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Dell commits to green dream

News Let's say you update your power supply, that is in principle possible but the cost associated with that doesn't make an awful lot of ROI sense," said Esser. Dell has committed to improving the energy efficiency of its desktops and laptops, and says...

Tags: laptop, pc, dell, green

[16 May 2008]

National Work from Home Day: A blessing or a curse?

News I do have web access and IM but my email inbox won't update and I can't send mail. As sub editor at silicon.com I usually work from home for an hour or so every morning in order to update the site with stories occurring overnight, therefore I wasn...

Tags: home, work

[16 May 2008]

XP SP3 throws off AMD machines

News The reboot cycle glitch is the latest hiccup for Microsoft with the service pack update. The company had to delay the release of the XP update after discovering at the 11th hour an incompatibility with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, a...

Tags: windows, sp3, xp

[14 May 2008]

Sales of Mac Office rocket, says Microsoft

News The company also said it was ready with the first "service pack" update for Mac Office 2008, adding things like reliability and performance tweaks, as well as some changes aimed at boosting security. The update will be available Tuesday for...

Tags: mac, apple, office, microsoft

[13 May 2008]

Windows XP SP3 users warned over IE downgrades

News Maliouta said: "If you are currently running IE7 on XP SP2, Windows Update will offer you XP SP3 as a high-priority update. In the case of those trying out IE8 Beta 1 on XP SP2, XP SP3 will not be offered via Windows Update.

Tags: sp3, xp, ie7, windows

[12 May 2008]

Microsoft's next plan: Make over Live Search

News The spring update is also expected to include new types of vertical search and improvements in overall relevance of search queries, according to a source familiar with the company's plans. Microsoft hopes to back up its refrain that it has a plan...

Tags: live search, yahoo, microsoft

[08 May 2008]

Microsoft - halted Vista, XP updates resumed

News A week ago, Microsoft delayed the release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 because of a problem that could lead to data loss when running the XP update in conjunction with its Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System program.

Tags: windows, microsoft, xp, vista

[07 May 2008]

Geographic database opens doors to private sector

News Local authorities update their data locally and add it to the NLPG at least once a month, while some are using electronic feeds to update data in real-time as new planning applications are approved or buildings are demolished.

Tags: local authorities, database

[30 Apr 2008]

Glitch delays Windows XP SP3 release

News The company said in a statement: "In order to make sure customers have the best possible experience, we have decided to delay releasing Windows XP SP3 to Windows Update and Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft said: "To help protect our customers...

Tags: xp, sp3, windows, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Office 2007 fails to conform with OOXML

News In a statement sent to silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk last week, Brown said that, although he was hopeful Microsoft will update its Office products to stay in line with the version of OOXML approved by ISO, it is not guaranteed.

Tags: microsoft, office, word, ooxml

[21 Apr 2008]

Windows XP SP3 a go this month?

News Other XP users will get access to the pack on 28 April via Microsoft Update, Windows Update and the Download Center website. Anyone who has not installed the service pack will be forced to do so on 10 June by automatic update, according to the...

Tags: vista, microsoft, sp3

[16 Apr 2008]

Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges

News Crosby said: "If you have your own [virtual] JEOS update itself that's a disaster waiting to happen. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets

Tags: security, challenge, virtualisation

[16 Apr 2008]

Microsoft fixes SP1 'repeating reboot' bug

News Microsoft is resuming automatic distribution of a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite update that previously sent some users of the operating system into an endless reboot cycle during installation. The problematic update - Servicing Stack Update...

Tags: microsoft, sp1, vista

[08 Apr 2008]

Microsoft smartens up for enterprise mobility

News The software giant has launched an update to its Windows Mobile OS - version 6.1 - which includes a new home-screen user interface, threaded SMS messages for at-a-glance text conversations and an updated Internet Explorer that enables users to...

Tags: microsoft, mobility, windows mobile

[02 Apr 2008]

Microsoft touches the Surface of AT&T

News Thompson said T-Mobile remains a partner but he had no update as to when that carrier will be ready to use Surface in its stores. Microsoft has announced it has its first customer ready to put Surface computers into public use.

Tags: at&t, surface, microsoft

[02 Apr 2008]

Adobe gives Linux breath of fresh AIR

News As part of the AIR-on-Linux release, Adobe is making an update to the alpha version of its Flex Builder framework for Linux. Adobe has released an alpha version of AIR on Linux and announced it is joining the Linux Foundation.

Tags: adobe, air, mac, linux

[01 Apr 2008]

BT Yahoo! Mail suffers email update glitch

News security update. security update to protect people from spam and a handful of customers have been affected who use external email clients. Several thousand BT Yahoo! Mail customers have been unable to send email from their accounts following a Yahoo!

Tags: yahoo!, update, outage, security

[31 Mar 2008]

Mozilla chief slams Apple's Safari-iTunes move

News Mozilla CEO John Lilly has hit out at Apple, accusing the company of doing a disservice to Windows users everywhere by including its Safari browser as a default add-on installation in the latest iTunes update.

Tags: itunes, safari, apple, install

[25 Mar 2008]

EC: Let's raise our broadband game

News In her annual update on competition in telecoms markets, Reding said: "These EU countries, together with the UK, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, all had broadband-penetration rates higher than the US in July 2007.

Tags: broadband, ec, eu, telecoms

[20 Mar 2008]

Apple iPhone 'ready for business'

News Security concerns had previously prevented the analyst from giving businesses the green light to usher iPhones into the boardroom but Gartner thinks Apple's upcoming iPhone 2.0 software update has now brought the device into the business fold.

Tags: gartner, iphone, apple, analyst

[19 Mar 2008]

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