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XP SP3 Available Via Windows Update

05/13/2008 -- Microsoft said that users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the Microsoft Download Center. Users of Windows XP can now gain access to Service Pack 3 through Windows Update and the...

Windows 2008 Exams Go Live

03/19/2008 -- Microsoft releases three new exams for its newest network operating system in March. Windows 2008 Exams Go LiveThe Microsoft Learning Group has released three new exams for Windows Server 2008. All three are available worlwide at Prometric testing centers. The...

Vista SP1: The hits just keep coming

02/26/2008 -- Amid reports by some users of endless-loop reboots and less-than-impressive performance gains with Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1, now there's a new SP1 gotcha....

Windows 7 = Vista Release 2

01/30/2008 -- All the kerfuffle over Windows 7 - leaked memos, shaky handheld video clips of leaked builds, equally shaky tentative release schedules - is amusing. I don't have any inside information to offer, only a perspective drawn from 17 years of...

Time for MAC security software?

01/29/2008 -- Mac bigots love to kid Windows users about all our viruses, rebuilds and exploits. And they're right. The question is: Why is Windows so vulnerable? Mac-philes would like to believe their platform is intrinsically safer. The other theory is that...

Vista help is on the way

01/29/2008 -- Many in IT won't adopt a new Microsoft OS until its first service pack (in Vista's case, it might take a few). Well, bucko, here's your chance to take the plunge. It seems that Vista SP1 could ship as soon...

Macs Vulnerable to Malware? Say It Ain't So!

01/28/2008 -- IT security firm Sophos this week let the cat out of the bag, spilled the beans, and otherwise debunked the widely treasured myth that Macs are invulnerable to malware in its Sophos Security Threat Report 2008 (registration required); released Tuesday....

Windows 7 May Arrive in Second Half of 2009

01/25/2008 -- Following reports that Microsoft recently released the "Milestone 1" code for Windows 7 -- its next desktop operating system following Vista - to several partners, TG Daily is reporting that a new roadmap for the software shows a release during...

SPEC, Google pressure component makers on power

12/21/2007 -- In May of last year, SPEC began soliciting feedback from the industry on a forthcoming slate of power efficiency benchmarks. The first of those benchmarks, SPECpower_ssj2008, is now out, but a recent report from Google indicates that the big villains...

Trojan Hijacks Google Text Ads

12/20/2007 -- BitDefender nabs a new Trojan commandeering Host files to deliver third-party advertising instead of Google's....