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It amazes me that companies still bring out reams of activation and serial number based systems. Microsoft released an update to Windows 7 with the usual slew of activation pop ups, annoyance messages etc. The day after several “Remove Windows Activation Technology” cracks appeared on torrents worldwide.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5396034/Windows_7_crack_RemoveWAT_2.2.5.Hazar_carter67
This isn’t the first time this has happened either, Windows Vista and XP had similar battles against the crackers. They didn’t fair any better then either, you would think by now they would give up and spend there time on more useful pursuits? perhaps bowls? I’m sure there is a bowls club somewhere near Redmond HQ.
If you ever needed more proof that Steve Jobs is ‘insane’ then this article should convince you. A dangerous game to be playing if you ask me, with flash support being built in to other mobile devices and its prevelant use on websites. The iPhone sexy touch interface only buys you so much support, with flash being available on the HTC Hero if Apple isn’t careful they are going to lose the market share they worked so hard to build.
“a third party layer of software [to] come between the platform and the developer.”
“Flash was created during the PC era –- for PCs and mice,”
“but the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards –- all areas where Flash falls short.”
http://mashable.com/2010/04/29/steve-jobs-flash-is-no-longer-necessary/
A very useful article for improving speed of .NET applications, has an excellent section on webservices. Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability
It’s part of the Patterns and Practices section of microsofts site which you can find at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/practices/default.aspx
Downloaded from http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/microsoft/remote-desktop-slow-problem-solved.asp
Remote Desktop slow problem solved
April 19, 2007
Remote Desktop iconRemote Desktop 6.0, the latest version of Microsoft Remote Desktop client, which comes pre-installed with Vista was slower than molasses when I tried connecting to some Windows 2003 servers. In particular, I was trying to manage a Windows 2003 R2 64-bit Server running Exchange 2007 with 4GB of RAM and a fast 1.83Ghz dual-core processor. I’d click on something and wait and wait for my click to register. Moving a Window would also be painfully slow. It didn’t seem related to network connectivity since the screen redraw was fairly fast, but it just took a long time for the server to respond to keystrokes, mouse-clicks, etc. It had all the earmarks of a server’s CPU being overwhelmed.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/
A great site really worth checking out if your a ‘die hard’ coder.
http://www.lifehacker.com
Computers make us more productive. Yeah, right. Lifehacker recommends the software downloads and web sites that actually save time. Don’t live to geek; geek to live.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_hi_te/aol_lawsuit
Its about time they got a good ‘spanking’ lol, I’ve spoken to a number of people in the past who say they have cancelled their accounts and AOL continued to take the money. Nice to see their not always going to get their own way. Its about time the courts looked after the ‘little’ guy.
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