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Gadgetell Experiment: Testing Jolicloud OS for netbooks

by Merlyn Akhtar on Aug 28, 2009 at 07:13 PM

For the past few months, I have been running the Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 on my netbook, an Asus Eee PC 1000HE.  While Windows 7 was great at first, as time progressed, it became sluggish.  So, thanks to our friends at Jolicloud, I got a chance to check out… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Experiment: Naked Windows final update

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 29, 2009 at 09:08 AM

If you didn’t know, I was running an experiment for the month of May where I would run two Windows XP machines.  Neither one would have anti-virus or anti-spyware running.  One machine was dubbed “Win Idiot” and was used in a way an idiot would use their computer.  The other… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Experiment: Naked Windows week 2 update

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 15, 2009 at 01:10 PM

If you didn’t know, I am running an experiment using two Windows machines.  Both are not running any antivirus or anti-spyware.  One machine will be used in a limited fashion—going only to “safe” sites and being very cautious.  The other machine is being used as if the user was an… Continue Reading »

Gadgetell Experiment: Naked Windows week 1 update

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 8, 2009 at 07:17 PM

If you didn’t know, I am running an experiment using two Windows machines.  Both are not running any antivirus or anti-spyware.  One machine will be used in a limited fashion—going only to “safe” sites and being very cautious.  The other machine is being used as if the user was an… Continue Reading »

Can you run Windows without anti-virus or anti-spyware? Gadgetell experiments

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 1, 2009 at 10:42 AM

Today, I will be starting an experiment that will last all of May, 2009.  Here’s the setup: two machines, both running Windows XP that will be using Windows Updater (so the OS will be patched).  Neither will have anti-virus or anti-spyware software running.  With one machine I will only go… Continue Reading »

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