Oct 29 2008
Windows 7 is being discussed in depth at PDC 2008. Paul Thurrott is there:
Paul Thurrott: Windows 7 Preview Part 1: Let’s Just Pretend Vista Never Happened, Shall We?, and, Part 2: Desktop Enhancements
Also check out the new/revised Windows Team Blog.
Oct 27 2008
It ain’t just Vista. Just a few days away from the launch of Ubuntu 8.10, Phoronix benchmarked several versions of Ubuntu.
Major slowdowns after Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” in so many different tests certainly weren’t what we had expected.
Oct 27 2008
Puran Software has generously offered 5 licenses for Puran Defrag 5.1! So I’m going to have a contest to give them away.
This is how the contest is going to work:
1 – Leave a reply in this post.
2 – The reply must contain the following:
-Your favorite freeware app and your favorite Computer related website (name only, no links/url’s, and not this site)
3 – You must use a valid email address so that I can contact you if you win.
***edit:
***READ THE ABOVE AGAIN***
2 – The reply must contain the following:
-Your favorite freeware app and your favorite Computer related website (name only, no links/url’s, and not this site)
“favorite app” AND “favorite Computer related website”. I don’t understand what is so hard about that???
The contest will end Friday October 31st, 2008 at midnight EST (GMT -4). Winners will be notified Saturday November 1st, 2008. Winners will be drawn randomly. That is, I will use a random number generator to pick 5 numbers from the entries (based on the # next to the reply).
( my Puran Defrag mini-review)
Oct 27 2008
How to Get the Free Software
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, any one visiting the CodeWeavers’ Web site (www.codeweavers.com) will be given a deal code that will entitle them to one free copy of CodeWeavers’ award-winning CrossOver software. Each copy comes complete with support.
Their products are (for those who don’t know):
CrossOver Linux
CrossOver Games
CrossOver Mac
More info here.
Oct 27 2008
CCleaner v2.13.720
- Added support for Firefox 3.1.
- Added right-click cleaning and analysis for individual items in the tree.
- Added icons to tree parent items.
- Added cleaning for Windows Error Reporting files.
- Added Include/Exclude list editing.
- Improved TypeLib registry cleaning.
- Fixed Index.dat bug that could cause a crash.
- Fixed bug with INI warning messages.
- Internal architecture improvements.
- Fixed minor GUI errors.
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Oct 24 2008
Publicly, Microsoft has said Windows 7, the successor operating system to the firm’s much maligned Windows Vista, will not ship until early 2010, but its internal calendar has June 3, 2009 as the planned release date, InternetNews.com has learned.
Windows 7 Looking Like a June 2009 Delivery
Wow. I mean……….WOW. We pretty much knew that Windows 7 would be “Vista Re-loaded” but this, if true, would confirm that. Is Microsoft right on this? Is Vista’s name so tarnished that it’s necessary? Glad you stuck with XP? Upset you spent $ on Vista now? I would like to hear your thoughts.
Oct 23 2008
There is one update for 2K, XP, Vista, 2K8. It is KB958644.
A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain control over it.
Oct 20 2008
After Microsoft released its wonderful “I’m a PC” advertisements, I wondered what was next for Apple. After all, it’s ingenuous and libelous “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads were instantly rendered moot by Microsoft’s more human and humble ads. How could Apple respond and not look like a bunch of arrogant jerks.
Answer: They can’t. And they won’t. It’s in their DNA.
So they’ve responded with a new “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ad that is both ingenuous and libelous, and once again they come off looking like a bunch of arrogant jerks.
Oct 20 2008
My short review of True Image 2009:
A Look At Acronis True Image 2009
Oct 17 2008
Not a bad list. Did they miss anything you use?
TechRadar: 25 essential Firefox add-ons for power users
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Oct 17 2008
This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys.
This Autoruns update adds additional autostart locations, including lsastart, s0initialization, savedumpstart, and servicecontrollerstart, and fixes serveral bugs.
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I use True Image 2009 for all my OS backups and Disk Director 10.0 for all my partitioning and dual-boot requirements. TweakHound readers get a 10% discount off Acronis Products.
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