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If you were wondering when will the Beta testing for Yahoo Messenger 9.0 will end, well, it did. The long expected Yahoo Messenger 9.0 entered the stable release phase and it’s available for download.
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Yahoo Messenger 9 has a more stylish interface, more spaced, better bolded and with bigger avatars. You have also the possibility to change the theme of Yahoo Messenger, changing its skin easyly with just 1 button. YM now also updates your status with your recent activity on your Yahoo services such as: MyBlogLog, Yahoo 360 etc.
The new commercial starring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld was launched, but again, left me without no taste. When they first annouced the Jerry Seinfeld campaign, I was somehow happy, imagining that we will see some comedy action. Well, I was wrong and while the first commercial left me with a “what?!” taste, I was hoping again that the next one will be better (again).
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Everybody was very thrilled about the new version of iTunes, the iTunes 8. However, things are not going very well for Windows Vista users, iTunes 8 doesn’t seem to like Vista at this moment. Some users reported blue screens of death (BSOD) the moment they plug their iPod. Forums are assaulted with complains and replies regarding this issue, but it seems that a downgrade to iTunes 7.7 fixes this problem.
What is the Boot Record?
Every partition has its own boot record. The boot record is used to store the first bits of software executed. Also, the boot record holds instructions needed to start Windows XP.
In some occasions, the boot record can be altered or damaged by an user error, damaged software or different types of malware or viruses.
The boot record can be fixed easily via the Windows Recovery Console using the “fixboot” command.
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Microsoft announced the new version of DirectX within the GameFest festival. While some of you will worry about this new version and its compatibility with your video card, Microsoft assures us that the 11 version will recognize DirectX 10 and 10.1 graphic cards. DirectX 11 will work only within Windows Vista but the new features caught our eye.
- multi-threaded resource handling – the new processing will take advantage of our multi core machines
- new shader technology – with better CPU and GPU management
- Tessellation/Displacement – models will now be more smooth when viewed up-close
Microsoft stated that we should expect DirectX 11 in mid-late 2009 and i’m guessing some features will be tested within upcoming versions of DirectX 10.
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The Microsoft family will gain a new member soon, the Windows 7 OS. While some of us are skeptical, we should at least give Windows 7 a chance and forget about Vista. Bill Veghte, chief in charge of Windows seems very confident regarding the new Windows and the states that Windows 7 will be released within the scheduled time frame (2010).
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Even if the title of this news is little ironic, considering the fact that most Windows users don’t find WIndows Vista reliable at all, it’s true. Microsoft stated that this fix will containt some security fixes and some performance wise patches, thus improving Vista’s overall reliablity, they say
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