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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:30 +0000

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Maximum PC found this 7 hours ago on gdgt.com

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Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself? Here’s How.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:00 +0000

The public debut of Google Chrome OS today has the press abuzz over the potential of the new web-based operating system. And now that it’s open sourced, you have the chance to try it out for yourself. Unfortunately, most people aren’t ready to undertake the daunting task of actually ...

The Tech Report: News found this 13 hours ago on techcrunch.com

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Microsoft Details Features of IE9

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:59 +0000

Attendees at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles got a sneak preview of IE9 yesterday. From what was presented it’s not really clear what type of personality IE9 will take on. Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, stated Microsoft want’s IE9 to be “a good balance ...

willsmith posted 8 hours ago from maximumpc.com

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Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Computerworld - Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system. "Microsoft has not and will not put ...

TechSpot found this 13 hours ago on computerworld.com

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An Early Look At IE9 for Developers

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:54:00 +0000

We’re just about a month after the Windows 7 launch, and wanted to show an early look at some of the work underway on Internet Explorer 9. At the PDC today, in addition to demonstrating some of the progress on performance and interoperable standards, we showed how IE and Windows will ...

Ars Technica found this 38 hours ago on blogs.msdn.com

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Google's Chrome OS revealed -

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:35:37 +0000

Google had a low-key event today to preview Chrome OS , its new operating system based on Linux and the Chrome browser. Things are still pretty early -- it's not even in beta yet, let alone on shipping products -- but that's the first official screen shot right there, and the big features are ...

Overclockers Club news Feed found this 32 hours ago on engadget.com

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Why Chrome OS will fail -

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Why Chrome OS will fail -- big time A lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history The Chrome OS is here -- sort of. This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system. And after months of speculation ...

TechSpot found this 13 hours ago on infoworld.com

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Hands on: Office 2010 review

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:30:53 +0000

Office 2010 is due in a few months, but the beta release is available now. It has interface changes, bug fixes, one secret new feature – and although it's still a long way from being finished, it shows much more clearly than the technical preview what you'll be waiting for. Like Windows 7 , the ...

Madshrimps News RSS Feed found this 36 hours ago on techradar.com

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HTC Hero

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:56:27 +0000

HTC Hero touch screen Android smartphone has arrived in our test lab and first feature that we noticed was its unusual design. We got white version that has brushed aluminum frame around display which is rather unusual combination. We made a brief survey among innocent bystanders and their first ...

DarkVision Hardware Articles and Review from around the ... found this 25 hours ago on insidehw.com

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[Phoronix] Mac OS X 10.6.2 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:43:00 +0000

Back in August upon the launch of Apple's Snow Leopard we delivered benchmarks comparing Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6 along with initial benchmarks of how Ubuntu 9.10 was running against Mac OS X 10.6 . Since that time though Ubuntu 9.10 has been officially released with various changes since ...

The Tech Report: News found this 37 hours ago on phoronix.com

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Novell: It's Tough to Make Money with Open Source, "Keep it Proprietary"

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:24:20 +0000

Despite the growing popularity of open source software, there's still the issue of how to make money with it. No easy task, warns Miguel de Icaza , Vice President of Novell, who also heads up the firm's open source Mono project. "If your livelihood depends on the product that you're ...

willsmith posted 15 hours ago from maximumpc.com

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Windows Home Server Blog

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:40:49 +0000

The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24 th , 2009. Power Pack 3 will be made available to existing users via Windows Update. Users need to ...

Madshrimps News RSS Feed found this 31 hours ago on windowsteamblog.com

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Unearth Region-Specific Windows 7 Themes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:20:00 +0000

Microsoft stepped up its game in more ways than one with the advent of Windows 7 . The graphical user interface looks and functions better than in previous releases and is easy to customize. Without digging deep, even inexperienced users coming from Windows XP and Vista can see that Microsoft ...

TechSpot found this 24 hours ago on techspot.com

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Google releases official details on Chrome OS

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:27:22 +0000

Google has announced a new open source OS specifically meant to be a lightweight system for those who spend most of their time online. Google has stripped away what it considers to be unnecessary features to focus on getting users booted and online quickly.

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Google Chrome OS UI Concept Video

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system for people who spend most of their time on the web built around the core tenets of speed, simplicity and ...

TechSpot found this 33 hours ago on youtube.com

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Download of the Week: Power Plan Assistant for Windows 7

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Microsoft has made energy efficiency a key design element of Windows 7. By default, the operating system is now smarter than previous releases about what devices to turn on and when. It also includes fairly detailed power management options and offers three power plans out of the box to help end ...

juliofranco posted 32 hours ago from techspot.com

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Google previews its upcoming Chrome OS

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:49:00 +0000

Google offered a preview of its upcoming Chrome OS during an event today. Stressing its target audience, Google said it is building Chrome OS with web users in mind, and that it probably isn't going to be a replacement for Windows, OS X or Linux desktops. Instead, the search giant is trying to ...

juliofranco posted 33 hours ago from techspot.com

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Download Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Beta

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:06:00 +0000

With Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, your people get a wide range of powerful new ways to do their best work from more places – whether they’re using a PC, smartphone or web browser. From insightful updates to Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook, to new server integration ...

The Tech Report: News found this 2 days ago on microsoft.com

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Google Explains Chrome OS in this 3 Minute Video

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:07:35 +0000

This morning, Google gave the first public demonstration of the Chrome OS they announced earlier this year. We'll have a full recap of the presentation later today, but Google has also released a 3 minute video explaining the basics of their netbook-targeted operating system. The basics: ...

willsmith posted 33 hours ago from maximumpc.com

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Windows 7 security courtesy of the NSA

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:12:07 +0000

The secretive National Security Agency has described its part in helping Microsoft improve security in its latest version of Windows - which should worry conspiracy theorists.

jamie posted 42 hours ago from bit-tech.net

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