Archive for: May 18, 2008

May 18, 2008

CheckPoint Integrity Desktop v6.5.063.207 + KeyGen

Check Point Integrity is an endpoint security software product developed by Check Point Software Technologies It is designed to protect personal computers and the networks they connect to from computer worms Trojan horses spyware and intrusion attempts by hackers The software aims to stop new PC threats and attacks before signature updates have been installed on the PC

The Professor: Cellphone intellect control, robotic fly eyes, lab-on-a-chip meets papercraft

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsThe Professor rounds up a handful of interesting and informative gadget-related science stories from the week and presents them in an easily digestible liquid profile.

Having trouble keeping your fingers, thumbs, or eyeballs on the pulse of contemporary science? Do you fin…

Cowon’s A3 PMP gets bumped to 80GB

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
whether you’ve been holding off on getting an A3 for some strange reason, perhaps a bump in capacity will push you by the edge. That’s right, Cowon’s little performer just got more junk in the trunk — 80GB of junk, to be exact. certain, you’ll have to dro…

Microsoft and Yahoo! restart talks

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Yes — they’re at it again. Please for the love of all that is sacred, let somebody buy something… quick. From the horse’s mouth;

“In light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue …

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Microsoft confirms Windows adheres to broadcast flag

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Microsoft has acknowledged that Windows Media Centers will block users from recording TV shows at the demand of a broadcaster.

“Microsoft included technologies in Windows based on rules set forth by the (Federal Communications Commission),” a Micro…

DISH Network’s forthcoming DVRs get detailed: hints of Sling all over

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Although DISH Network’s previous quarter wasn’t anything to write domestic about, it sounds like the satcaster (EchoStar, technically) isn’t going to allow its set-top line to grow stale in the process. During the recent Team Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, DISH’s CEO Charlie Ergen reiterated th…

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Kevin Johnson’s letter on updated online strategy

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

As Microsoft returns to the table with Yahoo for a deal that might include Yahoo’s search commerce, Windows and Windows habitable chief Kevin Johnson sent that letter updating his team on an updated online and advertising strategy. CNET News.com’s …

Broadcast Flag rides again, courtesy of NBC & Microsoft?

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Just like efforts to shut the analog hole, our old friend the broadcast flag (don’t remember what that is and how it was defeated? Take a quick trip back to 2005 with us) has reared it’s ugly head again. Displaying the kind of tenacity rarely seen external of horror film villains and potential p…

Microsoft Considers ‘Transaction’ with Yahoo

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

When Microsoft said it withdrew its offer to buy Yahoo earlier that month, many society figured the acquisition dance was far from by - that the withdrawal and the subsequent letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to his Yahoo counterpart were nothing more than a move in an ongoing strategic battle…

Microsoft and Yahoo re-enter talks

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Updated at 2:10 p.m. with more details.

Microsoft announced Sunday afternoon it has issued another proposal to Yahoo that calls for an acquisition of some but not all of Yahoo’s assets.

The announcement comes just days after billionaire investor …

Microsoft reportedly in new talks with Yahoo

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Microsoft said in a statement Sunday it’s talking about a new deal with Yahoo that wouldn’t entail a full buyout.

More details to follow.

Original post by Dawn Kawamoto

Samsung’s 82-inch QuadHD LCD: Now with 120Hz

Filed under: Review - 18 May 2008

Samsung’s stream of 82-inch monsters packing the company’s latest technology continues unabated, that moment a minor update to the QuadHD behemoth we saw at CES brings so-outdated 120Hz motion processing and LED backlighting to keep blur and judder far, far absent. We know what you’re thinking, …

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