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Nvidia is getting ready to quit the chipset business. What this means, is that SLI and SLI motherboards will become a thing of the past, and will for lack of better terminology be collectors items. Nvidia to quit chipset business It doesn't help matters all the problems, that they have with their 680i chipsets, 780i chipsets and so on, and now all the problems with their 8500 and 8600 graphics chips, and recall that is in brewing stages. X-bit labs - Channel Vendors Demand Graphics Cards Suppliers to Recall Potentially Faulty Nvidia GeForce Graphics Cards.

Switzerland : EFF Software Helps Track ISP Bandwidth Throttling By Scott Gilbertson August 4, 2008 Categories: Software & Tools, Web Basics The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants to thwart ISP bandwidth throttling and other devious practices that threaten the idea of network neutrality. But the FCC and other groups that oversee such matters often lack the tools and technical prowess to even know when ISPs are up to no good. To lend a helping hand and put some more power in the hands of everyday users like you and me, the EFF recently released Switzerland, an open source software tool for “testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISPs and firewalls.” “Until now, there hasn’t been a reliable way to tell...

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Researcher to Demonstrate Attack Code affecting most Intel Processors Security researcher and author Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker can target flaws in Intel's microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running. Kaspersky will demonstrate how such an attack can be made in a presentation at the upcoming Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during October. The proof-of-concept attacks will show how processor bugs, called errata, can be exploited using certain instruction sequences and a knowledge of how Java compilers work, allowing an attacker to take control of the compiler. "I'm going to...

On June 27, 2008, Bill Gates transitioned from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to focus more time on his work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates will remain Microsoft’s chairman and will be involved in select projects based on direction from Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer and the leadership team. In a recently released video, Gates’ friends, family and Microsoft leaders tell the story about his amazing journey – from coding BASIC for the Altair 8800 to leading the world’s largest software company. Watch videos about Bill's career and Microsoft's future. Part-1 T8XDCilta5k Part-2 g8qRFYtzmlE

Microsoft’s Annual Revenue Reaches $60 Billion Fastest annual revenue growth since 1999 fuels 32% increase in earnings per share. REDMOND, Wash. — July 17, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $15.84 billion for the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2008, an 18% increase over the same period of the prior year. Operating income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.68 billion and $0.46, representing growth of 42% and 48%, respectively, over the same period of the prior year. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008, Microsoft announced revenue of $60.42 billion, an 18% increase over the prior year. Operating income and diluted earnings per share for the year were $22.49 billion and $1.87...

Microsoft says it needs more Internet Explorer 8 beta testers By Nate Mook, BetaNews July 30, 2008, 5:14 PM With Beta 2 of the Web browser due next month, Microsoft is looking to sign up more official testers for Internet Explorer 8, saying it's the only way for individuals to directly file bug reports. Like with Beta 1, the second beta of IE8 will be made available for public download. Still, there's good reason to become a participant in Microsoft's IE8 Technical Beta program. In addition to filing a direct bug reports, official testers can be invited to other beta programs, such as Windows 7 or Office 14. In addition, Microsoft occasionally makes beta builds available to testers that it does not release to the public...

Overview Windows Advisor is a self-help tool that notifies you about problems in your PC and helps you fix them. Windows Advisor scans your PC continuously, notifies you about important issues, and, when possible, suggests an easy fix solution. Additionally, it provides a checkup function, so that you can manually check your PC. This manual checkup displays information about additional, non-critical issues, such as suggestions and tips for improving the way you use your PC. The checkup advises you about security, performance, networking, printing, and more. Download:- http://www.vistax64.com/beta-software/168973-windows-advisor-beta.html

Firefox 3.0.1 fixed several issues found in Firefox 3. v3.0.1, released July 16, 2008 Fixed several security issues. Fixed several stability issues. Fixed an issue where the phishing and malware database did not update on first launch. Under certain circumstances, Firefox 3.0 did not properly save the SSL certificate exceptions list. Updated the internal Public Suffix list. In certain cases, installing Firefox 2 in the same directory in which Firefox 3 has been installed resulted in Firefox 2 being unstable. This issue was fixed as part of Firefox 2.0.0.15. Fixed an issue where, when printing a selected region of content from the...

REDMOND, Wash.--After months of searching for ways to defend its oft-maligned Windows operating system, Microsoft may just have found its best weapon: Vista's skeptics. Spurred by an e-mail from someone deep in the marketing ranks, Microsoft last week traveled to San Francisco, rounding up Windows XP users who had negative impressions of Vista. The subjects were put on video, asked about their Vista impressions, and then shown a "new" operating system, code-named Mojave. More than 90 percent gave positive feedback on what they saw. Then they were told that "Mojave" was actually Windows Vista. "Oh wow," said one user, eliciting exactly the exclamation that Microsoft had hoped to garner when it first released the operating system more...

Your precious firewall can't save you now! Weak or nonexistent implementations in computer security software can leave otherwise-secure computers wide open for attack – so open, in fact, that in some cases it’s as if there’s no firewall running at all. Speaking at the annual HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) conference in New York, security researcher Joe Klein of Command Information said that the internet is full of computers surreptitiously running IPv6, unbeknownst to their owners. Compounding the problem is the number of operating systems shipped with IPv6 enabled by default, which includes Windows Vista, Linux’s 2.6 kernel, Sun’s Solaris, Mac OS X, and a variety of cell phones operating systems, including Windows Mobile 5 and 6...

I didnt think "recommended" updates where installed by default? Full Story Here:BetaNews | Microsoft prepares to auto-deliver Windows Search 4.0 to Vista users

National Tree Day is Australia’s largest community tree planting event! Last year 290,000 volunteers took part in National Tree Day events all over Australia. This year, Planet Ark has teamed with Windows Live Messenger to create some fun theme packs to help you spread the word about National Tree Day on Messenger. National Tree Day

Microsoft will donate $1 to The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program for every person who watches the video below – to help Aussie kids get the education they need for a brighter future. Go on and do your bit now! Smith Family Office Charity

The team is pleased to announce that Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 has been released to manufacturing (RTM) and is now available on the Microsoft Download Center! The English version is available now and German, Spanish and French versions will be available on the Download Center soon. Windows Home Server customers who don’t download it on their own will receive Power Pack 1 via Windows Update in August, and the new Chinese and Japanese versions will RTM in August, too. As many know, Power Pack 1 provides a range of new enhancements, including support for home computers running Windows Vista x64 editions, backup of home server Shared Folders, improvements to remote access, more efficient power consumption and better performance...

Thanks to the support of the always amazing Mozilla community, we now hold a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. From on June 17, 2008 to June 18, 2008... 8,002,530 million people downloaded Firefox 3 and are now enjoying a safer, smarter and better Web. Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008

Microsoft's new Vista Compatibility Center website is now live ;) Windows Vista Compatibility Center

The next generation hypervisor-based server virtualization technology for Windows Server 2008 is here. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is now released to manufacturing (RTM) and is available for deployment into production environments. You can download the Hyper-V role update here. With Hyper-V you can consolidate workloads of underutilized server machines onto a smaller number of fully utilized machines. Fewer physical machines can lead to reduced costs through lower hardware, energy, and management overhead. The thin microkernel hypervisor architecture with integrated management tools allows you to manage both physical and virtual resources. Hyper-V easily plugs into your IT infrastructure to leverage your existing patching...

By IE8 Beta Team, the May edition of the Tech Beta newsletter! Newsletter Attached Below...

It's all a silly misunderstanding, we tell you. Microsoft has been holding fast to its "three years" development time frame for Windows 7 since forever, the problem is that it's never been clear when that three year period started. Well wonder no longer, Microsoft has finally officially confirmed that the three years started at Windows Vista's general availability release, which was January 30th, 2007. Obviously that doesn't mean will have Windows 7 on midnight of January 30th, 2010, but it does mean we can look forward to sometime within that year for a release. Microsoft plans to give an exact release date only once Windows 7 "meets its quality bar for release." Sounds like a good metric to go by, if you ask us. Source:- Microsoft...