Microsoft Offers Netbook Upgrade Tool for Windows 7Microsoft has released a tool that lets netbook owners install Windows 7 on their machines using a USB flash drive, sidestepping the usual requirement of a DVD drive. The utility, Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, creates a bootab2009-10-26 17:48:16 |
Microsoft Should Fear Netbooks, Analyst SaysStrong sales of netbook computers, combined with plummeting sales of Microsoft Office to consumers, hurt Microsoft Corp.'s otherwise-strong first-quarter 2010 results reported late last week. At least one analyst expects the tren2009-10-26 17:47:30 |
Windows 7: Two Strikes and You're OutUnlike in baseball, when it comes to operating systems, it's two strikes and you're out. Given that Microsoft missed with Vista, if Windows 7 isn't a big hit, Microsoft is in for serious trouble. Vista was as close as a disaster 2009-10-26 17:46:57 |
How to Prep for an XP-to-Windows 7 Upgrade: FAQWith Windows 7's launch just a day away, it's time to start thinking about how to prepare your aging-but-still useful PC running Windows XP for that move you're dying to make. Problem is, Microsoft 's not offering an "in-pla2009-10-26 17:44:58 |
For Gamers, the Microsoft Stores a Rip (and a Mend)The Microsoft Store stole plenty of ideas from Apple, but you definitely won't find services for gamers in the Apple Store. Destructoid's Conrad Zimmerman was close by for the Microsoft Store's grand opening yesterday, and he sco2009-10-26 17:17:24 |
Snow Leopard Purring on a PC? New Application Promises Cross-Platform BreakthrouRobert S. Anthony, PC World Oct 23, 2009 8:29 am When is a Windows PC not a Windows PC? When you toss out the Windows and replace it with Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard or any other major operating system. That&rsq2009-10-23 17:23:22 |
Windows 7: A Whopper of an OS, with a Side of FriesWindows 7 hits today, and we'll be posting something on what that means for PC gamers later on - but in the meantime feast your eyes on this monstrous promotional campaign that Microsoft is running in Japan. For the next seven da2009-10-23 17:22:16 |
Windows 7 ReviewWhat if a new version of Windows didn't try to dazzle you? What if, instead, it tried to disappear except when you needed it? Such an operating system would dispense with glitzy effects in favor of low-key, useful new features. Ra2009-10-23 17:21:37 |
Microsoft Windows 7 launched in New ZealandWELLINGTON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of people attended events in New Zealand's Wellington and Auckland on Thursday morning to mark the world's first launch of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system.2009-10-22 16:27:07 |
How to Manage Users in Windows 7A computer running Windows 7 might be used by a single person, by a group of people in an office, or by a family in a home. Fortunately, Windows 7 was designed from the ground up to be a multiuser operating system. The new OS is f2009-10-21 17:32:44 |