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Xavier School dumps Windows for Linux - Cnet Asia
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Xavier School dumps Windows for Linux Cnet Asia, CA - 9 minutes ago The views expressed in this blog are the author's, and not those of CNET Asia. spangaroo: Hmm...makes me think who I would sacrifice? ... More...
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Windows 7 Feature Focus: Aero Shake
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Aero Snaps is a secret new feature in Windows 7 discovered by Rafael Rivera... More...
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Microsoft Issues One Critical Fix For Patch Tuesday - CRN
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Microsoft Issues One Critical Fix For Patch Tuesday CRN, NY - 4 minutes ago The error affects all versions of Windows, including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. Microsoft gave the vulnerability the highest ... More...
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Responding to Change: Updated Getter/Setter Syntax in IE8 RC 1
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As a Program Manager, I love to write feature specifications (that’s a job description requirement)! In each spec, PMs carefully weigh the pros and cons of certain design tradeoffs, consider the customer requests, available feedback and telemetry data, etc. Based on all of that information, we make certain informed assumptions about what we would like to build and how. Despite our best planning efforts, we know that some of the assumptions made in early specs may change at any time through development. One of these common areas of change is in the web standards space—therefore we plan extra time in our schedule to re-evaluate current conditions and make changes to the…
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Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch - Computerworld
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Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch Computerworld, MA - 5 minutes ago Microsoft also recommended that users back up all MP3 files before doing an upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista, and to set all of them to "read-only" ... More...
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Marathon Technologies CTO Discusses "Marathon and Microsoft Fault ... DABCC.com, FL - 1 hour ago I wanted to use this blog post to answer two questions: why this announcement matters and how could it impact your role managing your Windows infrastructure ... More...
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the addition of new features such as live migration and expanded processor and memory support for host systems, it allows organizations to consolidate workloads onto a single physical server and is a good solution for organizations who are consolidating servers as well as for development and test environments. By having the ability to plug into existing IT infrastructures Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 enables companies to reduce costs, improve utilization and provision…
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Microsoft lifts 2.5 million limit on Windows & Beta downloads domain-B, India - 6 minutes ago Microsoft's decision to put a time limit on Windows 7 beta's availability mimics its practice more than two years ago, when it launched Windows Vista Beta 2 ... More...
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Windows 7 Beta Bonus: IE8 Included - InformationWeek
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Windows 7 Beta Bonus: IE8 Included InformationWeek, NY - 4 minutes ago "The Windows 7 Beta includes a beta of Internet Explorer 8," notes Microsoft program manager Paul Cutsinger, in a blog post. ... More...
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Microsoft ditches Windows 7 beta download limit - Computerworld
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Microsoft ditches Windows 7 beta download limit Computerworld, MA - 12 minutes ago By using the same "slmgr -rearm" command that gained notoriety after Windows Vista's debut, they can extend that trial period to a total of 120 days. ... More...
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Evaluating the Windows 7 Beta for Business
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Businesses need to start evaluating the next Windows sooner rather than later... More...
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Windows 7 Beta Compatibility (Updated)
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Updated! I've added a number of fixes and workarounds to my Windows 7 Beta Compatibility article... More...
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Will '7' be Windows' Lucky ... - InternetNews.com
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Will '7' be Windows' Lucky ... InternetNews.com - 5 minutes ago "All the blog sites have given [the beta] thumbs up … I think Windows 7 will actually be a big hit relative to Vista," Kay said. More...
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Will '7' be Windows' Lucky Number? - Internet News (subscription)
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Will '7' be Windows' Lucky Number? Internet News (subscription), CA - 2 minutes ago "All the blog sites have given [the beta] thumbs up … I think Windows 7 will actually be a big hit relative to Vista," Kay said. More...
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Microsoft Offers Unlimited Windows 7 Downloads - InformationWeek
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Microsoft Offers Unlimited Windows 7 Downloads InformationWeek, NY - 8 minutes ago Compared with the widely maligned Vista, Windows 7 "should boot more quickly, have longer battery life, and fewer alerts," Ballmer said. ... More...
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Vista Service Pack 1, with 300 fixes, released to PC makers Secure Computing, Australia - 2 minutes ago New PCs with SP1 installed will be sold in retail outlets in the coming months, Microsoft Windows product manager Mike Nash noted in a blog post. ... More...
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Taking the plunge into Windows 7 - Houston Chronicle
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Taking the plunge into Windows 7 Houston Chronicle, United States - 11 minutes ago Although Windows Vista has sold relatively well — if only because it’s the default OS that comes on most PCs now — it has not exactly been embraced with ... More...
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Get the Windows 7 Look into Windows XP
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Vishal is at it again. He has quickly released a theme that would allow your Windows XP box to look like Windows 7. As described on his site: Finally the wait is over. The impossible is possible now. You asked for full Start ORB. You asked for Superbar in XP. You asked for Big and iconized taskbar buttons in [...] More...
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Dual Boot Windows Vista and Windows 7
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The logic in dual booting operating systems in Microsoft is easy as long as you install the older operating system first. Just like what I recently did with my Lenovo S10 where I triple-booted it with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003. I first installed the oldest operating system – Windows XP, followed [...] More...
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Windows 7's Subtleties Give Internet Explorer a Competitive Edge Wired News - 15 minutes ago In a post on the official IE8 blog, Microsoft's Paul Cutsinger explains that "IE8 in Windows 7 Beta is a pre-release candidate build of IE: it's IE8 Beta 2 ... More...
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Download Windows 7 Public Beta
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Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 Public beta would be available late last week but unfortunately, the servers of Microsoft could not handle the traffic surge and they had to move the date this week. Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft Spokesman has issued an apology on the server problems they encountered: I know many of you have [...] More...
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UAC causes Access Errors
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As I was working on my laptop, Suddenly I was unable to save Office files. I closed Word and when I tried to open OneNote I got errors. When I rebooted I got an error stating that the sidebar settings.ini was being used by another process. When I turned UAC off everything works OK. Turn UAC back on and I can not access anything.
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Netbooks: The must-have gadget of 2009 - Independent
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Netbooks: The must-have gadget of 2009 Independent, UK - 1 hour ago ... Intel's low-powered Atom processor and run on the Windows XP operating system (slightly dated, but less troublesome than the subsequent Windows Vista). ... More...
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Brier Dudley's Blog - Seattle Times
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Brier Dudley's Blog Seattle Times, United States - 11 minutes ago Bestlink of Shenzhen City, China, is offering these at wholesale prices starting around $140 for Linux systems and $150 for those with Windows CE. ... More...
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Microsoft Opens Floodgates for Windows 7 Beta - TechNewsWorld
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Microsoft Opens Floodgates for Windows 7 Beta TechNewsWorld, CA - 7 minutes ago Microsoft is also incorporating features in Windows 7 that are deemed either weak in Vista or missing altogether -- another nod to the legions that have ... More...