Stories about: PC Pitstop

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    Silverlight, for real this time 19/11/2008 08:58:00

    Microsoft's answer to Adobe Flash and Flex and several other RIA (rich Internet application) and AJAX frameworks, Silverlight arrived with a flourish just over one year ago. Silverlight 1.0 manipulated its multimedia-savvy, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) user interface using JavaScript. Silverlight 1.1, which added support for compiled .Net languages and supported more of the .Net API, was available at that time only as an alpha test.
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    Study: LimeWire still top P2P software; uTorrent #2 18/04/2008 12:17:20

    LimeWire, a grizzled veteran of the peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing scene, remains the most popular software for exchanging music, video and software -- much of it pirated -- through the Internet, according to a study released Wednesday.
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    Make Windows XP last for seven years 19/07/2007 16:10:14

    Windows Vista may be shiny and brand new, but as plenty of PC users will tell you, sometimes newer isn't better. Many PCs simply don't have the horsepower to run the new operating system, and even those that have the juice may get bogged down by processor-and RAM-hungry Vista.
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    Are you sure about upgrading to Vista? 21/12/2006 09:48:18

    I hate upgrades. Sure, I used to look forward to the latest and greatest, but there are so many downsides: new equipment requirements, hassles getting all the old apps to work correctly, and getting up to speed on all the new features. (Don't laugh, but I still have a copy of Wordstar and FoxPro on my PC for, well, I don't know what for. Maybe it's just in case someone needs a copy.)
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    Editors website choices: Best free software online 07/07/2004 14:43:19

    The best things in life may not be free, but the free stuff ain’t bad, especially when it comes to software. Here are my picks for the best free software you can find for going online.
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    As Napster use fades, alternatives come on strong 03/05/2001 09:58:15

    Napster's attempts to comply with court mandates and move to a copyright-friendly system are leading users to abandon the service in favor of a myriad of smaller, lower-profile alternatives, according to a new report by high-tech research firm PC Pitstop.
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    Judging Napster 31/10/2000 10:19:34

    Few legal battles are as technical as that of controversial music-swapping service Napster, which the recording industry sued last year saying the company helps its customers infringe on copyrights. But even as the lawyers working the case argue the minutiae of computer technology and copyright law, consumers have hung on every turn.
 
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