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Dear CNET members & visitors, Happy Friday! Before I get started on this week's topic, I wanted to bring your attention to a thank you note from Gail D., who e-mailed me directly to thank you all for you contributions to her question from last week on needing simple instructions to speed up her slow computer. It's always a great pleasure to hear back from our members to acknowledge that they are reading your advice and suggestions and that it has helped them out. So thank you Gail, your e-mail is appreciated! Here is her note posted in the forums for you. Now let's get started on the topic from our member Wendee who headed to college and needs to decide what is best for her - a MacBook or a PC laptop. Wendee, first congrats on making the decision to go to college. There's a lot of hard work ahead of you, but along with that comes a lot of fun. So enjoy it and make the best of it! Wendee, I think the decision you are about to make on whether to go with a PC or Mac laptop will probably be the easiest one compared to many of the other difficult decisions you will face once you're in school. After all, computers are tangible items and can be replaced if you feel you've made the wrong decision. In this week's topic, there is so much great advice and opinions from our members, ranging from current college students advising you, to current Mac and PC users' experience, to parents who went through this ordeal before sending their children off to college. I think many students and non-students who are contemplating a Mac or PC laptop will get some great information out of this discussion to help them make a decision. Ultimately, you are the one who's going to make that decision, so please read up on all our members' advice, and I'm not going to lie, there is a lot of information to take in. There will be people who will say how great one is versus another, and so on. However, keep in mind that all computers will have their share of issues, not one is superior to another. As for a learning curve, everything new requires you to get used to it. Therefore, if you're not willing to put the time and effort into learning something new or challenging, then you may not be ready for college. Now before taking the next step, many of our members brought up some good points and advice that will help you with your decision. I have listed a few items to bring to your attention:
A lot has to depend on your college, is it Mac-friendly or more PC-friendly? All schools have different standards, so check with your college.
Your college major may just dictate what is best for you. Some majors rely mostly on PCs whereas others rely on Macs. Whichever will be used most is surely your best bet.
Ask your college advisor or even students around campus as to what they would recommend. There is no better resource than that. Now these questions are just the first steps you must get answers to before you can reach a decision, so consider this your second homework assignment. The first assignment is to read all our members' recommendations so that you have an overall idea of some of the pros and cons of each platform. Good luck with your decision, Wendee. I hope this discussion topic will come in handy for not only you, but also many others who are stuck in this buying decision stage. If any of you members have more to add, please do continue to post your experiences, opinions, and thoughts within the discussion thread. Thanks to all who have contributed and who have helped keep this discussion on topic, informative, and civil! It's great to hear your voices. Have a great weekend!
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Member Question of the Week Hi CNET! I'm ready to start college in a couple of months and I'm shopping for a new laptop. It's an age-old question, but it's the MacBook versus PC laptop question. I'm not here to instigate a fight over Mac versus PC and how one is better than another, but really to get an idea of what will be best for me while I'm in school. I know that both laptops will do pretty much the same: music downloading, word processing, spreadsheets, digital photos, Internet, and e-mailing. I currently own a PC desktop at home and was thinking about getting PC laptop, but a few friends suggested that I look into an Apple MacBook as they do offer great incentive on campus to buy one. If I get a MacBook now, is there a huge learning curve switching from a PC to Mac? What makes them different? Pros and cons for each? Does Mac work out better for college--because maybe more students use them? I'm not sure if that true. I'm quite iffy on the whole MacBook transition, that's why I'm here to ask for advice and learn from you. And by the way, my father says I have a limit of $1,500 and no more than that. Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide me.
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Can anyone please explain, in plain English and step-by-step instructions, how to speed up a slow computer? The previous newsletters answers that cover this topic are very confusing. The posted answers say don't use registry cleaners, defragging won't speed it up, and--the most confusing one--update the drivers! How does a person update the drivers and what exactly is a driver? The answer of "going to a manufacture's Web site to update a driver" is meaningless to me, because don't know what I am to update or how I find the drivers installed on the computer. All I want is a simple list of methods (step-by-step instructions) for any nontechnical person, like myself, to follow and understand to speed up my computer and also what routine and steps to take thereafter to keep my computer in good running state. I'm using a Dell desktop with Windows XP SP2. Thanks for the opportunity to ask a question.
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Last week, I joked that the dog days of summer were upon us, but school season was just around the corner. This week, let's forget about school, and focus on the pups. In honor of the dog days of August, the sweltering season near the end of summer, this week's software collection pays homage to man's best friend with my favorite dog-related downloads.

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2. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Up 11 to No. 26
3. uTorrent - Up 14 to No. 30
4. Download Accelerator Plus - Debuts at No. 36
5. Easy CD-DA Extractor - Debuts at No. 42



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Avast Home Edition
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Orbit Downloader
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FrostWire
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WinZip
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BitComet
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Doggie downloads
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1. Dog Days screensaver - This collection of classic black-and-white canine photos shows off all sorts of dogs doing what they love best. Since it's from American Greetings, you can be assured that the screensaver is safe.
2. Hot Dog King - Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test with this fast- food franchising game. Fine-tune your marketing techniques, lure customers away from your competitors, and dominate the industry city by city.
3. My Dog Screensaver - With about 40 dogs from a wide variety of breeds, this customizable screensaver is for the user who wants to see all sorts of canines bounding around her screen.
4. Pug Happy screensaver - Experience the power of the toy breed with this animated screensaver featured two scampering pups. The two pugs run closer and closer, then cover your screen with affectionate licking.
5. WinPatrol - No list of dog-related software would be complete without Scotty the Watchdog. WinPatrol's scruffy mascot guards your PC from pernicious threats like spyware, keyloggers, browser hijackers, worms, and malicious cookies.




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Social net aims to link product inventors with retailersThe producer of the Everyday Edisons television show has co-founded a Web site that aims to join inventors with retailers interested in commercializing their products.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3458628/132809447/133130/2/***************SPONSOR**************************************Time Warner Cable of New York, Case StudyDelivering high-speed Internet and VoIP services over an aging power infrastructure didn’t make sense for Time Warner. So the company developed and executed a plan to upgrade and enhance the power system to its midsize data center without disrupting service to customers. Learn how at: http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3458628/132809447/131782/0/************************************************************5. Is the U.S. ready for its first BlackBerry president?Experts say it probably doesn't matter whether the next U.S. president actually uses information technology, but being able to do so might help when it comes to setting administration policy.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3458628/132809447/133131/2/6. Review: Parallels Server for Mac underwhelmsThe lack of OS X guest support, stability and compatibility issues with Parallels Management Console, and the absence of storage and resource allocation features make its $999 price tag seem too high by half, InfoWorld's reviewer says.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3458628/132809447/133132/2/7. Phishing scam dupes hundreds of MobileMe usersA phishing scam aimed at Apple's .Mac and MobileMe users successfully duped hundreds of people into divulging credit card and other personal data, security company CardCops said today.http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3458628/132809447/133133/2/8. 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Grounded: The USAF's lurking disaster

A failure to plan for obsolescence in one small test system is now grounding Air Force planes in increasing numbers.

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How many of you do background checks on your IT employees?

What is becoming clearer and clearer about the San Francisco network fiasco is that blame aplenty exists.

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Offshore R&D to India, everyone else is

A new report shows India is becoming a major player in IT RD.

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Cloud computing security--coming soon to a device near you.

In my last post on Midori, I hinted that the focus for Midori will be a highly componentized operating system architecture, one capable of running on several client device classes.

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Microsoft, Google, Yahoo sued for sex selection ads in India

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* MSN taking the brunt of Google's U.S. search blitz
* Reports: Windows Live Messenger getting WPF-based makeover
* Hackers spoof MSNBC alerts in new twist on massive malware ruse
* Microsoft kills more third-party ActiveX controls
* Microsoft issues massive security update for Windows, Office
* Microsoft service packs boost developers

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Microsoft, Google, Yahoo sued for sex selection ads in India

Microsoft, Google and Yahoo were issued notices by India's Supreme Court on Wednesday, following a complaint.
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MSN taking the brunt of Google's U.S. search blitz

MSN has seen a steady decline since February, around the same time Microsoft announced its $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo, but Yahoo's slice of the pie for July searches also diminished greatly compared with a year ago.

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Reports: Windows Live Messenger getting WPF-based makeover

The next version of Windows Live Messenger will include a new user interface based on Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation technology, according to blog reports.

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Hackers spoof MSNBC alerts in new twist on massive malware ruse

A group of hackers that last week was touting CNN to distribute malware this week changed its message to push stories said to be from rival network MSNBC.

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Microsoft kills more third-party ActiveX controls

ZZZZAP! With the blessing of the companies involved, Microsoft on Tuesday issued "kill bit" updates for two vulnerable ActiveX controls.

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Microsoft issues massive security update for Windows, Office

Microsoft today issued its largest security update in 18 months to patch 26 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger and other software. One security researcher called it "a perfect storm of client-side issues."

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Microsoft service packs boost developers

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Old Windows hand: Help Ubuntu play nice with a Windows network

I'm a long-time Windows user interested in Linux and I've finally gotten Ubuntu installed on my Thinkpad T41. I'm impressed. But I've got network problems. I can't connect from my Ubuntu machine to my Windows PCs to browse their folders and share files. My Windows PCs don't see the Ubuntu PC. And I can't get Ubuntu to print to my networked Lexmark E120 printer. Can anyone help?

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Patch Tuesday is a biggie this month

It's IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft plops a gargantuan pile of patches into our laps. Not to mention the sad tale of the two-faced kitten...

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The biggest Blue Screen of Death ever

It was the biggest BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) in history and the entire world got to see it.

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Old Windows hand: Wubi installer needs some help

I'm a long-time Windows user interested in Linux, and based on several recommendations, gave Wubi a whirl. I finally finished the installation, and I must say it's been much flakier than installing Windows. If Linux wants to beat out Windows, it'll have to do better than this.

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Most Bank Sites Are Insecure

A ran across a rather alarming article today which I “borrowed” the name of this post from: “Most Bank Sites Are Insecure“. From the article: The vulnerabilities identified by the authors aren’t fixable with a simple patch ...

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Is unit testing doomed?

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* Is unit testing doomed?
* Siggraph: Pixar animation software to get boost on Windows supercomputers
* Microsoft service packs boost developers
* Opinion: Nine reasons the iPhone apps platform is lacking for developers
* iPhone includes app 'kill switch,' Jobs admits
* The A-Z of programming languages: JavaScript


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* What the heck is Mozilla thinking?
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Is unit testing doomed?

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Siggraph: Pixar animation software to get boost on Windows supercomputers

At Siggraph 2008, Pixar Animation Studios said an upgrade of its RenderMan animation software will run on Microsoft's HPC Server 2008 operating system and 64-bit Windows Vista.
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Opinion: Nine reasons the iPhone apps platform is lacking for developers

Testing, and limitations on the types of applications developers can create, are among Larry Borsato's concerns.
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iPhone includes app 'kill switch,' Jobs admits

Apple CEO Steve Jobs today acknowledged that the company has a "kill switch" it can use to remotely disable potentially malicious applications that have been downloaded to any iPhone.
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The A-Z of programming languages: JavaScript

Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript, talks about plans to help address cross-site scripting exploits involving the language and the upcoming 4th Edition.
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Most bank sites are insecure

A ran across a rather alarming article today which I “borrowed” the name of this post from: “Most Bank Sites Are Insecure“. From the article: The vulnerabilities identified by the authors aren’t fixable with a simple patch ...

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The VMware blues

How bad can VMware get? Incredibly bad.

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MySQL gaining in online ad analytics?

Open-source database MySQL isn't the first platform most companies think of when considering a business intelligence platform. Yet, the Sun Microsystems Inc. product appears to be winning customers in the online advertising space.b

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What the heck is Mozilla thinking?

I'm continually amazed at how the premier Web properties are willing to share what they are doing. We get to peek behind the curtain routinely. Google and Yahoo both have good lab pages, but there's some seriously experimental stuff on the Mozilla labs page. Here's what they're up to.

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Offshore R&D to India, everyone else is

A new report shows India is becoming a major player in IT RD.

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In this issue:

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* Testing those iPhone travel apps
* The A-Z of programming languages: JavaScript
* SAP users: Support debate isn't over
* Reports: Windows Live Messenger getting WPF-based makeover
* Microsoft service packs boost developers
* Sun close to releasing xVM Server
* VMware licensing bug blacks out virtual servers
* SAP agrees to fix Arkansas ERP system


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Opinion: Nine reasons the iPhone apps platform is lacking for developers

Testing, and limitations on the types of applications developers can create, are among Larry Borsato's concerns.
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Testing those iPhone travel apps

James A. Martin tests two programs for travelers: Urbanspoon, a free restaurant guide/recommendation program, and TravelTracker, a $30 program designed to help keep tabs on itineraries and expenses. He finds Urbanspoon useful, if imperfect, but says TravelTracker doesn't seem worth the money in its current version.
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The A-Z of programming languages: JavaScript

Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript, talks about plans to help address cross-site scripting exploits involving the language and the upcoming 4th Edition.
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SAP users: Support debate isn't over

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Reports: Windows Live Messenger getting WPF-based makeover

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Microsoft service packs boost developers

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Sun close to releasing xVM Server

The product supports Sun and non-Sun x86-based and x64-based hardware, along with the Windows, Linux and Solaris operating systems.
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VMware licensing bug blacks out virtual servers

A date-related flaw in VMware's most recent software update is stopping corporate users from starting their virtualized servers today, according to reports from users in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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SAP agrees to fix Arkansas ERP system

SAP, the state of Arkansas and the state's chapter of the National Federation of the Blind have settled a lawsuit charging that an R/3-based ERP system was not accessible to blind employees.
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The VMware blues

How bad can VMware get? Incredibly bad.

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MySQL gaining in online ad analytics?

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Put things into Perspective

A youthful start-up vendor has a comprehensive approach to network management, but without the cost and complexity of big frameworks.

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Patch Tuesday is a biggie this month

It's IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft plops a gargantuan pile of patches into our laps. Not to mention the sad tale of the two-faced kitten...

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Not quite getting it...

A friend of mine started a new position at corporate headquarters after working in a satellite office. First day, he's in an orientation meeting with several other employees. The IT guy comes in to talk about the corporate Internet policy ...

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Most Bank Sites Are Insecure

A ran across a rather alarming article today which I “borrowed” the name of this post from: “Most Bank Sites Are Insecure“. From the article: The vulnerabilities identified by the authors aren’t fixable with a simple patch ...

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Gag order stands for subway card hackers: CNET News

Top headlines
Gag order stands for subway card hackers
Judge postpones decision on whether MIT trio can reveal "information" about security problems in Boston subway cards.
Thu, Aug 14 10:28:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story
Intel USB 3.0 update resolves dispute
Rival chipmakers AMD and Nvidia step back from a threat to go their own way. The high-speed spec, due in 2009, is now 90 percent complete.
Thu, Aug 14 09:15:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story

MacBook Air to get new Intel chips?
Apple's ultrathin laptop could be getting a performance boost with the addition of new chips from Intel that are already expected to appear in due time inside new MacBooks.
Thu, Aug 14 11:28:38 PDT 2008 | Read full story
GM designer flashes photos of Chevy Volt
Head designer gives look at exterior styling of plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, which is designed to be aerodynamic. The company is still targeting a late-2010 delivery.
Thu, Aug 14 11:19:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story


The future of IT: No big bangs, information everywhere
Don't wait for blockbuster technologies like the Internet to stir up corporate IT in the coming years. Instead, existing trends will continues to evolve and expand, says Forrester Research.
Thu, Aug 14 11:15:42 PDT 2008 | Read full story



Netflix users suffering service's longest outage ever
An undisclosed error has taken all 55 Netflix distribution centers offline. Customer-facing site remains up.
Thu, Aug 14 10:38:00 PDT 2008 | Read full story


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Brazil, Colombia try out new technologies
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