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Black Screen woes could affect millions on Windows 7, Vista and XP

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Prevx offers a free fix for Windows Black Screen Firstly, there appears to be many causes of of the black screen issue. The symptoms are very distinctive and troublesome. After starting your Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, W2K, W2K3 or W2K8 PC or server the system appears normal. However, after ...

TechSpot found this 14 hours ago on prevx.com

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Latest Microsoft Patches Cause Black Screen of Death

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:22 +0000

Microsoft's latest round of security patches appears to be causing some PCs to seize up and display a black screen, rending the computer useless. The problem affects Microsoft products including Windows 7, Vista and XP operating systems, said Mel Morris , the CEO and CTO for the U.K. security ...

I4U News found this 18 hours ago on pcworld.com

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Recent Windows patches may cause black screens, free fix available

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:48:00 +0000

A Computerworld report suggests that Microsoft's most recent batch of security patches may be causing black screens on some systems. According to Mel Morris, the CEO of security company Prevx, the issue was discovered last week and affects Windows 7, Vista and XP. It supposedly stems from ...

juliofranco posted 14 hours ago from techspot.com

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Sharkon Readies LanPort ''USB Servers''

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:05:25 +0000

Sharkoon is out with a unique pair of devices it refers to as LanPort "USB servers". The function of these devices is to let USB ports being shared by computers across a network. The main unit connects to a wired network over a common RJ-45 port (probably 10/100 Mbps), and takes in a 5V DC power ...

DV Hardware found this 14 hours ago on techpowerup.com

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Freeware Files: Five Apps for Locking Down Your PC's Security!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:17:39 +0000

For those of us who download applications, programs, extensions, or really anything off the Internet in great frequency, what's the best way to keep a computer completely protected from external threats? I'm talking about locking down your system tighter than a Supermax prison--not impacting ...

willsmith posted 15 hours ago from maximumpc.com

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FreeBSD 8.0 Benchmarked Against Linux, OpenSolaris

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:28:02 +0000

With the stable release of FreeBSD 8.0 arriving last week we finally were able to put it up on the test bench and give it a thorough look over with the Phoronix Test Suite. We compared the FreeBSD 8.0 performance between it and the earlier FreeBSD 7.2 release along with Fedora 12 and Ubuntu 9.10 ...

DriverHeaven.net found this 19 hours ago on phoronix.com

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Office 2010 scheduled for June release

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:33:00 +0000

Microsoft has already said it hopes to deliver the final version of Office 2010 in the first half of next year, but the folks over at Neowin apparently have it on good authority that the software giant is right on track for a June launch. As many as six different flavors will be offered to ...

juliofranco posted 19 hours ago from techspot.com

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Microsoft Expects Project Natal to Be a Giant Leap for TV

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:24:57 +0000

Microsoft: Natal to Replace Remote Controls for TVs

APH Networks found this 21 hours ago on xbitlabs.com

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UK webhost suffers defacement

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:10:39 +0000

Daily Internet Services - a UK-based webhost - was the victim of a defacement attack late last week which saw customers' pages replaced with an image of the Linux mascot.

jamie posted 24 hours ago from bit-tech.net

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[Phoronix] FreeBSD 8.0 Benchmarked Against Linux, OpenSolaris

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:55:25 +0000

DV Hardware found this 32 hours ago on phoronix.com

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Macbooks Most Wished-For Laptops For Christmas 2009

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0000

As Cyber Monday approaches, it's interesting to take a look at Amazon.com's Most Wished For lists, particularly as Amazon.com topped the list of online retailers on Black Friday. Among laptops (not netbooks), Apple on the list with the top three laptops (click above image to enlarge). That's ...

Iria posted 33 hours ago from technologyexpert.blogspot.com

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Firefox GPU acceleration snaps at Microsoft's heels

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:30 +0000

The Mozilla foundation's Firefox team have released some benchmarks showing some of their own hardware-accelerated browser tech.

Hardware 2.0 found this 3 days ago on hexus.net

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Apple updates Xsan software to 2.1

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:07:18 +0000

Apple has released an update to its Xsan software, to version 2.1. The update is available for download from Apple's Web site, and is recommended for all Xsan 2 users.

APH Networks found this 3 days ago on infoworld.com

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Download of the Week: TrueCrypt

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Ever concerned you'll lose the thumb drive where you back up all your important and personal stuff? Or worried someone accidentally finds that embarrassing files collection on your computer? Um, yeah, me neither. The point is we've all got some data that deserves a little extra privacy and ...

juliofranco posted 3 days ago from techspot.com

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How to change the logon screen wallpaper on Windows 7

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:39:00 +0000

Be it screensavers, desktop wallpapers or font type and sizes, visual customization at the OS level is usually important to all kinds of users. Recognizing this, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to apply and adjust individual themes with Windows 7. We looked at this last week showing you ...

TechSpot found this 4 days ago on techspot.com

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Tech Tip of the Week: How to Change the Logon Screen Wallpaper on Windows 7

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:39:00 +0000

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Nvidia releases GeForce 195.62 WHQL-candidate drivers

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:11:00 +0000

Nvidia has pushed out a new WHQL-candidate GeForce driver, version 195.62. Dated November 20, the latest build adds several bug fixes and improved stability to the previously released 195.55 WHQL-candidate driver. Among the fixes is one that remedies the occasional frame stutter in Fallout 3, ...

juliofranco posted 4 days ago from techspot.com

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Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server Available Now

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:07:20 +0000

Here's a holiday treat for you Windows Home Server users. Power Pack is now available for download , and to get it, just head over to the Windows Update section of your Home Server install and mash on Update. For those of you running any pre-release versions of Windows Home Server Power ...

willsmith posted 4 days ago from maximumpc.com

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Microsoft issues takedown for leaked COFEE software

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Microsoft faced a bit of embarrassment earlier this month when their COFEE forensics tool leaked onto the Web. The collection of programs and scripts is given to law enforcement to make PC forensics easy, and while it's composed of readily-available tools, it is still considered to be a ...

juliofranco posted 5 days ago from techspot.com

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Gmail gets Offline attachment support

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Google is furthering the offline capabilities of Gmail today with the introduction of attachments support. According to the company, these was one of the most requested features for Offline Gmail and starting today, users can include will be able to attach files in offline mode the same way they ...

juliofranco posted 5 days ago from techspot.com

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Security feature in IE8 exposes sites to XSS attacks

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:40:00 +0000

A recently added protection mechanism in IE8, intended to protect websites from cross-site scripting attacks, has ironically been revealed to contain a design flaw that would potentially allow the exact opposite. According to The Register, this flaw enables cross-site scripting errors to be ...

juliofranco posted 5 days ago from techspot.com

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Chromium OS Builds by Hexxeh

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Download a USB drive version Windows Instructions Mac Instructions Linux Instructions Chromium OS builds by Hexxeh Digg it! - Tweet it!

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Boot Chrome OS from a USB drive

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

You don't have to wait until sometime in 2010 to try Google's web-centric operating system on your netbook. Since its unveiling to the world a few days ago people have been eager to know how well it performs -- even at this early stage -- and with the source code available online details on how ...

juliofranco posted 5 days ago from techspot.com

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Google is about to give away computers

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:38:54 +0000

Linux expert's theory

I4U News found this 5 days ago on fudzilla.com

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Imagination Intros Processors for "Internet Everywhere" Consumer Electronics

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:07:42 +0000

Imagination Presents Connected Processors for CE Devices

APH Networks found this 5 days ago on xbitlabs.com

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Giving up the GIMP is a sign of Ubuntu's mainstream maturity

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:05:13 +0000

Canonical hosted its biannual Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) last week in Dallas, Texas. I was one of many open source software developers who attended the event and participated in the collaborative process of planning Ubuntu 10.04, the next version of the popular Linux ...

Maximum PC found this 5 days ago on arstechnica.com

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GIMP No Longer Packaged with Ubuntu

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:05:13 +0000

Future Ubunu installations will no longer include GIMP, starting with version 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), it was announced during the Ubuntu Developer Summit. According to those in attendance, the decision to kick GIMP to the curb was based on a variety of factors. One of the primary reasons was a ...

willsmith posted 5 days ago from maximumpc.com

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Direct2D: Hardware Rendering a Browser

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:34:56 +0000

A short while ago I wrote about my work on DirectWrite usage in Firefox. Next to DirectWrite, Microsoft also published another new API with Windows 7 (and the Vista Platform Update), called Direct2D . Direct2D is designed as a replacement for GDI and functions as a vector graphics rendering ...

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[Phoronix] Chromium OS, Moblin, Ubuntu Netbook Remix Benchmarks

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:51:00 +0000

Intel released Moblin 2.1 earlier this month, Canonical released Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 late last month, and various other vendors have offered up their fall distribution refreshes too. Oh yeah, and Google just released the Chromium OS source code a few days ago! With all of the ...

TechSpot found this 6 days ago on phoronix.com

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Microsoft warns of IE exploit code in the wild

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Company says it is investigating a publicly published exploit code that allegedly could lead to computers running versions 6 or 7 of the browser getting compromised.

TechSpot found this 7 days ago on news.cnet.com

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Microsoft Windows 8 Due in 2012 - Slides

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:51:00 +0000

Microsoft Server Roadmap Reveals Windows 8 Release Time Frame

TechSpot found this 6 days ago on xbitlabs.com

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Beginners Guides: Safe Mode in Windows Vista For Crash Recovery

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:25:13 +0000

Beginners Guides: Safe Mode in Windows Vista For Crash Recovery The first step to recovering a crashed computer is Windows Vista's Safe Mode. Knowing this will allow you to deal with bad software drivers, determine if it's a hardware or software error, and fight off virus attacks. Safe Mode is ...

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Microsoft targets 2012 for Windows 8

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:50:58 +0000

When we first started posting news tidbits regarding Windows 8, we warned readers not to expect the operating system to arrive until 2011 at the earliest, and we noted that 2012 was more likely. After the problems caused by the long gap between the releases of Windows XP and ...

Madshrimps News RSS Feed found this 7 days ago on arstechnica.com

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Windows 8: More Roadmaps

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:43:00 +0000

Well, on this day of PDC 2009, since I won’t hear anything about Windows 8, I took it upon myself to see what I could scrounge up. It looks like a bit more is being announced to partners where Windows 8 Server is concerned… well, in the context of a roadmap, at least. The information all says ...

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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Google co-founder Sergey Brin (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)

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Microsoft roadmap puts Windows 8 in 2012

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:17:56 +0000

Microsoft should once again release its next mainstream version of Windows about three years after the last, a roadmap obtained this week reveals. The schedule has the major revision, tentatively titled "Windows 8," launching in 2012 or about three years after Windows 7. It will purportedly ...

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Google: Android, Chrome OS to converge eventually

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:15:00 +0000

Google ventured into the operating system world last year with the introduction of Android, an operating system intended for mobile phones, and most recently with the netbook-oriented Chrome OS. For now, the two projects are evidently separate, but according to the company's co-founder Sergey ...

juliofranco posted 7 days ago from techspot.com

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Bluetooth Update 1.0 for Windows

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:37:05 +0000

Download icon About Bluetooth Update 1.0 for Windows This update improves the performance of the Apple Bluetooth devices when running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. For more information about this update, please visit this website: ...

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Microsoft to showcase Natal at Gamefest in February

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft today announced that it will reveal more details about its upcoming motion sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, codenamed Project Natal, to developers at its Gamefest conference this February. According to the event's website, one session will focus on designing games for the ...

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Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:39:00 +0000

By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles, Richard Waters in San Francisco and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in New York Published: November 22 2009 23:01 | Last updated: November 22 2009 23:01 Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company being paid to ...

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How to Enable Command Prompt Scrolling from the Keyboard

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:11:00 +0000

> Keep Your Hands Where I Can See 'Em If you are a system administrator, then you probably find yourself using the Windows Command Prompt more often than most people. When running this window, old-school admins get into a DOS or Linux mindset and just don't like to use the mouse. Heck, one of ...

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Microsoft and News Corp potential alliance, against the open Web

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:22:00 +0000

On several occasions over the last few months, News Corp chairman, Rupert Murdoch has been quoted hinting at changes he foresees for his high-profile Web properties. Most notably the Wall Street Journal and its network of sites, Murdoch believes on the paid subscription model for online ...

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Firefox: Heat and the CPU usage problem

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:07:03 +0000

Mozilla's browser does not efficiently use a computer's CPU and, consequently, can cause overheating problems in some laptops, particularly ultraportables.

APH Networks found this 7 days ago on news.cnet.com

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Symantec Says IE Vulnerable to New Exploit

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:03:27 +0000

Internet Explorer users who have yet to upgrade to IE8 should take note. According to security firm Symantec, there's a pretty nasty Zero Day exploit that affects both IE6 and IE7 . "The exploit currently exhibits signs of poor reliability, but we expect that a fully-functional reliable ...

willsmith posted 7 days ago from maximumpc.com

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Freeware Files: Widescreen Mania! Make the Most of your Monitor's Real Estate!

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:38:31 +0000

Widescreen monitors are, in a word, awesome, and not just because they offer some kind of enhanced quality over their four-by-three ratio brethren. Depending on what you're using them for, like movie-watching, you'll simply see more of a given scene than you otherwise would on a standard ...

willsmith posted 8 days ago from maximumpc.com

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Microsoft Offers to Pay News Corp to "De-List" From Google

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:39:00 +0000

When Rupert Murdoch announced that he was thinking of taking his News Corp web properties out of the Google search index , speculation as to Microsoft and Bing's involvement was rampant. Turns out, there might have actually been something to the rumors for once. According to the folks over ...

willsmith posted 8 days ago from maximumpc.com

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Weekend tech reading: How to run Chrome OS as a virtual machine

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 +0000

How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine Itching for some Chrome OS? Well, we all are, but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has open-sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seems eons behind what Google showed off ...

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Get Apple’s MultiTouch Magic Mouse To Play Nice on Windows

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:37:05 +0000

So you like Apple’s fancy Magic Mouse? Its a beautiful piece of engineering with an insane price tag of $70. Problem is, even at $70, it only works on Macs leaving Windows users in the dust. But thanks to a hidden update here is how you get this little guy to work in Windows XP (32 bit) to ...

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WindowBlinds 7 Review

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:01:42 +0000

> Skinning without (much) compromise One of the neatest features of Windows XP was the ability to customize the interface to any theme you could conceive. You could even do this without special software if you performed a few simple tasks. When Windows Vista was introduced, it touted a new ...

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How-to: run Chrome OS as a virtual machine

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:56:00 +0000

Itching for some Chrome OS ? Well, we all are, but you might be a bit disappointed at the fact that while Google has open-sourced its progress on the OS so far, the version that is currently available for download seems eons behind what Google showed off at its event yesterday. Still, if ...

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