Windows Platform Blog
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Windows XP is an operating system that has stood the test of time. It may have had to deal with some pretty serious security deficiencies and can act clunkily after a while but it has rolled with the punches for a long time now, sits beautifully on the...
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As Jerry Maguire once said 'We live in a cynical world'. Indeed we do, and as the battle lines are drawn once again between Microsoft and the rest of the techno-world it is intriguing to see who will come out on top now that the World Wide Web...
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I don't know about you, but my children (and wife) are always moaning about the speed (or lack of) when it comes to our home PC's performance. You get a new PC with a fancy new operating system and you are be-dazzled by its responsiveness and...
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In a move remarkably akin to what garned MSN lots of negative publicity back in April, Wal-Mart, according to Ars Technica , is warning purchasers of DRMed music media that they will soon be shutting down the DRM verification (key) servers. Their suggestion...
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As reported in the Washington Post , the appointed CRB members announced today that publishers and music writers would continue to get 9.1 cents per song for both CDs and downloads. The National Music Publisher's Association had asked for as much...
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A new service to provide shorter, more flexible pre-roll advertisements, according to JDJ International , has been introduced by Adapt.tv. Of interest to Internet video consumers, this will shorten the normal 15 to (highly repellent) 60 second ad pitch...
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There's no section in the Skpe settings that specifies the start up and shut-down sounds. I have a multimedia Vista PC that I usually keep the sound turned up on, and that startup sound - whoosh! - and shutdown sound - anti-whosh! - got on my nerves...
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Google, stumping to find ways to make money out of YouTube, for which they paid $1.65 billion a couple of years ago, will be adding purchase links to music tracks contained in videos. These links will offer music purchases from iTunes and Amazon. In other...
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New from Google Labs and Gmail is an option to prevent you from doing something you'll regret the next day - intoxicated emailing. How it works - once you enable it and specify the days it runs and the times it's in effect, before you're able...
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From StorefrontBacktalk.com : Gen Y, a loose term for younger shoppers ranging in age from about 14 through 28, is a demographic that most retailers are unprepared for. That’s partially because this is the first segment that has never not known...
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