newsweek.com - 11/1/2009
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Last month Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 and opened the first of a chain of new retail stores. As usual with such announcements, there's been loads of hoopla and ginned-up excitement. But mostly people are just relieved. Windows 7 replaces Vista, one of the most disastrous tech products ever. ...
anandtech.com - 10/26/2009
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anandtech.com —
After nearly a year of serious waiting, the
next Windows is here. Its arrival puts a stake...
in Vista, and may finally be what Microsoft needs to put XP to bed....
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Windows 7 Performance Guide
maximumcpu.net - 11/3/2009
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maximumcpu.net —
With the the recent flood of smaller, cheaper
laptops and netbooks hitting the market, it only makes...
sense that companies would want to make mobile accessories smaller as well. Today we will be taking a look at one of Microsoft's newest products, ...
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Microsoft Mobile Mouse 4000
technologyexpert.blogspot.com - 10/28/2009
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technologyexpert.blogspot.com —
"Crapware" is the term used to describe all
the trial, demo, or other useless software frequently loaded...
on a PC when you buy it from a manufacturer such as Dell or HP. So much of it is installed that many consider such PCs as "crapped up," hence the name. Interestingly, in their Scottsdale ...
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Microsoft Retail Stores Feature "Crapware-Less" ...
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The Tech Report: News —
Sunday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki 1:30 AM on November 1, 2009 Sunday Newsweek: The Lost Decade - Why Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates Garmin, TomTom stocks tank due to Android NordicHardware reports MSI shows how to unlock Phenom cores Fudzilla reports MSI won't do USB 3.0 / SATA 6.0 Gbps The Register reports Wintel 7 machines freeze out iPhone A-Data introduces industry's fastest SSD NordicHardware reports mobile DirectX 11 chips from AMD launch January 2010 TechRadar UK: Why computers suck at maths ...
Weekend tech reading: DirectX 11 comes to Windows Vista
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... The lost decade; Why Steve Ballmer is no Bill Gates Last month Microsoft rolled out Windows 7 and opened the first of a chain of new retail stores. As usual with such announcements, there's been loads of hoopla and ginned-up excitement. But mostly people are just relieved. Windows 7 replaces Vista, one of the most disastrous tech products ever. It also caps the end of a decade in which Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, stepped aside, and the company lost its edge. Newsweek Windows 7 endless reboot answer evades Microsoft Users remained stymied today by endless reboots after ...
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