Saw this on a thread over on Slashdot Friday and just now saw it on Information Week. Apparently one of the features that helps protect end users from RootKits and Malware would also potentially stop users from migrating to open source operating systems such as Ubuntu and Jolicloud. I read a few times that Microsoft …
Month: September 2011
Just read this and thought some of you may be interested in reading it. http://www.techgineering.org/2011/09/26/2611/facebook-cookies-can-still-track-you-after-your-logged-out/ Apparently even after you log out of facebook. other sites with share on facebook, or “like” buttons are tracked in your cookies.. Maybe it’s time to start tweaking your privacy settings in firefox, and install Adblock plugins.. or …
Ok, there were stories back as far as January of this year speculating that microsoft should or would buy Netflix. Since then Netflix has decided to separate the Streaming Business from the DVD rental by mail part of the company. Maybe Reed hastings wants to keep the core part of the business that made Netflix …
Pretty interesting feature of Windows 8 that allows applications to exchange data directly. full story over on InfoQ: http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/09/Windows-Share Microsoft has created a new mechanism for sharing information between applications in Windows 8 called Windows Share. Apps can share text, bitmaps, HTML, URI, files, and other type of data, and the usage scenarios are numerous. …
Ok, i decided to install this on my home pc tonight since i cant sleep. Check out the pics and i’ll post some more later. i even installed google chrome, but i chose bing as my search engine, just to be nice. I’ll post some more real insight later… [imagebrowser id=5]
Just read this on Fox News website.. if you view the comments people made about the recent update, you get the picture that people pretty much dislike what they have rolled out. Maybe they should take a note from yahoo and give users the ability to select which interface they like. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/09/22/decided-report-facebook-users-incensed-over-updates/ another interesting …
check for yourself! http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=windows+8+developer+tablet from the time of writing this they lowest buy it now price was 3000 and one is going for 3500 buy it now! Not sure its worth it, but i’m guessing these people attended the “Build” developer conference and they wanted to make some extra money. …
I read this on Forbes about an hour ago, and i think they have it spot on. Amazon may indeed able to give Netflix a run for its money. Maybe Netflix should buy the HP Webos tablets and sell them cheap =) anyways, here is a quick highlight from the story: http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2011/09/19/why-amazons-new-tablet-may-pose-a-greater-threat-to-netflix-than-to-apple/ I see …
i got this in an email this am from Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix. Dear michael, I messed up. I owe you an explanation. It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in …
Some of the Windows Server 8 features are now known. Among those are the enhancements to hyper-v, mainly in memory, cpu and storage that can be assigned to virtual servers. Read the whole writeup here: Microsoft Talks Evolution of Windows Server 8 here is what microsoft has told us about “codename server 8” Benefits It …