Back up your data and extends “free-trail” period
By default, there is a 30-day grace period for user to activate Vista, but it isn’t surprising that the user (is not able to)doesn’t want to activate it, or, he uses some kind of crack which turns invalid by Microsoft, So what to do in this case?
Does your job wear you out? You’re not alone. More than half of IT workers say they’ve fallen asleep at work, according to a new online survey.
And, nearly half of techies also are apparently in the mood for love. Forty-seven percent of tech pros admit they’ve kissed a co-worker, according to the online survey of 5,700 U.S. workers, including 163 techies, conducted by Harris Interactive for job site Careerbuilder.com.
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Palm Inc introduced its smallest smartphone on Thursday, delivers much of the functionality of a traditional smartphone with an attracting price tag.
The Centro will available in red and black, offers all of the features you would expect from such a device – a keyboard, a camera (1.3 megapixel), a decent display (320×320 pixel), Bluetooth connectivity, an MP3 player as well as organizer application. What is surprising, however, is that it also comes with EvDO wireless broadband capability, which should make the web browser and embedded Google Maps much more useful applications than they are, for example, in Apple’s iPhone.
Security researchers disclosed a bug in AIM that could enable a hacker to remotely execute malicious code, affecting all AIM versions under Windows.
America Online is working on a patch for what security researchers are calling a “major vulnerability” in the company’s highly popular Instant Messenger application.
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Google’s plan to buy DoubleClick is being reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission and was the subject of a Senate hearing on Thursday
Google Thursday defended its planned acquisition of online ad company DoubleClick, even as a Microsoft-funded think tank, AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, released a report arguing against the deal.
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Apple has shipped an iPhone software update for security purpose, also disable 3rd party apps and unlocking.
The mega which shipped today as iPhone v1.1.1, patches seven holes in Safari, a code execution and denial-of-service bug in Bluetooth, and two flaws affecting the built-in Mail service, which could allow malicious hackers to launch executable code, steal e-mail credentials or take control of the device’s phone-dialing capabilities.
Also, a post-update reactivation requires a genuine AT&T SIM. In other words, it looks like Apple may have just disabled thousands of unlocked phones around the world.
Can be used to steal contacts and incoming e-mails from Google Gmail users.
A proof-of-concept program, by a hacker group “GNUCitizen”, demonstrate the vulnerability, which can be used for malicious purposes.
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While some improvements are a bit of a catch-up with Google and Yahoo, others take Microsoft beyond what those search engines offer today.
Seeking to narrow the gap with Google, Microsoft Corp unveiled a retooled Web search service that aims to deliver more relevant results and combines text, video and other information onto a single page.
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The stealth Update that Microsoft released back in August isn’t quite as harmless as the company claims.
Ever since the Redmond company’s recent download of new support files for Windows Update, users of XP’s repair function have been unable to install the latest 80 patches from Microsoft.
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Racked up $170 million in sales on its first day of availability, Halo 3 becoming the hottest selling title in video game history
Halo 3, which hit shelved on Tuesday, also broke industry records for pre-sales. Retailers took more than 1.7 million pre-orders for the game, which runs on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console. More than one million gamers played the game online over Microsoft’s Xbox Live system on launch day — another record for the software maker.
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