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Windows 7 64-Bit Momentum
Microsoft posts some interesting information about the uptick in 64-bit versions of Windows 7 . As of June 2010, we see that 46 percent of all PCs worldwide running Windows 7 are running a 64-bit edition of Windows 7 . That is, nearly half of all PCs running Windows 7 are running 64-bit »
Windows 7 Momentum: 7 Copies Sold Every Second
Seven months into the Windows 7 life cycle, and Microsoft is once again banging the drum for it's popular new OS. The announcements below follow an appearance by corporate VP and CFO Tami Reller at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch US Technology Conference. She noted, among other things: Microsoft has sold over... »
Microsoft Launches Fix it Center Beta
Microsoft has launched a beta version of a new downloadable support tool called the Fix It Center. »
Firefox 3.7 Pre-Alpha: Aye, There Be Glass Here
Mozilla is starting to show off its glassy designs in actual shipping product, albeit in pre-alpha form. But it's a good start, and if you were curious what a glasserific version of Firefox would look like in Windows 7 or Vista, sans 90s-era menu bars, then grab the latest build and check it... »
Microsoft Warns (Again) of Windows Version Expirations
I wrote about this about two weeks ago in WinInfo , but Microsoft is again warning users about the end of support for some legacy Windows versions. Here's the heads-up »
Insane Blogger Fools Reporter, Gets Fired
In Friday's Short Takes, I included the following blurb: Stupid People Writing Stupid Stories About Stupid Non-issues Surveying my so-called peers in the tech press can be depressing. This week is a typical example, with IDG News running a complete non-story FUD episode examining a so-called "Windows 7 issue," in which the new... »
Here It Is: The Browser Ballot Screen
Microsoft this week revealed the final design of its browser ballot screen (or "choice screen") for Windows XP, Vista, and 7, which will begin appearing in EU-based versions of those products over the next few weeks. Over the next few weeks, Microsoft will begin offering a 'web browser choice screen' to Internet Explorer... »
Microsoft Looking Into Windows 7 Battery Issues
I just received an email about this battery issue but had never experienced it (... to my knowledge, anyway. »
Reports of DEP being bypassed
Yesterday we heard reports of a commercially available exploit that bypasses DEP. This exploit was made available to a limited number of major security vendors (Antivirus, IDS, and IPS vendors) and government CERT agencies. »
Apple Finally Adds Windows 7 Support to Boot Camp
Almost three weeks later than originally promised , Apple has finally added support for Windows 7 to its Boot Camp technologies in Mac OS X, which let Mac computers dual boot between the two OSes. »