Dan’s Tech-n-Stuff Weblog

Microsoft has announced that on June 30th they will be switching off Hotmail support for Outlook Express because of the outdated protocol that is used for the connection called DAV.
Users that count on being able to do this won’t be completely out in the cold–they’ll just need to download and use Windows Live Mail instead.
In [...]

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The free Gecko-based Camino web browser for Mac’s has been updated to version 1.6.
New in this version are:

Toolbar Search Improvements: The toolbar search in Camino can now be edited and customized, with the ability to delete, rename, and reorder search engines. Camino also supports OpenSearch plug-ins.
Streamlined Find Interface: No more Find panel in Camino 1.6. [...]

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Windows users envious of Mac users who have had the Pwnage Tool from the iPhone Dev Team to make hacking their iPhone to run custom firmware easy now have a tool of their very own–WinPwn.
Its still a beta so expect that things won’t necessarily work perfectly, but if you’re really eager to test it out [...]

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Unfortunately there have been quite a bit of layoff announcements in the tech industry lately so to help make these stories easier to find I’ve created a new category called “layoffs” where they’ll all be grouped together.
The AT&T layoff announcement this morning was the first one into the new category, but the others on [...]

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After the acquisition of several regional companies recently and a sluggish US economy, AT&T has announced that the “next step in streamlining its operations” is to reduce its workforce by 1.5 percent.
That 1.5 percent means just over 4,600 employees will be laid off.
AT&T says that most of the reductions will be in areas that have [...]

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Microsoft has released a new update for their Xbox 360 console that you’ll likely be asked to download next time you turn on your Xbox 360.
What does it do?
Nothing you’ll see.
No new features, no performance updates, etc. According to Major Nelson the update is only to “prepare for future growth of the [Xbox LIVE] service.”
[Via [...]

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We all know that a version of the Asus Eee PC that uses Intel’s upcoming Atom chip is coming, just don’t know when. Could it be June?
According to Techradar, an Asus representative in the UK believes that an Atom-based Eee PC will be unveiled at Computex in June and ship shortly thereafter.
June is when the [...]

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The Microsoft Surface made its way to five AT&T stores today (to start with–more coming), but what’s it doing there?
If I just say that it’s to show you coverage maps, information about how to use a new phone, what accessories are available, etc., that’s nice but really doesn’t do justice to what it really does [...]

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Draped in pinstriped-silk, the new Samsung and Armani LCD HDTV comes in your choice of seasonal colors…no, not really. It’s a TV, it’s plastic, and it’s black.
Apparently they have wood in there somewhere too, but it looks quite a bit like every other HDTV out there right now.
The TV was shown off at the Milan [...]

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