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- Gallery: Free and essential Windows apps
- Make the most of your computer without spending a dime. These dozen must-have applications for Windows are all free. by George Ou 11:18 PM on Feb 06
- A dozen free & essential apps for Windows
- Every time I build a new Windows computer, there are a dozen free and essential applications that I always install for other people. These applications all seem to fill essential ... 8:07 PM on Feb 05
- Windows Vista Service Pack 1 screenshot gallery
- Here is a set of screenshots I took while installing Windows Vista SP1 (x86). by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2:59 AM on Feb 07
- UPDATED: Hackers - 1 : SP1 - 0
- [UPDATE 02/11/08 4:55pm - Further information has been posted about this hack here.]� [UPDATE 02/11/08 3:30am - Just to answer a few questions I've received with regards to this post: ... 2:29 AM on Feb 10
- Vista Loader - Working Vista SP1 activation hack
- SP1 was supposed to make life tougher for pirates - it doesn't. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 1:30 AM on Feb 12
- Vista SP1 - Day 1
- On Monday the 4th of February Microsoft announced that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 had been released to manufacturing. Although the code has been finalized, Windows Vista users won't start ... 2:36 AM on Feb 07
- First Look at Firefox 3.0 Beta 3
- Taking a look at the latest beta of Firefox 3.0. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 8:49 PM on Feb 12
- First experiences with Vista SP1 RTM
- [UPDATE�1/12/2008 2:55PM - Looks like my fellow blogger Ed Bott may have pulled through and found the answer in the quotation below.� The lesson in this is to always update ... 8:04 PM on Feb 06
- Ubuntu 8.04
- Take a look at the latest alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed "Hardy Heron" by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 12:56 AM on Feb 04
- 16GB iPhone now available ... oh, and a 32GB iPod touch
- The Apple website has just winked back into existance and on it is the new 16GB iPhone. Apart from the new increased capacity, nothing is changed.� The 16GB iPhone retails ... 9:47 PM on Feb 04
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Feb 08/Mar 08
- OK, here it is folks - The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Feb 08/Mar 08. Here I've tried to compile a list of the best high-end and mid-range components ... 11:49 PM on Feb 11
- Photos: Android prototype, Sony Ericsson takes on iPhone
- At GSM, ARM takes the wraps off its Google Android phone prototype, Sony Ericsson introduces an iPhone competitor, and Nokia unveils updates to two top-range models and two midrange phones ... 10:28 PM on Feb 11
- Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born
- Move over, Microsoft Singularity. There's another microkernel, .Net-based operating system in town. And this one's available under an open-source license. Known as Cosmos, the new, independently developed operating system (OS) ... 6:02 AM on Feb 06
- Updates WGA in SP1
- See how SP1 changes the face of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA). by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 5:56 AM on Feb 11
- Windows Vista SP1 - Full initial setup
- A gallery showing the full Windows Vista SP1 initial setup process. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 9:57 PM on Feb 09
- Google launches its 'let's annoy Microsoft' plan: Pings Yahoo and works regulators
- Google has reportedly reached out to Yahoo to thwart Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid. And in case that doesn't work Google has already started working policymakers. Simply put, the games ... 9:37 AM on Feb 03
- Image Gallery: Wibrain B1 Ultra Portable PC
- The Wibrain B1 is a full function Windows XP computer weighing in at just over 1 pound in a PSP-like widescreen form factor. A split QWERTY keyboard, high resolution display, ... 10:50 PM on Feb 05
- Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" alpha 4
- For a while now I've been keeping a close eye on Ubuntu releases, and on Friday alpha 4 of Ubuntu 8.04, code-named Hardy Heron, was released - so I grabbed ... 11:31 PM on Feb 02
- Microsoft declares its modeling love with a new language, 'D'
- A handful of Microsoft's top developers are working to create a new programming language, code-named "D," which will be at the heart of the Microsoft's push toward more intuitive software ... 9:32 PM on Feb 04
- Mitch Kapor: Does Microsoft-Yahoo make sense?
- Mitch Kapor, president of Kapor Enterprises, shares his views on the cultural challenges facing Microsoft in its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. He also discusses Google's involvement in the proposed ... 6:53 AM on Feb 05
- Source: Toshiba to give up on HD DVD
- Toshiba plans to give up on its format for high-definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-ray technology backed by Sony, a company source says. TOKYO--Toshiba is planning to give ... 9:15 AM on Feb 16
- Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates
- CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says loyalists who want to give Yahoo's CEO one more chance are living in the past. The New York Post, a paper whose business section has ... 6:00 AM on Feb 16
- Top Yahoo shareholders could support Microsoft
- The Net giant is calling on Redmond to bump up its bid, but many of its largest shareholders have dual ownership in both stocks. Yahoo is calling on Microsoft to ... 2:59 PM on Feb 15
- Precision clock traps atoms in light to keep time
- Atomic clock outperforms the official clock used by Commerce Department and has 430 trillion "ticks" per second. U.S. physicists have made a clock so accurate it will neither gain nor ... 1:51 PM on Feb 15
- IOC gives go-ahead for blogs at Beijing
- Committee restricts types of content that can be posted, cautioning to embody Olympic spirit and keep information personal. The International Olympic Committee on Friday gave the green light to allow ... 11:07 AM on Feb 15
- Week in review: Yahoo snubs Microsoft
- Yahoo thinks it's worth more, Danger is a buy, and BlackBerry is temporarily bye-bye. Also: Spying immunity for telcos. For Yahoo, Microsoft's price isn't right. But it appears that the ... 11:00 AM on Feb 15
- SEC Web site gives new view of company data
- Agency launches new tool investors can use to dig into companies' financial information. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a Web site on Friday that enables investors to launch ... 10:50 AM on Feb 15
- Calling for submissions to mobile phone chick flick
- Producers of a mobile phone film say it will be a "cinematic symphony of women's voices from around the world." It could produce the ultimate "hot chick flick," or it ... 9:42 AM on Feb 15
- 'Street Fighter IV' focuses on strategy, nostalgia
- First new version of class fighting game in nearly eight years is unveiled in Tokyo--no word yet on a U.S. release date. Lining up for an hour and a half ... 9:07 AM on Feb 15
- New 'Guitar Hero' gives sweet emotion to Aerosmith fans
- Activision's new Guitar Hero video game focusing on the rock band Aerosmith is expected to arrive in stores this summer. Activision on Friday unveiled a new Guitar Hero video game ... 8:48 AM on Feb 15
- Best Buy cuts 2008 outlook
- Electronics megaretailer blames in part lower-than-expected sales growth in January for its fiscal-year profit outlook cut. Electronics retailer Best Buy cut its fiscal 2008 profit outlook on Friday, blaming in ... 7:18 AM on Feb 15
- Film studios seek damages from Chinese online firm
- Movie backers seek more than $1 million for alleged copyright infringement from Xunlei Networking Technology, partly owned by Google. Six U.S. film studios have filed civil complaints against Chinese file-sharing ... 6:43 AM on Feb 15
- EC plans biometric border checks
- European Commission proposed biometric checks include face screening and automated security checks. Visitors to Europe will face biometric screening and automated security checks under proposals for a shake-up of EU ... 5:33 AM on Feb 15
- Four big U.S. newspaper companies set online ad network
- Called QuadrantOne, alliance is intended to serve premium advertisers seeking an audience in 27 of nation's top markets. Four of the largest newspaper companies in the United States are teaming ... 4:13 AM on Feb 15
- Elon Musk on rockets, sports cars, and solar power
- Yes, the entrepreneur and technologist admits, he does have a lot of balls in the air--and rockets too. There is definitely something unusual about Elon Musk. After dropping out of ... 4:00 AM on Feb 15
- January video game sales hit $1.18 billion
- Nintendo's Wii console keeps a slim edge over rivals amid ongoing supply constraints. U.S. sales of video game hardware and software were $1.18 billion, with Nintendo's Wii console keeping a ... 10:55 PM on Feb 14
- Secret recipe inside Intel's latest competitor
- Montalvo Systems has a multiple-core chip, but not all of the cores are the same. That in part explains why investors have put money into it. It works like an ... 9:00 PM on Feb 14
- Mobile ads take baby steps to reach consumers
- Potential audience for ads is 3 billion people worldwide but advertisers are cautious about being intrusive to potential customers. Consumers may be receptive to advertisements on their mobile phones in ... 3:16 PM on Feb 14
- BT, Carphone, Virgin Media sign on to ad exchange
- System connects advertisers, Web sites, and ISPs to produce more targeted advertising based on a user's anonymous browsing trends. Three of Britain's largest Internet service providers have signed up to ... 11:46 AM on Feb 14
- 'The Club,' a game that shoots for style
- There's no saving humanity in this title. New shooter boils down to this: how many people can you shoot, and how fast can you do it? Last year's bumper crop ... 11:01 AM on Feb 14
- Amazon explains its S3 outage
- Amazon has issued a statement that adds a little more clarity to its Web services outage on Friday. The company also said it has "identified a set of short-term actions as well as longer term improvements." 2:56 PM on February 16
- Uh oh. Yahoo's Alibaba is antsy about Microsoft; Good luck getting to $40 a share
- Larry Dignan: Alibaba, Yahoo's stronghold in China, is reportedly wary of the Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for the Internet portal. Alibaba is so wary of Microsoft that it is looking for more management independence from Yahoo. 3:45 AM on February 16
- Google's GrandCentral suffers major outage
- Garett Rogers: Google really needs a new strategy for dealing with the problems users have � the current �report your problem on the public message board and hope for the best� strategy is a flaw that will hurt Google in the future. 3:44 AM on February 16
- Amazon S3 suffers outage
- Michael Krigsman: For users and companies who signed up hoping for mission critical service, this is bad news indeed. This morning's outage lasted three hours. 11:06 AM on February 15
- Time for a Bezos trustworthy cloud initiative?
- Phil Wainewright: Sooner or later, it was inevitable that a server outage would expose Amazon's lack of preparedness for failure. It's beyond me why providers always have to wait until it happens instead of acting beforehand. 1:04 PM on February 15
- Don't cry for the open-source heroes
- Mary Jo Foley: Will anyone be shedding tears over Microsoft's open-source heroes promotion -- except possibly for open-source zealots who still hate the idea that Microsoft is managing to convince some open-source vendors to port their wares to Windows. 11:10 AM on February 15
- HD DVD is dead
- Robin Harris: Bowing to the inevitable - finally! Toshiba could have saved $100 million and a lot of embarrassment if they�d quit 8 months ago as I suggested 8:55 AM on February 15
- Top Yahoo shareholders could support Microsoft
- The Net giant is calling on Redmond to bump up its bid, but many of its largest shareholders have dual ownership in both stocks. 2:59 PM on February 15
- What makes Scoble cry: Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope?
- Dan Farber: Robert Scoble says an Microsoft product -- in the works and undisclosed -- brought tears of joy to his eyes. My guess is that virtual space travel makes Robert cry. 1:09 PM on February 15
- NetSuite�s numbers are not what they appear
- Dennis Howlett: During yesterday�s earnings call, I was struck by the way CEO Zach Nelson got an easy ride from the Wall Street folk. Today, Jason Carter dropped a bomb which the financial folk should have spotted. 1:05 PM on February 15
- Vista SP1 vs. XP SP2 - benchmarked
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How does Windows Vista SP1 compare to Windows XP SP2? Looking at the data from my 15 tests, there�s only one conclusion that can be drawn. 8:38 AM on February 15
- Google, AT&T; shocked by iPhone usage
- Jason D. O'Grady: Search titan Google and mobile phone carrier AT&T; have been stunned by iPhone users usage patterns according to reports in recent days. 8:06 AM on February 15
- Application virtualization or what?
- Dan Kusnetzky: Should tools supporting service oriented architecture applications be considered a form of application virtualization? 8:08 AM on February 15
- The $330 IPCop/Copfilter firewall 25 watt appliance
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George Ou: You can finally buy a low-cost low-powered x86 appliance for a little over $330 with no gimmicks or hacks.
8:50 AM on February 15
- SaaS vendors, eat your own dogfood, or die
- Phil Wainewright: SaaS alone isn't enough, argues the CTO of a SaaS application builder that recently moved its servers to Amazon EC2. The more profound disruption is the shift to SaaS-on-SaaS. 5:58 AM on February 15
- Three risk categories that explain IT failure
- Michael Krigsman: A new white paper from Alpha Software describes three broad categories of risk that explain why software projects fail. 6:00 AM on February 15
- What to do with your old digital camera--reuse, reduce, recycle
- Janice Chen: Between the flurry of new camera announcements at CES and PMA and year-end holiday purchases, chances are pretty good that you or someone you know has a new digital camera. The question is what to do with the old camera. 5:59 AM on February 15
- Review: Microsoft�s Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice
- Mary Jo Foley: Jason Perlow is back � this time to take a look at Microsoft�s Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built into the newly released Windows Server 2008. 7:09 AM on February 15
- Microsoft reorg: Who�s in; who�s out
- Mary Jo Foley: As of today�s reorg announcement, a bunch of execs got fancy new titles and promotions. A few veterans are out � or on their way out. Keep in mind that some of the execs have already left. 4:02 PM on February 14
- NetSuite bullish on SaaS, swipes at SAP, Microsoft and Sage
- Dennis Howlett: Looking more broadly at the market, Nelson took swipes at SAP, Sage and Microsoft. 4:04 PM on February 14
- SAP-Oracle case headed to mediation
- A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the case should be scheduled for mediation at a yet-to-be-determined date. 11:18 AM on February 14
- Former Microsoft mobile chief joins Vodafone
- Mary Jo Foley: Pieter Knook, long-time head of Microsoft's mobile business -- and one of the Softies moved off the Microsoft org chart as of Microsoft's Valentine's Day corporate reorg -- is joining Vodafone Group. 9:35 AM on February 14
- Cable vs. FTTP competition may mean 42 cents off your bill
- Larry Dignan: The thought of a price war between cable incumbents and telecom companies just warms my heart, but the competition is mostly a mirage. Once the introductory offers wear off both the telecom and cable companies will hit you with price creep. 10:15 AM on February 14
- Mobile industry sees new security risks
- Focus is on risk potential of open platforms such as Android, and on Apple's plan to open its platform to third-party developers. 9:44 AM on February 14
- Cisco patches multiple vulnerabilities in IP phones
- Larry Dignan: Cisco on Wednesday delivered patches to plug multiple overflow and denial of service vulnerabilities. In an advisory Cisco said multiple IP phone devices running the Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) firmware were impacted. 10:13 AM on February 14
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380
- Rik Fairlie: Since the hardware requirements are so low, you can use most almost any old PC to create your own home server. 9:38 AM on February 14
- Red Hat launches JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform, 3 new open source projects
- Paula Rooney: Red Hat announced a fully integrated SOA platform combining JBoss middleware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux and launched three new open source projects. 11:13 AM on February 14
- RIM: BlackBerry's future lies in social networking
- Research In Motion Co-chief executive Jim Balsillie says an enterprise social-networking revolution is on the way. 5:45 AM on February 14
- MacBook Air Diary-Day 15: Temperature benchmarks
- Jason O'Grady: A big concern for anyone using a notebook computer for any length of time is the heat it generates. It actually came to a head a few years ago when the lawyers at most notebook computer manufacturers replaced the term �laptop� with �notebook� for fear of litigation. 7:28 AM on February 14
- Report: Nortel CEO to consider takeover opportunities
- Mike Zafirovski says it's "important for us to stabilize the business" but declines comment on collaboration talks with Motorola. 6:24 AM on February 14
- Mobile World Congress: The XPERIA X1 is one slick Windows Mobile device
- Matthew Miller: Probably one of the slickest devices being shown at the MWC event here in Barcelona is the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 Professional phone running Windows Mobile. 9:36 AM on February 14
- More Vista SP1 answers
- Ed Bott: Earlier this week I posted a FAQ on Windows Vista Service Pack 1. In the Talkback section of that post and via e-mail, I got a few additional questions. 4:40 AM on February 14
- Android SDK update M5 has big changes for developers
- Ed Burnette: The real differences in the latest Android SDK are under the covers. If you�ve written an application with earlier versions of the SDK, you�re going to be in for some conversion pain. 3:39 AM on February 14
- Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky?
- Dan Kusnetzky: As interesting as virtual client system and virtual server systems are, they�re not the panacea that some in the industry present when speaking about their products. 5:36 AM on February 14
- Protein nanotech in next gen storage
- Robin Harris: The magnetic spots in disk storage are already smaller than semiconductor feature sizes, and patterned media and heat-assisted recording will allow 10 TB 2.5″ disks in a few years. But then what? Optical protein-based recording could be the answer. 3:30 AM on February 14
- Photos: Cracking open the Blackberry
- In the wake of this week's BlackBerry outage, the second such interruption of service in a year, we crack open the BlackBerry for CNET to see what makes it tick. 6:00 PM on February 13
- Stop the Kindle hype!
- David Morgenstern: Amazon buys the Audible audio book site and everyone sees new angles for Amazon's out-of-stock Kindle e-book reader. What's wrong with this picture? 4:29 PM on February 15
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