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 | lol also if you clicked to see the report you got a 502 error and StopBadware.org crashed in like 10 seconds.  |
 | ms marketed the zune poorly you cant buy it in europe at all |
 | [quote] Linux is now the only multi-platform operating system[/quote] wtf? NetBSD supports far more and windows NT has in the past run on many many platforms (alpha, itanium, powerpc whatever)  |
 | [url]http://news.uk.msn.com/in-pictures/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=12752263[/url] |
| | [quote]Each system has a unique identifier and could check in to a repository database every so often to check for yum/apt-get/smart updates and exchange information on its operating system, location, and some hardware info[/quote] Its called popularity-contest and is built into debian and ubuntu but disabled by default |
| | im surprised they got that patent a similar thing was designed for UNIX in like the 80s |
| | windows mobile runs the majority of shop floor / warehouse devices as well as the things UPS etc... have for signatures, as well as those portable ticket printers they ticket guys have on trains wm is everywhere |
 | [quote]The result? Plenty of jobs for people to create and implement ways to make electronic medical record access a reality[/quote] Yeah they tried it here in the UK. It was *decades* late and cost BILLIONS. And its crap. Thats for a small country with a nationalised health service, for somewhere … |
| | "and the OS itself should scale to some 256 processors" Doubt it. In theory yes, in reality no. Every version of windows NT Server since NT4 has had a technical limit of 32 cpus, or 64 on the 64 bit version. However, MS hardcode a limit of 2 for the … |
| | it looks good but it wont boot on my machine. seems it doesnt like plymouth? |
| | Hotmail and a number of other significant microsoft servers used to run FreeBSD right up until Server 2008 came out. Microsoft also used to run thier internal mail on thier version of UNIX (Xenix) until the late nineties, when they switches to windows 2000. Microsoft aint afraid of other operating …  |
 | [quote]because the district hadn't paid for updates [/quote] what were they running? |
| | if you already have microsoft products its cheaper to stick with it. A) if your a large longtime MS user they will offer you large incentives to stay with them B) if youve already got licences, its cheaper to stick with them and upgrade. If you break out of the … |
| | That yahtzee (Ben Croshaw) guy who does game reviews etc... is also a common person whose voice is heard online. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Croshaw[/url] [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation[/url] |
| | The reason MS are doing this is because they had to provide greater interoprability due to the EU ruling. Also , they promised novell in thier agreement that therw would be greater interoprability between SLED and Windows Server |
| | As a gamer i agree. Each console has two sides to the coin e.g the wii. Crap for real gaming but fun as hell the xbox is great for real gaming and music but nm else the ps3 on the other hand doesnt have as many good games as the … |
| | I say meh all the time. The user serunson is known for it |
| | Windows 7 basically is Vista SE. Its a minor vesion release, what more did you expect And yes, thats true. Windows 7 is NOT NT 7.0 - its a marketing only name, it will remain as NT 6.x for compatibility, as well as the fact that there is no major … |
| | :( cant install any live software on Server 2008 |
| | [quote] This time it's keyboards. It is apparently possible that some people can monitor exactly what you're doing on your computer, the whole time, by checking your keystrokes [/quote] Obvious. And its not a new idea, its been an issue forever thats why truly paranoid people use an on screen … |
| | [quote]Media Player 10 is slow, bloated and unintuitive[/quote] thats why media player 11 exists DUH... |
| | iphone uses a 620mhz ARM Cpu, so it could run linux, or even possibly an NT based OS |
| | most are trying to become phones/pdas/media players now  |
| | "433 GHz " its Mhz |
| | it wotn happen. i doubt the net could handle that much traffic |
| | The CDDL is better than the GPL for vendors, driver makers and ultimately users. If opensolaris did become GPL though, GNU would have to change its name LOL as GNU would be unix.  |
| | [quote]The Linux EEE does come with a larger hard drive (20GB) than the Windows XP version (12GB) but does that offer an explanation of the higher price? [/quote] yes as its a solid state drive which are very expensive per gig |
| | the computers most likwly dont hold any sensitive detail. Usually they are thin client or server based |
| | Opensolaris will probably win in the end. The CDDL meass it cant mix with linux GPL code, but it can come budnled with manufacturers h/w drivers in a binary format - this limitation of the gpl is whats currently hurting linux bigtime Wtf does opensolaris use so much memory though … |
| | this blog reads like an advertisement. [quote]There’s a better-than-even chance that you’re using Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. And if you’re like me, you’re not too happy about it. But there’s a free plug-in available today that brings some much needed relief from some of what ails the world’s most popular … |
| | bring back bill! we need strong leadership to fix windows again  |
| | [quote] Babbage (1791-1871) himself failed to build a complete working model of his design, through a lack of money and the sheer scope of the project[/quote] i thaught the problem was becase the thosuands of cogs didnt tick together right (in those days the notches were done by hand, not … |
| | ".70 British pounds" Thats 70p (pence) btw Pandora is illegal in the EU :( it filters our IPs too |
| | bring back bill |
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| | why spend that much on an eee when you can ebay a laptop circa 2000 and get the same specs + more e.g thinkpad r30 dvd drive 128 ram (up to 1gb max) 25gb disk max 1024x768 pentium 3M 1ghz this is like £30 on ebay so why pay hundreds … |
| | Windows 7 should win back confidence thats what always happened vista is a step in the right direction. Its highly stable, up to date and secure> Problem though, is speed, cost and compartibility ms really messed up by releasing too many vista versions and by releaing it too late, and … |
| | three years on from the Vista debut in January 2007 = end of 2009 so the dates arent wrong - also rtm dates are not = retail dates windows 7 should be good. Should hopefully take into account all the lessons learnt from vista and build on the solid codebase … |
| | fuck off (test for danis new lang filter) |
 | Re: Windows DEP... DEP has existed since xp and (possibly) windows 2000 or nt dep prevents programs from running code from/in certain locations in order to prevent malicious or malfunctioing programs reading sensitive data/damaging system stability if its causing you problems its most likely that you have malware |
| | next month? its on MS update NOW (for me it was the 60-90mb range - the standalone one includes all language packs so is a few hundred) worked fine on my lenovo laptop - seemes to make general operation and driver support better only problem was it took AGES to …  |
| | inetl made a mistake when they spun off networing cards and PDA chiops to marvell |
 | lol you are so correct my mum uses ask jaeves shes one of these people who always ask google questions instead of correct search terms |
| | the wiki page also mentions [quote] Icon Productions, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, [/quote] thses are big names. |
| | Most ATMs in my country run XP embedded, OS/2, NT4 or Windows CE |
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 | its a bad idea to say this downloading the software is probably illegal as it should still be copyrighted |
| | ms should make a distro and sell support and price out redhat and novell |
| | this article wasnt what i e3xpected i thaught you were going to talk about the fools who buy "OpenOffice Ultimate Edition 2007" for hundreds of pounds when its free |
| | i like orange  |
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