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1. Microsoft preps critical security updates

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   ...  Windows
 Win 2000 Service Pack 4 XP Vista Server 2003 and 2008 
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XP 2003 2007 MS Office System 2004 for the Mac 2008 for the Mac Open XML File Format Converter for the Mac Excel Viewer Word ...

2. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

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   Microsoft finally gets it right Initial sales of Microsoft Windows 7 have reportedly "surpassed" those of Vista by 234 percent. According to the NPD Group, a combination of pre-sale discounts and a lack ...

3. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

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   ... Quad, i7 and Xeon Nehalem CPUs. 

 It should be noted that Psystar's Darwin Universal Boot Loader supports additional operating systems, including Windows 7, XP, Vista and various Linux flavors. See ...

4. Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... the Flash problem, I had to download the video I was watching on the Internet before I could finish it. Not cool at all. This is not a VISTA. IS IT?" Another iMac owner emphasized that CPU spikes were ...

5. Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   An Intel spokesperson recently told TG Daily that Microsoft Windows 7 offers "improved performance and stability" compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.An Intel spokesperson ...

6. My 10 favorite Windows apps

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   ...  So right now I'm using a Windows XP gig. The notebook I use came with Vista but I downgraded. Maybe Windows 7 is great. I'll wait a while. But in the meantime here's my top 10 apps on Windows that right ...

7. Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD?

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... and he is changing his tune). As a result they have shifted their negative campaign against Windows Vista into a FUD campaign against Windows 7 using innuendo and association to disparage Microsoft’s ...

8. Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn

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   An unknown number of users have reportedly experienced serious difficulties migrating from Vista to Windows 7. Problems range from erroneously invalid product keys to endless reboot loops, which often prevent ...

9. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

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   ... Vista smells of piss and wait for the audience to laugh. Once respected, twice shyWhen we read a once-respected rag like Computerworld and see a headline such as "Windows 7 drivers still a bit flaky", ...

10. Intel optimizes Windows 7 SSD performance

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    ... XP and Vista users. However, John Savill of WindowsITPro notes that Trim only improves performance when files are deleted. "If you are overwriting an existing file, Trim doesn't help and you'll get ...

11. Kingston accelerates Windows with 40GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... GHz, 4GB of system memory, on-board SATA 3Gbps (ACHI enabled) and Windows Vista SP2."PCMark runs a series of tests such as Windows Vista startup, importing photos, adding music to Windows Media Center ...

12. Psystar bootlegs Snow Leopard for the masses

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    ... systems, including Windows 7, XP, Vista and various Linux flavors. "The Rebel EFI software supports a wide range of hardware profiles," claimed Psystar. "As the software evolves, it will automatically ...

13. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

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    ... Vista and the Mac vs. PC campaign is his historic response to Microsoft’s classic mistake. But the mistake was in two parts, a product that had problems at release and an inability to market the product’s ...

14. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Vista was the tipping point that triggered a mind-altering epiphany. Like many others, I began to question the future of Windows as an OS of choice and considered installing various flavors of Linux. To ...

15. Windows 7 launches in London hospital

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    ... from Windows XP.Apparently, the upgrade process is feasible from a Vista based PC but it didn't sound that easy. Of course, externally backing-up all your data and wiping the hard disk is something which ...

16. The best disk defragger just got better

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    We've been using Auslogic's Disk Defrag since the bad old days when Vista was new. Now it's just got better. So much better that we seriously wonder why the others don't just pack up and go home. We've ...

17. Amazon: Windows 7 is 'the biggest pre-order product of all time'

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    ... product of all time in the UK, says Amazon. The UK arm of the retail behemoth adds that the new operating system sold more copies in the first eight hours of its release in July than Vista did in its ...

18. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... start than Intel does," stated Barry. He added that Windows 7, unlike Vista, would likely encourage the sale of new PCs. "Vista did not really help move PCs. But Windows 7 is the sweet spot and higher ...

19. Moving to Windows 7 will be "inevitable" - report

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    Windows 7 is not a major architectural shift but "builds on the plumbing changes Microsoft made in Windows Vista," according to a report from a market analyst.Windows 7 is not a major architectural ...

20. Mac users cast into outer darkness

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... during normal East Coast business hours, Monday through Friday. The Chosen System requirements include Windows 7, Vista or XP and a dual core processor (mandatory), although our limited knowledge of ...

21. Windows 7 to trigger notebook replacement sales

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    ... will plot their usual conservative path until they're sure of Windows 7's stability. DRAM Exchange believes that Windows 7 has far better performance than Vista, incorporating better memory utilization, ...

22. Windows 7 Starter Edition: The best version of Windows yet

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    ... finally listened with Windows 7 and it is leaner than Windows Vista.   But the leanest version of Windows 7 is starter edition, it is also the least expensive, and yet I’ve been told that retailers ...

23. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

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    News Analysis Microsoft's future begins next week. That's when the company ships Windows 7, its latest operating system. If Microsoft stumbles with Windows 7 as it did with Vista, people will start ...

24. Windows, users, guns and stupidity

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... (and often alpha) versions and I have never lost any data due to a machine crash. Even under Windows ME or Vista. Now, that obviously makes me either very clever indeed, or amazingly-lucky, or – as ...

25. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... Vista'. 'Even worse than Vista' has become the lazy writer’s marketingspeak for something less desirable than syphilis or about as good looking as a 55 Chevy after it’s been through a car crusher. With ...

26. Psystar screws Apple with virtualization licensing program

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... will allow computer manufacturers to ship certified systems pre-configured with DUBL and an OS of choice,  including Windows 7, Windows Vista and several flavors of Linux. "These systems would also ...

27. IBM’s head is in the clouds

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    It is all-too-easily forgotten that before Windows Vista arrived to draw the flak for being the world’s most denigrated piece of Software, Lotus - and latterly, IBM’s - Notes was the undisputed holder ...

28. Win7 XP mode released to manufacturing

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... will get XP Mode as a free download. The software behemoth is still smarting from SMBs staying away from Vista in droves, as few perceived any real benefits were to be gained by moving to the somewhat ...

29. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... get and easy to use - and it won’t get in their way.” Security Essentials, previously known by the codename Morro, works under Windows XP SP2 or SP3, Vista and Windows 7 - including XP mode - on both ...

30. Ballmer: Windows 7 is a better Windows than any Windows

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    ... of Vista. When Microsoft introduced Vista, Ballmer said it was a better Windows than every other Windows it had made before. He said that at the launch of Windows XP too, when he said his kids loved XP. ...

31. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... support for Windows Vista, Windows 7, DirectX 9c, 10.1 standard APIs and DirectX11." Deployment The Hydra 200 chip has already been integrated into MSI's Big Bang Gaming Motherboard. The recently introduced ...

32. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... product you buy  - the upgrade from Vista is easy but why do it if you don’t have to? -  now is a good time to begin looking at the products that stand out.   Most won’t be available ...

33. Microsoft cleared in Russian antitrust case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... shape of Vista. The company had effectively stopped selling XP to retailers and computer makers, forcing customers to use Vista instead. The president of Microsoft Russia, Nikolai Pryanishnikov, told ...

34. Windows 7 may be fab but it's pure marketing bamboozle

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    Comment Ever buy a soap powder because it had extra "blue crystals". Many people did in the 1950s because how can you resist a product with the "blue crystals" factor?Comment Ever buy a soap powder because ...

35. Linux market share drops as Win 7 launch looms

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    ... despite being about to bite the big one, Vista continues to grow market share, rising to 22.64 from 21.95 percent last month. Over on the browser front, Mozilla fans will no doubt be pleased to note ...

36. Wintel alliance fires first shots of OS war

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... involved hundreds of their engineers working together in the Windows 7 project. The idea was to make Windows 7 better and more bug-free than the January 2007 launch of Windows Vista. Engineers put ...

37. Windows 7 closes on Linux market share

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... percent) luddites still hanging on to Win 98. The venerable Windows XP still rules the roost with 61.52 percent, followed by Vista on 21.95 percent and OSX a distant third on 6.92 percent. Mozilla ...

38. MS confirms Win7 upgrades available in Europe

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    ... Home Premium on up to three PCs for a reduced price of £149.99. It will be available in limited quantities, says the company. Current users of Windows Vista will be able to choose to perform an in-place ...

39. Microsoft, Scottrade, Southwest Airlines sued over patent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ...  - Automated Proofreading Using Interface Linking Recognized Words to Their Audio Data while Text is being changed. This patent, it's said, is breached by Microsoft in both Windows XP and Windows Vista, ...

40. Microsoft rolls out Windows 7 to MSDN and TechNet

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... in an official blog post. The full version of Windows 7 Home Premium is priced at $200, while an upgrade from Vista or XP will cost $120. Windows 7 Professional is expected to retail for $300, with upgrade ...

41. Microsoft Vista blamed for memory glut

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    The chairman of Taiwanese memory company Transcend has blamed Microsoft Vista for being responsible for a supply glut.The chairman of Taiwanese memory company Transcend has blamed Microsoft Vista for being ...

42. Etre reaches a 20 year milestone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... made it through the official channels.Microsoft's Bill Gates has been a regular visitor to numerous Etres over the years - the last time I saw him there he was boasting that Vista had cost more to put ...

43. It just won’t die: Windows 7 XP Mode RC released

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    Windows 7 is Microsoft’s savior to delete the Windows Vista disaster from its memory. But while Windows 7 will undoubtedly replace Windows Vista very quickly, Microsoft knows that it will be different ...

44. Snow Leopard tops Amazon’s sales charts

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... at #15, the professional upgrade at #45 and the Ultimate upgrade at #55. The second bestselling Windows is still the full version of Windows XP SP2, which is listed at #37. Windows Vista is currently not ...

45. Microsoft releases emergency IE patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... rated "Critical" for: IE 5.01 and 6 Service Pack 1 - Windows 2000. IE 6, 7, and 8 - Windows XP. IE 7 and 8 - Windows Vista. The update is rated "Moderate" for: IE 6, 7, and 8 - Windows Server 2003. ...

46. Yahoo to search with Microsoft, report says

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Yahoo is apparently ready to make Bing its search technology provider in a move the company has done before with Altavista, Inktomi – and Google. In fact, it is widely believed that Yahoo’s decision to ...

47. Microsoft partners cautious about Windows 7 cash cow

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    After the hype that surrounded Vista, Microsoft partners are taking a wait-and-see approach despite IDC's rosy predictions for they will make off the back of Windows 7. After the hype that surrounded ...

48. Wal-Mart offers $298 laptop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... drive, and will come pre-loaded with Windows Vista. The price is also similar to a dysfunctional netbook with half the gadgets under the hood. Other price cuts have followed as Wal-Mart attempts to ...

49. Microsoft: People could still change their mind on Vista

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    In an 11th hour piece of marketing, a top Microsoft executive has said that people might still come to love Vista. Redmond (WA) - In an 11th hour piece of marketing, a top Microsoft executive has said ...

50. Microsoft confirms Windows 7 is done

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      Microsoft officially signed off on Windows Vista SE 7 and released the code of the software to manufacturing. The RTM code will be available for select customers and developers beginning on August ...