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Thursday, November 30, 2006

CodeClippers

http://www.codeclippers.com Had you just learned how to start a website or are you intending to set up one website from the scratch? Then look no further, because I got the best website for you to get your codes and samples. It is called CodeClippers. So stop whatever you are doing and start reading my post and save some time trying to find and figure it out yourself. CodeClippers What they seem to be doing is that they have a open-source project where people contribute to whatever ideas they have. So long they do the software and post it to codeclipper. Different types of codes They also have different type of code and people do indeed rate them so that you can see what is more suitable for you. They do place the language in the details of the code project or sample. I seriously recommend them for your next code building

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Alertsec Xpress

http://www.alertsec.com With the security of laptop dropping and more and more people are losing their laptop. So you should start securing your laptop before you lose it. If you are still looking for a security software, fear not, because I had found the best software company and website. I had used them before and they are my trusted software vendor to secure my software. What they do They do Password Reset, Data Encryption Software, Laptop Encryption. News They also provide news about the industry. So it keeps you up to date with the industry's latest news. Laptop Protection They provide laptop protection in terms of encrypting your data on the laptop. You can download the 30 day trail and then test out their software. To enjoy the non trail version, you can pay them just $13 per month. Alertsec Xpress Contacting them You can also contact them by their email or telephone Sweden: 08 545 68130 UK: 01962 738 336 US: 1-888-473-7034 Rest of the world: +44 1962 738 336 support@alertsec.com I strongly recommend you to try their software before you buy it and I can confirm that you would enjoy it.

Wii's virtual store open

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The points are valued at a cent per, so 1,000 Wii points will set you back $10 US. Which is also what N64 games cost; SNES games will run $8, while NES and Genesis games run $5.
The Wii loading screen.
We'll start at the Shopping Guide.
Looks like a help file index; we won't bore you.
So let's add some points.
We don't have a card, but here's where you'd do it.
Or you can buy with your credit card; we're not a fan of points, but at least it's easier than the skewed Microsoft points system where one point does not equal one cent.
The receipt

He is swearing off Sony FOREVER after signing this

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PC Gamer in SF to try to convince a card-carrying line-waiting PS3 fanboy to swear off Sony forever. In exchange for a $7,500 Falcon Northwest PC rig, dude had to sign a legally binding contract to not purchase or ever own a PS3, under pain of paying back $7,500. Some guy named Neil, who'd been waiting for 40 hours, signed his life away.

$200 for a 4GB iriver clix

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Well lookie here; you could go get yourself an AIDS-fighting nano, sure, but it's still just a red nano. Or you could snag something with about as much flash memory, but a huge dose of panache. Looks like iriver's finally ready to launch their 4GB clix, and at the totally doable price of two hundred clams. Unfortunately, you can't actually transact the purchase just yet, but it's around the corner people, we're serious. FEATURES • Plays music, video, photos and more • Supports subscription music services • Ultra-bright, 2.2” color display • Built-in digital FM tuner • Plays downloaded games** • Integrated voice recorder • Up to 25 hours of battery life† • Skip-free listening • Alarm clock • Fast USB 2.0 transfers • 1 year limited warranty PACKED WITH • iriver clix 2GB* multimedia player • iriver earphones • carry case with screen cleaner • Easy Start installation CD • preloaded tracks from eMusic® • preloaded games • USB 2.0 cable • printed manual • 1 year limited warranty SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS • Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) • Windows Media Player 10 or greater • CD-ROM drive • USB port

A sleek preview of the Wii's opening

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Toys "R" Us Times Square this evening, getting all ready for people to get their Wii . As of 9PM the line is already mind boggling, but the word is Toys "R" Us is stocked with 7,000 of the dang things for the launch, so there are going to be a lot of people going home happy this evening when they get the white wristband ubiquity (the wristband guarantees you a console tonight)
Times Square is its regular ol' bizzy self on a Saturday night.
How the wristband look like

Monday, November 20, 2006

Orange and pink Zunes

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Orange and pink first gen Zunes might be ready for us all around the holidays AND that one-point-five gen Zune specs are finalized and that there are prototypes circulating at Zune-quarters in Seattle. The new colors are already in the grimey hands of those who worked on the Zune project. The new models will be the same as the old except they’ll have 60 and 80 GB drives along with better screens and a better battery. Those will drop after the holidays sometime.

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Microsoft Patches Address Five Critical Security Flaws

Slashdot Slashdot It! Digg! Microsoft on Tuesday released six security fixes to address a diversity of bugs in Windows and Office, five of which carry the company's most severe rating: critical. All six vulnerabilities, which were found in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Agent, XML Core Services, the Workstation Service and Adobe's Flash player, allow a hacker to execute code from a remote location.

Active X Bugs

Several of the critical bugs in this month's patch cycle target rendering and Active X controls, part of an ongoing trend tied to the recent dramatic increase in the volume of spam and the evolution of botnets.

Exploits like MS-068 and MS-071 make it easier for hackers to get the browsing community to visit attack sites containing malformed content. MS-069, a Flash vulnerability, allows hackers to create compelling Flash content containing malicious code that can take complete control of a user's system.

Still not addressed exloipt

One threat not addressed in this Patch Tuesday release was the one to Visual Studio 2005 that is currently being exploited to primarily impact developers, said Chris Andrew, vice president of Security Technologies for PatchLink.

That recommended workaround entails the following:

  • Preventing the WMI Scripting from running in IE;
  • Configuring IE to prompt running Active Scripting or disable Active Scripting altogether;
  • Configuring IE to prompt before running ActiveX Controls or disable ActiveX Controls in the Internet and Local Intranet security zones; and
  • Setting Internet and Local Intranet security zone options to "high" so as to prompt before running ActiveX Controls and Active Scripting in these zones.

Gambling Web Site Draws 24 Criminal Charges

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Criminal charges have been brought against more than two dozen individuals and corporations in four states in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling Web site, authorities said Wednesday.

Authorities declined to name any of those charged. One of the corporations is an offshore Internet company with an American counterpart, said Kevin Ryan, a spokesperson for Queens, N.Y., District Attorney Richard Brown.

First time that a Web designer corporation and the companies that maintain the Web sites have been charged Police said the arrests were made in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Nevada.

The scheme involved placing sports bets through bookies via a secure Internet site.

Ryan said the arrests by the DA's office and the New York Police Department represent the first time that Internet gambling charges have been brought since President Bush signed into law last month the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

Hard work paid off Ryan said arrests had been made in four states, and "we have initiated a US$500 million asset forfeiture case," one of the largest in state history.

The charges come after a two-year international investigation that focused on Internet gambling.

Brown and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly scheduled a midday news conference, at which seized cash and assets -- including artwork, jewelry, gold coins and sports memorabilia -- were to be displayed.

Dell earnings results good

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Dell reported preliminary results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2007, with revenue of $14.4 billion, operating income of $824 million, and earnings per share of $0.30. Dell ended the quarter with $11.6 billion in cash and investments. Commercial paper outstanding at the end of the quarter totaled $236 million. The company suspended its share repurchase program in mid-September and, therefore, only spent $335 million to repurchase 15 million shares.

Investigation Update; Preliminary Results Subject to Change As previously announced, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Company’s Audit Committee are conducting investigations into certain accounting and financial reporting matters, including the possibility of misstatements in prior period financial reports, and the company previously received a related subpoena from the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Due to questions raised in connection with these ongoing investigations, the Company has not filed the Form 10-Q for its fiscal second quarter ended August 4, 2006 and does not expect to be able to timely file its Form 10-Q for the fiscal third quarter ended November 3, 2006. As a result, all financial results described in this press release, as well as the previously announced financial results for the second quarter, should be considered preliminary, and are subject to change to reflect any necessary corrections or adjustments, or changes in accounting estimates, that are identified prior to the time the company is in a position to complete these filings. In addition, the preliminary results for the second and third quarters could be affected by any restatements of prior period financial statements that are required as a result of any conclusions reached by the investigations. No determination has been made as to whether restatements of prior period financial statements will be required.

The company is not currently able to predict the extent or significance of any such changes, and those changes could materially affect the preliminary results reported herein, as well as the previously announced results for the second quarter.

Additional information about the investigations, as well as information about related private litigation, can be found in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC concurrent with the issuance of this press release.

Summary of Third Quarter Results In the quarter, the company achieved a better balance of liquidity, profitability and growth, which was driven by an improved mix of products worldwide. In addition, the company continued to focus its actions to strengthen product lines, particularly in the enterprise, improve customer experience, and accelerate growth outside the U.S.

Desktop to Data Center; Broadest Product Portfolio in Dell’s History Dell began shipping two new PowerEdge servers featuring AMD Opteron processors, providing customers an additional choice for high-performance two-socket and four-socket systems. The company also launched the industry’s first standards-based Quad-Core processors for two-socket blade, rack and tower servers. Combined with the 9G servers launched last quarter with Intel Xeon 5100 series processors, Dell now provides the broadest selection of industry-standard servers in its history. In the quarter, server revenue was $1.5 billion on 12 percent unit growth.

In storage, revenue was $577 million and the company announced a five-year extension to its partnership with EMC.

In client systems, the company launched quad core processors on its XPS 710 Extreme desktop as well as on Dell Precision workstations. In addition, the company launched its 64-bit dual core Dimension and Optiplex systems, and Dell Latitude and Inspiron notebooks featuring AMD processors.

Mobility revenue was $3.9 billion on 17 percent unit growth. Desktop revenue was $4.7 billion on negative 5 percent unit growth. In both cases, growth was impacted by the company’s decision to focus on more profitable products.

In software and peripherals, revenue was $2.3 billion. Enhanced services revenue was $1.4 billion. The company’s new Platinum Plus offering drove an increase in premium service contracts year-over-year and the company now has more than 300 Platinum Plus customers.

Strong Unit Growth in APJ and Emerging Markets In the Asia-Pacific and Japan region, revenue was $1.9 billion on unit growth of 23 percent, as the company gained 1.4 share points year-over-year. Led by 33 percent unit growth in China, Dell was also the fastest growing among the top five vendors in the region, growing at nearly three times the growth rate of the industry. In India, units were up 93 percent and to more efficiently serve the growth in this market, Dell plans to open manufacturing operations there early next year.

In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where the company took a more balanced approach to pricing, revenue was $3.3 billion with unit growth of 9 percent. Dell also recently announced its second manufacturing location for EMEA to be located in Lodz, Poland, to provide more timely delivery to customers in Central and Eastern Europe.

In the Americas, revenue was $9.2 billion on unit growth of negative 4 percent. Unit growth was 37 percent in Brazil and 19 percent in Canada.

Customer Experience Improvement Led by "Resolve in One" As previously announced the company is investing an incremental $150 million this year on its Customer Experience initiatives and is seeing signs of improvement in key external and internal indicators. By increasing the number of agents, average hold times for U.S. customers have been reduced from nine minutes to three minutes in the past year. In addition, the company has reduced call transfers by over 30 percent and has improved first contact resolution rates by 20 percent. “Resolve in One” reflects Dell’s goal to resolve issues to a customer’s satisfaction on initial contact.

Company Outlook The company said that the actions it has taken to drive improved operating and financial performance long-term with a better balance of liquidity, profitability and growth are starting to take hold. However, in the near term, improvement in growth and profitability may not be linear due to a variety of factors, including the timing of continued investments in Customer Experience, global expansion, and new product introductions, as well as a muted seasonal uplift due to changes in the mix of product and regional profit. In addition, the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 included one extra week.

About Dell

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell sells more systems globally than any computer company, placing it No. 25 on the Fortune 500. Company revenue for the past four quarters was $57.4 billion. For more information, visit www.dell.com. To get Dell news direct, visit www.dell.com/RSS.

Special Note

Statements in this press release that relate to future results and events (including statements about Dell’s preliminary and estimated financial and operating performance) are forward-looking statements based on Dell’s current expectations. Actual results may differ materially from those estimated in these forward-looking statements because of a number of risks and uncertainties, including: general economic, business and industry conditions; the level and intensity of competition in the technology industry and the pricing pressures that have resulted; the outcome of the ongoing investigations into certain accounting and financial reporting matters that could result in management’s determination that restatement of the company’s prior period financial statements is required; the outcome of the ongoing investigations into certain accounting and financial reporting matters that could result in management’s conclusion that there is a material weakness in the company’s internal controls over financial reporting, and that disclosure controls and procedures are not effective; Dell's failure to meet NASDAQ requirements for continued listing as a result of its delayed quarterly report filings; litigation and governmental investigations or proceedings arising out of or related to accounting and financial reporting matters, or any restatement of Dell's financial statements; local economic and labor conditions, political instability, unexpected regulatory changes, trade protection measures, tax laws, copyright levies and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the ability to accurately predict product, customer and geographic sales mix; the ability to timely and effectively manage periodic product transitions; reliance on third-party suppliers for product components, including dependence on several single-source supplier relationships; the ability to effectively manage operating costs; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the level of demand for the products and services Dell offers; the ability to manage inventory levels to minimize excess inventory, declining inventory values and obsolescence; and the effect of armed hostilities, terrorism, natural disasters and public health issues on the economy generally, on the level of demand for Dell's products and services and on Dell's ability to manage its supply and delivery logistics in such an environment.

Microsoft, Bungie Studios Release 'Halo 3' Public Beta

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Marking the fifth anniversary of its release, Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios celebrated the birthday of the Xbox video game "Halo" by releasing the beta version of its latest sequel, "Halo 3." The Xbox Live public pre-release precedes the game's final version, which is scheduled for availability in spring 2007.

Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie also confirmed Wednesday that consumers will be able to preview the "Halo 3" experience via a 60-second teaser ad that will air one time only on ESPN's "Monday Night Football" Dec. 4.

Unveiled earlier this year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, "Halo 3" represents the third chapter in the "Halo" trilogy, an action series that has sold more than 14.7 million units worldwide, generated nearly US$700 million in sales, and logged in excess of 800 million hours of Xbox Live gameplay.

The special 60-second "Halo 3" advertising spot that will air on ESPN was created by advertising agency McCann Erickson, and should provide viewers with a unique look at Master Chief and the world of "Halo 3." The television spot will also be available for download exclusively for Xbox 360 users via Xbox Live Marketplace.