Softwares
WindowBlinds 7 released
Nov 18th
Stardock have announced WindowBlinds 7. WindowBlinds 7 brings exciting new features which includes native support for Windows 7, Aero skinning and much more. WindowBlinds 7 is available for a free trial. WindowBlinds is a cool utility that allows you to customize and change the look and feel of your Windows. It is all about applying a skin you love the most. By applying a skin, various Windows interface elements(taskbar, title bars, start menu etc) get changed.
Seesmic for Windows launched; brings native support for Windows 7
Nov 17th
Desktop clients for Twitter just got a new nice addition. Seesmic have just announced Seesmic for Windows. Seesmic’s Founder and CEO, Loic Le Meur made this announcement at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Seesmic for Windows will be released later in the day.
Google releases Google Earth 2.0 for iPhone
Nov 17th
Google has just released Google Earth 2.0 for iPhone. This is the second update to the Google Earth app for iPhone that was rolled out a year back. Version 2.0 brings some exciting features such as the ability to view maps you created on your desktop machine from your iPhone, addition of more languages, enhanced icon look and improved performance.
Details of Apple’s Black Friday deals leaked out
Nov 17th
Don’t you just love it when you get news regarding some leaked info. Well, something of that sort has just taken place and what’s more exciting is that the leaked information is related to Apple. Details regarding Apple’s Black Friday deals have leaked out. The leaked information describes the discount rates Apple has set for its diverse range of products. The discount will offered for only one day, so you don’t want to miss it.
Cloudberry Backup Add in for Windows Home Server updated to version 1.3.1
Nov 16th
CloudBerry labs have updated CloudBerry Online Backup Add-in for Windows Home Server taking it to version 1.3.1. The latest update fixes some issues, brings a new alert notification feature and more. CloudBerry Online Backup provides its users with the option to store their Windows Home Server data onto a secured online storage service provided by Amazon S3, to keep their data secure in the event of a physical disk failure and other similar events.
CloudBerry Online Backup for Windows Home Server provides a powerful Backup and Restore program designed to leverage Amazon S3 storage to make your disaster recovery plan simple, reliable, and affordable.
Windows 7 hacked
Nov 14th
Now you people can hack Windows 7 as well. Some of the hackers have bypassed the activation key of Windows 7. It really was a matter of time before the key antipiracy protections built into Windows 7 were hacked, and notifications that require users to activate their copy of Windows 7 within 30 days can now be turned off easily.
The hack, means you can get Windows 7 without the need for a product activation key. And this doesn’t really mean that Windows 7 will be confirmed as legal, but it does enable you to keep using the product for unlimited time.
Microsoft also confirmed that they know about the technique and are working on a workaround to prevent future iterations of their activation procedure from being exploited.
Microsoft spokesperson told:
We’re aware of this workaround and are already working to address it.
Microsoft advised customers to avoid using illegal copies of Windows and to check their software is genuine, warning rogue software often contained malware.
Hackers have also devised tools that turn off any pop-ups or reminders that say the system has not been registered or the trial period has expired.
Now what? Is this another challenge for Microsoft to prevent these kind of hacks? Or hackers are much much efficient to hack the newly released operating system?
Temporary workaround for Windows 7 zero day flaw announced
Nov 14th
Microsoft has stated, that it is working on fixing the SMB (Server Message Block) flaw found in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The SMB file sharing protocol has been found to be defective, since it allows the possibility of crashing a computer from a remote location. Microsoft has come up with a temporary work around to protect the users from this remote vulnerability which is discussed in the upcoming paragraphs.
Rumor: Google Chrome OS coming next week
Nov 13th
Sources told TechCrunch that Google‘s Chrome OS has an early version launching next week. Early screenshots proved to be fake, and later screenshots depicted the browser component of the OS. Sources inside Google have said there’s more to Chrome OS than that.
One thing we know is that the browser in Chrome OS will be able to mount drives and function as a system navigation tool. How will hardware support be in these early builds? Although Google and device manufacturers are on the case writing drivers for your favorite peripherals, don’t count on all your devices working with Chrome OS right away.
The new OS will initially target netbooks with a particular aim to give Windows XP users something besides a crippled, expensive Windows 7 to upgrade. Now the question is that which computers will be able to run Chrome OS, it is guessed that Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba will be able to run Google’s Chrome OS. But does it mean hardware or software from other companies won’t be compatible?
Yahoo Messenger 10 released, brings support for Windows 7
Nov 13th
Yahoo has just rolled out Yahoo Messenger 10. Yahoo Messenger with version number 10.0.0.110 brings various bug fixes, some of which are related Yahoo’s new video call feature. Also the product’s overall stability has been improved.
Let’s go with Google’s Go programming language
Nov 11th
The Go Programming Language is a brand new system programming language, designed by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike and Ken Thompson and yes it is funded by Google. Concurrency is supported by lightweight communicating processes called goroutines. It feels like a dynamic language but has the speed and safety of a static language.
