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Adobe has come out swinging in support of the HP Slate, that other tablet we’ve been seeing since January.  The HP Slate runs Windows 7 and handles Flash, a common slag against Apple’s tablet, the iPad.  In a new video by Adobe, the HP Slate is shown off doing some… Continue Reading »

Microsoft is warning XP users not to press the F1 key if a website prompts them to. The company urges them to ignore the warning saying it could be an exploit using a newly discovered vulnerability in VBScript. A security advisory provided more info: “The vulnerability exists in the way… Continue Reading »

The laptop used to compose this blog post is running one of the 90 million copies of Windows 7 sold since Microsoft released its latest operating system last fall. In an entry posted to the Windows Team Blog, Brandon LeBlanc claimed that Microsoft has sold 90 million licenses to Windows… Continue Reading »

Its the morning of March 2nd and you woke up realizing that the issues you are having with your Windows 7 Release Candidate operating system are not going away. Well, they are not going to go away, in fact they are here to stay and its time to upgrade. Yup,… Continue Reading »

Microsoft has begun sending out friendly email reminders to those who may still be running the release candidate version of Windows 7. And in a not so subtle way, they are telling you that its time to upgrade. According to the email; “Starting on March 1, 2010 your PC will… Continue Reading »

Many Windows 7 users are complaining about the severe loss in battery life in their notebooks after only a few weeks. Cases like a previous battery life of two hours cutting down to 30 minutes or less are common. Other cases involve their notebook actually telling them they need a… Continue Reading »

Good marketing campaigns can do wonders for the product.  Case in point with Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows 7, as they both became more popular in the month of January.  According to Net Applications, Chrome managed to gain popularity in terms of web browsing by stealing popularity from Internet Explorer… Continue Reading »

After the disappointing release of Vista a few years back, Microsoft was hoping for the best with Windows 7. And as if the glow of satisfaction with 7 that is hovering over the internet wasn’t enough, their sales numbers for Q2 sure are. From the press release: “Exceptional demand for… Continue Reading »

In previous years, the Microsoft Keynote at CES has been almost the highlight of the show.  This year, however, it was largely a showcase for what Microsoft released last year.  Focusing largely on Windows 7, Microsoft made few announcements outside of video games. The “biggest” item Microsoft announced was a… Continue Reading »

Recent rumors about the Apple Tablet and Freescale’s design of a low cost tablet demonstrate the industry’s revived interest in tablets. Haleron Technologies introduced the Mio iLET (Internet TabLET) featuring an Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor and a multi touch screen. The operating system used in conjunction with this capacitive… Continue Reading »