| Microsoft Removes Projectile-vomiting IE8 Ad From Web |
| Source:Yahoo |
Fri 3rd Jul 2009 |
| An online ad for Internet Explorer 8 that showed a woman projectile vomiting has left such a bad taste in viewers' mouths that Microsoft has decided to remove it.
The ad, which features American actor Dean Cain and shows a woman vomiting after seeing her husband's Web browsing history, is still available via YouTube. However, Microsoft has removed it from the IE8videos channel on YouTube and the BrowsefortheBetter.com site. That site is part of Microsoft's campaign to promote IE8.
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| Windows 7 may get a 'Family Pack' |
| Source:C|Net |
Fri 3rd Jul 2009 |
| Microsoft appears likely to offer a "Family Pack" version of Windows 7, according to language in a leaked test version of the operating system.
This week enthusiasts started buzzing over wording in the license agreement in the test build that suggests Microsoft will have an option to buy a license for Windows 7 that covers up to three PCs in the same household.
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| Waledac worm targeting July 4 spam offensive |
| Source:C|Net |
Fri 3rd Jul 2009 |
| The Waledac worm is gearing up for a spam campaign related to the July 4 holiday, a security researcher warned on Thursday.
Researchers analyzing the code of the worm, which has been deploying updates to previously compromised PCs, have discovered that at least 18 domain names have been registered related to fireworks and Independence Day that will be used to trick people into visiting a malicious Web site, said Pierre-Marc Bureau, a senior researcher at antivirus vendor ESET.
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| TV stations struggling with viewer loss on DTV |
| Source:Physorg |
Thu 2nd Jul 2009 |
| Most of the stations, in cities like Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and Dallas, moved their digital broadcasts from the UHF band to the VHF band on June 12, when they turned off their analog broadcasts.
The VHF band was previously used only for analog broadcasts, and was largely untried as a carrier for digital broadcasts. While UHF can be received well with small indoor antennas, the best VHF antennas are large rooftop units. Many antennas sold as "digital" ones in the last few years receive UHF only.
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| Windows 7 will not help SSD sales much, say notebook vendors |
| Source:Digitimes |
Thu 2nd Jul 2009 |
| Windows 7's support for SSDs will not do much to boost sales because the price gap with HDDs is still too high, according to sources at notebook vendors.
Since current SSDs are priced around US$4-5 per GB, while HDDs cost less than US$0.50 per GB, the sources expect SSDs are unlikely to become the mainstream specification for at least three years, even though Windows 7 will include several optimizations specifically targeted at SSD-equipped systems.
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| PCs with USB 3.0 to be Available Before 2010 |
| Source:Dailytech |
Thu 2nd Jul 2009 |
| News reports from Asia indicate PCs with USB 3.0 will be shipping to consumers before the end of 2009.
USB 3.0, with speeds 10 times faster than USB 2.0, will offer transfer speeds of up to 5 gigabits of data per second. Manufacturers are expected to introduce a new generation of USB flash drives, external hard drives, and other devices that will make use of the significantly faster transfer speeds.
NEC Electronics is expected to lead the pack among companies adopting USB 3.0, with the company recently becoming the first to introduce a USB 3.0 controller. The company began shipping host controller samples last month, and in September will begin manufacturing an expected one million units per month.
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| Vista's dead: Microsoft kills an OS and no one cares |
| Source:Betanews |
Thu 2nd Jul 2009 |
| For anyone still burning a torch for Windows Vista, its time is rapidly approaching. Buy now or forever hold your peace.
I can't say I'm surprised at how any of this has turned out. After all, Vista's launch was, to be charitable, rocky. When it first arrived just before Christmas 2006, it was late, bloated and, for some, expensive. It may have looked pretty on the outside, but critics quickly pounced on it for driver incompatibility, sluggish performance on mainstream -- and sometimes even high-end -- hardware and enough bugs to fill a family-sized tent on a weekend camping expedition. Microsoft didn't help matters with its ill-fated "Vista Capable" designation -- a public relations debacle that convinced buyers who were too lazy to read the fine print that Vista would run just as well on hardware barely suited for XP.
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