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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 »

This week in tech saw a lot of open jaws and head shaking from observers like me.  This week, I’ll point out the top four moves that makes me suspect drugs may have played a role in their decision to move them to the light of day.  Here in tech,… Continue Reading »

Windows 7 is just around the corner with its October 22, 2009 release date.  The option to do a clean install can be frightening since you can easily lose your customizations that you’ve created over your time on a computer.  However, a clean install is often a key to keeping… Continue Reading »

Deutsche Bank analysts say that the rumor of Verizon passing on picking up the Palm Pre were preposterous. “Our checks continue to point to healthy carrier demand for the Pre early in CY10. We believe Palm has placed orders with the supply chain for another version of the Pre with… Continue Reading »

A lot of us have a strange relationship with software.  We want software to get easier and easier, but we don’t want anything to change because we do not want to relearn things.  Windows 7 is about one month away, but there are some changes to the Start menu that… Continue Reading »

By now most, if not all of us, know that Windows 7 will be released on October 22.  Like Vista, it’s being released in far too many SKUs for the average consumer to make sense of, each at varying prices.  While those of us in the US, Canada, and Japan… Continue Reading »

I recently decided to install the Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 on my netbook, an Asus Eee PC 1000HE, which had been running Windows XP on 2GB RAM.  Getting Windows 7 installed in the first place was a bit tricky since the netbook has no optical drive, but this was… Continue Reading »

Need a toolbar?  No?  I didn’t think so.  MySpace figures you do need a toolbar.  If your life is still on MySpace, the toolbar will let you get updates on your friend’s activities, automatic login, links to MySpace services and is powered by Google. The toolbar works with Firefox 2.0… Continue Reading »

Security flaws in Apple’s Safari web browser are nothing new. Apple has been very good at keeping quiet about security issues regarding Safari, but its giant rival, Microsoft, has been taking a different and more vocal approach. Last Friday, Microsoft released Security Advisory (953818) that warns users of a “blended… Continue Reading »

There they are again, Bill, Steve and the rest of the Microsoft group have just wowed the audience at the opening of the All Things Digital D6 Conference with a demonstration of what could possibly be the coolest version of Microsoft’s proprietary OS - the multi-touch enabled Microsoft 7. Could… Continue Reading »