Monthly Archives: January 2009
eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Microsoft Windows 7 Beta
eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Microsoft Windows 7 Beta
By Andrew Garcia
Windows Install
I've installed Windows 7 twice-one 32-bit version in a VMware virtual machine and a 64-bit...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes Vulnerabilities in SMB Protocol
Microsoft's inaugural Patch Tuesday of 2009 fixes three vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Server Message Block Protocol software.Though the lone security bulletin itself is rated...
Intel vPro, Core 2 Duo Processors Coming to a Store Near You
Intel is looking to bring its newer 45-nanometer Core 2 Duo processors along with its vPro management technology into the retail space with a...
Open-Source Windows
In my previous post, I wrote about how Microsoft's attitude toward open-source software has evolved, encouragingly, from outright hostility to cordial coexistence, and about...
Obama Sends Wrong DTV Signal
President-elect Barack Obama isn't playing it very cool when it comes to the digital television transition. No sooner had the National Telecommunications and Information...
An Early Peek at Google Chrome 2.0
Click here to see screenshotschrome.jpgLess than one month after Google released Version 1.0 of its Google Chrome Web browser, the company is providing an...
Google Paper Proves Social Web Has Become a Science
Think back a week, a month, a year or almost five years ago to when you started using Facebook or MySpace. It seemed like...
Virtualization May Slow Windows Code Rot on PC Systems
I'm a sucker for shiny objects. I love to try out new software utilities--usually in the network monitoring arena. This has often resulted in...
Feds Postpone E-Verify Deadline
Facing legal pressure from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other trade groups, the U.S. government has delayed by at least a month a...
Small Business Sellers Find Few Takers
If you are a small business owner who is looking to sell your company in the face of a gloomy economic reality, you might...