Windows Genuine Advantage workarounds

Windows Genuine Advantage workarounds: "Filed under: Business, Developer, Windows, Microsoft, Commercial, Freeware
So let's just say, hypothetically, that your copy of Windows XP isn't 'genuine.' If you're tired of seeing the warning that alerts you to this fact, there's now a workaround to disable the WGA notifications. Does it work? Honestly I don't know, because every version of Windows I touch appears to be the real thing. And of course, I'm not here to advocate piracy. But the incessant twiddling of this whole WGA issue is kind of a mess, isn't it? Already pirates have figured out how to disable the check. Now you can disable the warnings, so it's like WGA doesn't even exist. It makes me wonder why MS is putting all versions of Vista on one optical disc, essentially setting up a very low-hanging fruit for potential pirates... But maybe that's the plan?
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Firefox 2.0 to ship without Places

Firefox 2.0 to ship without Places: "Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Mozilla, Open Source
One of the most-touted feature updates scheduled for Firefox 2.0, Places, has been axed from the Bon Echo roadmap and instead rescheduled for Firefox 3.0. In a post to the Mozilla development newsgroup, developer Michael Schroepfer announced the delay of the 'complex and exciting feature which changes the way people use bookmarks, history, and navigate through their private space of the web,' saying they 'do not have time to complete an implementation of places that lives up to our standards of user experience and quality.' Many users and developers have expressed disappointment and some are even arguing that without the Places feature, Bon Echo no longer deserves the '2.0' label. Lead developer Ben Goodger has posted a blog entry responding to the criticism and justifying the change.

[Via Ars Technica]

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Windows Vista to be delayed yet again?

Windows Vista to be delayed yet again?
Given Microsoft's recent woes -- the company seems to be under attack by everyone from Wall Street analysts to Google -- the last thing the company needs is a rumor that Windows Vista won't be available by its recently revised January launch date. But that's what Redmond is getting hit with today, in the form of a research note from Gartner, which predicts a delay until at least June for the consumer version of the program. According to Gartner, the new OS is 'too complex' to be ready by January. Microsoft has responded by saying that Vista is on target to make the launch. Gartner also says that a delay until the spring is 'nowhere as bad' as the slip from fall to January, which will result in a Vista-free holiday season. Somehow, we suspect that beleaguered PC makers hoping for a sales bump from Vista upgrades might have a little trouble taking solace from that argument.