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1. OpenOffice debuts analog joystick mouse

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... WoW and CoD. Cross-platform support for Windows, Linux and OS X.  ...

2. Microsoft preps critical security updates

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday patch blitzkrieg Microsoft has confirmed that it is preparing a number of critical patches for both Windows and Office. The 6 updates - three of which are critical - address 15 vulnerabilities ...

3. Twitter turns UI thinking on its head

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... better. I could go on. But it really doesn't matter because there will be many more clients to choose from soon enough. With the recent arrival of Windows 7 and the Verizon/Google Droid phone this week, ...

4. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

   (Software/Software Features)

   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 ...

5. Apple reverses Atom Snow Leopard ban

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... strategy Why Apple should license Windows 7 Unidentified bug causes massive CPU spike on 27-inch iMacs Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good  ...

6. Parallels takes on VMware

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... performs 22 percent faster than the competition (VMware) when running a 64-bit version of Windows 7. In addition, version 5 reportedly offers up to 300 percent faster performance for virtual machine operations ...

7. Why Apple should license Windows 7

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   ... over that platform seems even more complete. Microsoft's most popular products, in terms of volume and revenue are traditionally Windows, Windows Server, and Office. The closest thing to a product is ...

8. Maingear Shifts into overdrive with hard-core gaming machine

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... HyperX memory - up to DDR3-2000 @ 2000MHz. Windows 7 - 64-bit support. The Shift base price is currently set at $2,199.  ...

9. Mozilla Firefox 3.6 beta spotted in the wild

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time. Testers can download Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 builds for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux here. See Also Mozilla preps Firefox 3.6 with ...

10. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... 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 ...

11. Snow Leopard glitch means Windows 7 runs faster - on Macs

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    The brand new 27" iMac is suffering from major problems with video graphics while Windows 7 operating on the same machines is working fine. The brand new 27" iMac is suffering from major problems with ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... card issue. I'm awaiting a fix," added Rhyceudique. See Also Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays ...

13. 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 ...

14. Ubuntu bug subjects TG Daily hack to wrath of fanbois

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... sdb, or sdc. The "manual" partitioning option showed all partitions on all three drives and seemed normal. "On another system, recently loaded with windows 7 professional on a 250 GB sda, the "side by ...

15. VMWare tempts Mac users with "ultimate" Windows 7 experience

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    VMWare has rolled out its Fusion 3 virtualization platform for Mac OS X. The $80 Fusion 3 - which offers 50 new features - allows users to run native Windows applications with "Mac simplicity." VMWare ...

16. My 10 favorite Windows apps

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    I am agnostic to operating systems. I've used Mac OSes, I've used OS/2, I've used every version of Windows since version 1.0. I've used SuSE Linux. I liked SuSE Linux. It ran fiendishly fast on the Pentium ...

17. Ubuntu is still rubbish

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... refused to talk to my Windows (XP in those days) boxes on the LAN, so I gave up with it. On a whim this afternoon, I downloaded the latest RC version of Ubuntu with another silly name - Wonky Wombat or ...

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

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Opinion: Apple was blindsided by Windows 7. It wasn’t the product which they saw coming, it was the sustaining marketing budget and positive reviews from Apple loyalists like Walt Mossberg they ...

19. MSI plans Tegra e-book, talks up notebook shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... notebook shipments next year. MSI expects notebook shipments will grow more than 10 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2009 thanks mainly to Windows 7, but a shortage of optical drives and DRAM ...

20. Family Guy escapes curse of Redmond

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... exclusion of all other advertising content and feature gags about Windows 7. Now Redmond has seen some early footage of the show, it's pulling the sponsorship because it doesn't like what it sees. At ...

21. Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn

    (Software/Software Features)

    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 ...

22. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    ... 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", ...

23. Intel optimizes Windows 7 SSD performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Intel has introduced a solid-state drive toolbox that optimizes 34nm X25-M SATA SSD performance in Windows 7. According to company spokesperson Pete Hazen, both the optimizer and accompanying firmware update ...

24. Leaving the iPhone behind

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    ... unlike trading in my PC for a Mac or Windows for Linux, I'm accustomed to swapping out my cellphone. I'm just hoping my next one won't give me the flu.  ...

25. 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 ...

26. Microsoft Q1 revenues down 14 percent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... of diluted earnings per share, relating to the Windows 7 Upgrade Option program and sales of Windows 7 to OEMs and retailers before general availability. Adding back the deferred revenue, revenue totaled ...

27. Intel launches Windows 7 migration kit

    (Software/Software Features)

    Intel Business Exchange (IBX) has launched a migration kit for Windows 7. Intel Business Exchange (IBX) has launched a migration kit for Windows 7. It consists of two software products - Laplink ...

28. Chrome for Mac finally arrives in beta, sort of

    (Software/Software Features)

    Google has announced availability of an official Chrome for Mac browser preview, based on version 4 -already available for Windows but not for Linux or OSX, but is advising people not to try it. Google ...

29. Psystar bootlegs Snow Leopard for the masses

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... 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 ...

30. How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable Apple with Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    ...  This is likely to point with Apple this month as they sit stunned that Windows 7 is doing so well and they are left looking foolish with products priced out of the segment. Their big news this week was ...

31. Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Nvidia has welcomed the official debut of Microsoft Windows 7. A company spokesperson explained that the new operating system will significantly accelerate system performance by using the DirectCompute ...

32. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD has congratulated Microsoft on the official launch of its long-awaited Windows 7 operating system. According to AMD spokesperson Margaret Lewis, the two industry heavyweights "closely collaborated" ...

33. Lenin's favorite car maker launches $1 million SUV

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... want to take a look at the Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition. With bullet-proof, gold-plated windows, pure tungsten exhausts and diamond-encrusted instruments, prices range from a bargain-basement ...

34. Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Microsoft has launched yet another iteration of its infamous Windows operating system. Fortunately, I have chosen to opt out of the Microsoft universe and am well on my way to becoming a loyal disciple ...

35. Acer introduces Aspire 3D laptop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... price point of $800, also offers an Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2 MB L2 cache, 2.2GHz, 800 MHz FSB), Dolby surround sound and Windows 7 Home Premium. Additional specs include: ATI Mobility Radeon ...

36. Windows 7 launches in London hospital

    (Software/Software Features)

    Microsoft launched the very latest version of its operating system - Windows 7 today. The most interesting thing is that people will have to perform a 'clean' installation in order to upgrade from ...

37. The best disk defragger just got better

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... defragging the files. This removes any need to use cumbersome and slow alternatives either shipped with Windows or sold by the usual suspects. The amount of controllability is breathtaking - from ...

38. Phoenix ties knot with Samsung for "instantly on" notebooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    ...  That's done by using Phoenix Hyperspace, which lets notebooks start and shut down within seconds - admittedly that's not instant. The operating environment lets you switch to Windows for specific tasks ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order product of all time in the UK, says Amazon. Windows 7 has beaten boy wizard Harry Potter to become the biggest pre-order ...

40. ARM multicore chip challenges Intel's hegemony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... MS Windows Embedded, Symbian and Ubuntu. Nathan Brookwood, senior analyst at Insight 64, said: "The performance of the Cortex A5 processor, when combined with Adobe's recently announced support for Cortex-A ...

41. Ubuntu, IBM wave tiny fists at Microsoft Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    ...  This is presumably intended to be a spoiler to the introduction of Windows 7 this week, but it will make hardly a dent in the installed base. What will IBM bring to the Linux party? Currently it's fixated ...

42. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    AMD has rolled out several Athlon II processors which are "fully optimized" for Windows 7. According to AMD spokesperson Brent Barry, the most recent additions to the Athlon II family will allow manufacturers ...

43. Gartner veep outlines Windows 7 migration costs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    We asked last week why migrating to Windows 7 from Windows XP was reckoned to cost $1,930 a seat. Over the weekend, Gartner VP of research Michael Silver took the time to send us an email filling in ...

44. Analysts spout crap, charge megabucks

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... stories a day or have his Everclear allowance cut off. We noted with interest earlier today that Gartner analysts reckon it will cost a staggering $1930 per seat to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows ...

45. Judge protects Verizon ringtones from greedy publishers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... consumers who roll down their car windows with the radio on, who take a radio to the beach, or who sing 'Happy Birthday' to their children in a public park. Remember, ASCAP once demanded royalties from ...

46. Mozilla preps Firefox 3.6 with beta test build

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... also expected to support jump lists, or shortcut menus found on an application's taskbar icon in Windows 7. The list will reportedly offer links to a user's most frequently visited sites, along with the ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    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 ...

48. Microsoft to fight Apple with own retail stores

    (Software/Software Features)

    Software giant Microsoft will open a store in Scottsdale, Arizona to coincide with the launch of Windows 7, according to the Wall Street Journal.Software giant Microsoft will open a store in Scottsdale, ...

49. Acer beats up Dell on shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... especially well in China. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, though, its shipments declined. Surprisingly, perhaps, Gartner reckons the launch of Windows 7 will have only a minimal impact on PC ...