Archive for February, 2008
Microsoft to crack down on Vista cracks
Microsoft will feed Windows Vista users an update in the next week to finger illegal copies installed with cracks that the company will bust when it rolls out Service Pack 1 (SP1) in mid-March. The ‘update’ which will go out via Windows Update (WU) and install automatically on most Vista machines, will detect two cracks [...]
Full StoryEMC to buy cloud computing start-up Pi Corp
Storage giant EMC said today that it’s angling to purchase Pi Corp, a Seattle-based company whose software and services will help users keep track of their personal data. Pi develops software and online services to enable users to control how they find, access, share and protect everything from photos, videos, and music. The data can [...]
Full StoryNVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
NVIDIA has unveiled the first of its next generation GeForce 9 series of graphics processing units, where the company touts this latest offering to deliver the largest single-generation performance jump in the entire history of NVIDIA. The GPU in question is the GeForce 9600 GT that pumps out 116% more performance than its predecessor, without [...]
Full StoryWii to pass Xbox 360 by June in US
According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, speaking to Bloomberg, who believes that the already stellar sales will be helped even further by key software launches in the region, such as Wii Fit and Super Smash Bros Brawl. The Wii has so far sold about 8 million systems in the USA, with the Xbox [...]
Full StoryFirefox 500+ Million Download
Congratulations to Mozilla Firefox! The Firefox browser has been downloaded more than 500 million times, says their SpreadFirefox website.
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