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- Internet Explorer 9 to feature GPU acceleration
In recent months, Apple, Google, and Mozilla have really managed to squeeze impressive amounts of performance out of their respective web browsers, making page rendering and web applications noticeably snappier with each release. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 lags behind a bit in current benchmarks, but the IE team has a...
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Last by blubje at 2:22 PM on 11/21/09 - Chrome OS VMware image pops up on BitTorrent
Eager to try Chrome OS, but don't feel like going through the trouble of building a usable version of the operating system from the publicly available source code? Well, good news: as TechCrunch reports, a kind soul has gone through the motions and uploaded a convenient VMware image...
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Last by provoko at 9:41 AM on 11/21/09 - Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server arrives next week
Atom-based home servers are ganging up on shoppers this holiday season, promising perks like centralized data storage, automated backups, and media streaming at bargain prices. According to the Windows Team Blog, Microsoft will add icing to the cake next week by patching in full Windows 7 support to...
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Last by UberGerbil at 3:58 AM on 11/21/09 - Google pulls the curtain off Chrome OS, releases source
As planned, Google showed Chrome OS to the world for the first time earlier today. The unveiling came hand-in-hand with the release of the operating system's source code under the Chromium OS project, which allows anyone to grab the code, modify it, build it, and run it. Google...
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Last by WaltC at 3:31 PM on 11/21/09 - Google plans Chrome OS event for tomorrow
On Friday, the folks at TechCrunch quoted a "reliable source" as saying Google's Chrome OS would become available within a week. That may well turn out to be true. The same site now says it has been notified that Google will hold a "special Chrome OS event" at...
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Last by UberGerbil at 12:34 PM on 11/19/09 - Microsoft warns of Windows 7 zero-day flaw
Is this the first zero-day security vulnerability in Microsoft's new operating system? According to ComputerWorld, Microsoft has confirmed the presence of a flaw through which attackers could crash Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines. Reportedly, exploiting the flaw can bog down those operating systems "so thoroughly that the...
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Last by TO11MTM at 7:58 PM on 11/17/09 - Report: Chrome OS to be available next week
We might not have to suffer fake "leaked" screenshots of Chrome OS for much longer. Quoting a "reliable source," TechCrunch claims the upcoming netbook operating system will become publicly available within just a week. Implausible? Not really. When Google first announced the project in July, it pledged to...
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Last by Hattig at 12:09 PM on 11/14/09 - Microsoft exec says Win7 borrows from OS X, Microsoft disagrees
Sometimes, you just can't help sticking your foot in your mouth. In an interview with British site PCR yesterday, Microsoft Partners Group Manager Simon Aldous did just that by saying the Windows team had taken cues from Apple's Mac OS X when designing Windows 7. He went so far...
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Last by Welch at 11:54 AM on 11/13/09 - Windows 7 now has 4% of the PC market
Last week, we told you that early Windows 7 retail sales had eclipsed early Vista sales by a staggering 234%. Do usage share numbers reflect that popularity? Yes, according to new Net Applications figures gathered by the folks at eWeek. According to Net Applications' usage share data, which is...
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Last by zima at 7:23 PM on 11/15/09 - Early Windows 7 unit sales beat Vista's by 234%
So far, the hype surrounding Windows 7 has been much more positive than what accompanied Windows Vista. Has all the upbeat chatter translated into higher popularity? Yes, according to early numbers from NPD. The research firm writes that, in the United States, unit sales of boxed Windows 7 copies eclipsed...
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Last by droopy1592 at 12:29 PM on 11/09/09 - Ubuntu 9.10 brings better polish, performance
On the heels of Windows 7, Canonical has completed and released the latest major version of its popular Linux distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 is now available for download from a wealth of mirrors all over the world. As usual, the installation image fits onto a single, bootable CD that...
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Last by Manabu at 2:53 PM on 11/04/09 - Microsoft pulls out of Family Guy special
You know that Microsoft-sponsored Family Guy special we wrote about a couple of weeks ago? Yeah, it's not happening. According to Variety, Microsoft pulled the plug after executives saw the show's taping on October 16. Why, you might ask? Well, while the special did pimp Windows 7, it also...
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Last by Voldenuit at 2:03 AM on 10/29/09 - Radeon HD 5000 cards inflate cursors
Getting one of AMD's new Radeon HD 5000-series graphics cards? Then don't just expect your frame rates to increase. We've become aware of a puzzling, annoying, but otherwise harmless bug that seems to affect the entire Evergreen lineup. Sometimes, out of the blue, the Windows mouse cursor doubles in size. No,...
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Last by Spider-NL at 2:08 PM on 11/15/09 - Poll: Are you upgrading to Windows 7?
So, Windows 7 is finally out in stores. What does this mean for TR gerbils? Are our trusty readers rushing to upgrade, or are they biding their time? A number of you must already be running pre-release versions of the OS. Perhaps you've even gotten hold of the release-to-manufacturing build...
Poll Question: • When are you upgrading to Windows 7?
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Last by Voldenuit at 8:43 AM on 10/29/09 - Windows 7 is out
In case you missed all the commotion, mainstream coverage, and that strange launch party campaign, Windows 7 became publicly available this morning. You should now be able to buy either the new operating system or Windows 7-powered PCs in stores. Or, if you don't feel like getting up, you...
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Last by Usacomp2k3 at 10:19 PM on 10/25/09 - Windows 7 optimism could bring down hardware prices
Could PC makers have stocked up on too much hardware because of the optimism surrounding Windows 7, in turn paving the way for a decline in prices? That's the question Barrons.com asks in a recent blog post, and it sounds like the answer might very well be yes. You don't...
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Last by ManAtVista at 12:09 AM on 10/22/09 - Toshiba preps touch-screen Win7 notebooks
With Windows 7 just over a week away from release, Toshiba is sparing no opportunity to tease its future notebooks based on the operating system. After unveiling its ultraportable Satellite T100 series and its Core i7-toting Qosmio X500, the firm has now announced two somewhat more pedestrian models...
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Last by Clint Torres at 1:50 PM on 10/15/09 - New Chrome OS shots look most plausible yet
We've seen our fair share of fake Chrome OS screenshots over the past little while. The images posted yesterday on the OMG! Ubuntu! blog look like the most plausible yet, however, and there's a good reason for it: the blogger claims to have gotten working pre-release software straight...
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Last by SlyFerret at 12:23 PM on 10/15/09
