I'd say the manner in which this release was publicized and rolled out (which I'm sure will happen at some point) was dismal. I'm able to get to the download page, where the graphic boasts Firefox 3, but the small type underneath says 2.0.0.14 and links to that version. Not to mention, we're a good hour and-a-half behind the advertised release time. Not the best advert of open-source - makes you think about the expression, you get what you pay for.:(
In the meantime... Opera 9.5 is nice and fast... as is Safari (Konqueror for windows, essentially)
Oh, and the IE8 beta is fun - I'm not saying it works, but it can be thoroughly amusing with its renders (eg. maps.google.com)
Don't look at the XPS - Check out the Latitude D430. 3lbs, only slightly thicker, and starts at $1200. See it here. I've got the earlier version of it (D420). Far more features and by my experience it's a more mature product. Plus, it makes one sweet Linux box!
Any one else notice that the only product that got their little "ExtremeTech Approved" logo was Trillian Pro, which costs 25 dollars? An interesting choice for a list of Free clients.
The betas then release candidates of Vista have been available for almost a year for MSDN members and over a half-year for non-members. Apple should have had plenty of time to make sure that iTunes worked properly on Microsoft's new system. It is most likely changes aren't 100% complete, hence why Vista users should wait until the next iTunes update becomes available.
MontaVista Linux. I work for a large networking company that uses this as the embedded OS in our switches - it is very reliable. It's not free, however, but this distro is used in several industries and by many other successful companies. They also provide good support.
Here's a list of boards and platforms supported by MontaVista. Hope this helps you.
By this argument, would you say that the Nuremberg Trials weren't justice since they were not held in The Hague? That is not the real issue here. The bottom line is that Hussein committed crimes punishable by death, so no matter where he was tried, the outcome would most likely have been the same.
Also, it's hard for me to feel bad for a man who idolizes Stalin and Hitler - men who very likely provided him with examples of how he should persecute (and subsequently execute) the Kurds. (He even had an entire library dedicated to works on Stalin).
This vulnerability is not very significant. What I found more amusing was that on the same secunia page there's a list of the most popular advisories and Opera appears just under IE. The Opera vulnerability involves a mistake that any student learns to avoid in his or her first programming class. Furthermore, the Opera buffer overflow is rated as "highly critical" and affects both Windows and Linux versions, whereas MSIE 7's is only "less critical." The Opera bug is truly an amateur's mistake.
The entire episode is on NBC's site for free. You will have to put up with a pretty bad Flash video interface and ads everywhere. I had a problem with it in Firefox, but there was no problem in IE. Yeah... one of those sites:(
Who brought you an "update" the other month that categorized files from "IBM (Rational), GreenHills, MS Office, Ansys, Adobe, Autocad, Hyperion, Win MPM, MS Shared, MapInfo, Macromedia, MySQL, CA, Cold Fusion, ATI, FTP Voyager, Visual Studio, PTC, ADS, FEMAP, STAT" as viruses and promptly deleted them. Here's the story.
Go with MontaVista. You'll have to pay for it, but their Linux is used in many industries and by many large, successful, corporations. It's solid, and they have good support.
Gee. I can either have my MacBook Pro burn my legs off (a friend told me about how he put it on his bed and it melted through the blanket!) or have the battery swell and fail. I guess the Mac really does do everything... Anyone need something ironed?
This sounds like IE 7. Only this one is built on top of the previous IE, so it's less secure than 7. Plus, it's missing a whole lot of features that 7 has. But hey, at least it's free, right?
Come on. This is nothing but good for the VoIP industry. With this, Google Talk, YIM, and Skype (and others, I'm sure) having voice capabilities, each must compete to be the best. Who wins? The consumer.
Given how many people still use IE over Firefox, when IE 7 and 7+ are released (non-beta), there will be lots of development for IE "Add-ons". These are the Add-ons so far. On the main page, there's a link to make your own MSIE 7 add-ons. Thus, a new facet to the IE/Mozilla competition will emerge.
Shedding tears? No. IE users have a bright and better browsing future to look forward to.
From a recent post, I believe congress wants to ban streaming mp3s. This could kill Napster's new service. Also, by letting people listen to an entire song just once could be too much, from a legal perspective. Play once, pipe it through to Audacity, or an equivalant program, then convert it to mp3 or ogg and you're good to go. Granted, you have to synch Audacity and the song and make sure there are no skips or system beeps/alerts. This, however, is the whole use-a-tape-to-record-off-the-radio game come full circle and updated with modern technology.
Try to change the law! I'm sure RIM employees were walking the halls of their headquarters for those five years saying "It's NOT FAIR" and stomping wildly. In fact, it is also rumoured that their chairman flung a spoonful of pudding through his limo's sunroof at the U.S. Capitol Building after the Patent Office "withheld" his sippy cup.
I love Apple, and Mr. Jobs, because I can always be comforted in knowing whatever I buy from them will be replaced with a more powerful, less expensive model within 2 months. Oh, and with the release of every new OS, there's guaranteed to be a fraction of apps that won't work and will never work again. But heck, at least its pretty.
Don't know. I guess every once-in-a-while it's popular. Like hating President Bush - not everyone is against him, but right now it's trendy to blame him for everything. Also, I don't know if I'd say France is "tops" in computer technology. Arguably that position belongs to Japan or the United States. But, there's nothing wrong with simply saying the West leads in computer technology. By this argument, you are correct.
...and before people try to point out an apparent error, in terms of a Political Science view, Japan is part of the West.
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I'd say the manner in which this release was publicized and rolled out (which I'm sure will happen at some point) was dismal. I'm able to get to the download page, where the graphic boasts Firefox 3, but the small type underneath says 2.0.0.14 and links to that version. Not to mention, we're a good hour and-a-half behind the advertised release time. Not the best advert of open-source - makes you think about the expression, you get what you pay for. :(
In the meantime... Opera 9.5 is nice and fast... as is Safari (Konqueror for windows, essentially) Oh, and the IE8 beta is fun - I'm not saying it works, but it can be thoroughly amusing with its renders (eg. maps.google.com)
Don't look at the XPS - Check out the Latitude D430. 3lbs, only slightly thicker, and starts at $1200. See it here. I've got the earlier version of it (D420). Far more features and by my experience it's a more mature product. Plus, it makes one sweet Linux box!
Any one else notice that the only product that got their little "ExtremeTech Approved" logo was Trillian Pro, which costs 25 dollars? An interesting choice for a list of Free clients.
The betas then release candidates of Vista have been available for almost a year for MSDN members and over a half-year for non-members. Apple should have had plenty of time to make sure that iTunes worked properly on Microsoft's new system. It is most likely changes aren't 100% complete, hence why Vista users should wait until the next iTunes update becomes available.
MontaVista Linux. I work for a large networking company that uses this as the embedded OS in our switches - it is very reliable. It's not free, however, but this distro is used in several industries and by many other successful companies. They also provide good support. Here's a list of boards and platforms supported by MontaVista. Hope this helps you.
By this argument, would you say that the Nuremberg Trials weren't justice since they were not held in The Hague? That is not the real issue here. The bottom line is that Hussein committed crimes punishable by death, so no matter where he was tried, the outcome would most likely have been the same. Also, it's hard for me to feel bad for a man who idolizes Stalin and Hitler - men who very likely provided him with examples of how he should persecute (and subsequently execute) the Kurds. (He even had an entire library dedicated to works on Stalin).
I'm running IE7 (not a beta or RC) on XP Pro SP2 and have no problems at all.
When someone shows me that Opera can properly display tables, I'll use it.
This vulnerability is not very significant. What I found more amusing was that on the same secunia page there's a list of the most popular advisories and Opera appears just under IE. The Opera vulnerability involves a mistake that any student learns to avoid in his or her first programming class. Furthermore, the Opera buffer overflow is rated as "highly critical" and affects both Windows and Linux versions, whereas MSIE 7's is only "less critical." The Opera bug is truly an amateur's mistake.
It would be pretty hard to have bought some YouTube stock, considering they were never a publicly owned company.
The entire episode is on NBC's site for free. You will have to put up with a pretty bad Flash video interface and ads everywhere. I had a problem with it in Firefox, but there was no problem in IE. Yeah... one of those sites :(
It's good to see that the RIAA is, in fact, composed of decent human beings after all.
Aw, hell... who am I kidding?
Who brought you an "update" the other month that categorized files from "IBM (Rational), GreenHills, MS Office, Ansys, Adobe, Autocad, Hyperion, Win MPM, MS Shared, MapInfo, Macromedia, MySQL, CA, Cold Fusion, ATI, FTP Voyager, Visual Studio, PTC, ADS, FEMAP, STAT" as viruses and promptly deleted them. Here's the story.
Yeah. But it's OK... according to CNN Money sites really don't get slashdotted anymore :)
Go with MontaVista. You'll have to pay for it, but their Linux is used in many industries and by many large, successful, corporations. It's solid, and they have good support.
Here's a list of boards/platforms supported by MontaVista Linux.
Gee. I can either have my MacBook Pro burn my legs off (a friend told me about how he put it on his bed and it melted through the blanket!) or have the battery swell and fail. I guess the Mac really does do everything... Anyone need something ironed?
This sounds like IE 7. Only this one is built on top of the previous IE, so it's less secure than 7. Plus, it's missing a whole lot of features that 7 has. But hey, at least it's free, right?
So, are you saying competition is a bad thing?
Come on. This is nothing but good for the VoIP industry. With this, Google Talk, YIM, and Skype (and others, I'm sure) having voice capabilities, each must compete to be the best. Who wins? The consumer.
Given how many people still use IE over Firefox, when IE 7 and 7+ are released (non-beta), there will be lots of development for IE "Add-ons". These are the Add-ons so far. On the main page, there's a link to make your own MSIE 7 add-ons. Thus, a new facet to the IE/Mozilla competition will emerge.
Shedding tears? No. IE users have a bright and better browsing future to look forward to.
You mean, like Lenovo/IBM? Oh... wait...
From a recent post, I believe congress wants to ban streaming mp3s. This could kill Napster's new service. Also, by letting people listen to an entire song just once could be too much, from a legal perspective. Play once, pipe it through to Audacity, or an equivalant program, then convert it to mp3 or ogg and you're good to go. Granted, you have to synch Audacity and the song and make sure there are no skips or system beeps/alerts. This, however, is the whole use-a-tape-to-record-off-the-radio game come full circle and updated with modern technology.
Try to change the law! I'm sure RIM employees were walking the halls of their headquarters for those five years saying "It's NOT FAIR" and stomping wildly. In fact, it is also rumoured that their chairman flung a spoonful of pudding through his limo's sunroof at the U.S. Capitol Building after the Patent Office "withheld" his sippy cup.
I love Apple, and Mr. Jobs, because I can always be comforted in knowing whatever I buy from them will be replaced with a more powerful, less expensive model within 2 months. Oh, and with the release of every new OS, there's guaranteed to be a fraction of apps that won't work and will never work again. But heck, at least its pretty.
Ok. How much you wanna bet this this can't run Vista?
Don't know. I guess every once-in-a-while it's popular. Like hating President Bush - not everyone is against him, but right now it's trendy to blame him for everything. Also, I don't know if I'd say France is "tops" in computer technology. Arguably that position belongs to Japan or the United States. But, there's nothing wrong with simply saying the West leads in computer technology. By this argument, you are correct.
...and before people try to point out an apparent error, in terms of a Political Science view, Japan is part of the West.