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As we mentioned back in mid-September, Microsoft was planning to offer a special edition of Windows 7 for students. This news was particularly good because that Student Edition was very nicely priced at $29—unfortunately it seems that the process of downloading and actually having it install has not been quite… Continue Reading »

With the ebook reader market getting bigger and bigger, Amazon is trying to keep relevant.  You could access Kindle books on your Kindle and on the iPhone app—now there is the Kindle reader for Windows so you can read on your laptop.  Sure a computer screen is usually hardly optimal… Continue Reading »

Amazon states the the latest Windows offering has beaten absolutely any product they have ever had for pre-order in the UK.  Better come up with a new trick Harry Potter, because even you have lost the king of pre-order title and crown. Amazon has sold more copies of Windows 7… Continue Reading »

A public beta version of Microsoft Office 2010 is being released next month.  This is another way to build momentum for the release of the productivity software after July’s limited preview of the programs.  Features of the new MS Office include screenshot captures, background removal tools, Jump Lists, numerous templates… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to InterrupTech.  Catch up on the week’s most important tech stories in a hurry.  We cover Amazon’s new delivery service, a brand new PS3, an offline version of Wikipedia, the great Sidekick meltdown, and Snow Leopard eats your data. Continue Reading »

Windows 7 is scheduled to launch this week and different retailers are offering a load of specials on the operating system.  If you are interested in updating since Windows 7 has plenty of changes like Jump Lists, 64 bit support and simple Windows Search feature, you can check out some… Continue Reading »

Rumors of the coming Wi-Fi Direct are out and I’m sure it’s got the Bluetooth makers shaking in their boots.  With Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth may no longer be top dog. Just announced at a consortium, some of the biggest players in the tech field are coming together to form an… Continue Reading »

The company Spoken has announced its plans to team with Microsoft in order to offer audio to text transcriptions of voicemails.  This service will be offered to enterprise customers and will come as an enhanced option on the new Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. The service is called GotVoice and will… Continue Reading »

You’d have to be blind not to see Microsoft trying to shove Windows 7 into the living rooms of America through TV commercials.  The most recent—the gaggy sweet little girl making rainbow and flower pages though, is in my opinion, not their best effort.  But, that effort is now veering… Continue Reading »

Google’s Android OS added in a Quick Search Box (“QSB”) that searches everything on your Android phone as well as the web.  When you type in a search item, results populate so you can just select the matching result.  Additionally, if every time you type in “Ga” you are looking… Continue Reading »