Stories about: Livingston

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    Tweak offers free trial of any Windows 7 edition 24/08/2009 04:23:00

    A Microsoft Windows 7 installation disk can be tweaked to install any version of the operating system, giving users a "try-before-buy" opportunity before upgrading to a more expensive edition, a popular newsletter revealed.
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    Windows 7 will run 120 days for free, Microsoft confirms 20/08/2009 12:06:00

    Like its predecessor, Windows 7 can be used for up to 120 days without providing a product activation key, Microsoft confirmed today.
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    Windows installs updates without permission, researchers say 25/06/2009 12:47:00

    Windows is installing "surprise updates" against the wishes of some users, who have expressly set up the operating system not to deploy patches without permission, researchers charged today.
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    American Apparel uses RFID to take stock of its stores 17/04/2008 08:18:11

    American Apparel wants to make sure that shoppers in its stores will always be able to find their size and favorite color when they're looking for a t-shirt -- and they're using RFID technology to do it.
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    Psst! Wanna save $110 on Windows Vista SP1? 04/04/2008 08:18:37

    Microsoft continues to give its tacit blessing for consumers to exploit a technical loophole that allows them to upgrade to Vista with Service Pack 1, even if they don't own the necessary prior editions of Windows.
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    Novell customers have hard time finding training 20/03/2008 08:43:23

    Novell's steady migration to Linux and open source software as the underpinnings of its NetWare network operating system has been a success for Thomas Johnson, the CIO of US-based Metropolitan Bank Group.
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    Vancouver security vendor joins McAfee alliance 31/01/2008 09:14:33

    Vancouver-based Absolute Software hopes its involvement in a new McAfee partnership will help give IT mangers a consolidated and simplified platform for dealing with enterprise security.
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    US OLPC recipients irate over delays, headaches 25/01/2008 00:14:41

    When Seattle, Washington resident David Ruggiero heard about an opportunity to get his hands on the innovative XO laptop made by the One Laptop Per Child charitable organization, he hopped on it. Within two hours after the promotion began on Nov. 12 he snapped one up.
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    Researchers: Microsoft changes PC files without clearance 13/09/2007 09:15:50

    Microsoft has started updating files on computers running Windows XP and Vista, even when users have explicitly disabled the operating systems' automatic update feature, researchers said today.
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    Microsoft, Vista activation researcher butt heads 21/03/2007 12:48:55

    Microsoft Monday declared that a technique to delay Vista's activation as long as a year just "doesn't work." The researcher who published the activation extension claimed otherwise.
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    Run Vista legally without activation for a year 16/03/2007 13:54:55

    Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a serious end run around one of Microsoft's key antipiracy measures, according to Windows expert, Brian Livingston.
 
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