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Microsoft Shows off Massive Image Data Proessing

May 20th 2008 16:35

This is somewhat similar to Google Earth and even 'Megatextures' which are actually both more or less the samething. Basically this technology allows computers to deal with massive amounts of information through streaming data from the harddrive rather than having to store it in the RAM.

This Technology Will Blow Your Mind.. - Click here for the funniest movie of the week

There is no fancy name for this yet, Microsoft is waiting on Apples marketting department (comprised of its sleazy salesmen turned executives) to come up with a name and sucker the Apple fanboys to pay a nice premium for it.

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Security Through Obscurity May Have Some Truth

April 27th 2008 14:12

One argument against Microsoft based software is that they are less 'secure'. Now personally I don't understand the concept of software being less secure, if you're not doing anything stupid you probably won't have to deal with anything nasty.

Having said that I think it is becoming more and more obvious, if Microsoft’s software was ever less secure it was not because of poor software practices but rather the obscurity of its competitors. Unfortunately for the open source community they can no longer just talk as such software as Firefox becomes more and more mainstream.

Now after years of learning from mistakes Microsoft seems to have created a fairly solid package, there is yet to be a major security breach for any of Microsoft’s newer software and all the while the security holes in competing software such as Firefox and Safari to Microsoft's Internet Explorer keep adding and adding.

Many people are switching from Internet Explorer to alternative browsers such as Firefox and Safari. Though that might make them feel more secure, the shift has also opened new doors for bad guys.

Case in point: We have no IE bugs to report this month, but both Firefox and Safari have been hit hard.

Hackers Focus Efforts on Firefox, Safari

Something tells me lots of hobbyist Firefox/Safari fanboy hackers are going to go hard after Internet Explorer to even things up before the month is out. But we'll see.

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Is It Actualy FAIR to Compare the Two?

April 18th 2008 18:49

WHY? WHY? Can someone please tell me just WHY? Why do people prefer Macs over PCs? Why do people want to pay $700 more for a system that is effectively half as powerful as that of a competitors.

The cheapest Macbook Pro on Apple.com.au is being sold for a whopping $2700, what does it come with? Lets see, 2gb RAM, 200GB hard drive, 15 inch widescreen monitor, 2.4ghz core 2 duo, and the infamous 'super drive' (i.e. dvd burner).

Now Dell on the other hand, for just $2000, is offering an XPS laptop with 4gb RAM, 320GB hard drive, 15.4" widescreen monitor, and a 2.5ghz Core 2 Duo plus a one year warranty thrown in for good measure.

In every single point the DELL completely oblibetrates the Macbook Pro, side by side:

DELL 2.5ghz vs. Macbook Pro 2.4ghz
DELL 4gb RAM vs. Macbook Pro 2gb RAM
DELL 15.4" Screen vs. Macbook Pro 15" Screen
DELL 320GB hard drive vs. Macbook Pro 200gb hard drive.

*DELL, Macbook Pro

HELLO!? Does anyone else not see the friggin price differences? The best equivalent for the Macbook Pro DELL is offering is a $1900 system that has one gigabyte of extra RAM (3gb) and 320gb hard drive, matches the Macbook Pro on all other points.

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Why Windows Won't Collapse

April 12th 2008 15:38

Lots of people make a living predicting the 'inevitable' end of Microsoft's dominance, indeed long after Microsoft’s honeymoon with the tech community ended an entire new breed of journalists and market analysts have come into being, their sole job is predicting when Microsoft will collapse and just how it will collapse. Fact of the matter is Microsoft won't collapse and Gartner's recent blabber does not change that.

The reason Windows won't collapse is because Microsoft stays ahead of the game, now I know this might not be the correct thing to say considering it is a rule of thumb to 'know' that Microsoft does nothing but copy. Yet, here's the thing, Gartner says that the future of computing will be OS independent, that is everything will run from a browser. He believes Google Docs, which is a direct competitor with Microsoft Word, is an example of how Microsoft will lose its grip in the OS world

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Apple Sends Mixed Message

March 27th 2008 11:15

Someone actually read the Firefox EULA, wow, and found draconian terms and conditions (who would have thought?).

In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn't just undermine "the security of the whole Web". He's made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.

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Bill Gates Talks Frankly on Microsoft

January 12th 2008 04:57

He says pretty much everything Microsoft haters would loath to admit.

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Setting The Record Straight on Windows Vista

November 1st 2007 17:38

Sometimes you get caught up in the little details that you think somehow contribute to the broader picture, you might even think these little details actually mean more than they really do. Microsoft has suffered considerably rumours yet enjoyed considerably more success with Windows Vista than virtually any other of its products in history.

Criticisms involve such things as 'Microsoft is still supporting Windows XP which shows how little confidence they have in Vista' is nothing more than spin. Yes Microsoft still supports Windows XP (with a big update coming) and will probably continue to support Windows XP well into the life of Vista and probably won't stop supporting XP until Vista 2.0 is just around the corner. Windows 98 and 95 recieved the same treatment and few would argue that in hindsight 98 was not a considerable leap over 95 so I'll let that speak for itself

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Get the RSCPA on PC Worlds Ass!

October 30th 2007 18:46

Your Typical PC World Writer - Note Species and Typewriter

PC World have declared that the $2419 USD Mac Book Pro is the fastest Vista laptop they have ever tested which is, if anything, a clear indication the head honchos up at PC World HQ have been feeding illicit drugs to the monkeys who work for them.

The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year--or for that matter, ever--is a Mac. Not a Dell, not a Toshiba, not even an Alienware. The $2419 (plus the price of a copy of Windows Vista, of course) MacBook Pro's PC WorldBench 6 Beta 2 score of 88 beats Gateway's E-265M by a single point, but the MacBook's score is far more impressive simply because Apple couldn't care less whether you run Windows

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A Note to the EU - GET OUT OF THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

October 23rd 2007 13:49

Earlier on I elaborated on what I believed was a conspiracy against Microsoft through a veil known as 'The EU'. I retract that prior statement, or at least a part of it, the open source community seems to have nothing to do with this conspiracy because now, suddenly, out of no where, the EU says the open source community should pay Microsoft for alleged software patents the software giant is holding.

The natural question is, WHAT THE HELL? What software patents? They are so vague you'd have to have the imagination of Shayamalan to pull off a ripper of a twist that would even vaguely apply to any individual alleged infringment

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No Thinly Veiled Bias Here

October 5th 2007 03:41

None whatsoever, it's so blatant one can't help but wonder how the hell APC can be taken seriously considering some of its articles. Angus Kidman and his fantasticly ambiguous question 'Can IE's architect explain why it's so bloated?' is of particular note, which he kicks off by completely blowing his credibility:

My attempts to interview Chris Wilson, Microsoft's platform architect for Internet Explorer, appear threatened by technical difficulties even before the discussion begins. His temporary-conference-visitor speaker phone in Sydney won't work, then my computer crashes just before the interview starts, which in the sub-planet of Vista I'm forced to inhabit means a ten-minute reboot time.

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Old Zune Gets New Zune Features

October 3rd 2007 12:54

After announcing the Zune 2 line of MP3/movie players Microsoft has also announced that all the new features of the Zune 2 line (minus the extra storage ^_^) will also be going to the original Zune by way of a software update.

First Zune 2 Shots

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Consumer Groups Go Anti Competitive On Microsoft

September 19th 2007 04:01

Microsoft has always been the best friend of the programmer, in fact when compared to the likes of Apple or IBM it looks like they're in another entire business altogether. Just what has gotten into the minds of the morons up in the EU who seem to beconvinced of Microsoft’s dastardly plans like some moronic Linux fanboy?

What’s even more disgusting is the fact the EU is charing Microsoft with the same behaviours companies like Apple make an actual business model out of. Microsoft is being asked to reveal its 'secrets' to allow third party developers to better compete with them on their own OS

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Firefox is Proof Open Source is Failing

September 16th 2007 09:12

The general consensus is that the open source isn't gaining traction is because Microsoft is doing what it needs to from a business standpoint to buy out/take hostage the consumer. However the massive popularity of Firefox is proof enough that this simply can't be the case.

When it comes down to it all you just have to look at it in perspective. Every Windows machine ships with a copy of Internet Explorer for free, yet consumers are actively finding and download Firefox. What of Word Processing software? People pay money for Microsoft Office, and it sure isn't cheap, it doesn't even necessarily come with every Windows PC and additional components will invariably cost more (such as Excel, PowerPoint, etc

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Microsoft Brings 'Educational PCs' To India

September 14th 2007 14:48

Some claim Microsoft is using India as a testing ground to release a general OEM Microsoft PC (much like Apples ridiculously over priced range of Macs) but to me it screams of 'teaching impressionable young *Indian* kids to use Windows computers'.

The technology behind these education focused PCs is great, it allows for multiple mice to be connected to the one computer which obviously instantly multiplies the usability of any one PC by the number of mice it has. Unfortunately the computer itself seems to only have room for one display, so there will be a lot of multicoloured cursors on the monitor

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