Five Reasons Windows XP Has About a Year to Live

Shane O’Neill , CIO.com For all the stories about enterprises holding off on Windows 7 deployments, Windows XP’s dominance in the enterprise is at the beginning of the end, says one industry analyst. This will not happen overnight, writes Forrester analyst Benjamin Gray in a new research report, but there are enough reasons for IT [...]

Will the New Windows Lift Chip Stock? Don’t Count on It

ON THURSDAY, AT long last, Microsoft will deliver Windows 7, the eagerly awaited new version of its flagship operating system. Win 7 has been getting enthusiastic reviews, and both personal-computer makers and chip manufacturers are all atingle at the prospect that the software will trigger a wave of new-computer purchases by consumers and businesses alike. [...]

Windows 7′s is killer feature & lower power consumption.

It’s no secret that I’ve been left struggling to come up with a Windows 7 killer feature. I think I might have found it, and it comes in the form of lower power consumption. Don’t get me wrong, I like Windows 7, a lot. I find it a huge step up from Vista in terms [...]