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In what has to be rather big blow to Netflix Starz has ceased contract negotiations with Netflix. This means that once the contract expires in February 2012 there will be no more Starz movies streaming on Netflix. Although this is…
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:14
Google launches an Elevated Privilege Chrome Frame for non admins
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So it appears that Google thinks people should use their Chrome Browser even if they work at a company that restricts things of this nature (often with very good reason). Although you will not hear much about this it has…
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We have heard many comments about Steam, Vale’s distribution service these range from very bad to it is the greatest thing since the invention of the internet. Our personal feelings fall in the middle. It is a great service and…
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There were some interesting announcements for AMD at the Globalfoundries event today; although it was not AMD that made these, but Greg Bartlett, Senior VP of Technology and Integration Engineering at GF. Gregg was showing off a few slides of…
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In stunning news VMware announced the reinvention of the wheel at the VMware World Conference in Las Vegas. They showed of their new “wheel” which will run slower and have a greater potential for security risks than the older wheel,…
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Monday, 29 August 2011 21:47
Prior Art is just that... Prior Art. Even if it is Sci-Fi
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In the recent patent wars between Apple and, well just about everyone else you hear a lot about Prior Art. This is when someone can point to something that was created or in use before the item in question was…
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Monday, 29 August 2011 20:07
A Google SSL Cert issued to... Someone that was not Google
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Not that long ago Microsoft was the victim of an incorrectly assigned certificate. This was issued to more than just Microsoft and caused some havoc with a few firewalls (like Microsoft’s ISA) that check for security certificate validity. Because of…
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Security is the bane of every network in the world. It is the reason why so many IT technicians end up burnt out or (in the case of men) bald. We all know that the only secure system is one…
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There is RAID and then there is RAID!. Well IBM has the latter that is a conglomerate of 200,000 disk drives combined together to make up a 120 Petabyte (not to be confused with Pedabite which has to do with…
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Thursday, 25 August 2011 23:22
Apple gets temporary ban in the EU on the Galaxy S, S II and Ace but not Tab 10.1
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Apple’s legacy of patent lawsuits might be coming unraveled in the EU. Although the California based company did get an injunction on Samsung selling the Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Ace it only barely managed that one. The issue…
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Wow, file this one under both stupid and scary. It would seem that EA is seriously pushing the boundaries of acceptable behavior. Someone read the full EULA for this new service and has found a clause that is incredibly frightening.…
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AMD finally has a new CEO, after multiple ups and downs and more than a few replacements we find former Lenovo President and Chief Operating Officer Rory Read as the number one guy. According to IBM Rory has an impressive…
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011 22:53
Microsoft shows off improvements to file management in WIndows 8
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Microsoft is looking to pull off a reverse of the way Vista was killed. For those of you that remember Vista (and that should be most of you) you will know that Vista was pretty much dead before it hit…
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In a shocking story Steve Jobs announced that he is resigning and will be replaced by Tim Cook (former COO (Chief Operating Officer). However, while Jobs is leaving the top job at Apple he will remain as Chairman for the…
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011 21:35
Microsoft Send a Cupcake to Mozilla for Launching FireFox 6
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Apparently it has been something of a tradition for the Internet Explorer Team over at Microsoft to send a congratulatory pastry to FireFox with each new version they ship. However, now that Mozilla is pushing out a “new” release every…
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011 11:21
Former WebOS Developers move to Windows Phone 7
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It looks like the Death of the WebOS might be a big benefit to Microsoft and their Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. After HP announced that they were killing this part of their business model off (along with their…
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