Windows Phone 7 Series – a gaming platform?

Written by: StevenHodson on March 12, 2010

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Over the next week we will probably be hearing a lot more about Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series offering as well as some more tidbits about the new Metro UI that is suppose to being powering it; as well as the Zune HD, given that the big MIX10 conference is starting on Monday.

However word is beginning to leak out courtesy of the team at Engadget that Microsoft will also be showing off the game playing abilities of the new Windows Phone 7 Series. With the phone being powered by the nVidia Tegra 2 chipset those who have seen two of the games being prepped say the graphics are pretty sweet.

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Software FYI: Uberstaller – complete uninstaller

Written by: StevenHodson on March 11, 2010

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Just a quick note here – I tend to run across a lot of Windows software in my travels through the web and while I either don’t have time to test or have no personal use for them I know there are some who will. So from this point on I’ll be posting short bits about what I find if I think they might be of interest and they’ll always be tagged as Software FYI.

Uberstaller

If there is one thing I really dislike is when you uninstall software there is always garbage left behind, whether it be files or settings in the registry. Uberstaller claims to be able to solve that problem. When you use Uberstaller to uninstall a program it will also scan and then delete any files or registry settings it finds that are associated to the uninstalled program.

Site: Uberstaller

Windows Versions: Vista & Win7

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XP users face a troubled future – even hard drives won’t want them

Written by: StevenHodson on March 9, 2010

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Even though the launch of Windows 7 has been a success with something like 90 million units sold there are still a whole bunch of folks out three who, for whatever reason, have stuck with XP. Now there’s nothing wrong with that after all once Service Pack 3 is install the venerable XP is a rock solid operating system. However the future must come to all of us at some point and such is the case with XP.

According to a news report from the BBC in early 2011 the hard drives we use in our machines will be undergoing one of the biggest changes in its format than has been seen in 30 some years.

Called advanced format this change will make it easier for hard drive manufacturers to produce bigger drives that use less energy.

There is only one problem: Windows XP.

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Watch out for the Energizer Bunny he might be carrying a trojan

Written by: StevenHodson on March 8, 2010

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Okay so it’s not the batteries themselves that are in danger of infecting your machines but rather the software that comes with USB battery chargers.

According to the folks over at Sunbelt Software there is a warning out today from CERT that the Energizer DUO USB battery chargers have been found to be infected with a trojan that loads up backdoor malware when you install the battery monitoring software.

The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is warning that Energizer DUO USB battery chargers have been found infected with a Trojan that loads backdoor malware on a victim PC along with its battery monitoring software.

The charger copies a .dll file named UsbCharger.dll in the application’s directory and another named Arucer.dll in the Windows system32 directory. USBCharger sets a registry entry to autoexecute Arucer.dll when Windows starts.

Arucer.dll is a backdoor that communicates through TCP port 7777.

The charger has been sold worldwide for three years.

CERT notes that the Trojan contains Chinese language text.

Sunbelt detects it as Trojan.Arugizer.

CERT Vulnerability Note VU#154421 here.

I always knew I hated that drum beating rabbit.

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A weekend project: build your own gaming rig

Written by: StevenHodson on March 6, 2010

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While there might not be any actual plans for this rig that you can download but I think anyone with a bit of imagination and access to a bunch of aluminum pipe should be able to pull this together.

So what are you waiting for – get bending some pipe.

via Simplified Building

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Some more info on Microsoft’s Courier [Pics & Video]

Written by: StevenHodson on March 5, 2010

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Ever since word first leaked last September of a new hardware product going by the name of Courier interest in Microsoft’s interpretation of a tablet slash e-book reader has been growing.

Well it appears that Gizmodo has a bunch new information as well as images of the illusive Courier as well as word of it coming to market somewhere around Q3 or Q4 of this year (amazingly close to the delivery date for the Windows Phone 7 Series).

Contrary to popular thought though is that OS that will be powering won’t be Windows 7 but rather the same operating system that is powering the Zune HD, Windows Phone 7 Series and the upcoming Pink phone. Additionally word is that it will be pen-based and centered around drawing and writing.

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