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Is 64-bit Vista Stable And Why Should I Care?
If your a Mac person your not going to care either way, but for you Windows user 64-bit Vista has some things to offer…… A 64-bit computer can theoretically process twice as much information as a 32-bit computer. This makes a 64-bit computer a good choice if you’re working with video, large database searches, or games [...]
Continue reading...Funny Windows Errors
Thursday, January 10, 2008
These are always enjoyable… a collection of funny errors that folks have screenshotted in Windows.
Continue reading...Windows Vista HDMI DRM Fucks All DRM’ed Media
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Laurence Hartje sends in a link to a story that is pure-suck… The gist of this (as I understand it) is that in Windows Vista, the new DRM functionality in the operating system is universal and tied to the hardware. More specifically, if you purchase movies while a monitor with a specific HDMI signature is attached [...]
Continue reading...Windows XP SP3 RC Ready for Download
Sunday, December 23, 2007
OSNews reports that Microsoft has put the release candidate (RC) of Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP up on their download site for you to grab. The entire download weighs in at 580mb while the Windows Update version that will be available when the release goes final, will be roughly 70mb. Not too shabby for [...]
Continue reading...Get Windows Vista Ultimate for Free
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Brad Agdern just sent in a cool bit of news for folks that aren’t privacy aficionados. If you don’t mind Microsoft monitoring your computer usage for 3 months (I’m not sure of how detailed the monitoring is… but my guess is that it covers everything you are doing, sites you browse to, files you open, [...]
Continue reading...Windows Vista SP1 RC Tommorow
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Well it looks like the public RC of the Windows Vista SP1 release is going to drop tomorrow (for TechNet and MDSN subscribers). In addition to that, you can grab a whitepaper describing all the changes here. If you don’t want to skim the PDF, here’s the list: Security Provides security software vendors a more secure way [...]
Continue reading...Technology Reviews
Friday, November 16, 2007
Welcome to the Technology Reviews section. Below you will find reviews for computer software, hardware, online services and anything else related to technology. Hardware Dell 3008 WFP 30″ LCD Review OLPC (On Laptop Per Child) Laptop Review Onkyo DS-A2 iPod Dock Review Software Adobe Captivate Review and Screencasting Alternatives Amazon MP3 Download Service Review Blu-ray Profile 1.1 Features & Functionality Review Box.net: Great [...]
Continue reading...MySQL Windows Binaries No Longer Free
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Interesting. It seems the MySQL group is continuing to shrink the binaries they provide for platforms, now Windows, with the excuse of “Hey, it’s open source, go build your own binary”. I think this will give a much-deserved shot in the arm to the PostgreSQL folks for the hell of a Oracle-clone database they have created.
Continue reading...Great Windows Vista Matrix and Feature Breakdown
Thursday, November 9, 2006
As you know there are going to be 7 or 8 versions of Vista available. It’s hard to figure out which one is right for you. The versions are presented in sort of a smallest-to-greatest fashion, but when you actually look at the feature breakdown, that’s not the case at all. For example, the ones [...]
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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