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Introducing Windows 7

October 13, 2008

Windows Vista Team Blog / Mike Nash

Hi there, Mike Nash here. For me, one of the most exciting times in the release of a new product is right before we show it to the world for the first time. And that time is right now.

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DEVELOPMENT: First Firefox Mobile for Windows Mobile Screenshots available

October 11, 2008

the::unwired / info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess)

We heard about the upcoming Firefox Mozilla Alpha launch earlier and as the Firefox Mobile team mentioned in the very beginning, Firefox Mobile will be definitely released for Windows Mobile as ...

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Brad Lassey: Windows Mobile Update 3: Fonts

October 11, 2008

Planet Mozilla / blassey

I found (and fixed) one of our bugs in the Windows Mobile font code.

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Microsoft expected to release Silverlight 2 next week

October 10, 2008

ZDNet News - Front Door

It sounds like Monday October 13 is the day that Microsoft will announce that Silverlight 2 is done. by Mary Jo Foley

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Heaven: Windows 7 will be called Windows 7

October 14, 2008

iTWire - IT News Australia, Telecommunication News, IT Jobs, Telecommunications Jobs

Although XP and Vista were names of Windows that didn’t date the year after they were launched, Microsoft has gone with “year” names for Office and server versions of Windows for ...

Windows 7 wird Windows 7

October 14, 2008

MSDN Blogs / dparys

Vielen ist der Codename “Windows 7” für die nächste Version des Windows Betriebssystem ein Begriff. Seit kurzem ist es offiziell das der Codename auch der offizielle Name bleiben wird.

Microsoft finally names Windows 7

October 14, 2008

Rusty Lime

The marketing geniuses over at Microsoft have finally agreed on a name for the upcoming Windows 7. The new OS will be called...well I already mentioned it.

Windows 7

October 14, 2008

Dudu Tomaselli / dudu tomaselli

Ainda não acostumou com o Windows Vista e já está pensando em voltar para o bom (?!) e velho XP? Faça isso agora.

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Rumor: New Touch Family HTC T8290 Comes with WiMax!

October 10, 2008

SlashPhone / Kim Poh Liaw

Leaked photos from nedge2k.com has revealed a new HTC T8290, with its front like HTC Touch Diamond but has much bigger touch screen. The HTC T8290 is said to be a GSM + WiMax device, it has a 3.

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And the new name is ... Windows 7

October 13, 2008

ZDNet News - Front Door

Last week I wondered whether the product currently code-named Windows 7 would get a new name for its release. The answer, made official a few minutes ago, is no.

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13 Great Free Backup Programs for Windows, Mac, and Linux

October 12, 2008

Download Squad / Lee Mathews

Filed under: Utilities, Features, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware, Open Source Making sure you've got a reliable backup solution is a must for any user - and more so for an administrator. Why?

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A baby named Linux

October 11, 2008

IT Manager's Journal

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Success with OpenSolaris + ZFS + MySQL in production!

October 10, 2008

SmugBlog: Don MacAskill / Don MacAskill

Pimp My Drive by Richard and Barb There’s remarkably little information online about using MySQL on ZFS, successfully or not, so I did what any enterprising geek would do: Built a box, threw ...

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Windows Mobile on iPhone Is A Hoax

October 13, 2008

Gearlog / Sascha Segan

The demo of Windows Mobile running on an iPhone is a hoax, Gearlog.com reports.

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Is Microsoft looking to buy RIM?

October 10, 2008

The Boy Genius Report / Michael Bettiol

Is Microsoft looking to buy RIM? According to the latest buzz on Wall Street, the answer is possibly, but only if RIMs shares hit the $40 mark.

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Shepard Fairey's New Window Installation

October 10, 2008

LAist / Zach Behrens

If you're driving along Beverly between La Brea and Fairfax, keep an eye out for these.

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BBC iPlayer gets portable with Windows Media

October 10, 2008

silicon.com : News / editorial@silicon.com (Tim Ferguson)

Is sideloading the new downloading?

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Trying Out the Verizon UM175 USB Modem with Linux

October 13, 2008

Tech News Watch / leftystrat

I always thought it would be beyond cool to have a cellular modem or air card or whatever you like to call them.

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Linux on Nettops (or in general)

October 12, 2008

Tech News Watch / leftystrat

There is a lot of noise coming from certain areas in reference to nettops and linux.

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MySQL Cluster (NDB) on Win32 progress

October 14, 2008

Ramblings / MacPlusG3

Many things have been happenning in the land of NDB on Win32 as of late. I’ve fixed about 700 compiler warnings (some of which were real bugs) leaving about 161 to go on Win32 (VS2003).

I Prefer The Window Seat When I Fly On Airplanes

October 14, 2008

AttentionMax / Max Kalehoff

A Window Seat View I arrived in Atlanta this morning to present my Einstein presentation at a big media company’s internal marketing conference.

One Linux Formatting Tip I Bet You Didn’t Know

October 14, 2008

java.blogs Recent Entries / Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog

Simple Thoughts - Java and Web BlogYou probably know how you can format a Linux partition: mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda This formats the partition with ext3 file system.

Buena Vista Social Club spawns new CD (Soundcheck: Tuesday, 14 October 2008)

October 14, 2008

WNYC's Soundcheck / listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

In a 1996 trip to Havana, Cuba, the guitarist and producer Ry Cooder discovered several musicians: 92-year-old singer Compay Segundo working in a cigar factory.

microphone not working on Thinkpad X300 laptop

October 14, 2008

LinuxQuestions.org / hedpe

Hi all, I have gotten everything working on the X300 from GPS to the webcam, but the one thing I have struggled with for weeks now is trying to get the microphone to work. This would be great for...

Linux Tips: Bandwidth Monitoring, Common Commands, Accounting

October 14, 2008

Artima Developer Buzz

Linux Bandwidth monitoring tools and this (better explanations) - Instead of apt-get use yum install for RedHat based systems like Fedora, CentOS and obviously RedHat.

Zmanda launches open source backup, recovery solutions for Windows

October 14, 2008

Open Source / Paula Rooney

Open source backup and recovery independent software developer (ISV) Zmanda formally announced two new products tailored for Windows users. Zmanda, of Sunnyvale, Calif.

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