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New York Times Tech toys Denver Post, CO Install Windows Live Essentials, a free set of desktop apps from Microsoft. Three of them got me working a lot faster: Mail, which handles all my e-mail accounts Photo Gallery, which uploads to Flickr and Writer, for editing blog posts more easily ... Five Controversial Ways to Speed Your PC New York Times all 7 news articles More...

Microsoft unveils a new Lauren the Laptop Hunter CNET News, CA So she saved very little upfront, for which she most certainly will pay much more later - if not in cash, in time and frustration - and she'll always be stuck with an OS-limited, Windows Vista-mired, Dell-quality POS." by AppleRocks1963 May 15, ... More...

Windows 7: Three Months ... InternetNews.com, NY RTM is the final set of steps before Windows 7 actually reaches retailers' shelves. leblanc's bosses, in a further post on Microsoft's Engineering Windows 7 blog, described the process from here to RTM, starting with the RC -- the last test version of ... More...

Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews Washington Post, United States Regarding your comments on Windows 7: You did not mention whether all existing programs and device drivers from Vista will work with Windows 7. I am using Vista Ultimate and I had to upgrade a number of programs and device drivers in my migration from ... More...

WinInfo Short Takes: Week of May 18 Windows & Net Magazine, OH This one has been painful, both because of the surprising number of feature changes since Windows Vista and because of the unnecessarily contracted schedule. Combine that with the lackluster pay, the lost sleep, and the fact that the rest of life seems ... More...

Switching My Dad to Linux--Part Two Computerworld, Norway Let's update from an Ubuntu perspective the points raised in the previous posting that drove him (and me) away from Windows Vista: I set his new Ubuntu 9.04 install to update automatically and invisibly (System > Administration > Software Sources, ... Switching My Dad to Linux--Part One ITworld.com all 21 news articles More...

ITBusiness.ca Short Takes: May 15, 2009 SDTimes.com, CA It makes a lot of sense because most businesses still run Windows XP. My family business has been purchasing new pcs preloaded with Windows XP to keep important software running. That software would be very costly to update for Windows Vista, ... Office 2010 Updates Bink.nu Office 2010 Preview in July, Beta Later Tom's Guide Groove To Get a Name Change Redmond Channel Partner PC World - ITvoir all 52 news articles More...

Exchange 2007 SP2 Brings Back the Backup Windows & Net Magazine, OH Although the Exchange team blog post is a little light on actual details about these announced features, it's good at least to know that Exchange 2007 hasn't been cast off with same disregard as Windows Vista was at the first sight of Windows 7. ... Details of Exchange 2007 SP2 in-box backup when running on Windows ... Bink.nu all 7 news articles More...

Pirated copies of Windows 7 have been found to have malware embedded on the operating system.The embedded malware is building a botnet, and copies of the new operating system are posted on torrent sites infecting downloaders at 552 users per hour.As of Monday, the total infection tracked by Damballa (research firm) was around 3,500 systems [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...

We are pleased to announce the availability of Internet Explorer 8 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs for Windows XP SP2, Windows XP SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2. The MUI packs can be downloaded from here : [*]Windows XP[*]Windows XP Professional x64[*]Windows Server 2003 x86[*]Windows Server 2003 x64 As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today – [*]Internet Explorer 8 MUI pack applicable to Windows XP x86 and Windows Server 2003 x86 for the following languages – [*]Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Hong Kong), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Jap…

What You Need to Know About SP2 for Windows Server 2008 and Vista Windows & Net Magazine, OH By the time you read this, Microsoft will have released SP2 for both Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. And yes, the same service-pack executables service both systems, thanks to Microsoft's decision to lock development of its desktop and server ... Vista SP3 Gets First Hotfix Softpedia Details of Exchange 2007 SP2 in-box backup when running on Windows ... Bink.nu Exchange 2007 SP2 Brings Back the Backup Windows & Net Magazine all 6 news articles More...

Office 2010 Updates Bink.nu, Netherlands Read this and our other OneNote blog for more information on the changes. 1. Office 2010 will be available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. 2. Office 2010 will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. 3. You don't need to replace ... More...

Five quick Windows Vista speedup tips CNET News, CA by Dennis O'Reilly I split my work time about evenly between Windows XP and Vista. Let me tell you, I'll take Vista 99 days out of 100. Vista's safer than XP, it looks better than its predecessor, and it runs at least as fast as XP. ... More...

Microsoft 'Chelan': A new Windows Embedded platform takes shape ZDNet Blogs (Microsoft has shared a bit more about Quebec, however. It is an embedded, componentized version of much of the functionality in Windows Vista.) The Windows Mobile team is just one of the entities which build on top of the Embedded CE platform ... More...

Hey! I need some help, i have installed a windows 2008 server and now i have tried to install desktop experience but it can't install! after 3 attempts and 3 reboots the installation stops and it goes back to the original position. anyone hade this before? best regards johan

Microsoft's joy: Apple responds to Laptop Hunters CNET News, CA That's why I've seen so many of my colleague's computers running Vista riddled with more viruses and worms than are at the CDC lab in Atlanta. Keep telling yourself that. by danielwsmithee May 13, 2009 4:35 PM PDT So what do you do when a Windows ... More...

Windows 7 on your Intel Mac - for free! CNET News, CA by Jason Parker Most people who read The Download Blog are probably familiar with the coming release of Windows 7. For a full rundown of new features, check out Seth Rosenblatt's hands on post here, but there's plenty of Windows 7 content to pore over. ... More...

DailyTech Office 2010 Preview in July, Beta Later Tom's Guide, CA According to the company, the beta will come in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, and will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, and the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. In addition to the preview and beta announcement, Microsoft's Reed Shaffner ... Microsoft Office 2010 Test Version To Be Rolled Out In July 2009 ITProPortal Office 2010 Technical Preview in July 2009, sign up now ITvoir all 29 news articles More...

New York Times Five Controversial Ways to Speed Your PC New York Times, United States Install Vista Premium. If your PC can run Premium — use Microsoft's Upgrade Advisor to test it — load it up with Vista Premium and turn on the Aero interface. Aero is more sophisticated and less ugly than the old-school jumble of Windows XP or Vista ... More...

This post is intended for IT administrators, but more technical users might also find it useful. During Internet Explorer 8 development we paid very close attention to Line of Business (LOB) application compatibility for large enterprises. We want IE8 to be an easy drop-in replacement for earlier versions of IE, so that all users can benefit from the improved speed, security and ease of use of IE8. Like Microsoft, your organization probably depends on a very large number of Line of Business applications – some commercial, some developed in-house – and the browser is an integral part of your IT infrastructure. During the past year of IE8 development, we tested…

Secure your USB drives with bitlocker To Go for Windows 7 TechRepublic, KY In this edition of the Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report, I'll introduce you to bitlocker To Go and show you how it works on a 1GB USB thumb drive. This blog post is also available in the PDF format as a free techrepublic Download and as a ... More...

Soft Sailor Apple, finish no operating system before its time Macsimum, TN A recent post at the "Tech Blog" site asked the question that's on many people's minds: Snow Leopard or Windows 7 -- who'll finish first. Naturally, I hope it's Apple, but not if that means rushing Mac OS X 10.6 out the door. ... Security Update 2009-002 available for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger tuaw.com all 134 news articles More...

Security Update 2009-002 available for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger tuaw.com, CA Before the update it did not recognize it, even though it had previously recognized and booted from the same disk with Windows Vista installed. This is a big deal for me since I use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse and holding the option key does ... More...

Microsoft Hopes To Complete Windows 7 By August InformationWeek, NY Microsoft has good reason to be wary of shipping Windows 7 until it's ready for prime time. Windows Vista, the company's current OS, experienced a number of setbacks almost from the moment it debuted in January 2007. Problems included incompatible ... More...

Windows Vista is probably one of the most negatively talked about software in the history of the industry.Windows Vista Ultimate, the highest edition of Windows Vista, is where consumers complained the loudest given the amount people cashed out vs the extras they received from it.Microsoft Windows 7 is months away from release and Michael Cherry [...]Post from: Windows Vista Weblog More...