Windows Vista SP1’s rocky ride to market has no doubt turned the stomachs of many advanced users.
A recap of this weeks SP1 Charlie Foxtrot. Article
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Why SP1 was offered to some via Windows Update yesterday
Today, a build of SP1 was posted to Windows Update and it was inadvertently made available to a broad group. The build was intended only for our more technically advanced testers, and was meant to only be offered to those with a specific registry key set on their PC. For general availability, we are still planning to make SP1 broadly available in the mid-March timeframe.
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Man, the Vista SP1 release has turned into one giant Charlie Foxtrot.
iTunes 7.6.1 Released
iTunes 7.6.1 includes several bug fixes and improves compatibility with Apple TV software version 2.0.
Windows Vista 64-bit SP1 Is Out (maybe)
Users in [H]ardOCP’s forums are reporting that SOME of them are getting Vista SP1 via Windows Update.
Anyone else seeing it?
BFGTech GeForce 9600 GT OC Review
[H]ardOCP reviews the latest offering from Nvidia.
The BFGTech GeForce 9600 GT OC is a solid video card that performs tremendously. Our only disappointment is the rather small 25MHz stock out-of-the-box GPU overclock and missing memory overclock…
CCleaner v2.05.555 Released
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history.
v2.05.555
– Updated Index.dat cleaning in Vista.
– File scanning performance increase on NTFS drives.
– Improved exception handling methods.
– Fixed IE cache folder location bug.
– Uninstaller tool now exports foreign languages correctly.
– Fixed bug where IE temp files could be incorrectly listed.
– Performance improvements to secure deletion.
– Tweaks to Uninstall tool detection.
– Minor GUI changes.
– Minor bug fixes.
Ubuntu 8.10ish – The Intrepid Ibex
With Hardy now past feature-freeze it’s time to start to plan features that are being lined up for inclusion after Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is released in April.
And so I’d like to introduce you to the Intrepid Ibex, the release which is planned for October 2008, and which is likely to have the version number 8.10.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Review
Paul Thurrott looks at Vista SP1.
If you built or bought a computer right now…
O.K., this old ‘puter is beginning to get on my nerves. So the search has begun for a new system. I’ve built my own systems for many, many, many years but the prices for hardware today is so high I may even consider a Dell or HP.
So I would like to see what some of you might suggest. If you built or bought a computer right now what would it be?
Here are my ‘specs / no specs’:
Intel Chipset and CPU, single video card (not onboard), I don’t overclock anymore.
Please list at least the basic specs (feel free to add to this)
Motherboard:
CPU:
Memory:
Video Card:
Are Mac users snobs? “The Street” thinks so
Mac users strong enough to watch The Street’s video clip without getting so offended they’ll smash their screen will discover the 2 minute and 18 second video says the following: Mac users “self centred, arrogant, conceited”. Out of the Mindset Media study of 7500 Mac and PC users, “Mac users do really think they are superior”. They think they are “self important, extraordinary and more intellectually curious”.
Hit up Neowin for more.
Freakin’ hillarious!!!