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I thought c|net was beyond having to have bad ads…but, today I found they’ve employed the “click here first” advertisement method.
And, they don’t make it real obvious. Shoved at the very top center is the following links in something like 8pt font…
If you click the “About This Ad” link, it tells you this:
This full-screen announcement is an introductory message from one of our premier marketing partners. It will appear no more than once per day. To go directly to CNET, click on the 'Continue to CNET link. For questions, e-mail advertisingfeedback@cnet.com.
BTW: It looks like you can view the above statement anytime by jumping out to this link:
http://www.cnet.com/html/Ads/common/allaccess/about_cnet.html
At least (unlike other sites that employ this method), they are up-front about it.
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What’s included in ICP1?
ICP1 contains the following languages:
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Spanish
What’s missing?
The following will be contained in ICP2, when released:
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Finnish
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Russian
- Swedish
- Turkish
Download ICP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=76739d39-50a9-436f-9c3b-32a1aafb9154&displaylang=en&tm
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Could Sunbelt have developed a Symantec-killer? From first impressions and comments filtering through various communities, we may finally be free of the Symantec curse.
Download an eval copy and let me know what you think…
http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/
BTW: Here’s a couple interesting pieces from the VIPRE FAQ…
- Does this product scale? Can I support 20,000 users? The default database for storing information is an Access MDB file (no need to install Access). Alternatively you can specify any MSSQL 2000 server or above including MSDE and SQL Express as the location data is kept, and this easily supports 20,000 users. You may need to spread this over several servers to balance the load though. Polling can be configured as can the location where the definitions are pulled from. We have one customer running 14,000 users on one server with ease.
- Can I use SMS or ConfigMgr to deploy the client? The agent can be created as both an MSI file and executable, you can also use SMS, login scripts, or even a webpage to download the agent to any workstation.
So, how does VIPRE compare to the other AV products?
Check it out… http://www.vipreenterprise.com/Why-VIPRE-Enterprise/VIPRE-Stats.htm
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MakeInstall creates an INSTALL.EXE for your Java program, with full install and uninstall support.
http://www.duckware.com/makeinstall/index.html
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With Beta 2 close to releasing, Microsoft is expanding the beat program for IE8.
If you wish to be a part of making IE better by contributing great bug reports then please email IESO@microsoft.com. Include a little about yourself including why you’d be a great beta tester.
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November 12th, 2008 as the official launch date for Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008.
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I think it’s great how Live Mesh only restarts your desktop and taskbar, instead of requiring a full system reboot.
Still no device updates, though. I keep waiting for Windows Mobile device support.
Still only available for Windows Vista 32 and 62 bit.
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Effective July 2008 the Inventory Tool for Dell Updates file (SMS2003ITDU_ENU.exe) has been pulled due to an issue that was causing installations to fail. An updated version of the tool will be posted again as soon as it is available.
Read more…
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=92a9bb94-1806-487b-a697-92492bf8cc8e&DisplayLang=en
UPDATE: Testing on a new version is in progress, and, while no hard date is available, Microsoft intends to release an updated version in mid-August.
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The Live Mesh team is pleased to announce the release of our next update, available later today. We are making Live Mesh available to more people and we've greatly streamlined the sign-up process. We've also made a number of general performance improvements.
Fixes
- Raised the limit on the total number of customers we'll allow to access the Live Mesh Tech Preview.
- Expanded availability: you can sign up directly, with no waiting list, if your country/region is the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand.
- Removed the limit on the number of Live Mesh invitations you have. Invite new friends and family members to the Live Mesh Tech Preview.
- For our customers in countries/regions other than those above, we've greatly simplified the waiting list process. You no longer need to sign up through Microsoft Connect. You can sign in with your Windows Live ID on www.mesh.com, click Sign Up, and you'll automatically be notified once Live Mesh is available in your country/region.
- Improved the performance of peer-to-peer synchronization.
- General performance improvements.
www.mesh.com