Category: vista
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Free?
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/19/news/business/45-numbers.txt" >New tool allows for ranching by numbers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A truly valuable computer program must be user-friendly. Jeff Printz calls the new Drought Management Calculator, set to be released at no cost later this summer, "rancher-friendly."<br />n<br />n"It's really designed for the rancher to sit at home and run a bunch of different options,"…
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Windows Security
I see that Microsoft's new OS, Vista, has a <a href="http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21488395%5E15306,00.html">large security vulnerability</a> dealing with of all things the animated cursor. I thought that Vista was supposed to be so secure that we didn't have to worry about such things. <br />n<br />nIt appears that this vulnerability not only affects Vista, but it affects XP…
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New Offering
I find it interesting that it is being reported that Dell might be thinking about offering their computers with <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/tc_nm/dell_linux_dc">Linux installed instead of Windows</a>. I think this is really a positive move for Dell. Linux is so much more robust and stable than Microsoft products that is only makes sense.<br />n<br />nThis idea came…
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The Biggest Engineering Project in History
<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003460386_btview04.html" >Why Vista might be the last of its kind</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Imagine this. One of the world's most powerful monopolies puts 10,000 people to work for five years to create one new product. And nobody is really sure if anyone wants it. How's that for a gamble?<br />n<br />nThat's what we have with Windows…
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Winblows
<a href="http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061025vistabug/">Bug causes Microsoft to push Vista RTM to Nov. 8</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>PC manufacturers that expected to get their hands on the final version of Windows Vista on Wednesday have to wait a couple more weeks for the OS, according to sources familiar with the company's plans.<br />n<br />nMicrosoft Corp. originally targeted Wednesday for Vista's…
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Memory Hog
I hope you have lots of memory in your computer if you plan on upgrading to Microsoft's new system Vista when it comes out.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30128">Vista set to swallow 800MB of RAM </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A chap who managed to sneak a peek at the Vole's internal beta version 2 of Windows 53xx informed us…