Tags: Microsoft

Running “sudo rm -rf /” deletes your Linux or Mac OS X while it is running. No tag for this post.

Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz discuss the availability of the SDK, that it will be open source in the future, and demo applications on the Android platform. No tag for this post.

Ubuntu 7.10 on Asus Eee PC with out-of-the-box Compiz. Really impressive! VIA No tag for this post.

A guy put his ID “noogai3″ in his animation, “Animator vs. Animation II”. After that he got put into thousands upon thousands of people’s AIM buddy lists. He didn’t think about getting spammed when he put the ID in the animation. No tag for this post.

Microsoft Corp.’s Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, presented the full breadth of Microsoft’s vision and road map for Microsoft Silverlight and how it fits into the company’s broader Microsoft .NET platform and tools effort. A core component of Microsoft’s overall strategy for the Web, Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation [...]

Koloroo today announced the release of the first widgets that run on any iPod with a color screen. TipKalc is an easy-to-use tip calculator with instant check-splitter and KolorWheel is a color utility that provides scientifically formulated color schemes to match a web page, home decor, shirt or outfit… in fact, just about anything. Both [...]

Cybersquatters are people who register an Internet domain similar to well-known brand names with the intention of profiting from its use. Computer users who accidentally type in incorrect addresses (like microsooft.com or winoslivemessenger.com) are taken to a page filled with pay-per-click advertisements. Software manufacturers like Microsoft say these sites will only continue to grow if [...]

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Research from other security vendors revealed weaknesses in Vista’s security – demonstrating ineffective blocking capabilities, slow definition updates and weak in-built anti-spyware protection. These independent results from Enex Testlab further illustrate how Microsoft must continue to improve the Vista security component to protect consumers. Recently, a third party vendor chose its own testing sample-set and [...]

A poll of delegates at one of the world’s biggest security conferences revealed that vendors and researchers are deeply troubled by Vista’s inability to combat malware threats. The annual RSA Security Conference in San Francisco was attended by more than 11,000 computer security experts from across the world. 97 per cent of those polled by [...]

Futuremark announced today the release of VGMark07, the OpenVG(tm) Benchmark. This new benchmark will provide vector graphics performance data for handset manufacturers, ODMs, semiconductor companies and network operators within the handheld industry. VGMark07 is targeted for devices that are fully compliant with the OpenVG 1.0 API specification and which pass all Open VG conformance tests. [...]

Autodesk today announced Autodesk Maya 8.5, the latest version of its Maya 3D animation, modeling and rendering software. Maya is widely used for games development, as well as film and television visual effects production. Maya Nucleus features technology developed by Autodesk’s Academy Award-winning* Principal Research Scientist Jos Stam. This unified simulation framework allows artists to [...]