Microsoft Security Essentials Beta Available
June 24, 2009 by Mike
Filed under Technology
Microsoft today released the Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) beta via Windows Connect (which requires a Windows Live ID), the sign up process for the beta includes a seven-question survey. MSE is Microsoft’s free, real-time consumer antimalware solution for fighting viruses, spyware, rootkits, and trojans. The beta is available in English and Brazilian Portuguese for the first 75,000 users and although Microsoft says this is a target number, it is willing to increase it if necessary....
PlayTV-HD Test For Australia
SONY Computer Entertainment Australia is ready to launch its much-anticipated PlayTV here, a box that transforms a PlayStation 3 console into a video recorder. The PlayTV hooks up to a PS3 console through a USB port and records television shows to the PS3’s hard drive for later playback. SCE Australia chief Michael Ephraim said the high-definition version of the PlayTV would be launched in Australia by October. A standard-definition version of it has been available overseas since late last...
Windows 7 Launch: 22nd October ‘09
Ed Bott tells us that Windows 7 will be available for general purchase from 22nd October this year with the RTM code being supplied to MS partners in late July. In addition, Microsoft has confirmed its plans to make an upgrade option available for PC makers to offer customers who purchase a new PC with Windows Vista between the beginning of the Tech Guarantee period and the general-availability date. It also seems that Paul Thurrot was right when he said that Microsoft have reversed their 3 application...
Halcyon Works MC Chassis
June 1, 2009 by dgaust
Filed under Technology, Windows Media Center
If you’re looking for a high end case for your HTPC, you may just have another option with a new player, Halcyon Works soon to enter the market. Halcyon Works, based in the UK, plans to start shipping two new cases in the near future, the M2 – a svelte low profile case measuring in at 85mm high and the M3 – a slightly larger version at 115mm high. Both cases share the same interesting features, including: A modular hard drive caddy – allowing you to free up space in the case if you don’t...