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I'm thinking it's the same problem WMP 11 for XP has since that's Vista's default player. With WMP 11 if you look at the choices available for playing it's dropped since WMP 10 and I know a few people have complained about a few sites like the BBC and MTV not having their movie playback work as...

An issue has been identified publicly where an attacker could use the speech recognition capability of Windows Vista to cause the system to take undesired actions. While it is technically possible, there are some things that should be considered when trying to determine what the threat of...

Servers you do see Dell & others putting Linux on and in some cases advertising but for consumer PC's when was the last time you saw HP or Dell advertise Linux preinstalled. For servers they can usually either get a support contract, or they know chances are the companies are going to require...

If you actually think about it Linux's lack of system requirements may actually be it's major downfall. After all if you can still run the OS fine on a 10 year old machine why would a system builder pre-install it as their isn't a real reson to upgrade your PC hence less revenue for the...

MS has the main codec for HD-DVD & a few Bluray titles in VC-1, as well as the HDi spec for interactivity in HD-DVD, because of this their going to do everything possible to keep studios happy. If they can keep the studios happy that opens up doors into the IPTV market where they can finally...

The thing with Vista though is everyone's complaining about is the same thing that's been said about pretty much every new OS Microsoft has released. When XP first came out the main thing I heard was it's a bloated Win 2K with a new interface, and everyone needed a massive system to run it...

There isn't an issue calling MS to reactivate on OEM copies. On one of my PC's I've had to call in 3 times after replacing pretty much the whole system and have never had an issue getting an activation code using an OEM license that came with the PC.

ATI video card owners running Windows Vista can now install the latest Catalyst drivers. AMD’s ATI Catalyst 7.1 suite has been released for Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit. New features include: -Blu-ray and HD-DVD playback -CrossFire™ support under Vista -Native OpenGL Vista support...

Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178.0 has been released. The integrated Windows Live Call feature has been updated from 1.1.154.0 to 1.1.161.0. Download: Windows Live Messenger 8.1 (English) Download: Windows Live Messenger 8.1 (English, including Rhapsody Music Service)

RAM isn't a big issue at least if you have a usb thumbdrive as one of the new features was being able to use a thumbdrive to speed up your system. While it won't be as fast as system RAM if you wanted to try Vista at least it would allow you to meet it's requirements. I've got a copy of...

This week, Microsoft finally admitted what many of us have suspected for quite some time: Its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy tool is faulty and has mistakenly identified hundreds of thousands of valid Windows installs as pirated. Meanwhile, over 22 percent of all Windows installs...

I wish, would probably pay a lot better :). Seriously though I am a Sony IT authorized reseller and sell quite a few VAIOs and get along fine with my reps. It's just the PS & media sides that basically seem to feel as though they can do no wrong & be able to do anything they want. If Sony...

I wouldn't say I'm super negative about them, after all I have a Sony Ruby projector, PS3 and BDP-S1 BR player. I just don't like quite a few things they're doing lately. With the cd rootkit fiasco they left people open to attack considering they've implemented pretty much the same thing in...

Yeah but the scary thing with BD+ now is that they essentially have a rootkit in every Bluray player that they can modify the system however they want which given Sony's history is a very scary thought.

Blueray and AACS - Doom9's Forum Looks as though we'll get a chance to see what BD+ is going to be capable of and how badly the studios will mess up everyone's players when they start modifying the software in the players.

If you want wireless built-in you have to go with the 60GB version, the 20GB just has ethernet.

I don't see them getting it, I'm guessing if anyone's going to own the place it will probably be Golden Palace since they don't seem to care how much they spend in order to get themselves a bit of publicity, and besides if they win the can guarantee they can keep running offshore gambling and...

The main thing with the Wii is it's different, and at least from playing Wii Sports it's quite fun. As long as Nintendo keeps putting out innovative, orginal games, I don't see the lack of graphics being a major problem, especially when the best selling system in the world is the DS which noone...

Actually from what I've seen the PS3 isn't going to be what Sony thought it was. Almost all the stores around me have them in stock but are unable to keep up with Wii demand. I've seen quite a few stories saying the same thing around North America so I'm thinking the hype has worn off. I'm...

Most versions you can downgrade however for v3 and above I've yet to see a downgrader app become available.