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Are Compact Discs Dead?

Mar 18, 2010 | 11 Comments

In just a few months, Universal Music Group is dropping the prices on their CDs to between six and ten dollars each in an effort to boost sales. While the company does have its hand in the music download and streaming side of things, their profit margins are much better with physical disc sales. Up [...]

General

How Not to Install Windows Vista SP1 Beta

Sep 26, 2007 | 15 Comments

I thought I would have been fine with installing the first Windows Vista SP1 beta last night (after having been invited and accepted into the feedback program). Guess what? Everything seemed fine after the first three installer-induced reboots, but then I came to see a black screen of… nothing but my mouse cursor. No matter [...]

Microsoft, Software

Windows Vista SP1

Aug 29, 2007 | 10 Comments

The beta will be released to a moderate-sized audience in a few weeks. With SP1, Windows Vista can boot via EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) on an x64 machine SP1 supports ExFAT, a new file format that will be used in flash memory storage and consumer devices Support for SD Advanced DMA Support to improve transfer [...]