Tag: Windows
Windows 7 arriving "sometime in the next year" says Gates, "The hell it is" says the rest of Microsoft
A slightly off-hand comment from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates managed to set the blogosphere alight with a wave of excited speculation over the weekend. Answering a question about Vista, Gates told the audience at the annual meeting in Miami of the Inter-American Development Bank on Friday:
“Sometime in the next year or so we will have a new version [of Windows].”…
Vista SP1 second to fall in hacking contest
The annual CanSecWest security conference hacking contest ‘PWN2OWN’ caused a bit of a stir last week when a suspected Safari browser exploit allowed a MacBook Air to be hacked in just two minutes. It took a fair bit longer, but on Friday Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 running on a Fujitsu U810 finally fell to the efforts of Shane Macaulay, a consultant with Security Objectives…
Apple pushes Safari to Windows users
According to AppleInsider, Apple is somewhat stealthily trying to get a bigger share of the Windows web browser market by leveraging its huge iTunes user base and recommending that they install Safari.
Apple’s Software Update, installed on Windows machines with ITunes, has been used to deliver updates to both iTunes and Quicktime, but it now seems that Apple is happy to push other Windows-friendly products via the mechanism too…
YouTube Hits: Intelligent Dance Music using sounds from Windows 98 and XP
It’s Windows Music Video time! You thought the ‘Windows 95 Sucks’ video from last Tuesday was clever? Wait until you see the video above, which has been created entirely using alert noises from Windows 98 and XP. My sources tell me Richard D. James from Aphex Twin is running scared…
Microsoft admits "we probably got the pricing mix wrong", and slashes prices of Windows Vista
The sign seen in a US shop window was obviously an omen, as Crazy Steve Ballmer and his Crazy Warehouse Prices has slashed the price of Vista. Just one year after launching…
So far it’s only been confirmed for the US, with the UK market probably going to see an increase in price as we always have to compensate for other countries’ low prices. PS3, anyone?
Ok, admittedly I know they would never dare increase the price for Vista here, but at the time of writing, no official announcement has been made for Europe and the UK in regards to the lowering of the higher-end versions.
At $399, Vista Ultimate will see a huge reduction down to $319, and Vista Home Premium will jump from $159 to $129. More than 100…
YouTube Hits: 'Windows 95 sucks' music video
This is my new favourite video, even if it *is* about how lame Windows 95 is. We all know that – there’s a reason why Windows 98 was created!
Similar to the Here Comes Another Web 2.0 Bubble video, some clever chap with too much time on his hands has taken a hit song from the Rolling Stones, and turned it into a song all about Windows…
Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, has stated that their incredibly popular iPlayer web-based catchup service will come fully to Mac users by the end of the year.
QTRAX launches, claiming legal access to 30 million tracks. Server overwhelmed
QTRAX, which originally launched back in 2002 but closed down due to avoid the risk of legal action, has relaunched today.
It claims that users will be able to find and download between 25 and 30 million copyrighted music tracks, with the blessing of a large proportion of the music industry.
“QTRAX is a magical and game-changing service that revolutionizes the way fans consume digital music,” said QTRAX President and CEO Allan Klepfisz.
Well, possibly not revolutionary. We’ve seen a shift towards “free” ad-supported music streaming and download services recently.
Eee PC's TOP SECRET bonus ability – gaming
Eee PC can bravely run Half-Life 2 (at 10fps, mind) with even World of Warcraft now added to the growing list of PC games hardcore Eee fans have managed to get working on the pocket laptop.
For the benefit of those who don’t believe
Asus is aiming to sell a staggering 3.8 million Eee PCs next year – some with Windows on
Although the fact that it’s currently sold out everywhere in the whole world doesn’t give us a huge amount of faith that the Asus manufacturing facilities can churn out that many of the uber-portable laptops.
The big new selling point that’ll push the Eee PC to the ‘next level’ is Windows. Currently the Eee PC ships with a very cool version of Linux that’s lovely and…
