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Microsoft Designed UAC to Annoy Users
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "At the 2008 RSA security conference, Microsoft's David Cross was quoted as saying, 'The reason we put UAC into the platform was 'to annoy users. I'm serious.' The logic behind this statement is that it should encourage application vendors to eliminate as many unnecessary privilege escalations as possible by causing users to complain about all the UAC ...
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Naked woman in Cheney's sunglasses?
Who's that naked woman in Vice President Dick Cheney's sunglasses? That's the question people all over the Internet have been asking for the last few days.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 19th Dec 2005 16:19 UTC, submitted by George bullock
Microsoft is crafting a tool dubbed LUA Buglight that will call out potential software conflicts with a security feature in Windows Vista, related to the new Least User Access, or LUA that lets people run the operating system with fewer user privileges.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 3rd Nov 2006 19:59 UTC
"Windows Vista brings with it a new era of DRM and restrictive license agreements that aren't going to sit well with even your basic power user and some are looking for an escape route. These changes are making some users question their commitment to Microsoft.
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Socket Mobile to enhance functionality of SoMo 650 handheld computers
Available as an option to new customers or as an upgrade to existing customers, Windows Mobile 6 Classic claims to deliver advanced mobile communications capabilities to SoMo 650 users, improving overall mobile productivity.
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SEH Print Server Serves Up Energy Savings
SEH Technology's Linux-based ISD300 print server runs on 12 watts of power, as opposed to the 100 watts of comparable models. ... Free Embedded Linux Webinars 5 free embedded Linux webinars from Timesys. Topics include Toolsets, Boot-Up, Filesystems & more.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 1st Jul 2007 10:30 UTC
SWSoft, the company behind Parallels Desktop for Mac, is possibly violating the LGPL license by using LGPL libraries from the WINE project without providing access to the source code.
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Visualizing Viruses
Internet threats ruin hard drives and clog inboxes. But in the hands of an MIT graduate student, viruses and Trojans become menacing beauties. Art goes viral, really.
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Microsoft says made fair offer to Yahoo
Microsoft believes it has made a fair offer to acquire Yahoo and is committed to bolstering its digital advertising capabilities irrespective of the outcome, its chief operating officer said.
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Euro MP calls for Microsoft ban
Heidi Ruhle, a German green member of the European Parliament (MEP), has called for the organisation to stop buying Microsoft software licences until the company opens up to competition..
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Microsoft to launch intelligent traffic system
Microsoft is launching a free application that will plot routes for car journeys by cross-referencing them with historical traffic data, according to the New York Times ..
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by moleskine (5.48) on Mon 8th Jan 2007 15:47 UTC
To form a view we really need desktop screenshots rather than a few shots of a puzzle-type game. Maybe screenshots are not ready because a new design isn't yet ready? Fine. No hurry.
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Samsung chief hints at resignation over scandal
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The powerful tycoon who runs South Korea's biggest business empire said the corruption scandal shaking the conglomerate could lead to a major change in leadership, and possibly his own resignation.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th Nov 2005 19:15 UTC
Apple's Mac mini will be reborn as the digital hub centerpiece it was originally conceived to be, sources have disclosed. The new Mac mini project, code-named Kaleidoscope, will feature an Intel processor and include both Front Row 2.0 and TiVo-like DVR functionality.
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Samsung chief to consider resigning, other management changes
SEOUL, South Korea - The corruption scandal shaking South Korea's largest conglomerate could lead to a major change in its leadership, Samsung's leader said late Friday, indicating he will consider resigning.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 13th Nov 2005 22:38 UTC
The calendar turns over and Windows is now 20 years young. Although Redmond has plenty of changes slated for the upcoming Vista release, what would you wish for in Windows if you could wave a magic wand?
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Recent Original Stories
It's been more than a year that Novell open sourced their collaboration product Netmail , under the name Hula . This was quickly hailed as a major step forwards for Linux-based groupware.
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IBM unveils revolutionary 'racetrack' memory device
London, Apr 11 : It's time to bid adieu to the conventional methods of computer memory storage in RAM and hard disks, for IBM has finally demonstrated the first "racetrack" memory device, which can boost memory storage to almost 100 times.
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Tech Who Tampered with State Power Grid Gets Six Months Home Confinement
A computer technician was sentenced to six months of home confinement Friday for tampering with California's electric grid at Folsom's Cal-ISO center last year.
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Google aims to penetrate Deep Web with HTML forms crawling
In a move aimed at taking the search engine giant closer to what's commonly called the Deep Web , Google Inc. Friday said that it has started experimenting to find ways for its search engine to index HTML forms like drop-down boxes and select menus.
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Home confinement for tech who tampered with California power grid
A computer technician has been sentenced to six months of home confinement for tampering with California's electric grid. A federal judge also ordered Lonnie Denison of Sacramento to pay $34,163 restitution. Dennison pushed an emergency shut-off button at the...
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Carmi Levy: Yahoo's options, now that it appears to have some
At this time last week, Yahoo was said to have reached the end of its rope. It didn't appear very viable on its own, and certainly no one would be crazy enough to try to top Microsoft's cash offer.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 13th Jan 2006 17:24 UTC
"As the managing director of an Internet company people often (wrongly) assume that I'm an expert about everything to do with the Internet. So it is that I'm often asked whether Google is worth its currently high share price.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Apr 2006 18:34 UTC
"Red Hat's Fedora Core 5, which hit the Internet late last month, shines in the server and developer roles with which Linux has come to be identified.
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"If Linux is 85% of the way to being a viable alternative to Windows/Office, it'll get the rest of the way soon . Very soon. The Mark Shuttleworths and Scott McNealys of the world will make sure of that.
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