Folsom High had it all going: revenge, a first-quarter advantage and a 29-game win streak. But Monte Vista countered with perhaps its best game of the season keyed by a 23-2 run in a 63-42 CIF NorCal Division I victory at St. Mary's College on Thursday night. As usual, senior point guard Brian Barbour led the way with 21 points, but Tyrelle Phillips, a 6-foot-3 senior, added 17 points and 11 rebounds and Zach Ertz and Taylor Brewster combined for 18. Monte Vista (28-3), the second seed, will play top-seeded McClymonds in Saturday's 8 p.m. final at Arco Arena in Sacramento.

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Microsoft has released its own tests that show IE8 can load many websites faster than two open source browsers: Firefox and Chrome. Just before announcing that Internet Explorer 8 has been finalized, Microsoft has released a new report titled "Measuring Browser Performance: Understanding issues in benchmarking and performance analysis." The document explains the various browser and network components and how each piece can impact performance when benchmarking, capabilities and limitations of various benchmarking tools, as well as ways to design tests to avoid these issues.

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We still don't really know what the point is...? Windows creates software, sometimes exceptional, often times OK, and occasionally just because they wanted to; Live OneCare 2.0 falls into the last category. The software really doesn't include anything that is groundbreaking, no revolutionary advancements into anything, and overall seems like a fluff piece to lure Grandma's and Grandpa's who know little to nothing of computers into purchasing a $50 disc that will empty their recycling bin for them.

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Microsoft has announced the 2009 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest, the third iteration of the industry design contest that promotes Windows Media Center via a custom home installation project. The contest is void in Quebec, Canada, as well as the following US-embargoed countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. The goal is to implement the best possible Windows Media Center platform in a residential electronics system.

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Judging from the test version that was widely downloaded by the public, shifting to Microsoft's Windows 7 promises to inflict much less pain than its predecessor, Vista. Some of the changes to Windows even make computing easier and more fun. We aren't alone in predicting that Windows 7 will be a popular upgrade when it hits the market later this year or early in 2010. Buyers will have to pay the usual Microsoft tax to upgrade an existing computer.

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Microsoft on Wednesday announced how its upcoming online mobile storefront, Windows Marketplace for Mobile, will operate. Microsoft had previously announced the store, along with Windows Mobile 6.5 and the My Phone synchronization service, last month. "Microsoft's decades-long relationship with developers has led to some of the most exciting innovations the industry has seen," Microsoft senior vice president Andy Lees said. "We'll continue our successful collaboration with developers through Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which will provide a broad reach to customers.

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Judging from the test version that was widely downloaded by the public, shifting to Microsoft's Windows 7 promises to inflict much less pain than its predecessor, Vista. Some of the changes to Windows even make computing easier and more fun. We aren't alone in predicting that Windows 7 will be a popular upgrade when it hits the market later this year or early in 2010.
Buyers will have to pay the usual Microsoft tax to upgrade an existing computer. But the added benefit is that, unlike Vista.

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Dont modify this Seven® Black™ Edition 2009 R1 Beta in anyway and for torrent uploaders dont add any viruses.
Platform: Windows Compilation Date: 9.03.2009
Version: Based on Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit Fully Unattended : Yes Category : Operating System Activation Needed : Yes Digitally Signed for Security : Yes CD-Key : Not Needed Size: 2.6 GB Number of Rar parts: N/A
No of DVD's: 1 Image Format: ISO Image File.

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Even with MSXML 6.0 available, Microsoft remains committed to the evolution of MSXML 4.0. The Redmond company argued that the continuous development of MSXML version 4 is designed to support legacy applications that fail to play nice with v6.0. In this regard, the software giant released Service Pack 3 of MSXML 4.0 the past week. Still, despite the release of SP3 for MSXML4.0, the Redmond company is urging users to upgrade to version 6.0, the latest release of Microsoft XML Core Services.

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According to Bloomberg’s earlier report on Microsoft’s desire to encourage users to upgrade to more expensive versions of Windows 7, operating system software accounts for 28 percent of the company’s $60.4 billion in annual revenue and is its most profitable business.
Collins Stewart analyst Sandeep Aggarwal projected that Microsoft could rake in as much as $1.5 billion in additional revenue from the release of Windows 7. ZDNet reported that, of that $1.5 billion, nearly two-thirds of it will come from upgrades--which we assume means licenses from owners of Windows XP and Windows Vista.

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Remote access applications that let you view the files on your hard drive from a mobile phone are terrific productivity tools, but one thing makes the pre-release of Copernic Mobile is possibly the best--search. Rivals do an equally exemplary job of indexing the range of docs and multimedia, but this app lets you search for the documents, photos, and files stored on Vista or XP instead of browse through a file tree.

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Microsoft has released security updates designed to plug a kernel hole labeled with a severity rating of Critical affecting all supported versions of Windows client and server platforms, including Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP SP3. A total of three security bulletins were made available on March 10, 2009, patching no less than eight vulnerabilities, just one considered Critical with the remaining seven rated as Important. Only two vulnerabilities impacting Windows DNS server and Windows WINS server have been publicly disclosed ahead of the release of the security updates.

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The rule of thumb is that if a program runs in Vista, it will run in Windows 7. Conversely, in general, programs that won't run in Vista also won't work with Windows 7. At least in a few cases, though, even applications that didn't run in Vista will run in Windows 7. That's because of some work that Microsoft has done to "rescue" certain types of programs that were rendered incompatible by the move to Vista. "Along with the core tenet of ensuring that any application that worked on Windows Vista also works on Windows 7.

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Software makers SAP AG and Sybase Inc have teamed up to make it easier for businesses to run SAP's business management software on mobile devices including Apple Inc's iPhone. SAP, the world's biggest maker of business management software, is already working with Research in Motion Ltd to develop programs for its BlackBerry devices. This is the first time the German software company has announced plans to customize its software for other devices.

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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday pushed out a set of three updates to fix at least eight security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. The patches are available through Windows Update or via Automatic Updates. Easily the most critical update addresses an image processing flaw present in every supported version of Windows that could be exploited merely by tricking a Windows users into viewing a booby-trapped image on a Web site or sent via e-mail.

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