It seems nearly impossible to fathom that someone as brilliant and funny as Robin Williams could be so tortured emotionally that he takes himself out of the human race. Yet, last week, one by one, each of us across the whole globe, fixed our attention on the sad news of this beloved actor’s suicide. Sometimes, a blip of news in the vast sea of information we are bombarded with daily, seems to slap us so hard in the face that we can almost hear the collective groan rippling through space and time. Then we all try our best to reckon with reality. And what a devastating reality Robin Williams’ death reveals - that someone who, by his very nature, brought
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REDMOND, Wash., July 22, 2005 Today Microsoft Corp. announced the official name of its next-generation Windows® client operating system, formerly code-named "Longhorn". Beta 1, targeted at developers and IT professionals, will be available by August 3, 2005. Read the article...
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Jul 31,Microsoft has gone live with its blocking technology that will require people to validate their copies of Windows before being allowed download access to updates. The novelly titled Genuine Advantage 1.0 program will check that anyone accessing Windows Update, Microsoft Update for Windows or the Microsoft Download Center has a genuine Windows operating system before allowing any downloads. Security updates will however be exempt from the ban. Read the article.
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