Archive for October, 2006

Microsoft ‘We Share Your Pain’

Its not been officially announced but Its out of beta and has been released. Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions against spyware..

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Mac Spoof: New Mabbook

Microsoft is linking up with video search engine Blinkx in an attempt to SQUASH THE GOOGLE-YOUTUBE THREAT. As a video search engine Microsoft won’t host videos so can’t get sued… unlike YouTube. Microsoft can provide access to more video than Google & YouTube & can sit back and watch them get sued to oblivion. Who will WIN? Microsoft or Google??

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Final release could be any day now according to MS.

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Windows Vista’s new Aero graphical user interface requires a fair amount of graphics horsepower to drive its fancy 3D effects, but how does it affect graphics card power consumption? The folks at The Tech Report have run some tests to find out, and the answer may surprise you.

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Microsoft Office UI manager discusses what methods they used in changing the user interface, which eventually lead to their ribbon UI design. Using eye-tracking, a special monitor that tracks where you eyes focus on the most, they discovered the “hot spots” in Microsoft Office, and used that to better design the UI for greater functionality.

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I am a Mac – booom

Pictures of the Zune unboxed.

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“With the Zune, students will be free to share music, videos and photos right there in class. They’ll be able to pass notes to one another. The Zune isn’t just a solitary music player. Think of it as a portable, wireless, hardware version of MySpace,” said Computerworld’s Mike Elgan.

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