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Submission + - Vista Advanced Heuristics

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Monday April 23, 2007 @07:25PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "The Register has an article on Program Names govern admin rights in Vista.

From the article :

"If Vista sees that you have created a Microsoft Visual C++ project with install in the project name, then that .exe will automatically require Admin Rights to run. Create exactly the same project, but call it, say, Fred, and the problem disappears"

And more :
"Windows Vista heuristically detects installation programs"... named install.exe...

AC Bryan"

Feed Mac Word: The rise of Firefox (macworld.com)

From feed by macworldfeed on Monday April 23, 2007 @06:52PM

Jason Snell charts the rise of Firefox among Macworld's web browsers.

Journal Journal: Google Answers Successors?

Journal by j.leidner on Monday April 23, 2007 @06:33PM

Since the popular Google Answers service was shut down, a host of similar services aiming at answering user questions - either automatically or using `crowd wisdom' techniques, i.e. human volunteers - have emerged.

Submission + - FDA considering diluting chocolate

Submitted by shewfig on Monday April 23, 2007 @06:20PM

shewfig writes: The FDA is considering a redefinition of "chocolate" to allow substitution of vegetable oil ($0.70/lb) instead of cocoa butter ($2.30/lb) and whey protein instead of dry whole milk. There are already standard terms to differentiate these products from chocolate, such as "chocolatey" and "chocolate-flavored". The change, requested by industry group the Chocolate Manufacturers of America (CMA) http://www.chocolateusa.org/About-Us/ , will allow inferior products to masquerade as the real thing. Leading the resistance is high-end chocolate maker Guittard, from their website http://dontmesswithourchocolate.guittard.com/ with significant grass-roots support from the "Candyblog" — http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/

Deadline for consumer comments is April 25, so action is needed now.

FDA website on proposed change, oddly enough missing the exact proposed changes: http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/07p0085/0 7p-0085.htm

Submission + - AMD Offers Convertible Notes To Raise Cash

Submitted by

ruiner5000

on Monday April 23, 2007 @06:06PM

ruiner5000 writes: "AMD has announced an offer of convertible senior notes of $1.8 billion to ease their current well publicized cash crunch. They plan to use 500 million to repay portions of a loan to Morgan Stanley they used to finance the purchase of ATI. The rest will be put to working capital and capital expenditures. Will this be enough to get them through the battle with Intel for marketshare as CPU prices fall heavily?"

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