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13/07/2006 - Rilasciato VMware Server - VMware Server è stato recentemente rilasciato. E' disponibile gratuitamente mentre alcune forme di supporto tecnico sono fornite a pagamento |
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13/07/2006 - Toshiba e SanDisk: piani di investimento per joint-venture - I due colossi hanno annunciato ufficialmente i piani di investimento necessari per la realizzazione della nuova joint venture Flash Alliance per la produzione di memorie flash |
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13/07/2006 - Anche Mark Rein polemizza sui videogiochi ad episodi - In un intervento al Develop Conference, il vice presidente di Epic Games si schiera dalla parte di coloro che criticano fermamente la distribuzione ad episodi dei videogiochi. |
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13/07/2006 - Chartered consegna i primi processori AMD - La fonderia di Singapore, in linea con i tempi, da il via alle prime consegne di processori AMD a 90 nanometri |
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13/07/2006 - Annunciato Havok 4.0 - Havok ha annunciato i tool di sviluppo Havok 4.0 per la programmazione della simulazione fisica all'interno delle scene 3D |
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13/07/2006 - I segreti di Call of Duty 3 - Activision e Treyarch svelano diversi elementi del gameplay del terzo episodio dello sparatutto 3D ambientato nella seconda guerra mondiale. |
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13/07/2006 - Microsoft, arriva la multa dalla Commissione Europea - La Commissione Europea multa Microsoft per una cifra di 280,5 milioni di euro, che potrebbe raddoppiare in caso di mancato adeguamento in tempi brevi |
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13/07/2006 - Server Debian violato - Questa mattina una nota ufficiale del progetto Debian informa in merito alla violazione di un server del network |
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13/07/2006 - La cura per il vampirismo nel nuovo aggiornamento di Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks annuncia le caratteristiche del prossimo aggiornamento a pagamento di Oblivion. |
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13/07/2006 - Ricoh, lettore unificato Blu-ray e HD-DVD - Ricoh metterà a disposizione delle grandi aziende dell'intrattenimento domestico un'unità laser in grado di leggere sia i formati Blu-ray che quelli HD-DVD |
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13/07/2006 - Ritorna Demis Hassabis con un progetto segreto - Uno dei più grandi game designer torna nel mondo dei videogiochi che contano con un progetto top secret. |
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13/07/2006 - RS690 e RX690: i futuri chipset ATI per cpu Socket AM2 - ATi si prepara al debutto di una nuova famiglia di chipset, sia discreti che con video integrato, per i processori Socket AM2 di AMD |
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13/07/2006 - Una nuova cpu Core Duo in commercio - E' apparsa sul mercato la cpu Core Duo T2700, basata su Core Yohan e operante alla frequenza di clock di 2,33 GHz |
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13/07/2006 - 200.000 unità in 10 giorni per Nintendo DS Lite - Nintendo annuncia di aver venduto 200.000 unità nei primi dieci giorni di commercializzazione del nuovo Nintendo DS Lite. |
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12/07/2006 - Seagate, nuova soluzione di archiviazione Shared Storage II da 1 Terabyte - Seagate commercializzerà a breve una soluzione di archiviazione esterna con capacità di 1 TB e funzionalità RAID 1 |
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12/07/2006 - Microsoft rilascia 7 patch nel mese di Luglio - Sono 7 le patch rilasciate da Microsoft per questo mese, che vanno a sistemare alcune falle in Windows e Office. |
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12/07/2006 - Microsoft Xbox 360 utilizzerà HD-DVD, parola di... ATI - Microsoft sceglie ATI per rendere la propria console Xbox 360 compatibile con l'alta definizione |
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12/07/2006 - iPod nano con chassis in alluminio? - Potrebbe essere questa la principale novità del prossimo lettore musicale di casa Apple. Il motivo? Ridurre il rischio di graffi e abrasioni |
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12/07/2006 - Notebook: consegne a 80 milioni per il 2006 - Il mercato dei notebook dovrebbe vedere, per tutto l'arco del 2006, un volume di consegne di circa 80 milioni di unità |
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12/07/2006 - Microsoft Windows Vista a gennaio ma non si esclude un ritardo - Bill Gates dichiara che le possibilità di un eventuale ulteriore ritardo per il rilascio di Microsoft Windows Vista sono circa del 20% |
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12/07/2006 - GDrive: Google lavora nell'ombra - Il progetto GDrive di Google è realtà. Pare che su un server di Writely sia stata individuata una pagina html assai interessante |
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12/07/2006 - Sarà Woodcrest ad equipaggiare Mac Pro? - Apple Computer dovrebbe aver selezionato i processori Intel da utilizzare per i sistemi Mac Pro. Il candidato sembra essere Intel Xeon 51xx |
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12/07/2006 - Creative ZEN V e ZEN V Plus, ecco i prezzi - Creativ e rende noti i prezzi dei nuovi modelli ZEN V e ZEN V Plus, basati su memoria statica |
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12/07/2006 - La prima scheda video DirectX 10 - Le prime immagini di una architettura DX10 non riguardano stranamente NVIDIA, tantomeno ATI |
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14/07/2006 - Firefox 2, ecco la prima Beta - Dopo mesi di aplha testing, Firefox 2.0 e' giunto alla prima beta ufficiale. Questa release contiene praticamente tutte le funzionalita' che saranno presenti nella release finale, e puo' essere provata subito |
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14/07/2006 - Microsoft: ecco perche` abbracciamo OpenDocument - Ha sorpreso molti la scelta del big di Redmond di lavorare in modalita' open source su un tool di conversione per il supporto ODF in Office. L'azienda ora spiega: una scelta che rispetta i clienti. L'intervista di PI |
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14/07/2006 - Vodafone chiede i danni a Telecom Italia - L'operatore anglo-italiano accusa la rivale di abuso di posizione dominante e in tribunale chiede un risarcimento di oltre mezzo miliardo di euro. I dettagli |
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14/07/2006 - Download/ Giffe`, Expose`, GimpShoppe` - 14 luglio, la Revolution! Gimp diventa come Photoshop, le gif si ottimizzano, le foto di gruppo si migliorano, le finestre diventano di vetro e si organizzano |
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14/07/2006 - I messenger di Yahoo! e MS si parlano - L'alleanza tra Microsoft e Yahoo! nel settore ha dato il suo primo frutto: la possibilita', per gli utenti dei rispettivi servizi di instant messaging, di chattare tra loro. In futuro potranno anche parlarsi via VoIP |
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14/07/2006 - Microsoft ora Virtual PC lo regala - In attesa del nuovo Virtual PC 2007, BigM rende gratuita l'edizione 2004 del proprio famoso software di virtualizzazione. Nel frattempo VMware ha rilasciato la versione 1.0 del proprio server entry-level |
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14/07/2006 - Symbian OS 9.3 parla anche Wi-Fi - Symbian ha aggiornato l'omonimo sistema operativo per smartphone, e tra le caratteristiche di maggior rilievo vi e' il supporto nativo alla connettivita' Wi-Fi. Strada spianata agli smartphone ibridi |
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14/07/2006 - DVD da 50 terabyte? Basta una proteina - Dischi ottici coperti da strati sottili di uno speciale materiale organico saranno in grado d'immagazzinare montagne di dati. Lo promettono alcuni ricercatori. Ma quale Blu-ray? |
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14/07/2006 - Quasi pronto un acceleratore del pensiero - Un nuovo strumento che associa cervello umano e computer e' studiato per consentire l'elaborazione di immagini ad una velocita' di dieci volte superiore a quanto avviene normalmente. Il Pentagono si interessa e finanzia |
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14/07/2006 - I batteri elettroconduttori ci circondano - Uno scienziato statunitense ha scoperto che la Terra e'... cablata da batteri che sfruttano le proprie membrane come nanoconduttori di elettricita'. Da qui l'idea: costruire colonie di batteri da usare come celle d'energia |
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14/07/2006 - Chip cerebrale sconfigge la tetraplegia - Nuova sperimentazione di BrainGate: un successo strepitoso. Un 25enne tetraplegico e' riuscito ad usare il computer con la sola forza del pensiero. Si accendono le speranze per molti portatori di handicap |
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14/07/2006 - Sony prepara il funerale del formato UMD - Prezzi alti, blindatura DRM e scarsa compatibilita' determinano la fine del formato che avrebbe dovuto essere lanciato dalla PSP dell'azienda. Che ora spera in Memory Stick agli steroidi |
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14/07/2006 - Social network, brevetto indigeribile - Adam Seifer, tra i fondatori della comunita' virtuale SixDegrees, sostiene che il brevetto sui social network di Friendster non tiene conto della prior art. Scoppia la polemica tra i blogger. Intanto MySpace supera Yahoo! |
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14/07/2006 - Jukebox indipendente per indipendenti - Pump Audio consente di acquistare canzoni, effetti sonori e musiche d'accompagnamento a basso costo. Uno strumento in piu' per le produzioni dal basso. Ecco come funziona |
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14/07/2006 - Craccato un server di Debian.org - Gli sviluppatori del celebre progetto open source stanno investigando su un attacco che ha compromesso uno dei server dell'organizzazione. La macchina e' stata messa off-line insieme ad altri computer della rete |
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14/07/2006 - Phishing, l'attacco ora e` real-time - I password-token forniti dagli istituti di credito per i servizi di e-banking salvano dai phisher? Non sempre: girano le prime aggressioni che neutralizzano questo fattore di sicurezza aggiuntiva |
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14/07/2006 - Parigi, un PC invece del caffe` - Un euro al giorno: questo potrebbero pagare per un computer in buone condizioni le famiglie meno abbienti della Francia, quelle che ancora non siano riuscite a mettere le mani su un PC |
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14/07/2006 - Apple abbandona la causa contro i blogger - La Mela rinuncia a perseguire i blogger californiani a cui attribuisce una fuga di notizie su un prodotto ancora in sviluppo. Per la California i blog, come i giornali, non sono tenuti a rivelare le fonti |
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14/07/2006 - Pechino, scarcerazione per Hao Wu - Il blogger e' rimasto in carcere per molti mesi a causa della sua triste patologia: documentava le storture del regime pechinese. RSF avverte: decine i cyberdissidenti amcpra om in carcere |
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14/07/2006 - Corso Linux per Open System Engineer - A Bolzano |
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13/07/2006 - The role of gadgets on Windows Vista - Over in the Microsoft development community there has been an increasing amount of concern over just what role gadgets (in the form of the Windows Sidebar) are going to take. Windows Vista is scheduled to ship with the Windows Sidebar, a sort of dock that sits on the right side of the screen. On the sidebar, users can add "gadgets" to it. Gadgets are essentially the same as widgets that have been popularized by programs such as Yahoo Widgets, DesktopX, and Apple's Dashboard. Gadgets that come with the Sidebar currently include RSS readers, a clock, a picture viewer, a recycle bin, and an assortment of other fairly simple "mini applications" that have come to be associated with gadgets and widgets. The objection some developers are having is how gadgets are made -- HTML with extensibility being done with ActiveX. The current gadget implementation doesn't, for instance, support Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF aka "Avalon"  so the graphics are done using PNGs much like DesktopX and Konfabulator have been doing for years. Another objection is that the gadgets don't natively support .NET languages which seems odd in an OS that is putting so much stock into C# and other .NET languages. As one developer on a Microsoft forum put it: "You better have a good artist working for you, or your gadgets are going to be ugly, because they don't fancy vector graphics, or not even GDI+ for what it matters: gadgets are simply flat two-dimensional pretty bitmap created in PhotoShop. This is unacceptable and there is no excuse for you. Developers now days are used to write c# code in VS2005 with full Intellisense support, and they don't want to use notepad to write JavaScript. And let's not talk about debugging, because there isn't any: if you want to write gadgets then the "alert()" command is your only friend in debugging variables and functions. Good luck with that."
The issue some developers are having with the Sidebar gadgets isn't that they aren't full of potential but rather they aren't competitive functionally with other solutions that exist now (Yahoo Widgets is, after all, free). If they weren't being bundled with the OS, they would likely have little support say some. One advantage that Microsoft Gadgets have over other implementations is that they can be extended fairly easily. Opportunities for third parties may arrise to extend the base feature set so that development environments and the like that will make it much easier to create gadgets that have a little more meat. What many developers are looking for is some clarification from Microsoft on what the goal of the Sidebar gadgets are -- are they looking for something that is primarily going to rest on a webpage ala Live.com or are they looking for something that will exist primarily on the user's desktop? If it's the former, then Microsoft's gadgets make a little more sense. But if it's the latter, Microsoft needs to start working with ISVs and users to help put in enough functionality and extensibility so that more robust and sophisticated content can be made that is useful not just to consumers but is viable in the enterprise as well.
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13/07/2006 - Official Name for Windows Live Mail Desktop Revealed - Unsurprisingly given yesterday's announcement that the Windows Live Search client will be called Windows Live Search Center, Mail Desktop is to follow suit and become Windows Live Mail Center.
Ignoring the fact that the spelling is americanised and will doubtlessly annoy millions of non-US users, the name doesn't describe the function of the product nearly as well as those of Search Center and Safety Center, despite their blandness. Maybe keeping users unaware of the new RSS integration is a blessing in disguise though; much like Live.com some serious work needs to be done turning these products into usable rss aggregators.
In related news, the offical name for the Windows Live Search client has also been revealed to be "Windows Live Search Center". Registration for the beta is now open on Microsoft's web site.
 News source: LiveSide
 Link: Windows Live Search Center
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13/07/2006 - First mockups of Firefox 2 theme released. - The first mockups of theme that will be used as default in Firefox 2 have been released.
Three vendors (Meta, Radiant Core, and Raiz Labs were asked to submit proposals for a new theme. They were given the criteria that the new theme had to- respect OS native look and feel
- appear modern and contemporary with current web and client apps
- appear consistent across platforms
- have minimum to zero code impact requirements (ie: all CSS and icon work)
News source: From Tinytechnews.net
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13/07/2006 - Bill Gates to deliver 2007 CES keynote - Bill Gates will deliver one of three keynote addresses to the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next January. The keynote, taking place on January 7th, will be Gates' ninth and possibly one of his most important, as Microsoft faces significant challenges on several fronts. Microsoft's console business will face renewed challenge following the respective November and Q4 launches of rival PlayStation 3 and Wii formats, and the company will be looking to energise its software base with the 2007 launch of the Windows Vista operating system.
Widespread reports, anchored in the Seattle technology press, also suggest Microsoft will be launching a significant offensive in digital-media, with the release of the "Argo" media device and associated software and services anticipated before the end of the year. Previous Gates keynotes at CES have included significant games division announcements and with PlayStation 3 and Wii certain to be on the market by next January, 2007's will likely be no exception.
Gates' January 2007 address will be one of three CES keynotes - with Motorola chairman and CEO Ed Zander, and Roger Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, also set to deliver speeches. The 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show takes place between January 8th and 11th.
News source: gamesindustry.biz
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13/07/2006 - Is Microsoft going to delay Windows Vista? - Windows Vista is due to be generally available in January 2007. But as most beta testers can tell you, it's going to be tough to make that date. Worse, for Microsoft, Apple is poised to release Leopard (the next version of MacOS X) at the same time. MacOS X is already a stable platform -- now running on Intel. The challenge Microsoft faces is wanting to make its deadline (and not anger its Software Assurance subscribers with an additional delay) versus being sure that its next-generation version of Windows is truly ready to go. Windows XP, which was largely a minor update to Windows 2000, was basically ready to go by May 2001. Windows Vista beta 2 and even the current build are not quite ready to be used full-time by most power users. It's getting there. Each build makes progress. But time is running out. Mary Jo Foley at Microsoft-Watch has an article that goes into more detail. Neowin will have some more stories on this issue shortly.
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13/07/2006 - Microsoft, Yahoo connect IM services - Nine months after announcing they would make their instant messaging services interoperate, Yahoo and Microsoft have done it.
The companies are set to release on Thursday a limited beta test of aservice that will enable users of Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger with Voice to connectwith each other.
The service will allow people to sign into both services using one userID, and to see the status of connections of friends from both networks.
The companies announced plans last October to make their IM services interoperable, in what analysts said was a shot to market leader AOL Instant Messenger and a defensive jab at Google Talk.
News source: CNET News.com
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12/07/2006 - Apple Releases Boot Camp Beta 1.02 - Apple has quietly released a slightly updated version of its beta Boot Camp software, which lets Intel Macs run Windows in a separate partition.
The revised software has been made available without fanfare, in part because it is beta software for which Apple offers no technical support.
The company has released no information regarding any slight changes that may or may not have been made within this release, though MacFixIt presumes it may include revised versions of the Windows XP Mac drivers.
News source: Macworld UK
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12/07/2006 - Rumor: Mac Pro to Utilize Woodcrest Chip - Speculation on the next stage of Apple's move to Intel processors now focuses on what chip will power the future Power Mac replacing Mac Pro machines. AppleInsider this morning reports that Apple has chosen to use a brand-new Intel chip, 'Woodcrest', in its future professional desktop Macs.
Woodcrest was officially unveiled last month by Intel as the Xeon 5100. These processors carry a 4MB L2 cache and reach speeds of up to 3.0GHz on a 1333MHz front side bus. The chips are otherwise pretty much identical to the recently revealed Core 2 Duo Extreme desktop processor called 'Conroe'.
The chip architecture is highly advanced, allowing one of the two built-in processors to use all available system memory if the other processor is idle. The report speculates that Apple will offer a high-end dual processor Mac Pro, alongside a lower-priced single processor entry-level machine.
News source: Macworld UK
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12/07/2006 - Symbian Updates Smart Phone Software - Symbian introduced the latest version of its smart phone operating system today, adding support for new wireless technologies and capabilities aimed at pushing smart phones into the mass market. Symbian OS v9.3 features an improved start-up time and quicker responsiveness to applications, the company said. Those are features that handset makers and operators have told Symbian they want in order to make the phones more attractive to mainstream users, said Jorgen Behrens, vice president of product management and strategy at Symbian.
It's difficult to quantify how much faster the phones will boot up, he said, because start up times also depend on how quickly other elements can start up, like the user interface and other programs. The upgrade also makes it easier for developers to remove features they might not want to include in lower-price phones. Developers could remove features before but the process could be challenging because the features had greater dependences on each other, meaning that removing one might disturb another, Behrens said.
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News source: PCWorld
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12/07/2006 - Vista Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Licensing Plan - Microsoft on Wednesday took the wraps off a desktop virtualization licensing plan for Windows Vista Enterprise and other licensing changes to accelerate the uptake of its Software Assurance update and maintenance program. Customers that acquire Vista Enterprise through Software Assurance can run four copies of Windows on one device for a single user at no additional charge, Microsoft said at its Velocity 2006 partner conference in Boston. To get Vista Enterprise, customers must sign up for a multiyear Software Assurance deal, which would enable them to run multiple Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 or other Windows workloads on one desktop.
On the server side, Microsoft is making its Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition available through volume licensing. Previously, the high-end version of Windows Server was available only through large OEMs. The move stands to spur customer adoption of server virtualization technology. Microsoft had previously announced that customers could run an unlimited number of virtualized Windows Server operating systems on the Datacenter Edition beginning Oct. 1.
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News source: CRN
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