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Hardware
Intel Promises To Stop Its Firmware Bricking SSDs
11:00AM Rosa Golijan | A few weeks ago, Intel pulled a firmware update the day after it came out because many users running 64-bit Windows 7 found that it bricked their SSDs. Whoops. The good news though is that Intel has acknowledged and replicated the bug, and is working on a fix. The bad news? There’s no timeline for when the fix will come out. [Reg Hardware]
Software
Microsoft Fixes Windows 7 Student Edition Upgrade Problems
8:42AM Sean Fallon | While most of you had a painless upgrade to Windows 7, some experienced problems with the downloadable Student Edition from Digital River. Microsoft acknowledged the problem and has now come through with the ISO file you so desperately need. More »
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First Snow Leopard Patch Released To Developers
3:59AM Sean Fallon | Less than a week after the release of Snow Leopard, Apple has already dropped the first patch on developers for testing. The 71.5 MB download includes several fixes related to 3G modems, the Dock and Motion 4. More »
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Airport Update Fixes OS 10.5.8 Issues
2:39AM Mark Wilson | I know of a few people who’ve encountered weird Wi-Fi problems since the OS 10.5.8 update. Now Apple has released a Macbook/Macbook Pro patch for the networking issues claimed to occur under low battery power. Hopefully things will be all better now. [Apple via Ars]
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Microsoft’s First Windows 7 Beta Patch Fixes MP3 Bug
3:12AM Sean Fallon | Microsoft has issued it’s first patch for the Windows 7 beta—a fix that focuses on correcting a flaw that shaves several seconds off edited MP3s. More »
Gadgets
QR Code Jacket Patches Take Strangers On the Street to Your Blog, Stat!
11:31PM John Mahoney | We’re sad that after all these years, the only place QR codes are actually useful is still good ol’ Japan (where they’re everywhere)(AU: And they’re growing over here as well). That said, San Francisco has recently dabbled, and there are readers available for just about every mobile platform (including iPhone)–which you’ll have to make sure all of your friends have installed if you’re going to wear one of these. The US$20 patch points to a proxy server which redirects phone browsers to the URL of your choice when someone takes a photo of your shoulder, back, um, wherever. Which means you can take them to your innocent little blog, or perhaps something a bit more nefarious. You wouldn’t do that though, would you? [p8t.ch via Pocket Lint] More »
Software
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Ships to Manufacturers April 21st, Hits Windows Update April 29th
7:40AM Adrian Covert | Windows XP SP3 will start shipping to manufacturers and IT workers next Monday, 21/4. The Following Tuesday, 29/4, it will be made available for download over Windows Update. This is the final version of SP3, following the RC1 and RC2 builds offered earlier in the year, which promises to boost performance by 10% and network access protection. [ComputerWorld] More »
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