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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 crazybus at 5:56 PM on 11/20/09 - 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 5:52 PM on 11/20/09 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Sponsored Family Guy special to pimp Windows 7
Microsoft won't just rely on Windows 7's "it's not Vista" street cred and positive hype to sell its new operating system. According to Advertising Age, the company's multimillion-dollar advertising campaign will include a sponsored, commercial-free Family Guy special on Fox. The special, entitled Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 7:04 PM on 10/15/09 - AMD, CyberLink team up on DirectCompute acceleration
As much press as OpenCL has gotten, it's not the only player in town for vendor-agnostic GPU-computing applications. With Windows 7 now less than two weeks away from launch, eyes are starting to turn to the DirectCompute programming interface Microsoft has included in its DirectX 11 toolkit. In their latest joint...
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Last by Scrotos at 6:25 PM on 10/12/09 - Office 2010 Starter to supplant Microsoft Works
Say goodbye to Microsoft Works and hello to ad-supported software and license-only retail cards. That's the gist of a recent post on the Office 2010 Engineering blog, where Office Corporate VP Takeshi Numoto announced Office 2010 Starter alongside other, new ways in which Microsoft will distribute Office 2010. Office Starter...
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Last by PetMiceRnice at 12:01 PM on 10/12/09 - European Commission okays Microsoft browser proposal
The European Commission's investigation into Windows browser bundling won't end with a massive fine, it looks like. According to the Associated Press, the Commission has finally approved the browser ballot screen proposal Microsoft submitted in July. As the AP notes, Microsoft initially hoped to appease the Commission's worries by...
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Last by aatu at 7:21 PM on 10/11/09 - Walt Mossberg: Windows 7 vs. Mac OS X is a toss-up
At many Apple keynotes, Steve Jobs triumphantly pulls up quotes from Wall Street Journal technology columnist Walt Mossberg, who often extols the virtues of Apple products and slams Microsoft software, most recently Vista. Well, Jobs should probably start looking for another reviewer from which to get admiring quotations. Mossberg has...
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Last by derFunkenstein at 2:05 PM on 10/12/09 - Deal of the week: Windows 7 OEM arrives
Until recently, Microsoft offered two options for folks wishing to pre-order Windows 7: either pay full price for a complete license or buy the cheaper upgrade edition, which requires you to install a legit copy of XP or Vista beforehand. Well, there's now a third option: OEM editions. Newegg now carries...
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Last by SHOES at 10:05 AM on 10/05/09
- Upcoming microATX MSI H57 motherboard pictured[7]
- Internet Explorer 9 to feature GPU acceleration[11]
- Deal of the week: A $550 ultraportable and a $225 home server[12]
- Name Your PC Day Shortbread[22]
- Chrome OS VMware image pops up on BitTorrent[17]
- Power Pack 3 for Windows Home Server arrives next week[13]
