Microsoft is currently trying to resolve why some users’ attempts to upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista results in an endless reboot loop with the computer not updated to the new version and unable to restore Vista. Some of the borked computers may have had corrupted downloads of the Windows 7 upgrade software [...]
Windows 7 will be released publicly on October 22, 2009 - unless you buy a ‘white box’ computer - then you can get it on October 13, 2009.
Microsoft has released the official Upgrade Chart for migrating from Windows XP or Windows Vista to 7.
BUT:
Upgrading an OS is like taking the chassis out from under a [...]
Ice underground on Mars and water molecules on the Moon were found today - amazing!
Photo courtesy of NASA
I can’t judge - but it sounds amaZING!
Jennifer Chu of Technology Review writes:
A new approach primes antibodies to instantly attack cancers, HIV, and other diseases.
The body’s immune system is often likened to an army, and vaccines to training exercises…
After seeing the features included with the Pomegranite smart phone, I think so:
But it’s a very clever promotion.
Vista is the Windows version to bypass - like Windows Mistake Edition (ME) was. The combination of Microsoft having to pull employees off of Vista to help write XP Service Pack 2 and discovering that the XP code base was unusable (Vista was written from scratch) meant that MS released a typical first effort in [...]
Remember the news stories a few months ago about the flaw in DNS that was discovered by Dan Kaminsky? This article from MIT’s Technology Review magazine explains the discovery and the decisions taken to patch and explain the vulnerability in an article that is a good overview of what happened.
Dan Kaminsky, uncharacteristically, was not [...]
Microsoft Research has come up with a pixel design for a flat panel display that will be faster, brighter, more power efficient, and easier and simpler to fabricate, which should make it cheaper. Each pixel switches in 1.5 milliseconds, compared to 20 - 45 ms in LCD displays. For more info, check this [...]
Terry Childs is a 43 year old network administrator for the city of San Francisco. They pay him a $127,735-a-year salary - plus he made an additional $22,534 last year in overtime for coming in to cover emergency situations.
He was part of a team that built a fibre WAN that now stores [...]
I was reading the latest edition of Vista News when this caught my eye:
Is there a way to fix Vista Explorer’s address box?
QUESTION:
Okay, I know it’s a “feature” but I hate it - the new format for the path/address in Vista Explorer. I want my old familiar format (c:\Data\Publications\New) instead of the new one with [...]
I’m not sure if this is for real - but you will be able to find his email address if you’re smart enough…
Yea! Not to be cruel - I preferred Netscape back in the IE4/Netscape 4 days, even though Netscape 4 crashed - a LOT. But - Netscape has been consistently slow to patch its security flaws since version 6 was released. I believe that the quicker release of security updates for Firefox, Mozilla, [...]
To get this e-book you will have to sign up for some Microsoft offers - whether it’s as a Microsoft Certified Partner, as a System Builder, or in some other program - I don’t know. But if you walk the correct path :-) you won’t have to pay anything as I’m not currently [...]
Microsoft has released a new version of Internet Explorer 7 that “addresses customer feedback by removing the Windows Genuine Advantage check”. FINALLY! It makes the internet safer for all of us if the hacked versions of Windows can install IE7 too. Download it here.
If you had a supercar - say, one costing a quarter million bucks - you could get this service from some insurers (you phoned them when you started driving the car and phoned again when you stopped), but it wasn’t practical for most people. Now Norwich Union in the UK is offering it - [...]
Here’s one for someone without enough bling - a 24 karat gold plated Mac Book Pro with diamonds as the Apple logo - only $9499:
The specs are vague as most items are customizable, but the base (!) model comes with a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics, a 15.4″ TFT [...]
I’m behind the curve on this as QuickTime 7.2 for Windows was released July 11, 2007 and there’s already been a security update for it. Apple added support for Windows Vista but dropped it for Windows 2000 (the latest version for Win 2K is 7.1.6 - available here and the security update for it [...]
Ever needed to know how to replace the motherboard on a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000?
If Windows boots:
Boot Windows. Put the Windows CD in the drive and start Setup with the Upgrade option. Follow instructions until the computer reboots.
When it reboots, pull the plug. Replace the motherboard. Restart [...]
In this press release from the Intel Developer Forum, Intel, HP, Microsoft Corporation, NEC Corporation, NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments Incorporated have formed the USB 3.0 Promoter Group to develop a USB 3.0 standard expected to be over ten times faster than the current USB 2.0 standard. The proposed 3.0 standard will be backwards [...]
nbsp;iphonesimfree.com has announced that they have broken the iPhone’s lock to AT&T’s cellular service. They cite these benefits:
* Chose the provider you want, use any SIM card from any network provider in any country
* No more outrageous roaming charges. When traveling simply pick the local provider of your choice and [...]
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