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Microsoft offers advice on SQL injection
In the face of mounting attacks, Microsoft is offering administrators and developers advice on preventing SQL injection.
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Microsoft is doing away with
"reduced functionality mode" for individuals that its WGA activation and validation scheme deems to be running "non-genuine" software.
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Yahoo defends Google as a more desirable partner than Microsoft
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 9th Aug 2006 05:12 UTC
"Surprise surprise. Windows Vista speech recognition actually works. Contrary to what MSNBC criticize as a ‘wreck', the speech recognition technology is well developed and highly usable , says Long Zheng.
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Yahoo confirms Google commitment, pans Microsoft
Wed, Jun 25, 2008 (4:45 p.m.) Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Apr 2006 20:43 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"All too often the desktop operating system market is looked upon as some sort of epic struggle between Microsoft and Linux. This 'versus' mentality is fun to perpetuate, it is not helping anyone in the long run . Since it is clear that each party is going to be around for a long time, what is needed a bit of mannerly coexistence.
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Oracle posts 27-per-cent higher profit
San Francisco - Enterprise software maker Oracle posted a 27-per-cent increase in fourth-quarter profit Wednesday, as income rose to 2.04 billion dollars, or 39 cents a share, from 1.6 billion dollars, or 31 cents, in the year-earlier period. Based i...
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 9th Dec 2006 09:53 UTC
Our mobile-oriented sister site, Mobits , put together the third free service for you ( first , second ), a mobile web page that let's you access the 23 best J2ME phone applications created so far.
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Recent Original Stories
We're really on the subject of software installation issues on OSNews lately, and this story, making its rounds on the internet, fits in quite well. Back in the day, during the antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft, Microsoft had to make a whole slew of corporate email public.
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6 startup firms chosen for Pittsburgh's AlphaLab
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Six Internet startup firms have been chosen as the first occupants of AlphaLab, a business incubator in Pittsburgh. The companies are Blenderhouse, Chogger, GameHuddle, Crono, Skill Life and Sonya Labs.
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Recent Original Stories
We're really on the subject of software installation issues on OSNews lately, and this story, making its rounds on the internet, fits in quite well. Back in the day, during the antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft, Microsoft had to make a whole slew of corporate email public.
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OSNews.com informs you about the latest news on a vast range of operating systems, from the well-known mainstream OSes, down to small embedded (but also very interesting technically) ones.
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Microsoft has released the 2nd beta of Internet Explorer 7
to the general public. You can read the release notes , or watch a tour of the new features . Microsoft warns you not to use this beta a production environment: "Evaluation of Internet Explorer 7 should start now, but the software should not be used on production systems in mission-critical environments.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 24th Jun 2008 23:04 UTC
One button, two buttons, three buttons, ten million buttons. Beige, black, white, red with polka dots. Glow-in-the-dark, see through. Right-handed, left-handed, both. Vertical for RSI patients, trackballs for weirdoes like myself, Apple's puck mouse for sado-masochists.
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My laptop is Toshiba Satellite A80, ATI Mobility Radeon X300 GPU. In Mandriva Linux 2007.1, using X.org radeon driver, the result on beryl with minimal effect is 173.59 FPS, this is enough for normal usage.
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Business
The Internet’s key oversight agency is considering the first sweeping changes in the network’s addressing system since its creation 25 years ago. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will today consider proposals for streamlining new domain name suffixes.
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Recent Original Stories
We're really on the subject of software installation issues on OSNews lately, and this story, making its rounds on the internet, fits in quite well. Back in the day, during the antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft, Microsoft had to make a whole slew of corporate email public.
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New library director takes charge
Tom Meyer plans to reconfigure the desks in the computer lab and has created more open space near the new books.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc.'s leaders defended online search leader Google Inc. as a more desirable partner than Microsoft Corp. in a Wednesday letter that affirmed the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders.
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A Computerworld blog post reads: "You gotta love it. Microsoft has decided that it will ho ahead and kill off easy access to XP on June 30th. On behalf of desktop Linux users everywhere, and our first cousins, the Mac fans, thanks.
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Yahoo confirms Google commitment, pans Microsoft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo leaders are defending online search leader Google as a more desirable partner than Microsoft in a letter that affirms the Internet pioneer's commitment to a strategy that has alienated shareholders.
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IT & T
The Internet’s key oversight agency is considering the first sweeping changes in the network’s addressing system since its creation 25 years ago. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will today consider proposals for streamlining new domain name suffixes.
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Shaq loses another badge for rap about Kobe
Shaquille O'Neal's raunchy rap in which he mocked former teammate Kobe Bryant is costing him another of his lawman badges. Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown said Wednesday that he has asked the Phoenix Suns center to return a badge he was given for his work with the southwest Virginia county's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
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Lawmakers disagree over defining online gambling
Lawmakers failed Wednesday to agree on setting a clear definition of illegal Internet gambling to go along with a ban on online betting passed in 2006.
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TouchStone shareholders OK acquisition by Phoenix
TouchStone Software Corp. on Wednesday said its shareholders voted to approve the acquisition of the software developer by computer technology company Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
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