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Longhorn Smokescreens, Wallpaper and IE Fix

Posted by Steven Parker on 25 November 2002 - 08:57 · 17 comments & 522 views

A few days down the line after 3683 leaks it seems we are still further from any truths despite physical evidence of the next generation of Windows installed onto 1000's of illegal users hard-drives, one might be forced to believe that Microsoft is purposely throwing up smoke screens for whatever reasons and it's not to "protect" the Alpha build that leaked. Microsoft flatly denied a Windows XP Second Edition, but elsewhere couldn't rule out a client version of Windows before 2005. I suppose they could call it something other than Windows XP Second Edition, how about Windows 2004?. It seems Microsoft are unwilling (as per usual) to show it's users a road-map (that doesn't change excessively every quarter).

Some people haven't sat on their hands though, from the looks of things over at xBetas they are gearing up for what might be a new leak of build 371X (X being either 6 or 8) they already have a wallpaper that is said to be the default on this newer build. ( Get the new "Bliss" wallpaper ) This rules out the idea that Microsoft are only working on "concept builds".

and for the people that downloaded and installed the Longhorn Alpha they came up with an IE fix to eliminate the crashing while downloading on build 3683 ( grab that here )

xBetas contributed to this report

The issue of cross-border legal reach has become increasingly important as companies dealing in file-swapping, and other Internet businesses offering copyrighted works, have popped overseas. Record companies, movie studios and software companies have been forced to scramble and use unconventional legal and technological means to attack these services.

The Kazaa case itself may not lead to a sweeping legal precedent, however. Jurisdictional arguments rise and fall on whether a company has sufficient contact with United States residents to make it liable under U.S. law. However, in Sharman's case, the company itself has a contract with its peer-to-peer technology vendor, Blastoise, which says that disputes should be litigated in Los Angeles court, according to a record industry attorney.

"There's nothing novel in the law here," said Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Senior Vice President Matt Oppenheim.

Sharman attorney Rod Dorman said the earlier contract has been renegotiated so that any disputes would take place in the United Kingdom, not the United States. He says the company simply hasn't had enough business contact inside the United States to be sued there.

That doesn't mean the company is trying to avoid legal contact with the record labels or movie studios altogether. The copyright holders can come to the company's headquarters in Australia and sue it there, Dorman said.

"Sharman has not purposively availed itself of the privileges of doing business in California to a sufficient amount to establish jurisdiction," Dorman said.

Sharman has expanded its operations to allow commerce activities and advertising inside its Kazaa file-swapping service over the past few months. However, it has backed away from offering a promised paid subscription service, many of the subscribers to which would have likely been U.S. residents. That decision could be revisited should a judge rule that it is already subject to U.S laws.

If Sharman loses this round, the company will be added to a larger lawsuit ongoing against Streamcast Networks and Grokster, two rival file-swapping companies that use the same underlying technology as Sharman.

A critical hearing in that case will be held Dec. 2, in which both sides will argue that the case should be concluded immediately with a so-called summary judgment without going to a full trial. Each side is arguing for the completion of the case in its own favor.

The hearing Monday will take place at 1:30 PST in Federal Judge Stephen Wilson's court in Los Angeles.

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#1 Posted by bLaCKcOmB-xP2 on 25 Nov 2002 - 09:08: interesting... i cant wait till the next builds of LH, cuz this 3683 is pretty buggy.. We made a patch for the Download problems.. Hope you enjoy it...

(1 reply) #2 Posted by Inertia on 25 Nov 2002 - 09:31: whats he point in 2 rar files 0 bytes in size that look like they contain files but dont ?

(4 replies) #3 Posted by Weasel on 25 Nov 2002 - 10:19: Yea come on neobond/xBetas those files are duds.

#4 Posted by DJ^TuRKiYe on 25 Nov 2002 - 10:44: um they work fine here

#5 Posted by BuG on 25 Nov 2002 - 11:01: workin here nice wall!

#6 Posted by oozz on 25 Nov 2002 - 15:21: Nice wallpapers...

#7 Posted by groovedude2001 on 25 Nov 2002 - 16:30: work fine here nice wallpaper Thx

(1 reply) #8 Posted by Dazzla on 25 Nov 2002 - 18:07: Don't know wherther to believe that wallpaper is real or not. MS have never included a wallpaper over 800 x 600, i find it hard to believe they'll package a 1600 x 1200 wall.

#9 Posted by ThunderRiver on 25 Nov 2002 - 19:38: #8, now they do in LH. The file in JPEG format is now around 800 kb, so it is not 800x640 wallpaper anymore. It is still M3, but it is getting pretty stable. -ThunderRiver

#10 Posted by ThirdShift on 25 Nov 2002 - 21:47: New build leaked. Uploading at a nice 28 KBS. Will be done at around midnight. Go to http://beta.go.cc. From the ones that brought you the first build. This one is 3718.

#11 Posted by Y2kFox on 26 Nov 2002 - 08:37: #10: Nice way to try and get some traffic to your little website

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