Archive for February, 2010

Microsoft is effectively pulling off its life support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows Vista RTM this year. On Windows website, As we announced in 2008, support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) will end on July 13, 2010. Support for Windows 2000 will end on the same date. Support for [...]

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This is in no way a sanction for piracy. Just rip your DVD collection for personal use only, not for distribution. Big Brother is looking… Anyway, HandBrake is one hell of an open source application, converting your DVD to MP4 or MKV with AAC and H.264 to boot. HandBrake for Windows requires .NET 2.0 or [...]

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Here's one reason the Linux distros are getting momentum with respect to security updates a la Windows Update, and one more reason to adopting Linux desktop. The Ksplice Uptrack is a subscription service that lets you apply 100% of the important kernel security updates released by your Linux vendor without rebooting. Users of Ubuntu and [...]

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