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  • Microsoft confirms Windows 7 service pack

    Microsoft today announced service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to set a release date or a schedule for getting a beta in users' hands. According to a company spokesman, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will…
    19 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Server • Service Pack • Packs • Gregg Keizer • Date

  • Microsoft slashes virtual desktop licence cost

    Microsoft is lowering the price of licensing the Windows operating system in a virtual desktop deployment, and announcing new bundles with partner Citrix. Microsoft is lowering the price of licensing the Windows operating system in a virtual…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Scheme • Purchased • Licensing • Citrix • Charge • Assurance

  • Windows Phone 7 Series: No copy and paste

    Developers can implement their own clipboards within apps, but Microsoft is favoring contextual tapping instead Microsoft revealed this week at its Mix 10 conference for Microsoft-oriented web developers that its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Mobile Phone • Microsoft Office • Map • Implement • Book • Action

  • Microsoft Virtual PC flaw open to hackers

    A bug in Microsoft's software gives hackers a way to exploit virtual Windows machines which would be attack-proof if they were running on real hardware, a researcher said. A bug in Microsoft's software gives hackers a way to exploit virtual Windows…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Virtualised • Patch • Hackers • Flaw • Exploit

  • Nvidia warns of overheating graphics drivers

    In almost every case reverting back to our 196.21 driver immediately resolved their issues," Nvidia wrote.The GPU drivers need to be changed for the Windows 7, Vista and XP operating systems. On another Nvidia forum, users reported that automatic…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Nvidia • Graphics • Geforce • Forum • Fan • Drivers

  • Hackers offered $100,000 for browser and phone exploits

    Security company 3Com TippingPoint has jacked up to $100,000 (£65,000) the prize money on offer to anyone able to hack a range of browsers and mobile devices at the forthcoming CanSecWest security conference.Running for the fourth year at the…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Mobile Devices • Hack • Exploits • Event • Chrome • Browsers

Latest Features

  • How to buy a new PC: The specs

    If you're looking for quad-core performance on a budget, AMD-based offerings are certainly worth a look.Graphics CardsThe GPU (graphics processing unit) is responsible for everything you see on your display, whether you play games, watch videos…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Vary • Shopping • Shape • Opt • Hard Drives • Clock

  • Eight things you should know about Windows Phone 7

    Details of Windows Phone 7 and the development environment are coming to light at Microsoft's MIX10 web developer conference. At Microsoft's MIX10 web developer conference, a series of presentations, question-and-answer exchanges and briefings are…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Sql Server • Query • Microsoft Office • Marketplace • Downloading • Api

  • Fifteen free security and backup programs

    If you don't trust the cloud, sign up for Backupify to get 1GB of storage, weekly backups of all your online accounts, and the ability to download your backups to your PC.Like Windows' own System Restore, Comodo Time Machine can roll back your PC…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Trust • Passwords • Hard Drive • Detection • Backups • Background

  • Business needs new IT blood

    She started out supporting Windows 7, but she also configured network printers, wiped data from hard drives and servers, diagnosed problems with Microsoft Outlook email and learned about the tape backup and security protocols required for handling…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Students • Science • Financial Services • Entrylevel • Education • Advance

  • Palm ponders survival

    Yes, but there's already so much competition from iPhone, Android and even Windows Phone 7 coming," Burden said. Smartphone industry pundits wonder whether Palm can survive another year, given Palm's guidance that its smartphone sales failed to…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Wonder • Verizon • Smartphones • Relationships • Carriers • Carrier

  • Microsoft vs. Google: The empire strikes back

    With the Windows division back on track and new version of Office set to debut this year, "software plus services" is the new mantra at Microsoft's Redmond headquarters.It marks a strategic shift that will transform everything about the company…
    23 February 2010
    Tags: Redmond • Flagship • Cloud Computing • Argue • Architect • Apis

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How-Tos

  • How to buy a new PC: Choosing the right one

    With support for multitouch gestures worked into Microsoft's Windows 7, all-in-ones offer a clever way for users to interact with their media, while still getting a full-fledged PC.All-in-one components vary from brand to brand, but you can…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Tackle • Quadcore • Playback • Inexpensive • Compact • Categories

  • How to turn your PC into a media centre

    How to turn your PC into a media centre Rick Broida Windows 7 makes your PC a multimedia beast How-Tos It all starts with a having a system that runs any version of Windows 7 other than Starter. All such versions of the operating system include…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Streaming • Stereo • Speakers • Movies • Libraries • Bluray

  • How to break your bad tech habits

    Here's a little known but much faster alternative: In Windows 7 (and Vista, if you enable the Quick Launch toolbar), you can launch any program to the right of the Start button by using the Windows key and a number.For example, the icon in the…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Sync • Locked • Icons • Handy • Care • Calendar

  • How to make Windows 7 look like a Commodore 64

    The machine had a generous 64 kilobytes of memory, and you loaded programs into it from a tape drive - eventually to be superseded by a painfully slow floppy disk drive (the legendary 1541).This Commodore 64 theme pack re-creates the look of a…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Unix • Sale • Netbooks • Icons • Bear • Array

  • Security tips for large and small businesses

    Or you can tie the task mentally to paying your mortgage or rent--as you're writing that check, also "check" for updates.I don't mean just double-click on Windows Update, either. If you haven't activated Microsoft Update (a variation of Windows…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Unpatched • Small Businesses • Enterpriseclass • Clicking • Bob • Active Directory

  • How to migrate to Windows 7 with Easy Transfer

    Upgrading users to a new operating system always seems to have its pitfalls, and Windows 7 is no exception. Fortunately, Microsoft has created a tool for the occasion, appropriately named Windows Easy Transfer.
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Prompted • Profile • Migrating • Medium • Cable • Automate

Reviews

  • Asus Eee PC 1201n review

    We also attached an external DVD player, and DVD scaling looked quite nice.In another departure from most netbooks, Asus ships the Asus Eee PC 1201n with Windows 7 Home Premium instead of the more typical Windows 7 Starter Edition or Windows XP.
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Robust • Premium • Nvidia • Netbook • Edit • Audio

  • CrossOver Linux 9 review

    Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there's some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows close to impossible.
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Sata • Pentium • Microsoft Office • Installation • Family

  • HP Compaq 8100 Elite review

    Graphics are integrated, and it runs 32-bit Windows 7 Professional, though a downgrade path is also provided to Windows XP Professional.Our review unit already had the Windows XP downgrade applied so we couldn't test its performance in Futuremark…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Slots • Slot • Intel Core • Connections • Business Users

  • HP Mini 210 review

    The HP Mini 210's hard drive was very fast, recording 27.53 megabytes per second, which is much better than the Toshiba's speed of 18.92MBps.During general use the HP Mini 210 felt reasonably swift, although sometimes it was a little slow opening…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Toshiba • Screens • Modem • Keys • Disable • Atom

  • Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 review

    UAG goes beyond this by providing some URL syntax checking, which can protect against some types of attacks, such as SQL injection.Third, UAG includes Microsoft's new DirectAccess technology, an IPv6-based feature that can simplify end-to-end…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Portal • Microsoft Windows • Endpoint • Credentials • Checking • Active Directory

  • Acer Aspire 5740 review

    In real world use, we easily rifled through dozens of Firefox windows, worked with Office and other productivity applications, and otherwise used the system for typical multitasking.Gamers, however, should consider another system.
    01 March 2010
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White Papers

  • ftServiceSM Solutions for a 24x7 World

    Stratus ftServer System Software enhances the reliability features of both Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4. Our hardened device drivers also add considerable reliability to the Windows environment on W Series systems…
    13 April 2007
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  • Disk-to-Disk Backup and Restore Solution

    This is due to some inherent disadvantages of tape libraries: Long Backup Windows, requiring hours per terabyte, preventing access to applications and data. While the longevity and low cost of tape media make it attractive for long-term data…
    23 January 2007
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