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1. Steve Ballmer hallelujahs Windows 7

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... Windows, including Windows Vista, by a ratio of two to one. While Ballmer declined to give exact sales numbers he said that the sales were fantastic.  He said that the operating system received strong ...

2. Microsoft claims "fantastic" Windows 7 sales

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... 7 sales outpace Vista adoption Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X 
We didn't copy Windows 7 from Mac OS. Did we? 
Why Apple should license Windows 7  ...

3. Chinese court halts Microsoft OS sales

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... of Windows, including Windows 98, 2000, 2003, and XP. The ruling doesn't affect Vista and Windows 7. It's hard to say how badly the decision will affect Microsoft's Chinese sales. Not very, probably: ...

4. Microsoft issues Windows 7 security advisory

   (Security/Security Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X Microsoft preps critical security updates Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption  ...

5. Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 11 November 2009

   ... a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics." According to Aldous, Windows 7 "significantly" improved the Microsoft GUI, which is built on "stable" core Vista technology. "[The ...

6. Amazon releases Kindle for PC

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   Color my world? Amazon is offering a free Kindle for PC application that runs on XP, Vista and Windows 7. But while this might not be any big deal, an advert on top of the download page shows a Winnie ...

7. Microsoft preps critical security updates

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ...  Windows
 Win 2000 Service Pack 4 XP Vista Server 2003 and 2008 
 Office 

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 ...

8. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 05 November 2009

   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 ...

9. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 02 November 2009

   ... 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    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 ...

12. My 10 favorite Windows apps

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ...  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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

14. Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    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 ...

15. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... 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", ...

16. Intel optimizes Windows 7 SSD performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

17. Kingston accelerates Windows with 40GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

18. Psystar bootlegs Snow Leopard for the masses

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

19. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

20. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

21. Windows 7 launches in London hospital

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

22. The best disk defragger just got better

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 21 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

24. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    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 ...

26. Mac users cast into outer darkness

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

27. Windows 7 to trigger notebook replacement sales

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... 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, ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

29. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    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 ...

30. Windows, users, guns and stupidity

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... (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 ...

31. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

32. Psystar screws Apple with virtualization licensing program

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

33. IBM’s head is in the clouds

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 05 October 2009

    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 ...

34. Win7 XP mode released to manufacturing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

35. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... 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. ...

37. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

39. Microsoft cleared in Russian antitrust case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 04 September 2009

    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 ...

41. Linux market share drops as Win 7 launch looms

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

42. Wintel alliance fires first shots of OS war

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 02 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

43. Windows 7 closes on Linux market share

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 31 August 2009

    ... 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 ...

44. MS confirms Win7 upgrades available in Europe

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    ... 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 ...

45. Microsoft, Scottrade, Southwest Airlines sued over patent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ...  - 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, ...

46. Microsoft rolls out Windows 7 to MSDN and TechNet

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    ... 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 ...

47. Etre reaches a 20 year milestone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 04 August 2009

    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 ...

49. Snow Leopard tops Amazon’s sales charts

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    ... 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 ...

50. Microsoft releases emergency IE patch

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 28 July 2009

    ... 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. ...