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It wasn’t a high bar, but Windows 7 cleared it. Consumer retail sales of Microsoft Corp.’s newest computer operating system topped those of Vista by 234% on a unit basis within the first few days of its Oct. 22 launch, according to a report released Friday by the market research company NPD Group. The report [...]
The computers at Microsoft Stores don’t have the crapware that Windows PCs typically come with, but they still have an assortment of Microsoft and Adobe software. Most controversially, they include Windows Live Essentials and Microsoft Security Essentials. By Emil Protalinski | Last updated October 28, 2009 8:15 AM CT
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 [...]
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer officially unveiled the company’s new Windows 7 operating system at a Thursday launch event in Manhattan. “I’m Steve Ballmer and I’m a Windows 7 PC,” he announced. The idea behind the new OS is to make computing “simpler, faster, more responsive,” he said. That was possible thanks to an “intense [...]
I’m all for technology advancements–a new OS, a slicker smartphone, Tang, whatever. Now Acer’s making an odd-but-interesting bet with its new Aspire 5738DG laptop: a 3D display. Yep, the future is now–watch out for flying DeLoreans! Before I crack any more jokes, let me explain what goes into Acer’s 3D technology. Ray Sawall, senior manager [...]
IBM and Canonical, the commercial entity behind Ubuntu Linux, on Tuesday are launching a combined cloud and Linux desktop package designed for Netbooks and low-end PCs. For those of us still waiting for Linux to hit the desktop, this type of packaging may be exactly how the move from Windows starts to pick up steam. [...]
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. [...]
Jeff Bertolucci Oct 18, 2009 11:44 pm I’ve just upgraded my main notebook computer to Windows 7. The process took four hours, windows 7 microsoft upgradeand despites a few minor glitches, was pretty much painless. So I’m using Win 7 now. It’s a little faster and a little prettier than Vista. (Check out PC World’s [...]
By Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb With the Windows 7 launch looming, Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) is sponsoring Fox’s upcoming “Family Guy” comedy special in an apparent bid to market Windows 7 to viewers in a way that’s unconventional and creative. The astonishingly irreverent Family Guy show often pokes fun at Microsoft, and Bill Gates and the Zune have [...]
By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published October 16, 2009, 12:36 PM In a blog post yesterday first noticed by Computerworld’s Gregg Keizer, a member of Mozilla’s user experience team — stating she was not writing on behalf of Mozilla, as the organization allows — suggested that Microsoft’s revised proposal for a Web browser selection [...]
