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Hackers are off trying to find vulnerabilities in Vista, putting to test Microsoft’s claim that it’s the most secure Windows OS ever.
Computer hackers are off and running trying to find vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows Vista operating system, putting to test the software maker’s claim that it is the most secure Windows program ever.
The [...]

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“How to Sign Up for GoogleTV Beta” is the title of Infinite Solutions’ video tutorial now available on YouTube, and what a longwinded, involved way to sign up it is!
You must go into Gmail, send yourself an email, and then log in and out of Google until a GoogleTV icon appears in the Gmail logo! [...]

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A Microsoft representative has confirmed that users may buy an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) copy of Windows Vista at a substantial discount, provided they adhere to the terms of the license — which, incidentally, may mean providing support for family members.
In addition, users should still be subject to the same familiar re-activation restrictions as users [...]

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In Canada, “bacon” can mean meat that’s crispy or soft. The term “iPhone” could cause similar confusion there with three companies claiming rights to the name.
Toronto-based Comwave Telecom said Monday that it has used the name iPhone since 2004 for a bundle of Internet telephony hardware and services. Comwave president Yuval Barzakay said in an [...]

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Microsoft’s power in the technology industry, some analysts insist, is waning. It faces a host of rivals from a reinvigorated Apple on the desktop to Web-based challengers like Google, delivering services and software online.
But yesterday, on the eve of the arrival of new models of Microsoft’s flagship products, the Windows operating system and the Office [...]

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The kind of software sold by the formidable Parallels is transforming computing and challenging Steve Jobs, says Fortune’s David Kirkpatrick.
The lines between the Mac OS and Windows are starting to blur. And that portends major changes going forward in the world of PCs. At MacWorld, a little company called Parallels won awards for the latest [...]

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At a Games For Windows event in San Francisco related to next week’s Windows Vista launch, Microsoft exec Rich Wickham has been discussing the company’s attitude to PC gaming, DirectX 10, and Vista.
He noted that 2006 was “the best year we’ve ever had” for Windows gaming, and suggested that the launch of Vista and the [...]

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Windows Vista is here at last.
One of the largest software projects ever undertaken, Vista is indisputably a milestone — despite Microsoft’s having abandoned many of its most ambitious goals for the OS — and not just for Microsoft but for the entire PC industry.
Of course, Vista is not without its skeptics. PC makers say it [...]

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We want to know! Will you buy an iPhone when they arrive later this year? Answer that poll question at the ElectroGeek.com blog and we’ll compensate you with plenty of technology related reading pleasure as our way of saying thank you.
The Apple iPhone:
* No keyboard. * $500 bucks with a contract.
Sounds like a great deal. [...]

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