May Day is synonymous with International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement.
Archive for April, 2008
May Day
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008XP SP3 Delayed, Vista SP1 Withdrawn
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008After the delay in Windows XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft has pulled Windows Vista Service Pack 1 from their update site as well now. Apparently both updates come loaded with a fault that will cause Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System, to corrupt data, bad news if you run this product. But wait a second who actually uses this product, I hadn’t even heard of it until they halted release of Service Pack 3 for XP. Obviously Microsoft testing process isn’t up to scratch. (Probably none of the beta testers used this product)
Windows XP SP3 Public Release Delayed
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Looks like Microsoft has found a problem with it’s RTM version of Windows XP Service Pack 3. Microsoft is claiming that there is a compatibility problem between computers with the service pack installed and Microsoft‘s Dynamics Retail Management System. This fault has also been noted in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, but that has already been made publicly available. In the case of Windows XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft has chosen to delay the public release so that it can be fixed.
Coverage:
Hancock
Monday, April 28th, 2008Cool Chess Game
Sunday, April 27th, 2008This is a really cool version of chess, it shows you what the computer is thinking when it moves, while it could kill the challenge. It gives you an idea of how the AI works.
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
Saturday, April 26th, 2008So I’ve now got my hands on Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), which was released on April 21st 2008. April 21st 2008 was the Release To Manufacturers (RTM) by Microsoft, SP3 will be released to everyone else on the 29th April 2008.
Here is the file information for the RTM version:
| Size | : |
316MB
331805736 Bytes |
| File Name | : | WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe |
| MD5 | : | BB25707C 919DD835 A9D9706B 5725AF58 |
| SHA-1 | : | C81472F7 EEEA2ECA 421E116C D4C03E23 00EBFDE4 |
| SHA-256 | : | 62E524A5 52DB9F6F D22D4690 10EA4D7E 28EE06FA 615A1C34 362129F8 08916654 |
| SHA-512 | : | 976C8959 44CD23EB 9D4FB021 D17B531E 938845D2 251508AF BBDF3216 9CEC39E5 DC38517E AFC57FFA 7918A518 FF480AFF 58071FD5 C955E1B6 9D5CA7BE C4F09D1E |
| Size-64 | : | 00000000 13C6F428 |
| ED2k | : | 8943241A2282E06240165A68B7F39F69 |
| Direct Download | : |
Update: 29th April 2008
Windows XP SP3 Public Release Delayed
Update 2: 29th April 2008
Even though the public release is delayed Microsoft has the download on their site. See above.
Update 3: 7th May 2008
Microsoft has now officially released Windows XP Service Pack 3, so we can probably assume that they have fixed the little bug they had.
Anzac Day
Friday, April 25th, 2008Since it’s Anzac day.
Anzac Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. [Source]
McAfee SiteAdvisor
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Here is a handy tool bar, yes one thats actually useful, unlike search engine tool bars. McAfee SiteAdvisor is a tool bar that attempts to offer protection from Adware, Spam, Viruses, and Online Scams.
Features:
- When you search with Google, Yahoo! or MSN, SiteAdvisor’s safety ratings appear next to search results.
- As you browse, a small button on your browser toolbar changes color based on SiteAdvisor’s safety results.
- Menu options on SiteAdvisor’s toolbar let you customize SiteAdvisor or see a site’s detailed test results.
Not to mention it works in Firefox and Internet Explorer.
41 Hours in a Lift
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Question: Why didn’t he get out through the roof, and why didn’t security who should be watching the cameras see that he was in the lift.
Wired Reader Macro Photos
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Wired magazine has released a set of cool photos done using macro photography, the photos come from their macro photo contest.
