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10 Questions To Ask About Netbooks

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:18:28 GMT

Michael Healey InformationWeek December 12, 2009 12:00 AM (From the December 14, 2009 issue) All the major vendors are active in the market: Asus and Acer were early netbook hardware leaders, but their advantage has disappeared as Dell,...
Source: TechWeb

Rolling Review: Zinstall Runs Windows 7 and XP

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:18:28 GMT

Randy George InformationWeek December 12, 2009 12:00 AM (From the December 14, 2009 issue) We tested Zinstall XP7.
Source: TechWeb

feeling the water and fly the air: Battery hog compare between the Windows and OS X

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:36:29 GMT

One of the best reasons to get a new MacBook Pro battery, aside from the dazzling new screen on the 13-inch, and in spite of the SATA capping thatâ€™s apparently in place, is the extended battery life courtesy of the new built-in lithium polymer...
Source: Town Hall

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Monitor

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:43:38 GMT

All you Intel Core i5 - i7 processor owners out there will want to check out this to us with the Windows 7 / Vista sidebar. The gadget weighs in at just over 18MB so grab it if you want it, tell us what you think.
Source: [H]ard | OCP

Eagles (and Tea Sets) Flock at E.D.S. Auction

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:39:44 GMT

In September, Hewlett-Packard scrapped the Electronic Data Systems name. Now, it’s doing away with the E.D.S. eagles. Ross Perot, the founder of E.D.S. , had a fondness for eagles.
Source: The New York Times

How Many Licenses Does Windows 7 Have?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:00:10 GMT

For the current version of Windows 7, there is only 1 license per copy. That means the program can only be run on one computer.
Source: DoItYourself.com

Forward These E-Mail Suggestions From Readers

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:58:32 GMT

Last week I wrote a post titled ‘10 Proposals for Fixing the E-Mail Glut’. I presented an array of ideas like limiting the length of an e-mail, using a smart browsing history and a cold-blooded extermination of the reply-to-all button.
Source: The New York Times

Windows 7 sales expected to boom in 2010: Goldman Sach's

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:46:57 GMT

NEW YORK - Microsoft Windows 7 sales are expected to rise in 2010, along with the demand for new hardware like PCs and servers, according to a Goldman Sach's IT spending survey forecast.
Source: International Business Times

Quoted in 'Microsoft Windows 7 Tool Gets GPL-Friendly'

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:59:57 GMT

said in Internet.com:

I am very pleased to announce that Microsoft today released the Open Sourced Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool under the GPLv2 [Gnu Public License version 2]

Quoted in 'Rather than patch, Microsoft blocks buggy code'

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:01:41 GMT

said in NetworkWorld:

Microsoft already made these changes for Vista and Windows 7, and Indeo is rarely used anymore ... I see this more of an attack surface reduction move.

Windows 7 Overview: Better than Vista?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:42:06 GMT

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Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:57:00 GMT

A Microsoft staff member explains the latest Windows 7 operating system during the Computex fair in Taipei on June 2, 2009.

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Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:07:00 GMT

A placard of the Microsoft's Windows 7 stands on display at the Computex 2009 trade fair in Taipei on June 2, 2009.