Archive for March, 2007

Microsoft Blinked — iPod Sees Vista

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Among several Windows Vista patches released yesterday, Microsoft included one that lets iPods be disconnected without getting corrupted. This time, Microsoft blinked first and fixed the problem.

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iTunes 7.1.1 Meets Vista Halfway

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

So far there have been no reports of trouble with the iTunes 7.1 update, other than Vista problems. The new iTunes version 7.1.1., released last week, which packs a lot of new features, fixes some of these problems, but not all.

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The Genuine Disadvantage of Windows

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Windows XP users — have you recently been “unable to complete genuine Windows validation”? You may be a pirate — or at least Microsoft thinks you might be.

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