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Pledge to download Firefox 3 on download day

Yahoo! not to be Microsoft’s

I posted back in February 1, 2008 regarding the news of Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo! Well, that apparently has fallen apart, as Microsoft has officially retracted their offer. Read Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!.

Windows XP SP3 delayed

As reported by Techwatch: according to a post on Microsoft’s Windows XP SP3 forum by Chris Keroack, release manager for Windows serviceability, the delay is in place to “make sure customers have the best possible experience.”

Microsoft’s forensic USB thumb drive

Here’s an interesting article on the Seattle Times website about a small plug-in device that Microsoft “quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies.” Dubbed the COFFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor), it contains “150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence, which is becoming more important in real-world crime, as well as cybercrime. It can decrypt passwords and analyze a computer’s Internet activity, as well as data stored in the computer.”

I need one of this…just because. =0)

New iMac offers faster processors

Apple officially updated its iMac consumer desktop computer today, adding faster processors and a more powerful graphics option for the 24-inch model.

For the processor, you can now choose between: 2.4GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz, or 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (special order). And the 24-inch model can now include either an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory.

Too bad the memory options are still the same (i.e., 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB). In any case, I still love ’em iMacs!