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Windows for free?

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Image via CrunchBase More interesting news comes from the camp Microsoft. Just recently, the corporation announced that in May this year bring to market a new Office application Microsoft Office 2010, and free. During that users will run ads, but who wants ad-free, he will be able to pay for the appropriate version. And now the Internet has appeared a lot of unofficial information about how Microsoft is going to earn a promotion. In particular, it is a platform under the name Madison. It can be used in various products of the company, including operating systems. The idea here is the same - users enjoy free software in exchange for displaying advertising messages. Based on these rumors so far some IT publication has to speculate that in the future, and the operating system is Windows can thus become free. An indirect confirmation of this is the number of recent actions and statements of the company development of its representatives. For example, in Windows 7 in the "Personalizat...

A few words about safety.

Today, an unknown attacker infiltrated the computer network of the corporation "Horns and Hoofs. According to company representatives, the damage a hacker, is equal to two million kosmokreditov. Law enforcement authorities began investigating the incident. According to preliminary data, blames carelessness administrator and the operating system "Hinged Window-Pane for Ventilation" from the company Microdumb. Some titles such replete with computer and one click press the last two years. Hackers, all-powerful rulers of the Internet, do not leave the poor user to rest for a minute, and the only way not to fall victim to another attack - this is off the Internet. And no one thinks that under the latest "sensational" article is advertising an anti-virus laboratory. Old-timers should remember the year 2000 problem. Where not only the exaggerated rumors of imminent decline of the computer industry: the press, on television, the Internet. The predicted end did not come...

Windows 7 has already won 10% of OS

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The company Net Applications released fresh data from a think tank. Of these, it follows that at the end of January market share of Windows 7 has reached 10%. If we take January as a whole, then, on average, up to a month, about 7,5% of the computers connected to the web, were running the new operating system from Microsoft. Net Applications Now, analysts believe that if the current rate in June of Windows 7 will bypass the previous version - Windows Vista. That is, as the statistics show, Windows 7 is distributed around the world about the same rate as the average computer virus. As of January 2010 Vista takes 17.4% market share OS. But the most popular still remains the "old" Windows XP - her preference for 66,3% of users. However, in general Microsoft products albeit slowly, but losing market share. Compared with December 2009, the total percentage of all versions of Windows has declined from 92.21% to 92.02%. But bad feeling competitors. Mac OS X for the month increased ...

Apology virus writers

For someone who retired a year remembered for the financial crisis for someone - the epidemic of influenza. For me the year was unusually rich in various kinds malvar as a template completely, and really worthwhile that wrenched me out of the usual cycle of events. In any case, it's time to take stock of "work" virus in 2009 and make projections for the future. To begin, as usual, with the unpleasant: the myth of the invincibility of computers from Apple, and, respectively, and their operating system (for individuals who spent the past ten years in a bomb shelter, do remark - an OS for Macintosh computers called MacOS) shattered. In 2009 was created the first "apple" botnet, discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the operating system itself, and in the third-party applications. Sami attack, I'll say straight, does not represent anything interesting - Unix architecture is conservative, and, if desired, players can browse the Internet, you can easily rewrite t...

Vista? XP? Windows 7? Linux? or the fate of custom OS ...

Many disputes caused the emergence and rapid acceptance by users of Windows Vista. Let's try to understand why what happened and what to do next. In fact, in Windows Vista for the first time in the history of operating systems from Microsoft implemented a sharp turn from OS to OS for housewives focused on security issues. This can not be denied. This is Windows Defender and UAC and BitLocker, etc. However, Microsoft launched the market such a variety of versions of the same OS. And in previous versions of Home and Business security problems were solved for the user, perhaps on the basis that these versions will be used primarily not IT engineers and, therefore, users need to advance, "tighten the screws and make them work in the most secure. But home users stubbornly refuse to Windows Vista in favor of the more secure Windows XP, corporate - not in a hurry to move to Vista. Why? Is the problem? In the reasonable expectations of "iron"? Yes like no. Not so today is ex...

Compaq Presario 4010f

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HP Compaq Presario 4010f and Compaq 500B Series desktop PCs ... Other than new Compaq Presario CQ61z laptop, HP launches also the Compaq Presario 4010f and Compaq 500B Series desktop PCs. The former has a sleek, New HP Compaq Notebook and Desktops: CQ61z, 4010f and 500B ... HP Compaq have began to roll out a few new desktop PC's and a new notebook, the new models are the new Compaq CQ61z notebook, the Presario 4010f desktop, and the 500B series desktop computers. The CQ61z notebook has a black and silver ... Compaq offers up new CQ61z, 4010f, and 500B series computers ... The new line of computers includes the Compaq CQ61z notebook, the Presario 4010f desktop, and the 500B series desktop computers. The CQ61z notebook has a piano black finish with silver panels. The machine is designed for budget notebook ... Compaq Presario CQ61 Isn't a Netbook, It Is a Full On Laptop For ... The Compaq Presario 4010f desktop PC delivers all the productivity of a traditional PC in a sleek, ...

Creating programs without programming

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Image via CrunchBase Can I create programs without programming? This issue has become increasingly occur in the vast web. On this subject began to appear even forums. Perhaps this is due to the crisis, creative developers. Thus, in recent times they plant on us the same product, just changing the numbers in the version of the program. Here you nor new ideas, nor the stability of the project. Here are all accounted for and take into their own hands. The first thing you need to decide on an idea. It seems that this is the easiest step towards the creation of the program, but it is only at first glance. Once you decide to move from an idea to its realization as soon as you have the following questions: 1. Do I need a future program users (if not create for themselves, of course). 2. Is there a better product than the one that I do. 3. Technical Support. Will power to answer questions like: "I have not loaded". It would seem that all three issues, but the desire to create their o...

News for developers

One of the founders of the company MySQL AB, David Eksmark, announced his resignation from the corporation Sun Microsystems. For several years he worked at Sun Microsystems, holding a number of senior posts: supervised the development, is the head of the internal IT department, responsible for liaison with the community of MySQL. As explained himself Eksmark caused his departure from the Sun as the internal rules of the company: "I hate rules, which I have to follow, and I hate to violate them. Therefore, the preferred option for me is the denial of permanent employment and further cooperation with MySQL and Sun at less formal environment. " The company Stimulsoft announced withdrawal Stimulsoft Reports.Net 2008.2, a new version of the famous reporting. In Stimulsoft Reports.Net 2008.2 fully processed kernel is reporting that caused more than doubling the speed. Radically redesigned interface that is implemented on the basis Ribbon UI. For several dozen existing bar codes hav...