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Official Windows 7 upgrade chart now available from Microsoft

by Robert Nelson on Aug 7, 2009 at 02:04 PM

Perhaps in an effort to make it easier for users to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP or Vista, Microsoft has released an official upgrade chart—and to put it simply, the chart seems a little overwhelming at first glance. Diving in, to try and make some sense so you can… Continue Reading »

Live.com goes social

by Jodie Andrefski on Nov 13, 2008 at 06:00 PM

Microsoft just announced that they are giving Windows Live a major face lift.  They plan to debut a whole bunch of new beta Windows Live features to help users combine all parts of their online life.  These features are not going to just be Microsoft services either.  But they will… Continue Reading »

$200 Eee PC by next year?

by Shawn Ingram on Nov 1, 2008 at 08:30 AM

Looking to get an Eee PC for less than an iPod?  Sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it?  Well, in its quarterly investors earnings call, Asustek announced a great number of things, including the fact that the baseline Eee PCs will be lowered to $200 by the end of 2009. … Continue Reading »

Windows Mobile 6.5 new features?  Moto chief points to future

by JG Mason on Oct 30, 2008 at 01:29 PM

Sanjay Jha, Motorola’s co-Chief executive and chief executive of mobile devices says we’ll see a Windows Mobile 6.5 device by the 2nd half of 2009.  This is the first mention of 6.5 that I am aware of and points to a half step before WinMo 7 which we’ve been waiting… Continue Reading »

Microsoft takes centerstage with Windows 7, web-based office application

by Arnold Zafra on Oct 30, 2008 at 06:22 AM

At the 2-day Microsoft sponsored Professional Developers Conference which started yesterday, Microsoft gave a sneak peak at its upcoming Windows 7 OS as well as a preview of its newest take on cloud computing via a web-based application of its Microsoft Office application - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Microsoft… Continue Reading »

End of Windows XP, end of Microsoft?

by Elisabeth Young on Jul 2, 2008 at 05:46 AM

Windows XP is dead! Long live Windows XP! That traditional cheer for beloved kings may well be on the lips of most Windows users as Microsoft goes through with its deadline for Windows XP.  Today marks the first day that PC makers are no longer allowed to sell XP-based PC’s. … Continue Reading »

Rumor: Rogers to offer a $7-a-month unlimited data plan

by Robert Nelson on May 19, 2008 at 05:54 PM

Following up on the recent confirmation that Rogers will be indeed offering the iPhone “later this year” we are now left to wonder just how affordable their data plans will be. The latest word has it that they will be offering an unlimited plan for just $7-a-month, which sadly at… Continue Reading »

Windows 7, possibly within a year, according to Bill Gates

by Robert Nelson on Apr 6, 2008 at 11:08 PM

While we have already seen confirmation from Microsoft that Windows 7 was set for a 2010-2011 launch, it seems that they may be running a little ahead of schedule. According to Bill Gates, they are ahead of schedule and the OS could come “within the next year.” Of course he… Continue Reading »

Windows XP lives, on low-cost computers

by Robert Nelson on Apr 4, 2008 at 08:42 AM

Microsoft will not be killing off Windows XP this June as expected, instead it has been given an extension of life, sadly it was not due to the Save Windows XP Campaign that we saw, but instead because of the recent surge in low-cost computers such as the Eee PC,… Continue Reading »

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