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Comment Re:This is good. (Score 2, Informative) 243

by weemat on Sunday September 28, 2008 @02:07PM (#25176541) Attached to: Microsoft Documentation Declared Unfit For US Consumption

So are you saying Open Specifications http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc203350.aspx dont count? That link has content on 1.Windows Protocols 2.Microsoft Office Protocols 3.Microsoft Office File Formats 4.SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocols 5.Exchange Server Protocols 6. Microsoft SQL Server Protocols 7.Microsoft Computer Languages

T-Mobile Launches £2 Per Day Mobile Broadband 184

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 21, 2008 @05:09AM from the is-voip-alright? dept.

Mark.J writes "ISPreview reports that T-Mobile UK has launched an interesting range of new off-the-shelf Mobile Broadband products that do not require customers to sign-up under a long-term contract. The pay-as-you-go (PAYG) style products cost from only £2 per day for 'unlimited' access (3GB Fair Usage Policy applies). To access T-Mobile pre-pay Mobile Broadband, customers simply need to purchase a USB (Modem) Stick 110, which includes a memory card, for just £49.99 and plug it into a laptop to access their favourite websites. Credit can be topped up direct from the laptop and customers are able to select whichever package suits them at the time." For American readers, that's about $3.66 right now -- plus shipping yourself to the UK.

Mozilla Is Eyeing Your Phone 107

Posted by timothy on Friday September 19, 2008 @04:49AM from the convergence-cometh dept.

Slatterz writes "Mozilla is planning to develop a browser for mobile phones by 2010. Mitchell Baker, chairman of the Mozilla Foundation, has been laying out her plans for the organisation over the next two years. Baker also committed to expanding the role of Firefox and building on its market share, while developing new browser technology such as the Aurora project. Mozilla has already stated that it is working on a mobile version of Firefox, but has never set a timeframe for release."

A Windows CE Shell For Netbooks 150

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 18, 2008 @06:40PM from the why-why-why-why-would-anyone-want-that dept.

nerdyH writes "Netbooks such as the Acer Aspire One and Lenovo Ideapad S9 usually ship with SSD storage and the Linux operating system in low-end configurations, or else with hard drives and Windows XP Home at the higher end of the market. Therefore, customers who want a "Windows experience" have no choice but to shell out for extra RAM and disk storage, potentially impacting battery life. Perhaps not for long. Quarta Mobile says its open-source (yes, open source) "MID-Shell for Windows Embedded CE 6.0" provides a Microsoft-based alternative to Linux for low-end devices with SSDs (solid state disks)."

Intel Shows Data Centers Can Get By (Mostly) With Little AC 287

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 18, 2008 @05:03PM from the googly-attrition dept.

Ted Samson IW writes "InfoWorld reports on an experiment in air economization, aka 'free cooling,' conducted by Intel. For 10 months, the chipmaker had 500 production servers, working at 90 percent utilization, cooled almost exclusively by outside air at a facility in New Mexico. Only when the temperature exceeded 90 degrees Fahrenheit did they crank on some artificial air conditioning. Intel did very little to address air-born contaminants and dust, and nothing at all to deal with fluctuating humidity. The result: a slightly higher failure rate — around 0.6 percent more — among the air-cooled servers compared to those in the company's main datacenter — and a potential savings of $2.87 million per year in a 10MW datacenter using free cooling over traditional cooling."

Microsoft To Announce Jerry Seinfeld Ads Cancelled 587

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 18, 2008 @05:02AM from the put-it-to-bed dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Valleywag says the Jerry Seinfeld ads are over — In a phone call, Frank Shaw confirms that Microsoft is not going on with Seinfeld, and echoes his underlings' spin that the move was planned. There is the 'potential to do other things' with Seinfeld, which Shaw says is still 'possible.' He adds: 'People would have been happier if everyone loved the ads, but this was not unexpected.'"

Report is Critical of US For Dumping E-Waste Overseas 152

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 18, 2008 @03:10AM from the not-in-my-backyard dept.

coondoggie writes "In what may be the least astonishing news of the day, some major US companies who say they are environmentally recycling electronic waste — aren't. Rather more startling — they are dumping everything from cell phones and old computers to televisions in countries such as China and India where disposal practices are unsafe to people and dangerous to the environment. Controlling the exportation of all of the e-waste plops on the doorstep of the US Environmental Protection Agency which is doing a woeful job, according to a scathing 67-page report issued by the Government Accountability Office today."

"Anonymous" Hacks Palin's Private Email 1733

Posted by kdawson on Wednesday September 17, 2008 @06:34PM from the should-have-used-hushmail dept.

netbuzz writes "'Anonymous,' best known for its jousts with Scientology, has apparently hacked Sarah Palin's private Yahoo email account. Contents, including sample emails, an index, and family photos, have been posted by Wikileaks, which calls them evidence that the GOP vice presidential candidate has improperly used private email to shield government business from public scrutiny." Note that there is no easy way to tell if the material on Wikileaks is genuine or a hoax. Update by J : Genuine.

Microsoft Urges Windows Users To Shun Safari 502

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday May 31, 2008 @08:58AM from the big-surprise-there dept.

benjymouse writes "The Register has picked up on a recent Microsoft security bulletin which urges Windows users to 'restrict use of Safari as a web browser until an appropriate update is available from Microsoft and/or Apple.' This controversy comes after Apple has officially refused to promise to do anything about the carpet bombing vulnerability in the Safari browser. Essentially, Apple does not see unsolicited downloads of hundreds or even thousands of executable files to users' desktops as being a security problem." Now while downloading a hundred files to your desktop won't automatically execute them, Microsoft's position is that a secondary attack could execute them for you.

Bank of NY Loses Tapes With 4.5 Million Clients' Data 156

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday May 31, 2008 @04:59AM from the way-to-go dept.

Lucas123 brings news that Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has admitted they lost a box of unencrypted data storage tapes. The tapes contained personal information for over 4.5 million people. From Computerworld: "The bank informed the Connecticut State Attorney General's Office that the tapes ... were lost in transport by off-site storage firm Archive America on Feb. 27. The missing backup tapes include names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and other information from customers of BNY Mellon and the People's United Bank in Bridgeport, Conn., according to a statement by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal.

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