Customers of the DVR service TiVo began reporting over the weekend that the fast forward ads which appear during commercial breaks have reappeared. The ads appeared last in March 2005 , when the company was testing new ways to generate money from the service. Source: BetaNews | TiVo Fast Forward Popup...
Newly discovered adware in the wild tries to dupe users into installing fake security applications. According to Panda Software's PandaLabs, the adware program, ProtectionBar, warns users that their computers are infected with malware, and they must purchase a license for the "security app" to remove...
As you may know the dogfood version of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 8 is floating around the net. This version is for internal testing for Microsoft employees. (dogfood means the company beta tests their own product before releasing it to Microsoft / MSN 's beta testers.) You cannot login to WLM, unless...
Mail Beta (Kahuna) is now Windows Mail Live! Start is not Live!. MSN Messenger is now Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft is now merging their MSN line into Windows. http://ideas.live.com/ I do not know if this is good or not, but I hope they do not change the MSN Beta Team / structure.
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+buys+anti-spyware+technology+firm/2100-7350_3-5493756.html?tag=st.rn I gave the software a try today, and it does better than Spybot and AdAware Combined. Even has real-time protection and features of Geek-To-Hero / Desktop Armor ( www.getright.com ). Only complaint? The...
Looks like Microsoft is pushing to move everyone from Windows XP RTM (Original Release) to XP SP2. I do not see this as a bad thing, since SP2 has more Security. and the requirements have not changed.. Windows XP RTM support on Windows Update is ending. Learn more. To see exactly where, I dug out the...
I really enjoy the new media player. The best one yet Microsoft made. I love that I can login to MSN Radio Plus inside it and use the System Tray Control from the Bonus pack to minimize to the system tray instead of going to http://radio.msn.com and having a IE window open that takes up valuable space...
http://www.betanews.com/article/MSN_Admits_to_Sharing_Search_Data/1138040445 I wish the other search companies like Google would stand up to the DOJ. This is not too prying now, but how far will it be pushed next time?
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+buy+comes+with+strings+attached/2100-7350_3-5495994.html?tag=nefd.top Sad. I wonder what GIANT Software was thinking when they inked the deal with Sunbelt?