by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
According to a subscriber email we just received from Client Server News, the consumer version of Vista won’t ship until January. According to Client Server News, “the delay it being done in the name of quality, according to Vista boss Jim...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
I often warn computer users about the importance of backing up all your important data. Whether it’s the first few chapters of your Great American Novel, the outline for your ten-year career plan, all that financial information you painstakingly entered into a...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
Claria, which had tried to go public a couple of years ago, is claiming that they are exiting the adware business. Earlier this year, Claria retained Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. to handle the sale of the company’s adware assets, and Claria is in active...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
The Interactive Travel Services Association (ITSA), an industry trade group whose members include Expedia, Orbitz, Hotwire, Hotels.com and others, has made an announcement: Advertising in adware is ok, as long as it’s not spyware. ITSA believes...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 21, 2006 | Uncategorized
From cdfreaks.com (thanks Jarrett):Now, Futuremark has uncovered a very dangerous anti-piracy system Starforce is now using. This copy protection system installs a driver that runs at the highest level of access on the system, which gives it low level access to...
