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Microsoft tries to win back fans with Vista alternative

Someone should say a kind word about Vista, Microsoft Corp.'s oft-scorned operating system, so here goes - it's mostly harmless. Bloated, sluggish, and sometimes mystifying, but otherwise harmless. It never ate my files or succumbed to a h [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

Internet Super Forces Twitter and Yahoo Unite

The current Internet news situation is that we the people want our news, and we want it right now! Seriously. We have no desire to scratch our heads waiting, anticipating and wondering when major search engines and directories will manifest [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Intel Drops Desktop, Server Chip Prices As Much As 40%

Intel has dropped the prices of some of its quad-core desktop and Xeon server processors by as much as 40%, as the company battles with rival Advanced Micro Devices for customers in a PC market hammered by the economic downturn. For servers [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft charged with monopoly abuse

Microsoft is harming competition by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, according to a new ruling by the European Commission."Microsoft's tying of Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system harms competition between web bro [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

The computer helper: Intels new i7 chips

Move over, Core 2 Duo. Move over, Core 2 Quad. Intel’s new i7 processor is showing up in new computers around the world. Intel is billing the i7 as “the best desktop processor in the world,” and indeed it offers some subst [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Mozilla delays third Firefox 3.1 beta

Mozilla Corporation has pushed back the release of the third, and possibly final, beta for Firefox 3.1 by a week to February 2. The setback won't affect the final release date for Firefox 3.1, according to the company, but was necessary to [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Bid to Beat Google Builds on a History of Misses

Now that Yahoo Inc. has named a new chief executive, Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Executive Steve Ballmer may finally be in a position to gain ground on Internet juggernaut Google Inc. -- and to reverse one of his biggest mistakes. Mr. Ballmer [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Looks Beyond Vista with Windows 7

Without a doubt, the first beta edition of the Windows 7 operation system indicates that Microsoft is on the right track to shore up many of the perceived flaws of Windows Vista.While not a ground-breaking release Windows 7 is at its core v [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Why Microsoft left Windows 7 unpatched on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft started 2009 by fixing just one security flaw in its software; this month's Patch Tuesday only had a single security bulletin, MS09-001. The security update kills three birds with one stone: two privately reported vulnerabilitie [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

McAfee: We'll Work With Windows 7 When It's Launched

McAfee, which provides desktop security software that right now can't work with Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta, is working with its counterpart to fix any problems and should be A-OK by the time the new operating system is officially on the mar [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Scientist slams newspaper for Google CO2 report

A report in The Times of London on Sunday generated a firestorm of controversy when a Harvard physicist was identified as saying a typical Google Web search on a desktop computer generates about 7 grams of carbon dioxide, making two searche [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft delays first Windows 7 public beta

Microsoft has postponed broad availability of the first Windows 7 beta in order to keep up with anticipated download demand. According to reports from across the web, both the Windows 7 download page and Microsoft.Com were intermittently u [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Yahoo! Doesn't Need No Stinkin' Badges

Shares of Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) temporarily popped higher Wednesday afternoon, after TechCrunch's Michael Arrington blogged about a possible deal. Leaning on "sources with knowledge of the proposed transaction," Arrington is hear [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Yahoo, Intel push Internet TV

Yahoo and Intel hope products to be shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week will mark the beginning of their Internet-fuelled expansion to the world of TV, says CNN. The companies showed off Net-enabled [...]

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