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Bad Economy Good for Client Virtualization? CIO, MA - 25 minutes ago Specifically, the looming (semi) forced shift to Vista or Windows 7. Both of these versions of the OS require a significantly larger hardware footprint than ... More...

Windows 7 taskbar: Most interesting part of new OS? InfoWorld, CA - 15 hours ago More taskbar details emerged late last week on Microsoft's Engineering Windows 7 blog. Despite some criticism that the Windows 7 taskbar looks too visually ... Get Windows 7's Best Features Right Now Lifehacker In depth with the new Windows 7 taskbar Yahoo! Tech all 3 news articles More...

Maximum PC 2009: The Year of Windows 7? Redmondmag.com, CA - 1 hour ago Yes, I realize that Microsoft officials are still citing their "three years after Windows Vista went generally available" ship date as the target for ... Windows 7 taskbar: Most interesting part of new OS? InfoWorld In depth with the new Windows 7 taskbar Yahoo! Tech Tip: Microsoft Readying RC of Vista SP2 for February '09 Maximum PC all 4 news articles More...

Windows Live Photo Gallery (Wave 3) beta PC Magazine - 7 hours ago By Michael Muchmore Microsoft Windows 7 won't come preloaded with the photo-editing software found in Vista. Instead you'll be able to download a more ... More...

HP shows off Atom-powered mini-Q nettop in Taiwan engadget, CA - 45 minutes ago Packed within the diminutive box will be an Atom 330 / 230 CPU (respectively), Windows Vista / XP (also respectively), 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB 7200RPM hard ... More...

TVTonic Drowns in Red Ink, Shuts Down PC Magazine - 11 minutes ago by Chloe Albanesius The site, which recently offered an extended look at content from this summer's Olympic Games for Windows Vista users, is distributed by ... More...

Seattle Post Intelligencer MSN to host launch of (RED) music service Seattle Post Intelligencer - 31 minutes ago Microsoft has partnered with RED before, notably with its Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED offering. A portion of the purchase price of a Dell PC with ... Sounders soccer outfits 'leaked' on blog Seattle Post Intelligencer all 92 news articles More...

Online Video Provider TVTonic Shutting Down Appscout, NY - 5 minutes ago The site, which recently offered an extended look at content from this summer's Olympic Games for Windows Vista users, is distributed by broadband media ... More...

In depth with the new Windows 7 taskbar Yahoo! Tech, CA - 1 hour ago Vista's "hovering" behavior gets an upgrade: Hover over one of those icons and you'll see thumbnails of all the windows that application has open (with ... More...

This security setting is in the Default Domain Controller Policy and typically includes the local system account. What security concerns are there by giving user accounts this right including "Authenticated Users"? Reason for the question: On a locked down PC, a user needs to open Internet Explorer and get access to a share. One of the desktop support developers has created a WINBATCH script to do this. -- BStillion Portland ME

A look at the Windows Live for Mobile applications, Web sites, and services coming in Wave 3... More...

How do I… Enable a 360 degree Windows desktop? TechRepublic, KY - 4 minutes ago Sure you can use Linux with its virtual desktops or you can even enable pseudo virtual desktops in Microsoft Windows Vista (with the help of a third-party ... More...

Good morning all, We have been having a problem with a repeat vulnerability on one of our IIS 6.0 boxes: --------- Vulnerability Identified: IIS localstart.asp Authentication Prompt Severity: Medium Description: The Microsoft IIS server has a localstart.asp file and it is protected by NTLM authentication. Impact: A remote web client who requests the localstart.asp file will be prompted by the WWW-Authenticate: NTLM mechanism for authentication credentials for the web server. Attackers may leverage this authentication mechanism in a brute force authentication attack. ------------ Recommendation: If maintaining this file is not needed for norma…

Windows Vista Tools From Hassle-Free PC PC World - 11 minutes ago (If all this sounds familiar, it's because Microsoft added similar functionality to Windows Vista's Start menu.) Using Launchy may seem a bit unusual at ... More...

Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode Wired News - 10 minutes ago Now people downgrade their computers to avoid Vista, tech luminaries write blog posts with titles like "Microsoft Is Dead," and the public face of the ... More...

Seattle Post Intelligencer Sounders soccer outfits 'leaked' on blog Seattle Post Intelligencer - 12 minutes ago Imagine the Mariners or Seahawks jerseys having "Windows Vista" or "Microsoft Office" emblazoned on them? no kidding. the sounders logo is tiny, ... More...

Ballmer Ordered to Testify in 'Vista Capable' Case Top Tech News, CA - 5 minutes ago By Patricia Resende Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been ordered to give a deposition in the "Windows Vista Capable" lawsuit after US District Court Judge ... More...

Secure your computer after a Windows install or reinstall TechRepublic, KY - 14 minutes ago This document refers specifically to Vista but the concepts apply to all versions of Windows. This blog post is also available in the PDF format in a ... More...

Digital Life Rumors Have Microsoft Live Search Becoming Kumo CIO Today, CA - 48 minutes ago The images had the brand of Windows Live Search. The site also quoted a comment on a Microsoft company blog by Group Marketing Manager David Beaupariant ... More...

Microsoft/Windows Rumors Have Microsoft Live Search Becoming Kumo CIO Today, CA - 11 minutes ago The images had the brand of Windows Live Search. The site also quoted a comment on a Microsoft company blog by Group Marketing Manager David Beaupariant ... More...

Appscout John's Background Switcher: Change Your Windows Desktop At Will Appscout, NY - 13 minutes ago John's Background Switcher is completely free, and works on just about every version of Windows, including Vista and 64-bit versions. More...

iPhone Users Can Now Go Online Securely and Privately With New App MarketWatch - 8 minutes ago You can also access the computer version of Hotspot Shield, which currently runs on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Mac OS X (10.5 Leopard) and Mac ... More...

Lindsay Blakely from BNet has written about the advertising spending done by Apple for fiscal year 2008 in the amount of $468 million dollars. She says that according to SEC filings, Apple has labelled the advertising budget as “Significant Accounting Policies”.As written: Well, here’s the answer: Apple’s total advertising budget for 2008 came to $486 [...] More...

A look at what's coming in the Windows Live Essentials release candidate... More...

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