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End of Support for Microsoft Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003

3 hours 2 min ago

Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Office 2003 will be reaching end of support in April 2014.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Best Service Desert Winds

6 hours 2 min ago

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Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Senior WINTEL Application Support Specialist

10 hours 7 min ago

Job Description: Senior WINTEL Application Support Specialist Department: CNS - Network Services Grade: I7 Status: Regular Full-time Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please note that evening and weekend work required periodically and pager support is also required.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Don't wait for Windows 8

14 hours 22 min ago

Microsoft's next operating system promises to be everything. Designed to power both tablets and conventional PCs, Windows 8 is ambitious and risky.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Adobe Launches Sandboxed Flash Player for Firefox, Hopes for Fewer Exploits

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 19:22

Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player for Firefox, which has better protection against vulnerability exploits because of a new sandboxed architecture.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Microsoft Windows Phone's Brandon Watson Leaves for Amazon

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 15:12

Microsoft's senior director of Windows Phone development Brandon Watson has left to work on Amazon's Kindle platform.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Lenovo Ordered to Pay a 1920 for Making French Laptop Buyer Pay for Windows Too

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 14:12

A French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn't want.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Cant find DireXt 9.0c Alpha Blend library

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 10:08

I need the alphablend library for sprite fading and text output, to run the projects from Beggining Game Programming.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Company's Microsoft expertise extends to new tablet

Mon, 02/06/2012 - 02:48

Awards: 2011 Microsoft Windows 7 Slate Partner of the Year; 2011 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional awards to five from Wintellect; One of top three Microsoft-recommended recommend training companies for Windows products.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Austin ad agency tinkers with technology to stay ahead of trends

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 22:39

Ben Gaddis, vice president of innovation and growth at Austin-based advertising agency T3, says marketers have to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to technology and innovations.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

RIP Windows Start Button: 1995-2012

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 18:24

It had to happen sooner or later. News from those who somehow acquired copies of a Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" version that leaked this weekend indicates that Microsoft has finally decided to remove one of the staple elements of the Windows operating system: The start button.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Rainmeter 2.3 Revision 1172 Beta

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 14:14

Many skins are even functional: they can record your notes and to-do lists, launch your favorite applications, and control your media player - all in a clean, unobtrusive interface that you can rearrange and customize to your liking.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Muscle 5.67

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 06:51

MUSCLE has been developed, used, and refined as the networking component of BeShare, CueConsole, CueStation, and various other audio control applications at Level Control Systems for over six years.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Windows 7 making headway in UAE

Sun, 02/05/2012 - 02:35

Windows XP remains the world's dominant operating system globally, but the two-year-old Windows 7 is making headway, especially in the GCC region, Gulf News has reported.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

The Geek Squad helps you back up, clean up, and upgrade

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 18:22

We've asked the tech experts at the Geek Squad to help you make the most of your technology, answering your thorniest tech questions.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

How to Scrub Email Out of a Windows Computer

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 14:12

The legacy approach to email, typified by Microsoft's Outlook program, permanently mated email to one computer.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

USB-to-WLAN adapter

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 10:02

The CU8890 USB-to-WLAN adapter permits wireless integration of Industrial PCs into an Ethernet network.

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Gillmor Gang Live 02.03.12

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 04:47

Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist, and author. He is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Leaked video suggests a unified Windows for desktops, tablets and phones

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 00:43

Although the Windows Phone platform unquestionably represented a quantum leap forward in Microsoft mobile technology, underneath its slick interface and app support beats the heart of an outdated OS.

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista

Snow Leopard Security Update breaks Rosetta support

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 22:39

The separate Security Update 2012-001 download for Snow Leopard users is breaking apps that depend on Rosetta, according to complaints .

Categories: Windows - XP - Vista