We knew that Microsoft was getting ready to crack down on Vista piracy even more so than it did in Vista SP1, and that day is upon us. All Vista users will see a new update that is classified as , and once you proceed with the update it will check to see if your system has been activated using a known exploit.
Back in September last year we wrote about how the European Court finally ruled on an antitrust case that was started back in 2004 against Microsoft. The ruling? Microsoft was fined $690 million dollars. For this particular fine, it was because the EU felt Microsoft needed to make a version of Windows without Media Player included.
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As you may have noticed by now we've been trying to cover a variety of Greasemonkey scripts on the site with our Best Greasemonkey Scripts series, and today we're going to put it into overdrive.
Before you shrug this off as a repeat of our Previous Versions review, you might want to read on. As you may already know only Vista Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise users get the nifty Previous Versions feature. With it you're able to right-click on any file and browse older copies that have automatically been backed up by Windows.
Long Zheng managed to get his hands on what appears to be a Windows 7 Start Menu mockup, and how he came about it is quite interesting. An anonymous tipster sent the image which was retrieved from a private Windows feedback survey regarding the search functionality in Vista.
Thursday February 28th, 2008 will be the day that DivX shuts down Stage6.com for good. For many, this comes as a huge disappointment. Stage6 was a place where people went to watch, share, and download high quality videos. One reason it was so great was the fact that the content was compatible with over 70 million electronic devices from major manufacturers.
Google has just introduced a new way to help site owners communicate more with their visitors. It's called Google Talk Chatback and it's available to any website where you can add HTML content. Inserting the Chatback "badge" will allow visitors to chat with you which means you'll be having an instant message session with your readers, right from the browser. Cool, huh?
Apple has finally gotten around to updating their MacBook Pro line of laptops with the multi-touch trackpad that was introduced on the MacBook Air back in January. With the new trackpad you'll be able to "" I think many people were holding off on picking up a MacBook Pro because it was anticipated that Apple would be updating the model with some new features.
Yahoo has just launched what people are calling a "Digg-like" site called Yahoo Buzz into beta.
Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).
One of the reasons Adobe Photoshop has become so popular is because of all the advanced photo affects that can be applied to images. Over the last few years I've seen a lot of free alternatives emerge onto the scene saving users hundreds of dollars, but many of them don't have the effects and control that I'm looking for.
Now that Firefox 3 is approaching the home stretch it is important that Mozilla starts to throw in performance improvements to really make the browser purr. Over in our forum xpgeek pointed out that a Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) build of Firefox 3 had been created which greatly improved the performance of JavaScript in the browser.
Opera is starting to tease us with a new product that they have coming out later this year called Opera Dragonfly. They currently have it hidden under a shroud of secrecy, but they did say that "."
Adobe AIR 1.0 has officially shipped and now we're already starting to see applications built with the new platform. One such application is AOL's Xdrive Desktop Lite. It was designed for uploading and downloading files from AOL's Xdrive storage solution. As a quick reminder, Xdrive is a service that allows users to store (for free) 5GB worth of data.
At last, Optimus Maximus keyboards are finally shipping after receiving a Vaporware Award two years in a row now (2006, 2007). It's been quite the adventure for the team creating the highly anticipated and over-priced keyboard, filled with many ups and downs.
Microsoft has started to send out emails to select individuals indicating that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is right around the corner. The email is targeted to people whom they would like to receive feedback from before they open the doors to the general public, and no specific date for the IE8 Beta release has been given.
For the longest time, the one thing I've liked about Windows Live Messenger over Google Talk is the option to "Appear Offline." There are times when I've wanted to set myself to "offline" in Google Talk without actually being offline for those instances when I'm really trying to focus and get something done and I don't want to be interrupted.
Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).
Before we dive into today's CyberNotes, we just wanted to point out that this isn't the usual Microsoft Monday article. We're taking a break from talking about Microsoft to talk about none other than a competitor of theirs, Apple. Over the last couple of months, we've received several emails and questions regarding the iPhones we purchased back at the end of December.
