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TechSpot: Gaming desktop round-up: Puget vs. Maingear vs. Acer

Julio Franco — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:29:41 +0000

Most hardcore enthusiasts will tell you it's better to build your own gaming system rather than getting one pre-built. If not for the enjoyment of putting all the components together yourself, then simply to ensure... Read more...

Q&A with HP Personal Systems Group CTO, Phil McKinney

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:24:57 +0000

A few weeks ago during CES we had the opportunity to sit in on a presentation at CNTRSTG by Chief Technology Officer of HP's Personal Systems Group, Phil McKinney. Phil spoke to us about several... Read more...

Work Progressing on Army's Future Combat Systems

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:48:29 +0000

El_Oscuro brings us a Washington Post update on the progress of Future Combat Systems, the U.S. Army's Linux-based operating environment that has been under development for several years. The project, which currently surpasses 63 million... Read more...

Recovering Data from Windows systems by using Linux

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:31:43 +0000

We have all run into cases where Windows fails to load for one reason or another. The problem may be hardware or a software failure, and the problem may seem to be irrecoverable. Yet... Read more...

HP unveils Windows Home Server systems

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:53:48 +0000

Hewlett-Packard Co. began taking preorders today for its MediaSmart Server, the first system from a major manufacturer powered by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Home Server (WHS) software. MediaSmart, which won't ship until later this month, is... Read more...

OpenOffice bug hits multiple operating systems

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:28:29 +0000

Security experts have discovered vulnerabilities in OpenOffice.org that could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Linux, Windows or Apple Mac-based computers. OpenOffice version 2.0.4 and earlier versions are vulnerable to maliciously crafted TIFF files,... Read more...

Extended Warranties on Ubuntu Systems Back Soon

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:11:46 +0000

Recent reports have noted that Dell had stopped offering extended warranties or CompleteCare on Ubuntu-based systems. The problem occurred due to an ordering system glitch over the weekend, but Dell is working to get the... Read more...

Intel's Centrino Duo Could Boost Custom Systems

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:05:17 +0000

System builders take heed: Intel's latest generation of the Centrino mobile architecture includes several developments designed with the custom-systems integration channel in mind. The technologies include an interface that lets solution providers optimize the way... Read more...

Microsoft: All operating systems should use Vista's UAC

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:25:40 +0000

Microsoft Australia has defended the company's User Account Control (UAC) system as being "misunderstood" and said it should be the type of technology that all operating systems aspire towards. "There has been a lot of... Read more...

Dell brings back XP on home systems

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:30:55 +0000

Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs. Like most computer makers, Dell switched... Read more...

Xbox 360 Elite Systems Spied on Chinese Production Line

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:45:32 +0000

Xbox 360 Elite systems on a Chinese production line have been caught on camera. The images not only show the sleek, black exterior of the Xbox 360 Elite, but a close-up image shows the 120GB... Read more...

Crysis will run on older systems

Todd Tanner — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:41:28 +0000

Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli tells Next-Gen that new technology will allow the upcoming Crysis to run on gaming rigs up to three years old; developer also talks about going "Vista-only" and the transition to DX10,... Read more...

Windows Vista Now Available On Dell Systems

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:17:50 +0000

This weekend, Dell quietly made Windows Vista available on most of the company's desktop and laptop machines. The computers are still priced in the same range but now offer various editions of Windows Vista installed... Read more...

IE7 now on 100 million systems

Steven Parker — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:11:15 +0000

Tony Chor, the Group Program Manager for the Internet Explorer team claims 100 millionth download of IE7 I'm pleased to report that on January 8th, we had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. However, even more... Read more...

Risk mitigation for legacy NT 4.0 systems

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:13:59 +0000

Arguably one of today's biggest risks for network security and compliance are lingering systems that are no longer supported by their vendors. The security flaws in these systems may have been widely known for years,... Read more...

MSI to showcase AMD Live! systems at CES

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:51:18 +0000

Micro-Star International (MSI) will display a series of its Media Live audio/video PC systems based on the AMD Live! platform at the 2007 International CES in Las Vegas, according to company sources. MSI's Media Live... Read more...

Symantec: More Patched Systems, Fewer Potential Victims

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:26:20 +0000

Symantec on Monday said that while worm-scanning activity against its corporate antivirus software had increased over the weekend, the number of infected systems had dropped. According to the security company's own DeepSight sensor network, scanning... Read more...

Backup systems failed in St. John's phone outage

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:49:21 +0000

Bell Aliant says it's going to launch an investigation into how 100,000 phone customers in St. John's and internet clients all over Newfoundland lost service late Friday. Telephones were operating again Saturday morning after a... Read more...

Microsoft, Yahoo link their instant messaging systems

Steven Parker — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:13:10 +0000

Yahoo and Microsoft announced that they would tear down the wall between their formerly exclusive instant messaging services and allow members to mingle beginning today. The union of Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger systems... Read more...

Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems

Tom Warren — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:51:24 +0000

According to ZDNet UK Microsoft UK is urging UK vendors not to ship PCs without operating systems on them. Supplying base systems or "Naked PCs" is a missed opportunity according to Michala Alexander,... Read more...

PC Upkeep Costs Twice that of Mac Systems

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:33:39 +0000

According to a report by Network World, a study performed by them has declared that the average Mac is half as expensive to maintain compared to a comparable PC in a business setting. This... Read more...

NASA & Texas Tech Work on New Systems for Spacecraft

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:34:27 +0000

NASA has chosen Texas Tech University computer scientists to help develop software that will aid in the design and building of an abort system for a new Crew Exploration Vehicle. NASA engineers will work with... Read more...

Sun Aims to Bolster Disaster Warning Systems

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:15:31 +0000

Sun Microsystems announced a project on Wednesday to build out disaster warning systems in countries around the world. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based server company said it has teamed with the Pacific... Read more...

Flaws In Kerberos Could Open Systems to Attack

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:06:04 +0000

Two serious security flaws in a technology widely used for network authentication could expose a swath of software products to hacker attack, experts have warned. The flaws could allow an online intruder... Read more...

Yahoo! and Cisco systems combine antispam technology

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:46:13 +0000

Yahoo! Inc. and Cisco Systems are combining their antispam technologies to create a new e-mail authentication system, the companies said this week. The new system, called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), will draw on... Read more...

Mountain Dew and Microsoft to Give Away Xbox 360 Systems

Wed, 18 May 2005 16:11:15 +0000

Tuesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2005, Microsoft Corp. and Pepsi-Cola North America announced a U.S. promotion to put the Xbox 360 (TM) next-generation video game and entertainment system from Microsoft into the hands... Read more...

Google Typo Crashes Systems

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:31:12 +0000

Spyware authors and phishing fraudsters yanked an old scam out of the playbook Wednesday by directing malicious code at Internet users who may be prone to typing or spelling deficiencies, according to security researchers. Finnish... Read more...

Apple, Microsoft prepare for war with new systems

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:22:31 +0000

After years of relative quiet, both Microsoft and Apple are frenetically working on major new upgrades to the base software that run the personal computers of tens of millions of business and consumer users. Microsoft... Read more...

Novell to Acquire Tally Systems Corp.

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:05:27 +0000

Novell announced on Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tally Systems Corp. Tall Systems is an expert in IT asset management solutions, this acquisition will help Novell expand it's ZENworks management... Read more...

5 Features Operating Systems Should Have

Brad Wardell — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:07:10 +0000

In the early 90s, operating systems were getting pretty innovative and exciting. In a brief span of years we went from DOS and Windows 3.1 to having a myriad of operating systems that offered pre-emptive... Read more...

ZoomForge Offers Solution for Windows-based Systems

Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:58:48 +0000

Security and organization has always been a weak spot for NTFS, the dominant file system of Microsoft's modern operating systems. ZoomForge Technologies suggests that they may have found a solution to this. ZoomForge states that... Read more...

Hacker penetrates T-Mobile systems

Tom Warren — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:40:30 +0000

Securityfocus is reporting that a hacker known by the alias "Ethics" successfully penetrated T-Mobile's systems for at least a year. Twenty-one year-old Nicolas Jacobsen was charged last October after an elaborate sting between... Read more...

Opera 7.54u1: Security update for all Operating Systems

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:46:52 +0000

Thanks to Rapier for posting in our Back Page News, Opera has made available the fix for the desktop version Opera 7.54 for all OSes in response to the following security advisories, some of which... Read more...

Systems Management Server 2003 SDK v2.0

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:31:00 +0000

The Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 software development kit (SDK) Version 2 is available for download as an installation package from the Microsoft download center. The SDK contains documentation and sample applications for developing... Read more...

Imagination working on next-gen arcade systems for Sega

Marcel Klum — Tue, 25 May 2004 18:32:59 +0000

British technology firm Imagination is preparing to deliver a new arcade system to Sega at the start of next year, according to the company's financial statements, which will be based on the firm's next-generation graphics... Read more...

Alienware Details Its Systems with 2 Graphics Cards

Thu, 20 May 2004 15:33:06 +0000

A leading producer of high-end computers for gamers and professionals – Alienware – revealed some additional details about its new initiative to install two graphics cards into one PC for hardcore gamers. It seems that... Read more...

Cisco and IBM launch initiative for converged systems

Thu, 20 May 2004 00:55:23 +0000

Thanks rumbleph1sh. IBM and Cisco Systems announced a joint initiative intended on helping companies integrate and implement converged voice, video and data systems in their environments. With the initiative comes new services, being... Read more...

Dell slots back-up tools into storage systems

Sat, 15 May 2004 06:35:12 +0000

Thanks rumbleph1sh. Dell on Friday introduced data protection software jointly developed with CommVault Systems to meet the needs of small businesses. The GalaxyExpress software promises to enable companies to back up and restore... Read more...

ATI Sets Standards on Apple Systems

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:38:59 +0000

ATI Technologies Inc. continues to build on its wide range of offerings for the Mac market now shipping in new Apple products, including the PowerBook®G4 professional notebook, and eMac™ desktop for consumers and education customers.... Read more...