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Submission + - Autopatcher shut down by Microsoft? (autopatcher.com)

Submitted by

kimvette

on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @04:13PM

kimvette writes: "Apparently Microsoft wants users to choose alternatives to Windows, since they are now shutting down third-party tools which help make deployments and maintenance of Windows easier. From autopatcher:

Sad day Posted by Antonis Kaladis on August 29th, 2007 | Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means that AutoPatcher is probably history. As much as we disagree, we can do very little, and although the download page is merely a collection of mirrors, we took the download page down. We would like to thank you for your support. For the past 4 years, it has been a blast. Unfortunately, it seems like it's the end of AutoPatcher as we know it. Antonis Kaladis

If you're on dialup in rural areas and want to update Windows, or are in a commercial setting where you have a Cable connection with an unpublished cap, you're pretty much screwed when it comes to Windows updates.

Thanks, Microsoft. It's great to know that you have your paying customers in mind, as usual. Making the Windows experience worse, that is."

Submission + - CPU Splash! Easy liquid cooling for your PC

Submitted by ChristmasOnMars on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @04:08PM

ChristmasOnMars writes: Liquid cooling CPUs used to be more complicated than designing and building a prepetuial motion machine. In the last year or so, they've gotten so cheap and easy enough to install that virtually anyone can liquid cool their system's central processor. ExtremeTech examines a batch of new, improved, tasty, and easy to use liquid coolers.

Submission + - A&P sues brothers over YouTube video 1

Submitted by im_mac on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @04:06PM

im_mac writes: Supermarket chain A&P has sued two brothers for $1million after they posted a parody entitled "Produce Paradise" on YouTube. The video "prompted at least one complaint by a 'disgusted and distressed' customer who said she will no longer shop at A&P thanks to the 'repulsive acts' in the video. Though how they knew it was A&P is questionable since the brothers took care not to feature any A&P logos or mention it in their lyrics. Trying to get $1million out of a couple of college students whose source of income was working at A&P until they were fired, might be rather difficult. More info is also posted on the pair's website: FakeLaugh, including their belief that the complaint that brought the video to the management's attention was prompted by some sort of personal vendetta.

Submission + - Paparazzi hounding bloggers: There's a better way (kansascity.com)

Submitted by

Aaron Barnhart

on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @04:01PM

Aaron Barnhart writes: "I'm the TV critic at the Kansas City Star. Today our publisher received a DMCA NOTICE TO INFRINGER letter from the celebrity crapsite Flynet alleging that I illegally posted a photograph by one of their paparazzi to my blog. Aside from the silliness of the charge, Flynet is using lawyers when it should be using programmers to create content that can be shared online ... which would eliminate the problem of bloggers simply lifting their pictures."

Submission + - Windows Vista SP1 Coming... (mcox.com)

Submitted by

Artemis

on Wednesday August 29, 2007 @03:57PM

Artemis writes: "Microsoft has just announced the beta for Windows Vista SP1.

Find out: What is SP1? What is it not? When can I get my hands on the Beta of SP1? And what about SP1 itself — when will that be available? Besides these questions a time-line and a Windows Vista SP1 Whitepaper have also been released. Will SP1 be Vista's saving grace? Or will it be another Windows NT Service Pack 6 and cause the release of Vista SP1a?"

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