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August 30th, 2009 - 2:17 pm § in General

Free Software Foundation Wants To Stop Fortune 500 Companies Upgrading To Windows 7

According to The Register, The Free Software Foundation has sent letters to 499 Fortune 500 companies asking them to not upgrade to Windows 7, to reduce their reliance on Microsoft products and to encourage the use of GNU/Linux on PCs instead. They decided to not send a letter to the remaining Fort[...]

August 28th, 2009 - 2:02 pm § in General

18 Cool Things Windows 7 Does That Vista Doesn’t

Windows 7 contains so many new features, some of which seem small when you first read about them, but in use make Windows 7 a great operating system to use. Techradar have compiled a list of 18 Cool Things Windwos 7 Does That Vista Doesn’t: 1. Shake ‘em away 2. Jumplists 3. A step forward in pr[...]

August 26th, 2009 - 1:55 pm § in General

New Apple ‘Puddy’ Ads Attack Windows 7

Apple have gone on the offensive with a new set of TV ads to support the launch of Snow Leopard this Friday, getting some early blows in. The adverts focus on the perceived weakness of Windows, the ‘thousands of viruses and tons of headaches’. Personally as a Windows user I get a bit tired [.[...]

August 24th, 2009 - 10:42 pm § in General

Use Windows 7 (for Free) for 120 Days, Legally

According to a new post on Windows Secrets, it is possible to rearm Windows 7’s 30 day activation period up to three times (without violating the EULA), giving the user a maximum of 120 days before needing to activate Windows 7. With this tactic, users of Windows 7 can legally use any version unt[...]

August 22nd, 2009 - 2:37 am § in General

Power Shell 2.0 RTM Says Hi to Windows Vista, XP

Power Shell 2.0, one of the newest products from Microsoft, an extensible command line of Microsoft with a scripting language, is now back to Vista and XP as Power Shell went gold with the release of Windows 7 RTM. Apparently Power Shell is already ported to Windows Vista than RC is now available o[...]

August 20th, 2009 - 2:27 am § in General

If you have a free copy of Windows 7 Professional

Want a free copy of Windows 7 Professional and live in America? Then all you have to do in a free fall that Microsoft sponsors: Yes, only for a few hours and you’ll walk with a free version of Windows 7! The events run from September 28 and Nov4th, so if you’re lucky, you can create [..[...]

August 19th, 2009 - 2:24 am § in General

Is Microsoft really evil?

In the U.S. court this week Microsoft have ordered them to “sell, sale, and / or import or in the United States” a version of Microsoft Office in a position opening custom XML files (. XML. Docx or . docm), which is open every version of Microsoft Office. This is clearly anti-trust acti[...]

August 19th, 2009 - 12:25 am § in Other - Hardware, Windows Tips

PC Security: Undetectible Surveillance tool

Computer security system is very important nowadays. Since the internet era begin, it means that information is available everywhere. It could be dangerous if the information which may have a very confidential data is taken or can be seen by another person who does not have the privillege to see it.[...]

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