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Windows 7 A Battery Hog, Users Complain |
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5th February 2010 - 14:15 - by Arie
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 Microsoft's new operating system is a real drag on portable computers' power supplies, according to support forum chatter.
Microsoft's Windows 7 is sucking the life out of laptops and netbooks at a faster rate than its predecessors, according to computer users who posted their complaints on a support forum maintained by the software maker.
Some users are complaining that the operating system is draining their batteries at an alarming rate, while others say the OS is issuing false alerts, warning them that their batteries are about to run dry despite having a full charge.
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Windows 7 RC Users, You're About to Become Lost |
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3rd February 2010 - 12:30 - by Arie
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Those of you still running the Release Candidate, you likely knew this was coming, but Microsoft will tell you anyway in a notification on Feb. 15: Starting on March 1, 2010, your computer will begin those bi-hourly shutdowns.
"To avoid any data loss, I suggest making plans to move to a released version of Windows 7 before the automatic shutdowns start," Brandon LeBlanc, a Microsoft spokesperson, wrote in a Feb. 1 posting on The Windows Blog. "During those shutdowns, your work will not be saved."
Those shutdowns will continue until June 1, when your PC's wallpaper will be snatched away and a "This copy of Windows is not genuine" message will be displayed in a corner of the taskbar.
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Scams affect one in 10 Britons, says OFT |
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3rd February 2010 - 12:25 - by Arie
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 Almost 10% of adults - more than 4m people - in Britain say they have responded to a scam in their lives, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.
Almost a half of those who did respond to a scam had lost more than £50, while 5% lost more than £5,000.
The OFT said 73% of adults had received a scam e-mail in the past year.
Some 6,500 people are also receiving letters from the authorities warning them that their names are on a "sucker list" being circulated by fraudsters.
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Britain Warned Businesses of Threat of Chinese Spying |
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3rd February 2010 - 12:23 - by Arie
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 British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain’s security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British companies’ computers and to blackmail British businesspeople over sexual relationships and other improprieties, according to people familiar with the MI5 document.
The warning, in a 14-page document titled “The Threat from Chinese Espionage,” was prepared in 2008 by MI5’s Center for the Protection of National Infrastructure, and distributed in what security officials described as a “restricted” form to hundreds of British banks and other financial institutions and businesses. The document followed public warnings from senior MI5 officials that China posed “one of the most significant espionage threats” to Britain.
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Microsoft revenues boosted by Windows 7 |
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29th January 2010 - 17:26 - by Arie
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Sales of personal computers rebound in 2009 holiday season; revenue from Windows surges 70 per cent
The world's biggest software maker posted strong results yesterday for its fiscal second quarter, thanks in large part to stronger PC sales and consumer migration to the company's newest operating system, Windows 7.
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Wait -- iPad Won't Support Flash for YouTube Videos |
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29th January 2010 - 17:24 - by Arie
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 Despite the entertainment hype around Apple, Inc.'s new iPad, it has some holes -- like not supporting Flash for YouTube and other videos.
And Netflix says streaming movies to the iPad is not a priority. Adobe wants Flash developers to convert apps with a new Packager tool, but screens will be small. Apple appears to favor HTML5 over Flash.
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Apple's iPad has pitfalls for enterprise users |
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29th January 2010 - 17:21 - by Arie
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The iPad lacks manageability and security features that could make it a hazard for enterprises
Apple's iPad tablet could be an attractive business tool, but it lacks security and manageability features that enterprises need, analysts said on Wednesday.
Apple's new iPad is a handheld device that is designed for browsing the Internet, playing games, reading e-books, and viewing video content. It fills a product hole between the iPhone smartphone and MacBook laptop, said Apple CEO Steve Jobs at a press event on Wednesday.
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Widespread attacks exploit newly patched IE bug |
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25th January 2010 - 12:22 - by Arie
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Symantec has seen attacks on hundreds of Web sites over the past day that leverage the flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser
The first widespread attack to leverage a recently patched flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has surfaced.
Starting late Wednesday, researchers at antivirus vendor Symantec's Security Response group began spotting dozens of Web sites that contain the Internet Explorer attack, which works reliably on the IE 6 browser, running on Windows XP. The attack installs a Trojan horse program that is able to bypass some security products and then give hackers access to the system, said Joshua Talbot, a security intelligence manager with Symantec.
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2010 CPU forecast: What's coming for desktop and mobile PCs |
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25th January 2010 - 12:20 - by Arie
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From mighty six-core desktop chips to minuscule smartbook processors, here's a look at what's in the CPU cards this year
No one should be surprised that the big action in the CPU market this year will be in the mobile and low-power processor segments. Rapid growth in the power-saving all-in-one and small-form-factor desktop PC markets, continued strong demand for portable computers, and new usage models (digital photo and video editing, casual gaming, watching high-definition movies and so on) will all ignite demand for powerful new processors that consume less energy than previous generations did.
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