By Tim Conneally , Betanews Microsoft Tuesday made the first public preview version of Windows Small Business Server 7 (SBS7) available for download. This version of Microsoft's integrated IT suite for small businesses is built upon Windows Server 2008 R2 and includes Exchange Server 2010 SP1, SharePoint Foundation 2010, and Windows Software Update services. [......]
Archive for September, 2010
By Scott M. Fulton, III, Net1News The latest wave of upcoming changes to the world's two most used Web browsers, jointly responsible for easily three-fourths of the Internet's HTTP requests, has nearly everyone in the business rethinking the meaning of "quality" as it pertains to browser architecture. [......]
By Ed Oswald , Betanews Consumers are responding positively to Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, and thus their satisfaction of their PCs has also increased, the most recent edition of the American Customer Satisfaction Index . The effect is being compared to the "halo effect" of Apple's iPod music player, which was thought to have engendered positive feelings about the Mac computer. Dell's satisfaction score was up three points over last year to a 77, while HP, Acer, and a general "all others" category was up four points also to a 77. [......]
Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President of Nokia, recently announced plans to leave the company within six months, but don't expect him to do it quietly. Speaking to the Financial Times, Vanjoki revealed why Nokia won't switch from Symbian to Android. Doing so, he said, is no different than the Finnish boys who " pee in their pants " to stay warm during the cold winter months[......]
Users looking for a no-contract 3G data plan with low limits and high prices (we didn't get that backwards, folks) have reason to jump for joy, and reach for their wallets. AT&T's revamped Dataconnect Pass service offers a variety of data and payment options, and we'll let you be judge if any of them sound appealing[......]
It's getting easier to carry your digital luggage from point A to point B thanks to ever increasing capacities in portable storage. Take for example Seagate's new 1.5TB FreeAgent GoFlex ultra-portable drive. According to Seagage, this ranks as the planet's first 1.5TB portable external drive[......]
Good news, Twitter junkies, it's now safe to return to your normal 140-character microblogging about whatever's on your mind without fear of falling prey to a nasty XSS attack that was running rampant yesterday. "The exploit is fully patched," Twitter announced in a status update early this morning. Prior to the patch, a flaw existed that allowed messages to pop-up and third-party websites to open just by moving your cursor over a link[......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Though Twitter recently launched a newly redesigned site, users of the popular microblog are advised to use only third-party Twitter clients Tuesday morning to avoid a newly-exploited security hole. [......]
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Microsoft Monday announced that it will be launching its "Multi-screen" Zune services in new international markets this fall. [......]
Want to know how accurate boot magazine was with its yearly tech previews? [......]
Meet the woman who sources gear for the world's wackiest gadget catalog If you’re a frequent air traveler, you’ve surely seen the SkyMall catalog tucked in the pocket of the seat in front of you. It’s stuffed with zombie statues, bug vacuums, telekinetic obstacle courses and more, all delivered in an unflappable, straight-faced style that defies the sheer weirdness of the gear inside. Some people see SkyMall and ask, “Who buys this stuff?!†When we read SkyMall, we think, “Who finds this stuff?!†Well, her name is Barb Downey. [......]
No one's heard a peep from RIM about the possibility of a third iteration of the BlackBerry Storm line of touch screen smartphones. But here we have a fairly convincing shot of what is apparently just that. The new handset will apparently have a slightly larger 3.7-inch display, 8GB of built-in storage, and possible a mobile hotspot feature.[......]
Foxconn has quietly slipped a pair of new mini-ITX Atom motherboards into its lineup, but unlike most Atom boards already in the wild, these new parts come equipped with 1.8Ghz chips instead of the slower 1.6Ghz Atom parts. The D52S sports a dual-core D525 Atom processor nestled into Intel's NM10 chipset. [......]
If you're an NBA fan, then you've undoubtedly heard of the 'hack-a-Shaq' method of playing defense, but have you ever heard of Shaq the hacker? Otherwise known as The Big Diesel, The Big Cactus, and more recently The Big Shamrock (who, incidentally, will help the Boston Celtics reign in their 18th Championship -- that's right, this editor's calling it), Shaquille O'Neal stands accused of hacking into a computer and trying to frame former employee Shawn Darling for possessing child porn, the Boston Herald reports . The 15-page complaint alleges Shaq committed a number of crimes, including dumping his iMac in a lake behind his house to destroy evidence, breaking into the voice mail of a mistress to erase messages and change her password, hacking into Darling's voice mail, and using his law enforcement connections to frame Darling for multiple crimes. [......]
