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Compro E900F PCI Express TV Tuner Card

We at DigitalBurn love the PC media center concept, and with any great media center, you need a great TV tuner. On the cards today is Compro’s E900F PCIe Dual DVB-T & Analog TV/FM Card, which is a bit of a mouthful to say the least. This card is [...]

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Dashboard Minority Report Display

Has anyone here dreamed of the day when we can all have work stations like Tom Cruise in Minority Report? We thought so. Now if you had to pick one global computing company to try something this crazy-cool, who would you pick? Well, we’ll tell you; according to rumors emanating from Kotaku, [...]

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XP users rejoice as the computer software giant announced to its customers that it will continue support of its XP operating system until 2014. This extension is three years longer than originally announced.
The company has also stated that the next OS, Windows 7, is expected to be available “approximately 3 years after the January [...]

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After releasing a new security patch for XP and Vista on June 10, Microsoft has had to come back and fix some identified security flaws in the update. The original patch addressed a remote code execution vulnerability in XP and Vista. The update fixed the issue in Vista but not in XP.
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Computer giant Microsoft has extended its deadline for its XP operating system. The hitch is that it is only extended for low-cost portables and desktops. Microsoft had already extended its intended deadline until June but now the company is stating that low-cost PC makers can integrate XP into their systems until 2010.
Microsoft said [...]

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In a bold move aimed at knocking Google off its top position in online search, Microsoft is willing to pay its users to use its Windows Live Search engine when shopping online.
“2008 is the year that search got competitive,” said Bill Gates. Speaking at the company’s annual digital ad conference in Redmond, the company [...]

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After all the rumors, OLPC and Microsoft have finally begun distribution of Windows XP in their laptops. The launch will initially cover 5-6 countries, with a full-scale distribution in August or September. Unlike the initial reports, however, the XO will not be able to dual-boot between Windows XP and Linux. In order [...]

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Microsoft released its first service pack for Mac Office 2008. The software, which came out in January of this year, had not had a new release since 2004.
General manager of the Mac BU at Microsoft Craig Eisler has said, “The response has been amazing — since we launched in January, the velocity of sales [...]

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Although the idea of having $10,000 walls most likely is unappealing to families with children, the idea of having a fully computerized room is an interesting concept nonetheless. Gates, speaking at the CEO Summit, unveiled the TouchWall, a 4-foot by 6-foot ’screen’ intended to register motion.  In addition to the TouchWall, he also introduced Plex, [...]

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Everyone enjoys a good Microsoft insulting from time to time, however it appears that the insult may hold some credibility. Simon Clausen, CEO of Anti-malware and threat-detection software manufacturer PC Tools states that “recent research conducted with statistics from over 1.4 million computers within the ThreatFire community has shown that Windows Vista is more [...]

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