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Windows 7 lifts retailers

The Australian - 35 days 12 hours 47 minutes ago

Stuart Kennedy and Mahesh Sharma | October 20, 2009RETAIL maestro Gerry Harvey will kick off the consumer fortunes of Microsoft's new Windows 7...
Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect

ZDNet - 35 days 13 hours 54 minutes ago

For my 400th post on ZDNet, this is one mass response in reply to a barrage of emails I have had to suffer over the course of the last couple of...
Microsoft Security Essentials gets 1.5 million downloads in first week

Computer Weekly - 35 days 15 hours 7 minutes ago

More than 1.5 million Windows users downloaded Microsoft's free anti-virus and anti-malware tool, Security Essentials in the week after it was...
Dell Launches Windows 7 Migration Services

Information Week - 35 days 14 hours 47 minutes ago

Dell says it designed, deployed and supported early adopter programs for Windows 7 at several customers, including accounting firm Baker-Tilly,...
Windows 7 arrives early for UK customers

TechRadar UK - 34 days 19 hours 7 minutes ago

Microsoft's latest OS, Windows 7, has started to arrive early in the UK, with customers who pre-ordered the software reporting that they already...
Did 'reporters' sink Vista?

ZDNet - 35 days 11 hours 56 minutes ago

Windows blogger Long Zheng posted via Twitter that he’s ’sick of tech “reporters” labeling Vista a “train wreak”‘ and that they...
A Guide to Windows 7 Networking

Computer World - 35 days 1 hour 15 minutes ago

PC World - Whether at home or at the office, networking has gone mainstream. Once upon a time, a computer had value as a stand-alone machine...
Apple leaps ahead with 47% profits surge

Financial Times - 35 days 2 hours 15 minutes ago

Apple profits jumped 47 per cent on surging iPhone and Macintosh computer sales in the latest quarter, capping a remarkable boom year for a company...
Microsoft Office 2010 beta available in November

Computer Weekly - 34 days 13 hours 33 minutes ago

Microsoft is expected to release a beta version of Office 2010 next month, according to news site Cnet. The product, which has been available as a...
The Windows 7 one-stop knowledge shop

Computerworld - 34 days 23 hours 2 minutes ago

With the launch of Windows 7 upon us it is time to look at what Microsoft’s latest OS actually brings to the table. We’ve gathered together a...
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?

Silicon.com - 34 days 10 hours 28 minutes ago

A revitalised Windows raises the bar for Apple's Snow Leopard, says Seb Janacek. Apple reported record fourth quarter results this week, despite...
Which Windows 7 is right for you?

CNET News - 34 days 3 hours 20 minutes ago

Windows 7 officially will be released to the public on Thursday, and judging by our poll, most CNET readers have already decided to upgrade. For...
Cheat Sheet: Windows 7

Silicon.com - 34 days 10 hours 7 minutes ago

Ah, Windows 7. I remember that - didn't it come after Windows 6?There was never a Windows 6, you fool. Windows 7 is the follow-up to Microsoft's...
Getting Microsoft to fund Linux development

FierceMarkets - 34 days 18 hours 38 minutes ago

The Register ran a report of how an enterprising reader got Dell to pay him back for the cost of the preinstalled Windows Vista (with a free...
Microsoft plans to ring in Windows 7

CNET News - 35 days 7 hours 26 minutes ago

With Windows Vista, Microsoft staged a fancy launch, complete with this human billboard in New York City. Thursday's launch is expected to be a bit...
Ballmer says Windows Mobile 7 must 'kill'

FierceMarkets - 35 days 5 hours 13 minutes ago

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant understands it must make significant strides with the forthcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating...
Windows 7 Set For Low-Key Launch

Information Week - 35 days 12 hours 19 minutes ago

The company has also teamed up with animator Seth MacFarlane to produce a half-hour Family Guy episode featuring Windows 7. For the most part,...
Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

ZDNet - 34 days 7 hours 7 minutes ago

Gartner is telling customers to upgrade to Windows 7 and the latest Office, but adds that it may make sense to at least ponder the alternatives and...
Majority of businesses will upgrade to Windows 7, research finds

Computer Weekly - 34 days 14 hours 3 minutes ago

Almost two-thirds of users plan to upgrade to Windows 7 according to a survey of 1,500 IT managers conducted by research house ITIC for Sunbelt...
Gartner Symposium: Free Windows 7 for everyone

CNET News - 35 days 3 hours 53 minutes ago

ORLANDO, Fla.--Gartner offers a Justification Toolkit to argue the financial merits of attending the Gartner Symposium, but a show perk might carry...