*HOT* Tech News And Downloads, I Would Read This Thread And Post Any Good Info

Can't be more descriptive than that.

 

Either click the links, or don't, i couldn't care less, because
"Opinions are like @ssholes, everyone has one"

 

As I said, the video can't be more descriptive.

 

good morning all,my post for today





You are about to become DRM roadkill

Another DRM rant brought to you by Zune

By Charlie Demerjian: Monday 09 October 2006, 11:32
MICHAEL ROBERTSON points out a really important point about DRM in his latest blog entry: you are at the mercy of the content mafia. He also coins a term for this, getting zuned.

You know the history of Zune, a music player that unilaterally shafts MS's closest partners. The funny part is that no one is questioning what they will do to you next time a shiny thing distracts them. Well, OK, Michael Robertson is, but that is the only one I can think of. MS has a long history of doing this, and it has gone from being dangerous to partner with to dangerous to buy from.

What do I mean? You read the EULA that came with all your digital music 'purchases', didn't you? You do know what they can do to you, right? What is the worst thing that can happen? Well, look at Zune for an example. If you trusted MS and bought music from them with their plays for sure campaign, you are safe there, right?

Well, no, they just changed the game on you, and if you don't like it, tough. You 'bought' things with a DRM infection, MS abandoned you and moved on to the next shiny thing. How long will it be before the whole Plays For Sure cabal collapses? I would guess not long.

Apple last time I checked has infected 80% or so of the music market with their flavor or DRM, with the rest of the makers splitting the remaining 20%. Those on the short bus of consumer rights removal all depended on MS to back them in their dance with the content mafia, which MS did, more out of fear of Apple and Sony than anything else.

When it was clear that the one ring to rule them all strategy was not going to do much to halt the Apple advance, MS said 'buh-bye kiddies' to their partners and left them high and dry. Your business model just got flushed by our whims? Sorry. No, we are not, but we have this new Zune thing that you can't touch, it might make you feel better.

MS shafting their business partners is old news, but this is one of the more massive screwings of their customers that I can recall since the Office 97 Word 'bug'. All the money you spent should you have been dumb enough to 'buy' that DRM infected pablum, is now pissed away.

Think about it, if Zune takes off, the non-MS and non-Apple part of the market is dead, no question there. This means your current music won't play on anything. If Zune falls flat, the partners are already looking for other ways to remove the rights of users, so your music won't play on anything either. Basically, you bought a promise, and got screwed out of greed.

This is a lose/lose situation brought to you by those twin bastions of consumer responsibility, MS and DRM. If you 'bought' music infected music, you got zuned. the reason for this is they made everything one sided. They passed laws, co-opted your hardware, and made it illegal for you to exercise your rights. If you do what you were allowed to do for the last several hundred years, you are now a criminal.

If you want to take the music you legitimately 'bought' from MS backed companies to play on an MS backed player, and play it on your new MS backed players, you are SOL. If you get a program to convert your legitimately purchased MS backed music from one player to another, both MS backed too, you are a criminal.

Welcome to the new order. You have no rights, by design, DRM infections lock you down, and the people who are more than happy to take your rights and money don't give a sh*t. If you think this is bad, read the fine print on the EULA. If you think that is bad, go read up on the CableCard infection, they learned from the 'mistakes' of the music mafia. Be afraid. µ
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34949

 

ieSpell - v2.4.0 (build 428) 8-3-06

ieSpell - A Spell Checker for Internet Explorer


Introduction

ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application.

The program installs as a new button in the IE toolbar (as well as a new menu item under "Tools") - after filling in a form, just hit the ieSpell button and it pops up a dialog, similar to the MS Word spell check. ieSpell also works (right-click menu only) on other IE based browsers such as SlimBrowser, CrazyBrowser, MSN, MyIE, etc.

ieSpell is not spyware or adware. It's free for personal use only. All other use requires a commercial license. See Licensing for more information.
If you find ieSpell useful, please express your satisfaction with a donation. Your donations will help to support its future development. Thank you!


Features

* Completely standalone spell checker for your web browser. Does not require Microsoft Office or any other third party components.
* Integrates flawlessly with Internet Explorer and other IE based browsers.
* Three ways to start the spell check; via the right click context menu, the toolbar or the menu bar.
* Supports a wide range of web applications including simple text forms, rich text editors, forums, blogs, webmail (including Outlook Web Access and Lotus iNotes) and more!
* Spell check in any of the 3 variants (US, UK and Canadian) of the English Language!
* Suggestions are sorted by the degree of closeness with the misspelled word.
* Intelligent suggesting for misspelled words using typographic “looks like” matching.
* Easily add/remove your personal words in ieSpell via an intuitive user interface!
* Organise your personal words in individual custom dictionaries! Share them with your friends and co-workers over the network!
* Integrates with Microsoft Office's proofing tools. Have ieSpell share the same copy of the custom dictionary so that when you add/remove your personal words in ieSpell, the same is reflected in Microsoft Office and vice versa!
* ieSpell suggested a word that you are not familiar with? Look up its meaning in an online dictionary!
* Powerful API for web application developers.
o Force users to spell check the document before submission.
o Ignore certain text fields.
o Refuse a form submission if the user cancels the spell check!




Latest News
ieSpell website down for the last few days
19/09/2006

Last weekend was a nightmare for us here at ieSpell. Our newly launched website got hit by hackers who managed to compromise our account and caused the entire server to go down. Our webhost placed a temporary ban on our account as a result and it took us awhile to sort things out.

To cut the long story short, we are back online now. We will be back to our old static site for awhile, at least until we sort out the vulnerabilities in our new CMS system. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Contact and Bug Report forms fixed
04/08/2006

Apparently, our contact and bug report forms were broken due to the PHP upgrade by our web host a few weeks back. It was an oversight on our part not to have tested all of our scripts after the upgrade. Anyway, everything is now working as it should be. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

ieSpell v2.4.0 (build 428) released!
04/08/2006

This is primarily a maintenance release. Some of the more significant fixes and new features are:

* NEW - "Look up meaning" feature via right click menu for ANY word/phrase on the page.
* NEW - Added more info about ieSpell in the "Add or Remove Programs" applet.
* FIX - Clean up resource IDs (removing duplicates) paving way for the resource DLLs.
* FIX - Bug that cause the caption of the Options dialog not to display properly.
* FIX - Registration info displays in localized text after changing language.


ieSpell v2.3.0 (build 264) released!
29/07/2006

This is primarily a maintenance release. Some of the more significant fixes and new features are:

* NEW - Allow user to change the location of the custom dictionary (either copy or move) in the "Edit Custom Dictionary" dialog.
* NEW - Added persistent window placement (survive shutdown) with a user override option (default is on).
* NEW - add installer switch to set a custom user dictionary location during installation.
* FIX - Make Default button is no longer enabled when a selected custom dictionary is READ-ONLY.
* FIX - Bug that cause ieSpell to think that a non-existent custom dictionary is read-only.
* FIX - Memory leak in spell checker - options object not freed at shutdown.
* FIX - Improved support for optional language packs.


ieSpell v2.2.0 (build 647) released!
28/03/2006

Firstly, apologies for the long delay in the releases. The team has been working hard on a port to Mozilla based browsers as well as more advanced features such as "Check-as-you-type". Unfortunately, both projects are not ready for public consumption hence this is considered an interim bug-fix cum minor new features update. Some of the more significant fixes and new features are:

* NEW - Multi-language support! The core application has been revamped to support localization. i.e. Not only will you be able to spell check in other languages, the UI itself will displayed in that language. We will be releasing language packs for the various European languages shortly. (starting with French)
* NEW - Users now have the option to choose their preferred online reference dictionary to check the meaning of an unknown word.
* NEW - Users can add on their own online reference dictionaries to the list provided.
* NEW - Users can choose to show or hide the ieSpell items in the browser's right click context menu. (This feature is especially useful for users with multiple logon accounts on a PC as the default install only sets up the right click options for the windows account that performed the install.)
* NEW - Users now have the option to remove all the custom dictionaries during the uninstall process.
* FIX - checkdocumentnode does not work for INPUT type=text elements.
* FIX - IE7 beta2 does not show the word highlighted until the doc is forced to redraw. This is considered a temporary fix as contents in a DIV tag are still not refreshed by this fix. We are monitoring the developments over at the Microsoft camp and will provide a more comprehensive fix closer to the IE7 launch date.
http://www.iespell.com/


Latest version - v2.4.0 (build 428) - 1.96MB - released 3rd August 2006
go here to download

http://www.iespell.com/download.php

 

FOLDER MARKER..........Change folder icon or color by one mouse click. One mouse-click and it becomes clear at once, which documents have a high priority, and which of them have normal or low priority. Folder Marker adds an item "Mark Folder" in the folder popup menu. Changing a folder icon or color is now a piece of cake.....(free).....GO THERE!
http://www.foldermarker.com/




Does your office routine bother you? Get rid of it in one mouse click!

How many folders do you have on your computer? Scores of them? Hundreds? Thousands? Are all of them are alike: yellow folder, yellow folder, yellow folder, yellow folder... It's so easy to be confused with such a routine!

Folder Marker is your small assistant, an ardent fighter for your convenience and comfort in any kind of computer work. Use Folder Marker to mark your folders. One mouse-click and it becomes clear at once, which documents have a high priority, and which of them have normal or low priority. Which operations are finished completely, which are half-done and which haven't started yet.

Do you fear that someone might unintentionally delete information necessary to you? Mark a folder, and other users will notice at once that that folder contains important information for you.

Changing folder icons, Folder Marker will help you to cope with the standard yellowness. Folder Marker adds an item "Mark Folder" in the folder popup menu. Changing a folder icon is now a piece of cake.

Folder Marker is for anyone who wants to make his work with a computer more convenient. Folder Marker is for you. Download Folder Marker now!

 

@Ireland,

Glad to see you are back and keeping us up to date on small helpful applications.

 

JUST GOT MY E-MAIL FROM MICROSOFT 2-HOURS AGO..


Critical Security Bulletins
===========================

MS06-057 - Vulnerability in Windows Explorer Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (923191)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1
for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0

MS06-058 - Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (924163)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Excel v.X for Mac

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0

MS06-059 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (924164)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Excel 2000
- Microsoft Excel 2002
- Microsoft Excel 2003
- Microsoft Excel Viewer 2003
- Microsoft Excel 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Excel v.X for Mac
- Microsoft Works Suite 2004
- Microsoft Works Suite 2005
- Microsoft Works Suite 2006

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0

MS06-060 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (924554)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Word 2000
- Microsoft Word 2002
- Microsoft Office Word 2003
- Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003
- Microsoft Works Suite 2004
- Microsoft Works Suite 2005
- Microsoft Works Suite 2006
- Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Word v.X for Mac

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0

MS06-061 - Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could
Allow Remote Code Execution (924191)

- Affected Software:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1
for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0

MS06-062 - Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote
Code Execution (922581)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Project 2000
- Microsoft Project 2002
- Microsoft Visio 2002
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
- Microsoft Office v.X for Mac

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


Important Security Bulletins
============================

MS06-063 - Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow
Denial of Service (923414)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1
for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

- Impact: Denial of Service
- Version Number: 1.0

Moderate Security Bulletins
===========================

MS06-056 - Vulnerability in ASP.NET 2.0 Could Allow
Information Disclosure (922770)

- Affected Software:
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
- Windows XP Home Service Pack 1
- Windows XP Home Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1
for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

- Affected Components:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

- Impact: Information Disclosure
- Version Number: 1.0

MS06-065 - Vulnerability in Windows Object Packager
Could Allow Remote Execution (924496)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1
for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0


Low Security Bulletins
===========================

MS06-064 - Vulnerabilities in TCP/IP IPv6 Could Allow
Denial of Service (922819)

- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1
for Itanium-based Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition

- Impact: Denial of Service
- Version Number: 1.0

Update Availability:
===================
Updates are available to address these issues.


For additional information, including Technical Details,
Workarounds, answers to Frequently Asked Questions,
and Update Deployment Information please read
the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for this
month at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=73525
Support:
========
Technical support is available from Microsoft Product Support
Services at 1-866-PC SAFETY (1-866-727-2338). There is no
charge for support calls associated with security updates.
International customers can get support from their local Microsoft
subsidiaries. Phone numbers for international support can be found
at: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx

Microsoft Support Lifecycle for Business and Developer Software
===============================================================
The Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy provides consistent and
predictable guidelines for product support availability at the
time that the product is released. Under this policy, Microsoft
will offer a minimum of ten years of support. This includes five
years of Mainstream Support and five years of Extended Support for
Business and Developer products. Microsoft will continue to provide
security update support, at a supported Service Pack level, for a
minimum of ten years through the Extended support phase. For more
information about the Microsoft Support Lifecycle, visit
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ or contact your Technical
Account Manager.

Additional Resources:
=====================
* Microsoft has created a free monthly e-mail newsletter containing
valuable information to help you protect your network. This
newsletter provides practical security tips, topical security
guidance, useful resources and links, pointers to helpful
community resources, and a forum for you to provide feedback
and ask security-related questions.
You can sign up for the newsletter at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/secnews/default.mspx

* Microsoft has created a free e-mail notification service that
serves as a supplement to the Security Notification Service
(this e-mail). The Microsoft Security Notification Service:
Comprehensive Version. It provides timely notification of any
minor changes or revisions to previously released Microsoft
Security Bulletins and Security Advisories. This new service
provides notifications that are written for IT professionals and
contain technical information about the revisions to security
bulletins. To register visit the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/notify.mspx

* Join Microsoft's webcast for a live discussion of the technical
details of these security bulletins and steps you can take
to protect your environment. Details about the live webcast
can be found at:

www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/summary.mspx

The on-demand version of the webcast will be available 24 hours
after the live webcast at:

www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/summary.mspx

* Protect your PC: Microsoft has provided information on how you
can help protect your PC at the following locations:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

If you receive an e-mail that claims to be distributing a
Microsoft security update, it is a hoax that may be distributing a
virus. Microsoft does not distribute security updates through
e-mail. You can learn more about Microsoft's software distribution
policies here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/policy/swdist.mspx

Acknowledgments:
================
Microsoft thanks the following for working with us to protect
customers:

* Jaswinder Hayre
for reporting the issue described in MS06-056.

* Arnaud Dovi
working with TippingPoint
(http://www.tippingpoint.com/) and
Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
(http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/)
for reporting an issue described in MS06-058.

* Chris Ries of VigilantMinds Inc.
(http://www.vigilantminds.com)
for reporting an issue described in MS06-058.

* Dejun Meng of Fortinet Inc.
(http://www.fortinet.com/)
for reporting the issue described in MS06-058.

* NSFocus Security Team

 

A girl asked a guy if he thought she was pretty,

He said...no.

She asked him if he would want to be with her forever...and he said no.

She then asked him if she were to leave would he cry, and once again he replied with a no.

She had heard enough. As she walked away, tears streaming down her face the boy grabbed her arm and
said...

You're not pretty you're beautiful.

I don't want to be with you forever, I NEED to be with you forever.

And I wouldn't cry if you walked away...I'd die...

SO NOW I WILL SAY:

I like you because of who you are to me..A true
friend.

And if I don't get this back I'll take the hint.

Tonight at midnight your true love will realize they like you.

Something good will happen to you at 1:00-4:00 PM tomorrow.

It could be anywhere -- AOL, Yahoo, outside of school, anywhere.

Get ready for the biggest shock of your life.
Please send to 10 people in 15 minutes.
Remember:
"A good friend will come bail you out of jail....

But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying ..

WE screwed up, but we had fun! "
Proud to be your Friend!
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence, and don't skip ahead.

I've learned...that life is like a roll of toilet paper.

The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I've learned...that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I've learned...that money doesn't buy class.

I've learned..that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned...that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. !

I've learned...that the Lord didn't do it all in one day.

What makes me think I can?

I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned.

I've learned...that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done.

To all of you...make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.

It's National Friendship Week.

Show your friends how much you care.

Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the person who sent it to you.

If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO YOU!!!!!!

YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I am honored

 

ireland Same to you a blessed dear friend. Chris

 

good morning all

breakfast





joke
2 worst pains
One day a man went into the dentist's to get a tooth pulled. When the dentist told him he needed to give him some anesthetic he refused. The dentist told him this again and he refused saying"I have experienced the 2 worst pains in the world I don't need anesthetic". So the dentist pulled the tooth and the guy just sat there and didn't even flinch. When this was done the dentist says to the man "What were those pains ?". The guy says"the first when happened while i was out hunting, I squated down to take a shit and got my balls caught in a bear trap".The dentist asks him what the second one was and the guy says "when I reached the end of the Chain"

 

Good morning, got any hot apple cider to go with those doughnuts......it is freezing here, only consolation is I don't live in Buffalo.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/11/protect-dvd-video-prevents-discs-from-playing-on-your-pc/

What the world needs is more DVD protection, now it is so protected it no longer works.........everybody stop buying maybe someone will get the message.

 

I was coming home from Wal-Mart, and when I turned into the driveway
I accidentally pushed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. The garage door is slightly bent, but the pick up fortunately came to a halt when it bumped into your car.

I am really sorry, but I know with your kind hearted personality you
will forgive me. You know how much I love you and care for you my
sweet heart.

I cannot wait to hold you in my arms again.

Your loving wife.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

somebody has some splainin to do. Compared to my current vehicle, I would still take one of those as is.

 

quote

Top 5 Reasons why you should NOT upgrade to Windows Vista

After hearing about some of the annoying, useless little features that the fine folks at Microsoft injected into Windows Vista, I decided to list the Top 5 Reasons not to upgrade to this operating system. (Of course we could come up with more reasons.)

#5 New security feature: User Account Protection (UAP) pops up so many security warning windows that it will take an admin longer to close the pop up windows than it would to complete the task in the first place.

#4 Glass Windows feature stinks. It makes it hard to tell which Window is the active one. They look cool as hell but in reality this feature is technically useless.

#3 Media Center is now an overly complicated array of selections where previously in XP it was very uncluttered and easy to use.

#2 New licensing restriction on Vista allows you to transfer the operating system to only one other device. After that you will have to purchase another copy. If your computer crashes or has a hardware failure more than once, oh well. Break out the green baby.

#1 And the number one reason why you should NOT upgrade to Windows Vista is:
Ubuntu Linux Desktop and Server are FREE!

If anyone is planning on upgrading to Vista, I surely would like to know why?
http://www.electrogeek.com/blog/200...-why-you-should-not-upgrade-to-windows-vista/

 

Windows Vi$t@ should be illegal.

 

more on my above post about vista from theinquirer

Microsoft Vista licence restrictions hit hardware hard

It gets worse

By Nick Farrell: Friday 13 October 2006, 07:38
SOFTWARE colossus Microsoft has confirmed that licences for its super soar away Vista operating system will be extremely limiting.

According to Techweb, the licences will limit the number of times that it is possible to transfer the operating system to another device. The two least expensive models will not be allowed to work in a virtual machine.

Techweb hacks have been working their way through the licence and found a few things that have not been mentioned in the official releases.

The first is that once you have installed Vista on a machine you can only move it once. If you have an upgrade of your motherboard or anything else that will cause the operating system to think that it is a new computer you have to buy a new copy of Vista.

While the expensive versions of Vista, Vista Ultimate and Vista Business, can be installed within a Virtual Machine environment, Vole forbids you from doing so with the cheaper Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium.

Vista team's blog does not mention these changes. More here. µ

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35057

 

This new ubuntu sounds very interesting, has anyone tried this that could recommend pitching the Microsucks OS and going exclusively to the ubuntu? Is there cross capability between, say, MS word, excel, etc; and this system.

If someone sends me a word doc, could I use the ubuntu word processor application to read and modify it? This could be revolutionary.

 

Vista sucks and so does the Zune. If Microsoft didn't have the domination they do with PCs running their OS I would say its going to end soon for Microsoft, expecially with Open Source projects going the way they are.