With Service Pack 1 a few months away Microsoft was again forced to hear the cries of those who have bought its long-awaited OS, Windows Vista and has now released a new update that is set to improve the compatibility, reliability, and stability of the OS formerly-known as Longhorn.
Author: Kristin Powell
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WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate
Microsoft has confirmed: something as small as swapping the video card or updating a device driver can trigger a total Vista deactivation.
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Discover cool apps on the iPhone with Wakoopa
Like Apple’s web app directory, but accessible on the iPhone and with a whole lot more features. Like adding friends and checking out what they actually are using this very moment on their iPhones.
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Linux vs. Windows Power Usage
We’ve compared the power consumption of Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Fedora 7, and Ubuntu 7.10.
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Ubuntu plans Eye Candy for Desktop Computers and Beyond
What would it take to get the hundreds of millions of desktop computer users to switch from Windows to Linux? Low cost and armies of devoted techies have not been enough. So the people behind Ubuntu—a dialect of Linux— have a new idea: eye candy.
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13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop
A technology marketing consultant, who last month published an essay titled “13 Reasons why Linux won’t make it to a desktop near you,” discovers why desktop Linux has thrived despite what he terms its “troubled childhood.”
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Desktop Linux Is a Reality Now!
Explains how desktop Linux has become a reality on an increasing number of average users’ PCs.
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4TB on Desktop Drives by 2009, Hitachi Says
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies plans to announce Monday it has developed technology that will quadruple the storage capacity of desktop hard drives within the next two years, while laptop storage could reach 1TB.
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Nanotech revolution hints at 1TB iPod
Your storage worries could be all over — nanoscale hard drive technology developed by Japanese researchers could soon see a quadrupling of the current storage limits on devices such as laptops and iPods.
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Consumer protection org warns: resist Vista, “back to the future” with XP
A consumer advocacy organization in the Netherlands has issued a statement urging consumers to stay away from Windows Vista, saying that the OS was released before it was ready.