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Folks: For much of this month I have been using the latest version of RealPlayer to play VOB files on DVD. At first the video would be unstable (flickering) but the sound was clear & sharp. So I played around with the Hardware Acceleration settings until both video & audio were sharp & clear. Recently all this high quality has stopped. BOTH video & sound are now SLOW. Tweaking the Hardware Acceleration no longer makes any difference. I copied the DVDs to the hard drive but this did NOT improve audio or video output. Appreciate any suggestions. Is there any configuration change that I can make to return to great original quality of audi…

Have tried to install updates on my pc running windows xp sp2 updates download but install fails have searched for a solution but so far no joy Can anyone help please

AP - The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. wrote anonymous online attacks against a smaller rival and questioned why anyone would buy its stock, before Whole Foods announced an offer to buy the other company this year. Link To Original Article

[/url]AP - Listen to an iPod during a storm and you may get more than electrifying tunes. A Canadian jogger suffered wishbone-shaped chest and neck burns, ruptured eardrums and a broken jaw when lightning traveled through his music player's wires. Link To Original Article

AP - The Internet was a mere 19 months old when engineers first developed a file-sharing system still in wide use today. Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - The chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc. posted messages on a Yahoo! chat forum under an alias for years, talking up his own company while predicting a bleak future for Wild Oats Markets Inc., the rival it has since sought to acquire. Link To Original Article

Reuters - (Corrects spelling of Toshiba spokeman's name to Wynendaele in lines 40 and 56) Link To Original Article

AP - Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth-largest mobile phone maker, saw growing profits and market share in the second quarter but said the average selling price of its handsets continued to fall. Link To Original Article

PC World - While Wednesday marked the official unveiling of Oracle Corp.'s 11g database and a look at its new features, pricing and availability information was pretty thin on the ground. All the vendor would confirm is that the Linux version of 11g will ship this quarter, probably in August. Link To Original Article

Last week OPTi announced a patent infringement lawsuit against a bevy of chip companies. At issue are two patents for "Compact ISA-Bus" technology. Check out this and other original content from CNET's Blog network. Link To Original Article

PC World - Nokia Corp. introduced Skype Internet-calling software for its N800 Wi-Fi tablet on Wednesday, providing another alternative to using a cell phone, while a debate in the U.S. over what networks such devices may be able to use in the future heated up. Link To Original Article

"How can laptops holding details of customer accounts be used away from the office without strong encryption?" Richard Thomas scolds. Link To Original Article

Microsoft shows off its Surface computer in May (Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com) DENVER--On Thursday, Microsoft plans to show its partners the Surface computer that it introduced in May. But it will be a little while longer before most partners get a chance to do more than look at ... Link To Original Article

USATODAY.com - Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have been boons for teenagers looking for new friends and people trying to find dates. Now the technology, which lets liked-minded people find each other online, is trickling into investing. Link To Original Article

Analyst says multiple types of software, business controls and processes are key to successful identity and access management. Link To Original Article

It may be virtualization, but we're talking real bucks. Virtualization services are expected to turn into an $11.7 billion market by 2011, more than double its current level, according to a study released Wednesday by IDC. Helping propel this market, which last year generated $5.5 billion, is ... Link To Original Article

[/url]Reuters - After years of arguing over whose video game machine has the best bells and whistles, Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp. agree the battle boils down to which one has the best games. Link To Original Article

i cann't getting any sucurity updates. somebody said me this problem interested with my antivirus programe or firewell programe. then i could removed this program on my computer but still i cann't any security updates. When i start my computer windows security center warning me about updates but i cann't installing them on my computer. -- marsa el brega

Hi, Does anyone know how to detect when a user is prompted by UAC (User Account Control) in Windows Vista? My remote control application must be able to detect if a remote user that is running Windows Vista must locally interact (= click on "Continue" or "Cancel") when UAC prompts an Elevation, Consent or Credential prompt. -- Kris H. mailto:kris.hermans@hotmail.com

Hello, When I play any type of video or movie file, when the reproduction starts it appears no image on the screen, only after I maximize the screen to full mode the image appears, the sound runs normal but only after this prossiger I am able to visualize the file played. After this I can resize the screen to smaller or bigger again and it keeps normal but when I start playing image files it always appears this to me. Thank you for any suggestion to solve this problem. Carol

Hello, When I play any type of video or movie file, when the reproduction starts it appears no image on the screen, only after I maximize the screen to full mode the image appears, the sound runs normal but only after this prossiger I am able to visualize the file played. After this I can resize the screen to smaller or bigger again and it keeps normal but when I start playing image files it always appears this to me. Thank you for any suggestion to solve this problem. Carol

Hi to all, I have a modem Trust MD 4050 and Adsl with 4 M. All work fine for long time, once day the internet stopped. I turn on modem and PC and the connection didn't work. Now I can connect only with diagnostic option. I saw when happen this problem the web page the modem it was impossible open so I did reset the modem-router to see the page. I putted the username and pass. But the only way to go in internet is click one or two time diagnostic more I formatted hard disk and replace windows How can I in auto connect how before ? Thanks Fabrizio

When trying to install the DigitalPersona Password Manager software to run my Microsoft Fingerprint reader i get the following error: Product: DigitalPersona Password Manager 2.0.1 -- Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action RegDpHost, location: C:\Program Files\DigitalPersona\Bin\DpHost.exe, command: /regserver It was previously installed, then started playing up, so i uninstalled and attempted to re-install again. Any ideas?

How do I automatically start all alerts in "Performance Logs and Alerts" when the computer restarts? By now, I have to do it manually, and they keep running until I restart the computer. Any ideas? Thanks! Gaspar

How do I automatically start all alerts in "Performance Logs and Alerts" when the computer restarts? By now, I have to do it manually, and they keep running until I restart the computer. Any ideas? Thanks! Gaspar