Windows XP Media Center Edition "Symphony" Beta Begins Soon

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Microsoft Windows XP Codenames:
"Eiger" and
"Mönch"

Microsoft Windows XP Codenames:
"Eiger" and
"Mönch" 04/18/2005 08:24 AM
Thanks <b>Steven Bink</b> for the heads up on this.. Seems Bink has some sort of exclusive on 2 new XP clients, read on!

Microsoft is developing 2 new "Server Centric Computing Clients" these clients are based on windows XP, so these will be "thin" clients for Terminal server purposes.

Microsoft wants to make Windows the platform of choice for server centric computing by offering new feature rich Windows SKUs for our enterprise and academic customers by providing management and servicing features parity with Windows XP Pro. These clients will offer innovative alternative to the traditional desktop for legacy PCs, low-end PCs, thin client devices and task workers.

Customers complain that Windows XP Pro too expensive for Structured Task Workers. Other request are:<ul><li>Need of one set of security, manageability & serviceability technologies across all clients</li>
<li>Disparity of HW requires broad driver support</li>
<li>Remote Bootable (network / diskless)</li>
<li>3rd Party Anti-Virus & Management support</li>
<li>Easy Shell Lock DownSmart App Install BlockingCodename</li></ul> News source: Bink.nu for the rest of the article.

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"Symphony" Media Center Edition Due Out
October 12

"Symphony" Media Center Edition Due Out
October 12 09/15/2004 11:21 AM
Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 looks like it's headed for an October 12 rollout in Los Angeles. The Media Center Extenders are likely to debut that day, too.

XAML IntelliSence Patch for PDC
"Whidbey" &
"Longhorn"

XAML IntelliSence Patch for PDC
"Whidbey" &
"Longhorn" 12/03/2003 06:21 AM

The AP Changes "Boos" to
"Ooohs" in Report on Bush and
Clinton

The AP Changes "Boos" to
"Ooohs" in Report on Bush and
Clinton 09/04/2004 12:03 PM
we are not going to accept this kind of crap .. the Editor and Publisher piece .. here

mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=100 0624935
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Furor grows over Riordan's remark to six
year old girl telling her that her first
name "Isis" ... "means
stupid, dirty girl"

Furor grows over Riordan's remark to six
year old girl telling her that her first
name "Isis" ... "means
stupid, dirty girl" 07/10/2004 06:48 AM
California NAACP president Alice A. Huffman .. incident .. today

sacbee.com/content/politics/story/9933357p-10855351c.html
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Early Look at XP Tablet PC Edition 2004,
codename "Lonestar"

Early Look at XP Tablet PC Edition 2004,
codename "Lonestar" 11/19/2003 11:49 AM

Toys "R" Us explores Babies
"R" Us spinoff

Toys "R" Us explores Babies
"R" Us spinoff 08/12/2004 12:57 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Wed Aug 11, 06:24 pm GMT

"The mullahs claimed that the shah
had wished to keep Bam empty because of
a secret plan under which the city would
be turned into a Zoroastrian
center."

"The mullahs claimed that the shah
had wished to keep Bam empty because of
a secret plan under which the city would
be turned into a Zoroastrian
center." 12/30/2003 08:56 PM
New York Post: Amir Taheri - Iran's Political Quake

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Welcome to the Future
"Longhorn" Developer Center

Welcome to the Future
"Longhorn" Developer Center 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
Tons of info about Longhorn .. MSDN site on LongHorn .. operating system .. Longhorn .. MSDN

msdn.microsoft.com/longhorn
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NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight"

NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight" 06/04/2004 12:40 PM

NewsGator Offering in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Enables Users to Read Selected Content, or Watch On-Demand Video Content

DENVER, CO - June 4, 2004 - Today, NewsGator Technologies announced that the recently launched NewsGator Media Edition is featured in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004's "Online Spotlight," an online guide created specifically for Media Center Edition PC customers that offers a central location for them to find the latest third-party services and software, such as music, movie trailers, news updates and even Karaoke.

NewsGator provides a mechanism for Media Center PC users to easily find NewsGator software and services online, without having to separately download anything from the NewsGator web site. Both text and multimedia content is supported, and information that has not already been viewed on another device can be displayed by synchronizing user subscriptions with NewsGator Online Services.

"We're excited to be included in Online Spotlight - this will dramatically increase our visibility to the many thousands of Media Center PC users," said Greg Reinacker, President & Founder of NewsGator Technologies.

NewsGator Media Center Edition is included as part of NewsGator Online Services. NewsGator Online Services includes three other content reader editions, which allow users to read content they have subscribed to from any web browser (with Web Edition), any email client (with POP Edition), and from a mobile wireless device (with Mobile Edition), which is a powerful feature for road warriors who use mobile devices to access information while on the road. The service also provides exclusive, subscriber-only content to its subscribers, as well as the ability to search for content that matches a specific keyword or URL, and return that content in a feed. NewsGator Online Services pricing starts at $5.95/month per user.

"Media Center PCs allow consumers to have faster and more efficient access to all of their favorite digital content when, where, and how they want," said Brad Brooks, Director of Marketing at Microsoft Corp. "With the NewsGator Media Center Edition, NewsGator Technologies is delivering a complementary and innovative service that will let Media Center Edition PC users easily access their customized choice of news services."

More about NewsGator Media Center Edition

This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device" strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. NewsGator Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any device, without duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information from any device, whenever they need it.

"But it has not made as much of a
media splash as some other accounts of
the administration, because it is not
hostile to George W. Bush."

"But it has not made as much of a
media splash as some other accounts of
the administration, because it is not
hostile to George W. Bush." 08/16/2004 01:50 PM
explains:

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The Road to Windows "Longhorn"
2004

The Road to Windows "Longhorn"
2004 08/27/2004 05:30 PM
Microsoft shocked the computer industry today when it announced that it would deliver its next major Windows release in 2006, but would do so without WinFS (Window Future Storage), one of the original major components of that upgrade. I've spoken with Microsoft about the change, and am presenting this information here in a bid to get it available to you as quickly as possible. However, I also expect to update this document significantly in the days ahead, so stay tuned.

2004 has not been a kind year for Longhorn. Awash as it is in ever-increasing delays, Longhorn has been the subject of barbs from even the most dimmed-minded computer industry columnists, many of whom have begun comparing the Longhorn release to Cairo, Microsoft's aborted mid-1990's object-oriented OS project. And no wonder: Like Cario, Longhorn was to have included the technological equivalent of the kitchen sink, and then some. Clearly, something in Longhorn had to give.

News source: Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows

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Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005

Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
Premio Computer, Inc. today announced the Premio Media Center PC. Preinstalled with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005, the Premio Media Center is a versatile, comprehensive solution for media and home entertainment applications [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]

Windows "Longhorn" FAQ

Windows "Longhorn" FAQ 11/11/2003 05:38 PM

Media Center Edition 2005 Beta 2 Ships

Media Center Edition 2005 Beta 2 Ships 06/07/2004 05:55 AM
Enthusiast site Neowin is reporting that a second beta of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, code-named Symphony, has been made available to testers. MCS 2005 will incorporate the enhancements of Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as Windows Media Player 10 technology. Symphony is expected to debut new digital media experiences for customers, and places a premium on television.

TiVo vs. Windows Media Center Edition

TiVo vs. Windows Media Center Edition 07/07/2004 12:50 PM

Windows Media Center Edition vs. The
World

Windows Media Center Edition vs. The
World 12/29/2004 11:48 AM

Windows Media Center Edition - My
Experience

Windows Media Center Edition - My
Experience 06/28/2004 09:47 PM

Windows XP Media Center Edition Chat

Windows XP Media Center Edition Chat 05/20/2004 01:15 PM

Microsoft Chat: Windows XP Media Center
Edition

Microsoft Chat: Windows XP Media Center
Edition 04/15/2004 06:16 PM

Our Orlando Vacation: Day 3 "The
Happiest Place on Earth" - a
photoset on Flickr

Our Orlando Vacation: Day 3 "The
Happiest Place on Earth" - a
photoset on Flickr 04/13/2005 02:35 PM
The Happiest Place on Earth .. Ulykkelige mennesker

flickr.com/photos/sthig/sets/213112
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"It becomes a matter of
perceptions, and victory is awarded to
those who weave the most compelling
narrative."

"It becomes a matter of
perceptions, and victory is awarded to
those who weave the most compelling
narrative." 05/31/2004 12:38 PM
The Real Story of Fallujah: Why isn't the administration getting it out? .. Robert Kaplan

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"So we are witnessing right now the
war's critical turning point in these
the most historic of times."

"So we are witnessing right now the
war's critical turning point in these
the most historic of times." 12/13/2003 07:06 AM
Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online .. Another great VDH column

nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200312120835.asp
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that Merriam-Webster is classifying
low-paying, dead-end jobs as
"McJobs"

that Merriam-Webster is classifying
low-paying, dead-end jobs as
"McJobs" 11/13/2003 05:26 AM
Mchilarious yet Mcsad .. appears

cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/books/11/11/offbeat.mcjob.ap/index.html
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Today's press briefing at the white
house. Searching for "Canada"
is particularly fun

Today's press briefing at the white
house. Searching for "Canada"
is particularly fun 12/11/2003 08:32 AM
Press Secretary Scott McClellan (sort of) said anyway .. decent gaggle today

whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031210-2.html
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"driving the military situation on
the Korean peninsula to the brink of a
nuclear war"

"driving the military situation on
the Korean peninsula to the brink of a
nuclear war" 04/10/2004 08:47 AM
ABC News

abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1084833.htm
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Chuck Baldwin, prominent Baptist pastor:
"The Religious Right Scares
Me"

Chuck Baldwin, prominent Baptist pastor:
"The Religious Right Scares
Me" 12/22/2004 01:19 AM
Dr. Chuck Baldwin, vice-presidential candidate on the Constitution Party ticket in the 2004 U.S. election, wrote a “Food For Thought From The Chuck Wagon” entitled I Am A Conservative Christian, And The Religious Right Scares Me, Too. Chuck Baldwin starts off demonstrating his Christian roots, e.g.I am currently in my thirtieth year as the Senior Pastor of the Crossroad Baptist Church (Independent) in Pensacola, Florida.Then he explains his opposition to the "Religious Right."Sadly, the Religious Right is now a movement without a cause, except the cause of advancing the Republican Party.[...] I used to believe that liberals were paranoid for being fearful of conservative Christians gaining political power. Now, I share their trepidation.

"GHOSTHUNTER": Sony
PlayStation 2; Namco. $49.99. (Rated
suitable for teenagers) HHH

"GHOSTHUNTER": Sony
PlayStation 2; Namco. $49.99. (Rated
suitable for teenagers) HHH 09/06/2004 12:05 AM
Staronline.com - Sun Sep 5, 09:58 am GMT

Girl's "PlayStation thumb"
study published by medical journal

Girl's "PlayStation thumb"
study published by medical journal 06/24/2005 03:08 PM
News.bbc.co.uk - Thu Jun 23, 01:02 pm GMT

Conducting "secure" financial
transactions with Internet Explorer
isn't safe

Conducting "secure" financial
transactions with Internet Explorer
isn't safe 07/06/2004 04:50 AM
The latest exploit is a file called "img1big.gif" that decompresses into a malevolent Browser Helper Object (BHO) that captures your financial transactions. According to a report from SANS, this BHO: watches for HTTPS (secure) access to URLs of several dozen banking and financial sites in multiple countries. When an outbound HTTPS connection is made to such a URL, the BHO then grabs any outbound POST/GET data from within IE before it is encrypted by SSL. When it captures data, it creates an outbound HTTP connection to http://www.refestltd.com/cgi-bin/yes.pl and feeds the captured data to the script found at that location. There are only two choices left with IE: Either don't browse the web with it, or don't use it for financial transactions. Thank goodness there are choices like Mozilla, Firefox and Opera, for those of us still chained to Windows....

"Containment is war: a slow,
grinding war in which the only certainty
is that hundreds of thousands of
civilians will die."

"Containment is war: a slow,
grinding war in which the only certainty
is that hundreds of thousands of
civilians will die." 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
piece by Walter Russell Mead from the Washington Post .. Deadlier Than War

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"It is the opinion of us and our
lawyers that you are fucking morons, and
that you should please go sodomize
yourself with retractable batons."

"It is the opinion of us and our
lawyers that you are fucking morons, and
that you should please go sodomize
yourself with retractable batons." 08/28/2004 05:10 PM
Pirate Bay's response to Dreamworks cease-and-desist

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Linux in Government: LAMP Solution for
the "9/11 Commission Report"
Recommendation

Linux in Government: LAMP Solution for
the "9/11 Commission Report"
Recommendation 08/13/2004 05:04 AM
Linux and open-source software has immediate solutions for the war on terror.

Eolas: Legal Battle "Back To Square
One" For Round Two

Eolas: Legal Battle "Back To Square
One" For Round Two 08/20/2004 08:08 AM
As we reported just yesterday, Eolas has lost two of three legal disputes with Microsoft over it's patent and licensing claims. Eolas now claims the fight is far from over and has mailed an "office action" to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Eolas says the patent office had wrongfully withdrawn 10 of it's previous claims, including a previous finding from February. Eolas attorney Martin Lueck, of Minneapolis-based Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP, said the patent office examiner had issued a new action—based on yet another piece of "prior art"—to reject the patent's claims. The prior-art piece was outside the examples offered by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), which brought the prior-art question to the attention of the patent office in November 2003.

"Eolas is attacking HTML itself. This goes to our heart," W3C CEO Steve Bratt said. "The patent could force Web site owners to modify their pages and server-side applications."

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"What I fear, in my philosophical
bones, is that the concept of a lie is
being inflated beyond recognition."

"What I fear, in my philosophical
bones, is that the concept of a lie is
being inflated beyond recognition." 10/31/2003 10:38 AM
disquisition on lying .. what lies are

techcentralstation.com/103003A.html
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British drug company unveils
cocaine"vaccine"

British drug company unveils
cocaine"vaccine" 06/16/2004 12:32 AM
Content.sina.com - Tue Jun 15, 08:22 am GMT

As Google Launches New "Mini"
Appliance, Search Gets Cheaper

As Google Launches New "Mini"
Appliance, Search Gets Cheaper 04/07/2005 10:32 AM
Linuxworld.com - Thu Apr 7, 11:32 am GMT

osViews: Google's "Other"
Statistic Clarifies OS Install-Base

osViews: Google's "Other"
Statistic Clarifies OS Install-Base 09/03/2004 06:18 AM
Linuxtoday.com - Fri Sep 3, 09:30 am GMT

Pepsi Poised to Launch "Yoda"
Promotion Online

Pepsi Poised to Launch "Yoda"
Promotion Online 03/25/2005 09:04 AM
Clickz.com - Fri Mar 25, 08:06 am GMT
Grok Description matches for Windows XP Media Center Edition "Symphony" Beta Begins Soon
GrokA matches for Windows XP Media Center Edition "Symphony" Beta Begins Soon

Windows XP Media Center Edition "Symphony" Beta Begins Soon