Volkswagen has equipped its most potent Golf GTI and R models and its entire Scirocco range with a new ESP system that allows the driver to fully disable electronic aids. VW has responded to criticism from media and customers that said the models were not adjustable or sporting enough, were too sensible compared with rivals and did not allow the driver full control of the vehicle What about the Jetta GLI ? Source : www.autocar.co.uk
Are PC makers finally getting the message that their customers don’t want crapware? A close look at three consumer PCs delivers a mixed answer. See the accompanying image gallery:
12 ways hardware makers screw up a perfectly good Windows PC Source : The Ed Bott Report
It hasn’t been a good year for Firefox. Mozilla has lost share to Google, it’s lost the loyalty of enterprise customers, and it’s lost key talent. And a deal with Google that supplied 84% of its revenue last year was scheduled to end in November. Can Firefox avoid a slide into irrelevance? Source : Th Ed Boot Report
The Jetta We've Been Waiting For The motoring press hasn't had the greatest of relationships with the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta. When the sedan debuted, critics slammed the newest generation as a Walmart interpretation of a model many of us had grown up loving. The nicer-than-expected materials, playful handling and quiet cabin had all been scrapped in favor of a bargain basement price tag wrapped in styling as risky as sunblock in summer. The machine simply felt like the latest casualty of the Volkswagen campaign to become the world's
Microsoft may have done an about-face and decided against offering the Desktop App and thus non-Metro-style apps, on Windows 8 ARM tablets. Source : All about Microsoft Blog RSS | ZDNet
This is a project to port Android open source project to x86 platform, formerly known as "patch hosting for android x86 support". Project Goal : To provide complete solution for Android on Eee PC platforms first and then to provide solutions for common x86 platforms as well. Source : www.android-x86.org
Security Compliance Manager 2 (SCM 2) is a free tool from the Microsoft Solution Accelerator team that enables you to quickly configure and manage your desktops, traditional datacenter, and private cloud using Group Policy (GPO) and System Center Configuration Manager. Links : SCM Download SCM Blog Security Compliance Manager Demo SCM TechNet Wiki Security Compliance Manager (SCM)
There are many new features of MDT 2012 but one that I particularly like is the ability to apply GPO Packs created using Security Configuration Manager (SCM) during the deployment process. Source : The Deployment Guys
