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Google Chrome Frame Patches Microsoft Reported Security Bug
This week, Google released an update to Google Chrome Frame. Version 4.0.245.1 is available and all users should be updated automatically, according to Google Chrome Releases. The release fixes issues where the plugin would not follow redirects properly, where network requests would fail randomly, a …
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Microsoft's Problematic Lack Of Nightly Builds For IE
After Internet Explorer 9 was officially announced this week and a few tidbits on the release were shared by Microsoft, we had the opportunity to talk to Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager for Internet Explorer, to prod him for a little more information. The overriding theme for IE9, he told …
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Chrome OS: Internet Failing At PC > PC Failing At Internet
MOUNTAIN VIEW Unless you were hiding under a rock for most of the day yesterday, you're aware by now that Google held a press event at which the search giant pulled back the curtain on ChromeOS, the OS that's really a browser (and is based on the browser that's really an OS). The search giant annou …
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Tracking A Mass Extinction Via Mastodon Poop
The Younger Dryas period was an era of extinctions and ecosystem change that occurred just prior to the end of the last ice age. It's also a hot area of research right now, with some researchers suggesting that a comet or meteor struck the earth over North America, killing off megafauna like mammot …
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Gyromancer: Square Enix And Popcap's Addictive, $15 Spawn
When it comes to role-playing games, there isn't a bigger name than Square-Enix. PopCap Games enjoys a similar reputation, albeit in the casual games market. When the company behind the Final Fantasy series and the developer responsible for titles like Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies announced they we …
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Queen: We Sank The Armada, We Can Sink Some P2P Pirates!
Yesterday at 11:30am, the Queen made her way to Parliament in a coach, entered the robing room to receive her crown, and headed to the Lords Hall as the "Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod" went off to the Commons (where the sovereign is not allowed to enter). The Gentlemen Usher banged thrice upon th …
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After Long Wait, Camino 2.0 Finally Hits The Streets
Caminothe Gecko-based browser with native Cocoa interface and more seamless Mac OS X integrationhas finally landed an official 2.0 release. The browser uses a much newer version of Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine (the same one used in Firefox) along with updated tabs and improved security features. …
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Smart Grids Drag Utilities Into The Swamp Of Online Privacy
The smart grid is rapidly becoming a reality in the US, as utilities have been installing networked monitoring and control equipment, both in their own facilities and in their customers' homes. The pace of these installations should accelerate due to recent initiatives from the Department of Energy …
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BlueBeat Beatles Tracks Gone For Good After Judge's Beatdown
We now have the full legal theory behind BlueBeat.com's attempt to sell remastered Beatles tracks online for a quarter each. It's so odd that the federal judge overseeing a music industry lawsuit against the site decided he didn't even need to hold the hearing scheduled for tomorrow. Instead, he bla …
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I'm In Ur Atom, Probing Ur Nucleus
It has been 100 years since the Geiger-Marsden experiment upended humanity's longstanding view of the atom as a nice, relatively homogeneous particle. When the alpha particles shot at gold foil targets bounced off at odd angles, it shocked everyone involved (the original paper is now open acces …
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Microsoft Surface SDK Now Available To All
At Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference 2009 (PDC09), the Microsoft Surface team announced the broad availability of the Microsoft Surface Software Development Kit (SDK) Workstation Edition. It has actually been available on the Microsoft Download Center (144.2MB) since earlier this month, …
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Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Coming November 24
Microsoft today announced that Windows Home Server (WHS) Power Pack 3 (PP3) will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24, 2009. As always, PP3 will arrive for free via Windows Update for all existing Windows Home Server …
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1Password 3.0 Now Shipping, Comes With Cross Platform Tool
After less than a month of public beta testing, Agile Web Solutions has announced that 1Password 3.0 is now final and available for purchase. Not only is the Snow Leopard-ified version of the software rife with all the same new features we discussed in October, it also comes with a new tool called 1 …
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Apple Fourth Best Among Build Quality Study For Portables
SquareTrade, Inc., a company that offers extended warranties on all sorts of consumer electronics, has published a study on laptop longevity based on 30,000 costumer experiences. The numbers show that Apple is fourth in terms of reliability, as machines from the Cupertino company suffered a smidgen …
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FTC Threatens Fines, Jail For Online Check Service Operators
The Federal Trade Commission has charged those behind the shady online check service Qchex with contempt, and wants daily fines imposed on them until they give up the ghost. The group has launched a new sitea Qchex clonewith the same questionable policies that made Qchex a "dinner bell for fraudste …
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An Introduction To The FBI's Anti Cyber Crime Network
The Federal Bureau of Investigation told Congress this week that when it comes to cyber crime, terrorist groups like Al Qaeda aren't the sharpest pencils in the cup, but they're not out of the game either. "It is always worth remaining mindful that terrorists do not require long term, persistent net …
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The Reasons You Need To Buy Left 4 Dead 2 On PC
Today, we're going to deviate from our standard review format for just a bit... and we beg your indulgence for this exercise. Left 4 Dead 2 is available now, and many of you have most likely already purchased the game. Some may still have hard feelings about how quickly the game was released after t …
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JavaScript, Graphics Performance Improvements On Tap For IE9
The first information about the next version of Microsoft's Web browser was revealed at PDC on Wednesday. The announcement described three main areas of improvement: JavaScript, Web standards, and graphics technology. IE9 will contain a new, significantly faster JavaScript engine, it will have riche …
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Spurring IPv6 Upgrades Through "cash For (network) Clunkers"
At the Internet Governance Forum meeting here in Egypt, a session on critical Internet resources started with yet another discussion of the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. This time, talk turned to paying for the upgrade to IPv6a real issue in poorer countries. Rod Beckstrom, the head of the Intern …
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Good Karma: An In Depth Review Of Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, climbed down from the tree last month with new features and updated software. For five years and eleven releases, the Ubuntu Linux distribution has delivered a capable desktop operating system built largely on open source software. The new version is another impo …
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