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With just a few days from its official release, the Windows XP Service Pack 3 is already receiving a large numer of post-instalation complaints.Apparently, the up-date causes a series of problems, from random blue-screens to continuous reboots. Jesper Johanson, a former program manager for security policy at Microsoft, who now runs a Windows blog, explained the situation in one of his recent blog posts: "At this point, I want to clarify that the endless rebooting is not at all related to SP3 per se. The problem is that with some configurations, SP3 causes the computer to crash during...
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A Westchester woman has
helped the police to recover her stolen laptop after she was able to
to connect remotely to her computer and photograph one of
the suspects.
After one of her friends called her to ask if she is online,
the woman used a program called Back To My Mac to connect to her stolen MacBook.
She gained remote control of her laptop and took of a photograph of one of the thieves.
According to The Journal
News, the woman works at an Apple store.
Back To My Mac is an utility that searches Mac computers
over the Internet and displays them in the Leopard Finder. It...
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MySpace has enabled its users to allow sharing of data across a variety of partner sites such as Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter, with more to come soon. Its model, called "Data Availability", will also enable sharing of multimedia files such as pictures. "Today, MySpace no longer operates as an autonomous island on the Internet, by allowing the data that creates the engaging and collaborative experience that is MySpace to now be shared across all the sites our users visit," said Chris DeWolfe, CEO and cofounder of MySpace. A user who created a profile on MySpace...
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The FBI revealed that the U.S. government has unknowingly bought counterfeit networking parts from China. Authorities have uncovered so far about 3,500 bogus devices with a retail value of $3.5 million. However, Reuters reports that an official source told them the parts did not make government databases unsecure. FBI acknowledged that it conducted Operation Cisco Raider, a criminal probe which sought to find, primarily, whether an additional security risk exists in relation with the counterfeit hardware. The probe was leaked to the public when an FBI slide presentation detailing the...
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Powerset wants to change the
meaning of Web search…literally! The company unveiled on Monday the public availability
of its latest beta product, a search engine that delivers query results based
on meaning, rather than words, delivering valid answers and improving the search
experience, the company unveiled on Monday.
Following multiple reports that
several buyers are interested in the acquisition of Powerset, including
Microsoft, the company doesn’t want to sit and wait for that to happen. Instead,
they chose to launch a new search engine to revolutionize users’...
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Ah…the iPhone…you want it? You’ll
probably get it soon, as Apple closed several new agreements...
The authors of a fake Facebook
profile, set up in the name of Roncalli High School Dean Tim...
Although we’re months away from
the digital transition that is set to take effect on February 17,...
Powerset wants to change the
meaning of Web search…literally! The company unveiled on Monday the...
Research In Motion doesn’t plan
on making it easy for Apple, especially now, when everyone expects...
According to Climate Counts, a nonprofit group, Apple trails far behind when it comes to climate...
A Westchester woman has
helped the police to recover her stolen laptop after she was able to ...
The FBI revealed that the U.S. government has unknowingly bought counterfeit networking parts from...
AT&T officially announced free Wi-Fi hotspot access for its iPhone customers on Thursday, after...
With just a few days from its official release, the Windows XP Service Pack 3 is already receiving...
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