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Thursday, 10 May 2012 12:17
Rich Text Format Flaw Leaves OSX and Windows Vulnerable If Running MS Office
Written by Sean Kalinich
In the IT world there was a time when we all feared the Marco viruses that could be embedded into Word, Excel and other Microsoft Office Products. It was bad enough at one point that I found a single system…
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 10:23
Micron Confirms They Are In Talks to Buy Elpida
Written by Sean Kalinich
Today we find a rumor turning to truth as Micron Technology has admitted it is considering rescue buyout of Elpida Memory. Elpida has been the subject of something of an acquisition hot potato as at least two other companies have…
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 16:00
Kingston Updates The WiDrive With More Storage and Support for Android
Written by Sean Kalinich
Kingston enjoyed some success with their WiDrive wireless storage device when it was launched and it is easy to see why. Who would not want 32GB of storage space to carry movies, music and other information in instead of clogging…
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 10:38
Bioshock Infinite Release Delayed Until February 2013
Written by Sean Kalinich
In more software news it looks like the eagerly anticipate release of Bioshock Infinite is going to be pushed back a few months. Originally the game was meant to launch in October, but now has been pushed back to late…
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 09:16
Flipboard for Android Leaks Out Thanks to XDA Developers
Written by Sean Kalinich
We have talked before about an app called Flipboard which is one of the best news readers for smartphones and tablets. The problem so far is that there is not really any good alternative for Android. Sure there is Google’s…
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 12:58
Micron Has Working DDR4 Chips. Has To Wait for JDEC for Full Production
Written by Sean Kalinich
During our coverage of Intel’s Ivy Bridge and in particular our coverage of Asus’ Z77 based motherboards we mentioned that Asus was already starting to use a new tracing layout to deal with increasing memory speeds. The new memory they…
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Tuesday, 08 May 2012 09:00
Microsoft Tries to Explain the Lack of DVD Playback and Media Center in Windows 8
Written by Sean Kalinich
So Microsoft is trying to defend their decision to cripple Windows 8 right out of the box. We told you a few days ago that Microsoft has chosen not to include Media Center or DVD playback support in the shipping…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 19:05
Jury Delivers a Partial Verdict in the Oracle Vs Google Trial
Written by Sean Kalinich
So the Jury in the Oracle V Google trial has reached a partial verdict. The headlines for this are all over the place ranging from Google found guilty to Google trial moves to the next step. As usual the truth…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 10:29
UK Government and ISPs Are Talking About Blocking Porn Now...
Written by Sean Kalinich
It looks like the UK is trying to move even further down the slope of censorship. The UK Government and ISPs operating inside the country are in talks to find a way to block pornography. They are working on a…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 09:48
AMD and GameFly Team up to Offer Discounts to AMD Customers
Written by Sean Kalinich
It looks like AMD is putting some of the money they have been working to reclaim to good use (although we are not sure if this is the best time to do it). To help raise sales numbers of their…
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Monday, 07 May 2012 08:50
Patch to OSX Lion Leaves Some Users' FileVault Passwords Exposed
Written by Sean Kalinich
The Apple Mythology continues to crumble as we hear (and have confirmed) that an update to Apple’s OSX Lion has exposed the passwords and questions to partitions protected with Apple’s FileVault. The issue rears its head when someone using FileVault…
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Sunday, 06 May 2012 22:57
Adobe Patches New Zero Day Exploit Found in Flash Player
Written by Sean Kalinich
It looks like there is another security flaw in Flash. The often beleaguered web animation/video player has been the vector of attack for more than one piece of malware in the last few years. Adobe has been working hard to…
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Friday, 04 May 2012 13:12
Microsoft to Partner with Dolby for Windows 8 Audio?
Written by Sean Kalinich
After our initial story of Microsoft’s idea to remove DVD playback and Media Center support from core installations of Windows 8 (you can still get it with an upgrade purchase) we find out a bit of news that simply makes…
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Friday, 04 May 2012 09:13
Microsoft Is Trying Very Hard to Kill Interest in Windows 8
Written by Sean Kalinich
Time for some Windows 8 news and there is plenty this morning some of which is going to make a few people that were considering Windows 8 a little hesitant. We have been covering the next operating system from Microsoft…
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Four days ago we talked about Asus and their awesome ability to design hardware that people really do want, but the issues they seem to have with getting those products to market (and maintaining supply). We specifically called out the…
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Monday, 30 April 2012 15:04
Microsoft's Deal with B&N Good for All, Except Maybe Apple; Amazon and Google
Written by Sean Kalinich
As you might have noticed we have been following Windows 8 and all of the expected and unexpected features and pitfalls that it might bring to the market. So far we have found that the core of the OS appears…
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