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There seems to be a nasty worm infecting millions of computers around the world. US software protection firm F-Secure says a computer worm known as "Conficker" or "Downadup" had infected more than nine million computers by Tuesday and was spreading at a rate of one million machines daily.
Wikipedia beware! Here comes Britannica 2.0. In a move to take on Wikipedia, the Encyclopedia Britannica is inviting the hoi polloi to edit, enhance and contribute to its online version. New features enabling the inclusion of this user-generated content will be rolled out on the encyclopedia's website over the next 24 hours, Britannica's president, Jorge Cauz, said in an interview today.
The recent release of Windows 7 beta has been receiving many glowing reports, however, there have also been a number of negative comments made about Windows 7 UI becoming too much like Mac OS X UI. Ars Technica has decided to investigate such claims and find out what all the fuss is about. On a superficial level, the similarity is obvious; both Dock and Taskbar are rows of large icons used for application launching and switching. Closer examination, however, reveals that there's a long way to go before anyone should worry that Microsoft is slavishly following Apple. The Windows UI isn't turning into the Mac OS X UI—not yet, at least.
According to Microsoft, Windows 7 looks to be the last to natively run at 32 bits. Windows 7 is expected to be the last to natively run at 32-bits. The next major Windows revision after it will be 64-bit native, running 32-bit applications through the use of a compatibility layer. Windows Server 2008 R2, the server version of Windows 7, is already exclusively 64-bit.
Electronic Art's CEO John Riccitiello has again come out and said that his company wants to make more innovative and quality titles. EA's CEO John Riccitiello has re-iterated that he is trying to lead the company away from its reputation of making cheap and cheerful cash-ins and repetitive sports games and more towards innovative, quality titles.
Seagate is set to release yet another fix for its faulty Barracuda drives after their last firmware not only failed to fix the dead hard drives but also bricked unaffected drives. Hard drive maker Seagate has promised to issue yet another fix for its faulty Barracuda drives, or to be more precise, Barracuda drives which were bricked by its previous fix.
It seems that Windows Vista service pack 2 might be delayed by up to a month. A report has come in that Microsoft's second Service Pack for Vista may be delayed by up to a month or so. It's been six weeks since it reached beta status and although a release candidate was originally scheduled for February, this apparently now won't see light of day before sometime in March.
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has received the final report from the panel of experts on the $4.7 billion NBN. The panel had been deliberating since the 26 November tender deadline. It has considered the bids themselves but also advice from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on the regulatory side of submissionsMore Headlines: | Gaming Headlines: |
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