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   Review - DNG CODEC

   1.0 (Oct 31, 2007)

   Most ppl are not aware that Vista supports image codecs like previous Windows versions support audio/video codecs through a "Windows Imaging Component" (XP too if Live Photo Gallery is installed). Most RAW camera manufacturers provide free codecs for their RAW formats. This DNG codec is not free, it is ridiculous to charge for it.

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   Review - Nero

   8.1.1.0b (Oct 19, 2007)

   Tries to become an operating system instead of focussing on disc burning.

3. Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?

   8.1.1.0b (Nov 19, 2009 - 1:53 PM)

   Let's see who this hurts most: Apple or Linux or Microsoft. Poor those with little market share+some taken by Chrome won't be happy.

4. Comment - PDC 2009: Microsoft cares about Web browser performance

   8.1.1.0b (Nov 19, 2009 - 10:47 AM)

   If MS cares about developing Office 2010 for XP because it would lose out on sales, it cares about IE9 for XP too because it would lose marketshare and the web "battle" with Google.

5. Comment - PDC 2009: Microsoft cares about Web browser performance

   8.1.1.0b (Nov 19, 2009 - 10:36 AM)

   XP is 2 releases behind (but one of the releases was the most badly received one in the history of MS OSes and the other is a minor refresh of the one that failed). XP received a major update equivalent to a full release in 2004, is supported with patches, dominant in the enterprise, has no issues, and remember MS released IE6 for Windows 98 as well and IE 5.5 for Windows 95. Web developers want to develop for less versions, not more. They're having a hard time getting customers off IE6, if IE8 was the last version for an OS that's sitting at 70% market share, they would have to develop for it too and for IE9.

6. Comment - PDC 2009: Microsoft cares about Web browser performance

   8.1.1.0b (Nov 19, 2009 - 9:21 AM)

   Or rather I'd say just because you upgraded to Windows 7 doesn't mean the whole world should.
   
   If you aware of market shares, you must be knowing that Windows XP occupies 65% + market share as evidenced by multiple data collection sources. IE9 is going to be there for XP, there's no question of that. The question is: is MS going to give XP users GDI rendering while Vista and above get Direct2D or backport it? Other browser vendors should have no problem supporting hardware accelerated rendering on XP because of technologies like WebGL or Google's O3D.

7. Comment - Microsoft gives free laptops to PDC 2009 attendees

   8.1.1.0b (Nov 19, 2009 - 3:57 AM)

   Only good thing is multitouch. All the specs are below average.