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HP Mini-Note 2133 Laptop for $499

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HP Mini-Note 2133 is fashionably late. Specs are exactly what we’d heard and what was up on Amazon earlier: 2.6 pounds,

The HP Mini is packed with a combination of features to boost productivity and improve the overall mobile experience, including:

* Simple, refined design and anodized aluminum shell that is sleek and sturdy yet lightweight;
* HP DuraKeys, featuring a clear coating applied over the notebook keyboard that protects the finish and printed letters and characters;
* An HP 3D DriveGuard, which sends a signal to shut down the hard drive upon sudden movement or shock by using a three-axis digital accelerometer chip
* Scratch-resistant display and magnesium hinge bracket
* A large 8.9-inch diagonal WXGA display, user-friendly full keyboard (QWERTY) and touchpad;
* Ability to view video, still-image capture, web conferencing or video-enhanced instant messaging(3) with no additional hardware to buy or carry. An optional(4) integrated VGA webcam enables video and still-image capture to allow the addition of photos and video clips to presentations, documents and email;
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* Two battery solutions – three-cell for lightest-weight configurations or optional(4) six-cell for longer battery life;
* Wireless technologies such as integrated Wi-Fi Certified WLAN(3) and optional Bluetooth™, allowing students to access the Internet as well as communicate via email, IM, chat, VOIP and blogging. The wireless technologies also enable connections at hotspots as well as with Bluetooth devices such as printers, mice and headsets; and
* Optional(4) Absolute Software’s Computrace(5) allows IT professionals to work with local law enforcement to track and help recover stolen or missing computers, inventory computers district wide and detect changes in hardware and software.

variety of configurations ranging from a $499 1.0GHz Linux-powered unit with 4GB of flash and 512MB of RAM to a maxed-out $749 config with a 1.6GHz processor, 120GB drive and Vista Business.

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New Chat Service Beta in Facebook Launches

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Facebook launched the pre-beta version of Chat service, its very own IM service.

The new tool, which is already being mooted as a rival to the likes of Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger, is accessible on profile pages. Not every one can try out this new service as it is reportedly only accessible to a few networks like Ivy League schools and Stanford.

A chat bar at the foot of the browser allows members to have a private conversation with one another, rather than rely on email messages or wall posts.

Facebookers can “chat” to any of their friends that are online and the service doesn’t install any client software so it can be accessed from any computer connected up to the Internet.

“Chat is by no means a new concept, as instant messaging systems have been around for over a decade”, says Josh Wiseman, engineering lead at Facebook on the company’s blog.

“But just as other features on Facebook have allowed friends to communicate more efficiently than before, we hope Facebook Chat will make it easier to connect instantly.”

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Studio Express 4 A New Version of Toon Boom Animation Creation Software Released

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A new version of Toon Boom animation creation software has released Studio Express 4 for Mac OS X and Windows.

It costs US$99.99 (normally $149.99). Upgrades are priced at $9.99 for a limited time.

Toon Boom Studio Express 4 is a tool for creating animations used on Web sites, Flash banner ads, interactive projects and games, videos and more. It has some limitations compared to the full Toon Boom Studio package, such as an absence of cut out animation tools, animated elements, advanced lip syncing or advanced importing.

New to the version 4 release is a more flexible docking user interface, calligraphic line styles, the ability to feather edges, vectorization using textures, more peg functionalities and more than 30 new features including Flash pre-loaders and HTML embedding.

System requirements, Mac OS X v10.4 or later.

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Adobe Systems Announced 64 bit ColdFusion 8.0.1

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Adobe Systems announced last week the release of an update to ColdFusion 8 that brings 64-bit support to Mac OS X v10.5 running on Intel-based Macs.

ColdFusion is Adobe’s Internet application development engine. It’s designed to help Web developers create business application software. Features in ColdFusion 8 include a server monitor that helps developers identify performance bottlenecks, dynamic PDF creation and interaction, support for Ajax, .NET integration, integration with Microsoft Exchange Server and more.
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ColdFusion 8 Update 1 — also called ColdFusion 8.0.1 — provides full 64-bit support for Mac OS X (along with Windows and Linux), extending 64-bit support beyond Solaris, which already had it. Adobe has also improved Ajax functionality and has updated several software libraries. Release notes (in PDF format) on Adobe’s Web site outline all the differences.

64-bit support in ColdFusion means the software can perform better on 64-bit computer architectures by handling more information in the same clock cycle, and can use a significantly larger memory space, which allows memory-intensive operations to operate more efficiently.

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Symantec Confirmed The Flaw in Norton Security Applications

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Symantec confirmed the flaws in most popular consumer security software that could give attackers the means to hijack the Windows PCs that the programs are supposed to protect.

The vulnerabilities are in an ActiveX control that ships with several products, including Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton SystemWorks and Norton 360.

Ironically, Symantec analysts have both cited the popularity of ActiveX bugs and urged caution when using the controls in comments about other companies’ product flaws.

According to alerts released Wednesday by VeriSign Inc.’s iDefense, the ActiveX control “SymAData.dll” sports two vulnerabilities that could be used “to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the currently logged in user” by attackers able to entice victims to malicious Web sites.

Symantec confirmed the vulnerabilities Wednesday in its own advisory, and said the buggy control has shipped with Windows versions of Norton AntiVirus 2006-2008, Norton Internet Security 2006-2008, Norton SystemWorks 2006-2008 and Norton 360 version 1.0.

While it acknowledged the bugs, Symantec also downplayed the threat, saying that attacks would only succeed from specially crafted sites. “To successfully exploit either vulnerability, an attacker would need to be able to masquerade as the trusted Symantec Web site, such as through a cross-site scripting attack or DNS poisoning,” read the company’s advisory .

Symantec has updated the affected consumer security software with new detection definitions designed to block any exploit of the ActiveX flaws, but will not automatically patch everyone’s copy of the flawed control.

“An updated (non-vulnerable) version of the AutoFix tool will be automatically installed if customers participate in an online Chat session with Symantec Technical Support,” Symantec said. Alternately, users can manually download and install a patched AutoFix from its Web site.

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Microsoft got Fined US$367.4m by Alcatel-Lucent for Illegal use of MPEG2 DVD Playback in Windows

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Adding a new chapter to a long-running dispute between the companies Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent. Court in San Diego ordered Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent US$367.4 million for infringing on two patents, adding a new chapter to a long-running dispute between the companies.

The jury, in U.S. District Court in San Diego, found that Microsoft had infringed on two patents involving user interface technology. It also found that Microsoft didn’t infringe on another Alcatel-Lucent patent related to video decoding. The court ruled that patent, which Alcatel-Lucent alleged was infringed in MPEG2-based DVD playback in Windows, is invalid.

According to Microsoft, which will try to overturn the infringement verdict, Alcatel-Lucent had hoped to receive $1.75 billion in damages. Microsoft called the video patent ruling a victory for the many companies that use MPEG video-decoding technology.

The case dates back to 2003, when Alcatel-Lucent charged Microsoft, Dell and Gateway with patent infringement.

Last year, a court reversed a $1.5 billion patent infringement case against Microsoft in a case Alcatel-Lucent brought against the software giant related to MP3 technology.

There’s more to come in the ongoing battle between the companies. On April 22, the San Diego court will hear a case Microsoft is bringing against Alcatel-Lucent, accusing it of infringing on nine patents.

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Vista Fails VB100 Tests, Out of 37 Tests 17 Failed

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A new test of anti-malware products running on the Visat has found that many don’t work as well as they should.

The latest independent Virus Bulletin tests looked at 37 different Vista-based security programs to see which could manage to reach the level of threat detection required for ‘VB100’ Certification. Out of 37 tested, 17 failed the tests, including big name products from McAfee, Sophos, and Trend Micro.

Before users rush to de-install Vista products from those companies, the VB100 sets an incredibly high detection bar of 100 percent of a subset of malware defined by a malware collection known as the ‘WildList.’ Programs must also, using default settings, avoid false positives – false flagging files as malware infected when they are in fact innocent.

While McAfee, Sophos and Trend detected 99.99 percent of the WildList, other programs fell some way short of this ‘almost’ status. Doctor Web reached only 95.21 percent, and Security Coverage PC Live managed a hopeless 84.35 percent. Microsoft’s own oft-criticized Windows Live OneCare and Forefront Client Security both hit the VB100 100 percent mark.

Thus far, Vista’s defense has been the relative trickiness of programming malware for it and the fact of its slow uptake. Neither factor will protect it indefinitely.

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‘Windows 7 Coming Next Year’ Bill Gates

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Bill Gates expecting the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released “sometime in the next year or so.”

He said new versions of Windows would help revolutionize mobile phones and run the desk of the future, which would have a touch surface display allowing users to call up items using their hands.

Microsoft has said it expected to release a new version of Windows approximately 3 years after the introduction of Vista in January 2007. A company spokeswoman said Gates’ comments are in line with a development cycle that usually releases a test version of the software before its official introduction.

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New Compiz 0.7.4 & Skype 2.0.0.68 Released

New Compiz 0.7.4 and Skype 2.0.0.68, two of the most popular applications among Linux users
around the world released. While Skype has only one important future (uPnP support), Compiz has jumped from the 0.7.2 release to this one and includes some important enhances and improvements!

New in Compiz Fusion 0.7.4
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• Configurable handling of overlapping output devices;
• Enhanced focus stealing prevention with configurable amount of focus stealing prevention;
• Added configurable, optional delay for edge actions to prevent accidential invocation;
• Generalized vertex system to improve plugin compatibility;
• Optimized gaussian blur shaders to support more hardware;
• Improved unredirection of fullscreen windows;
• Several bugfixes;
• Translation updates.

New in Skype 2.0.0.68
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• Support for uPnP
• Fixed crash for upgraders from 1.3 who had autologin enabled
• Fixed crash when adding user who had auto-sending of video enabled to conference call

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Googl May Buy Skype?

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Rumors are abounding that eBay is looking to offload Skype and Google would be only to happy to step in. New information, however, suggests that they are in current talks and that a partnership or outright acquisition may be announced in the near future.

Skype, acquired in late 2005 for $3.1 billion, has been a financial albatross around Ebay’s neck. eBay removed Skype co-founder and CEO Niklas Zennstrom in October 2007, reportedly due to frustration at the financial performance of Skype. Ebay also negotiated down the huge earnout due to Skype stockholders and took a $936 million one-time loss around the transaction.

Details are scant and the Techcrunch is reporting that Skype is keeping schtum and not talking to journalists about the rumours at the CTIA Wireless Conference in Las Vegas.

Google has already launched a VoIP service though GTalk, which is a free 411 service and GrandCentral, a telephone management service it acquired last year for $50 million.

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