Notebook PC Battery Life
Notebook PC users who upgrade to Microsoft’s Windows Vista may have to disable some of the new operating system’s flashy graphics features to avoid seeing a decrease in battery life compared to when running Windows XP. The drop will come from the extra power needed…
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Hackers Selling Vista Zero-Day Exploit
Underground hackers are hawking zero-day exploits for Microsoft’s new Windows Vista operating system at $50,000 a pop, according to computer security researchers at Trend Micro. The Windows Vista exploit—which has not been independently verified—was just one of many…
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Microsoft Turns Up The Heat On Windows 2000 Users
With the recent release of Microsoft’s newest potential cash cows, Windows Vista and Office 2007, the company is expecting a wave of upgrades from users seeking the latest functionality. But what if you’re not looking for new bells and whistles? What if you want to…
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Potential pirates, not Vista, get cracked
35 days before Windows XP was officially released, a pirated key, called the “devils0wn”, began circulating around the web which allowed users to run a pirated copy of the operating system. Since then, the key has been used thousands of times and is now a part of…
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Microsoft CEO Sees Less Piracy With Windows Vista
Microsoft expects software piracy, which costs the company billions of dollars every year, to ease with the introduction of its new Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007 software suite, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday. Microsoft launched Windows Vista to businesses…
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How Vista will take over your living room
When the smartest businesspeople on the planet – the Google guys, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates – all say the future of their companies is in video, who are we to argue? Google is buying YouTube. Apple is set to launch the iTV, which will wirelessly connect your TV to your…
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Bill Gates on Vista, Zune
Just talked to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in advance of tomorrow’s Very Big Deal launch of the new Vista Windows operating system and new generation of Microsoft Office. (Funny — I saw Sun Chairman Scott McNealy last night, and he joked that Windows and Office…
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200 Linux Commands for Newbbies
About 200 Linux commands for serious newbies. To get more examples on how each command is used, use this command: #>man commandname Where commandname is an command you pick from the table below. If no manual exist, then that command is most likely unavailable for your Linux…