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Asus, looking to capitalize on the rapidly expanding widescreen monitor market has introduced two new HD-Ready models. These new models are the Asus MW2210, which is a 22-inch LCD and the Asus MW201U which is a 20-inch LCD. Both these new LCD panels have a native resolution of 1680×1050, a response time of 2ms and [...]
Notebook manufacturers are claiming that the Vista Aero interface is draining the battery life of portable notebook computers thanks to using the CPU and GPU to deliver the translucent and transparent Aero experience.
A report at CNET says that some of Microsoft’s notebook partners are unhappy that the Aero interface is reportedly shortening the battery life [...]
You know a game is nearing completion when the box art becomes available. But in this case, the suspense is probably far less…eh…suspenseful, considering that we already have an idea of when the game is coming out. Still, that doesn’t mean we can’t report on all the latest happenings regarding Halo 2 Vista. And [...]
GamePro received an e-mail from Microsoft today notifying us that the developers of Halo 2 for Windows Vista are delaying the release of the game, which had originally been planned for an American release next week on May 8th.
“We’re making some updates to Halo 2 for Windows Vista that should improve the install experience and [...]
Joanna Rutkowska, a Windows security researcher, is to demonstrate new ways for hackers to invade Windows Vista, including rootkit techniques and ways to defeat BitLocker drive encryption.
Rutkowska recently announced she will be running a training session called ‘Understanding Stealth Malware’ during the Black Hat Briefings and Training event in Las Vegas, which runs from 28 [...]
Microsoft Corp. likes to promote Windows Vista as its most secure operating system release ever. And with good reason. After all, the company put a lot of software-development elbow grease into its top-to-bottom redesign of Vista’s default security experience.
That’s why it surprised many that Vista — [...]
Despite signs that businesses and consumers still want Windows XP, Microsoft officials said sales of Vista’s predecessor operating system will shrink to just 15% of the company’s total OS shipments as soon as the next fiscal year. On a conference call with financial analysts Thursday following the release of Microsoft’s third-quarter results, officials at [...]
I found this today and will try soon, when I have the Vodafone vodem updated to work with Windows Vista:
bcdedit /set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
This command disables the requirement for signed drivers under Windows Vista 64 bit. Nirvana!
Thanks to Chris123NT for the tip.
By the way, the Vodafone vodem can be updated to work with Windows Vista, but [...]
People have been pretty hard on Vista since its launch. Honestly, I don’t think that it’s done without just cause. But according to the numbers, Vista sales aren’t as bad as everyone seems to think.
According to the numbers released by Microsoft, Vista sales are doing well, with Microsoft Client Division, which handles Windows sales, showing [...]
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- Windows 7 TV Commercial
- Seven Transformation Pack 3.0 - The Perfection
- Seven Transformation Pack 3.0 to be released on 9/9/09
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- iGoogle more social with video chat
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