My IE7 install works just fine

Just got through installing IE7 on my machines. One is 32 bit XP pro and one is 64 bit XP pro. Both installs were flawless and both both OS's are quicker with IE7. I've noticed that some people seem to have a lot of trouble with anything microsoft.

Gordon in Michigan

Subject: Bush bashing

The folks in Europe should be damn happy that the U.S. is willing to protect your asses from the many rogue nations who can reach your country with missiles. When the time comes to prove our mettle - and it will, the U.S. will stand and fight to protect the world as we have done for centuries, unlike the rest of the western nations who pander to political agendas.

Randy

SUBJECT: AMD Drops like a rock

Cher, did I or did I not tell you a week ago this was going happen. Your instinctual doubts were firmly seated. Watch those fanboys you work with.

They are still cheerleading while investors are jumping off the ship in droves. BTW $3.22 or %13.19 in one day is not a drop it is a CRASH! It is a vote of NO confidence. Look for 15 by December.

Joe Santamaria

Subject: willies large and small

In 1915 on the western front, the Germans built a strongpoint known as the Hohenzollern redoubt. It was connected to the support lines by two trenches known as Big Willie and Little Willie. When the Kaiser abdicated, this spelled the end of the Hohenzollern dynasty. I'll bet there is a lesson there somewhere.

truther4d

Subject: BBC News Tech page links to Apple integrity/infection story

Currently the BBC News Techology main page is linking to the Inq story "Apple's integrity questioned" with the "From the blogosphere" quotation.

I find it amusing that they would class the Inq as part of the "blogosphere" given the kind of tripe the BBC News Technology team serve up on a regular basis.

For example, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6047056.stm attempts to enlighten readers with the fundamental differences between SRAM and DRAM, but falls somewhat short:

"SRAM chips provide rapid access to data in computer and telephone networks.

The much bigger DRAM market specialises in lower-performance chips that store data while a device is turned on."

This is somewhat typical of their lack of comprehension of the technologies they vacuously report on a daily basis, which must be why they stick closely to their press release briefs.

Andrew

Subject: Bush in space

Bush: "Hey Dicky, we been lookin' for OsAma for how long, and can't find him. Where have we not looked?"

Dick: [Drinking Jack Daniels on the rocks] "Space. Space, George. He probably has connections with those Russian commies. He's gotta be in space, George."

Bush: "Damnit, you're right. I'ma have to have a press conference right now to let 'em know we mean business. Have you seen my bunny slippers?"

Mataroo

Subject: Intel make a OS?!?

If intel had much if anything to do with windows 98, thats more than enough reason to tell them not to quit their day job.

Null

Subject: MS starts CPU team

I don't believe is investing R&D to compete with Intel, really. They acquired a patent portfolio for 3D graphics from SGI in 2002.

They are responsible for the design of the Xbox, no matter who is building it. It may make sense for price/performance to consolidate some functions to one chip or even change the way information is handled.

Also, just because they are researching something does not mean they are planning to build it. The combined CPU/GPU work might be some indication of where things could be going. It may make more sense to have combined physics engine/GPU/CPU on a specialized chip than to have everything separated.

As much as Intel has no problem shipping systems with dual or quad 4 core CPU's and nVidia won't mind quad SLI someone needs to take a step back and wonder if there isn't a better way.

Maybe instead of "general purpose" CPU'd the answer is in smaller chips with specific functions, like audio cards that also hands speech regognition and VoIP handle audio codecs. (Think confrence room via rich media IM) When we get to 100Gig ethernet do we want ot tax the genaric CPU with handling the TCP/IP stack, or could that be offloaded to a specific chip? Ditto for HD media output.

Maybe some of these specialized tasks could free up FSB bandwidth by localizing some functions to their own on-chip memory.

The Berkeley app sounds interesting and maybe it is time to take the "PC" back to the drawing board.

techjody

Subject: Limited Viewing: The Vista EULA

Surely it cannot be interpreted the way it is in most cases now, since it would make accounts defunct - if only the owner can see the screen, no point in making accounts for other people. And yet user accounts are still in Vista.

Fel

Subject: More AMD bashing

SOS, DD.

Like Intel doesn't give priority t it's highest volume customers, yeah, right.

Time to get real and stop bashing AMD.

Randy

Subject: Microsoft starts CPU architecture team

Dear the Inquirer staff,

as reply to your artcile I have to say, that AMD had started Operating system devellopment, yet

April the 20th 2006 12:15
AMD cuddles with Linux

AMD apparently wants to set up a research group in Dresden not, only to optimize Linux for its own processors, but also to integrate the requirements of the open operating system in the development process for future processor generations

According to the job description for the tool developer, this person will not only be developing Linux tools for AMD processors, but also helping optimize processors for Linux. it is all about "Operating System Research Center" http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/72169

AMD's Linux research in Dresden
AMD plans to establish a global centre of competence for operating systems in Dresden. At the Operating System Research Center (OSRC), a team directed by Chris Schläger will be working with AMD's processor designers to "optimize future generations of AMD microprocessors for the requirements of modern operating systems."

Up to the beginning of the year, Schläger was the development head at Novell for SuSE Linux. http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/72178

jobs are interesting <<BR> http://www.amd-jobs.de/de/einstieg/freiestellen_osrc.php

This means that AMD started this CPU-GPU-OS war in full IT industry because they lead it
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35216

Yors faitfully

Peter

Subject: IE7 vulnerability discovered already

Bla Ha Ha, LOL

Buy a Mac :-)

Have a great day,
Glenn

Subject: Of alleged IE7 vulnerability and failed installs

Strange, I clicked on the test link on my fully patched XP w/ SP2 box and IE7 (final) and got the following:

"Result (The result of the test will be displayed below)

Your browser does not appear to vulnerable to this particular exploit."

All security/browser settings were set to default prior to running the test.

This, and claims of failed IE7 installs (have personally conducted two successful upgrades: IE6 -> 7 & IE7 RC2 -> final), really make me wonder whether people complaining are truly concerned with security or simply taking jabs at the Vole.

Cheers
sw4real

Subject: Bush in charge of space

Somehow, I really don't care about what a guy (and his government) signs, says or wants, after letting pedophiles taking care of child protection...

Those people are definetely insane... they always were, and they're showing it... Fear and despair reveals the truth about people.

Lil

Subject: President Bush decides he's in charge of space

Hello Paul,

I suppose you, and the conventional UK wisdom, would have anyone doing whatever they want in space or anywhere else and the US should just stand by and allow more compromises to our safety and security?

Along those lines, do you also think we should just let N Korea and Iraq establish themselves with nukes?

Coming from a country that has all but given itself to Islamic facism, I suppose I shouldn't be suprised :)

Bob Cacioppo

Subject: The craziness that is Wall Street

Wall Street makes sure that no good financial results go unpunished...

Intel's revenue drops 35%+, their margins drop 10%, they can't dump their obsolete inventory which actually increased in Q3, they fired over 10,000 people and their stock price increases 3%.

AMD has a record sales quarter with increased revenue, increased market share, increased sales volume, 9% sales growth, record notebook CPU sales, continued Opteron/enterprise growth and flat desktop sales (due to fire sale prices by Intel), and for that AMD shares get hammered 13%.

Thank God we don't depend on Wall Street for wisdom.

Randy

Subject: Security Firms & Vista Kernel

First of all I just don't get why they need it, smaller AV companies have already got Vista compatible software working fine on 64bit Vista. The only reason I can see for Symmantec throwing its toys out of the pram is that without kernel access windows security centre will issue warnings if your security is goosed.

Whoop-de-freakin-doo

If it adds to system security, that's their (Symmantec et el.) main concern right...... .. right?

Anyway, once we have our first trojan or virus that exploits these new holes into the kernal that the Security Firms have insisted on, do you think we could launch a class action lawsuit for permanently damaging our Vista installs. It wont be MS's fault, they tried and have been forced to open parts up. Lets sue Symmantec for sueing MS.

That'll learn 'em.

R_J_Wells

Subject: There's something rotten in the state of IE7

Hello

I have a question: Is that IE6 or IE7... i have been a long time IE user and those windows seem very familiar ;) they look a lot like IE6 , besides IE7 has no menus by default , has tabs, and also doesn't have the flying windows in the right top corner... It simply looks like a hoax. why isn't the about box visible.

One more thing the script which seems to fail looks like a VBscript on a network share (maybe a domain adress) now think what wood mean if 60 processes try to access the same network share :D , maybe they should think about reconfiguring their network topology, and besides what is a VB scpript doing there, maybe the guy has some spyware installed.

Have Fun

Nestor2

Subject: ie7 download

I felt like keeping a copy of the IE7 installer just in case so went to the ms site to download it - clicked on the get IE7 link on the main page and

http://www.babblings.org.uk/robbie/ms-virus.jpg

I had to laugh

robbie

Subject: The INQ

Vista Security

Isn't it funny that every man and his dog have slated Microsoft for making insecure operating systems. When they start to make significant changes to the OS in order to make it more secure those same people complain that Microsoft are now trying to kill of their businesses by doing exactly what they and everyone have been asking for in the first place.

No matter what these people think of Microsoft they cannot deny the fact that without Microsoft they probably would not have a business in the first place.

So before they complain they should thank MS for what they have given them and if they were as innovative as Microsoft then maybe they would have diversified their businesses to prevent themselves from being in this situation in the first place.

Eggs and Baskets ring a bell!!

I say well done Microsoft. As for Vista, if it makes the world more efficient and secure then everyone (including those gov's that hold them back) then again we should thank them.

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