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Windows 7

Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system was designed to be everything that Vista wasn’t. It was executed with an attention to detail rarely seen in most software today (aside from the fine fruit company) and has quickly gathered a large user base thanks to its forward looking feature set. How popular has it been? Well it [...]

Read more Windows 7 passes Vista usage rate, taking candy from baby still more difficult

by Rafael Hernandez on August 2, 2010 · 0 comments

Microsoft Windows 7 flag

Microsoft’s Windows 7 has had a grand time pulling in all manner of people looking to upgrade their operating system or already preloaded on new PCs and all of that market growth may just lead to an eco-friendlier planet, or at least a bit of savings on the old energy bill. It would seem the [...]

Read more Windows 7 leads to a greener home or office

by Rafael Hernandez on July 30, 2010 · 1 comment

Halo Reach Xbox 360 bundle picture

You knew they had to do something special for the release of a new Halo game, didn’t you? Announced at Comic Con in San Diego, the $399 USD Halo Reach limited edition bundle features a 250GB Xbox 360 S, but in sliver instead of glossy black, and decorated with iconography from the Halo universe. The [...]

Read more Halo Reach Xbox 360 bundle announced, unboxed

by Pedro Hernandez on July 23, 2010 · 0 comments

Windows Phone 7 picture

Wondering which companies will be selling Windows Phone 7 handsets this fall? Wonder no more! According to Pocket Lint, Microsoft revealed that Asus, Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung will all be producing Windows Phone 7 smartphones this fall. Dell was heavily rumored to be jumping on board after showing a knack for teasing jaw-droppingly gorgeous [...]

Read more Windows Phone 7 launch manufacturers revealed

by Pedro Hernandez on July 22, 2010 · 0 comments

Microsoft Kinect Bundle picture

Microsoft today set the official price of its Xbox 360 Kinect motion controller to $149.99 (USD) when it ships on November 4, 2010. The price hardly comes as a shock in light of Walmart’s Kinect bundle offer. However, Microsoft did have one surprise in store: the Xbox 360 Kinect Console Bundle.  Also scheduled to ship [...]

Read more Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect bundle priced at $299

by Pedro Hernandez on July 20, 2010 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 removed quite a few of the applications people have come to rely on and bundled it under the company’s Windows Live Essentials banner in order to better promote, and update, their home-user centric programs. The company is planning to improve and extend their products with an emphasis on easily publishing your photos [...]

Read more Windows Live Essentials to get some user friendly updates

by Rafael Hernandez on June 3, 2010 · 0 comments

The benefits of web-based email has been covered quite a bit over the years, and as a spam catch-all it has worked marvelously. It would seem that Microsoft is working on making their service a bit more workable for the busy folks out there. Hotmail is in for some updates which should make it even [...]

Read more Microsoft Prepping Hotmail Updates for busy people

by Rafael Hernandez on May 3, 2010 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 added a whole host of new technologies which are designed to modernize the Windows operating system lineup which also included some Virtualization technology that would help older XP based software run smoothly on the new OS. Unfortunately at launch their “XP Mode” required hardware virtualization support in order to run. No longer. [...]

Read more Windows 7 XP Mode no longer requires Virtualization hardware extensions

by Rafael Hernandez on March 22, 2010 · 0 comments

Businesses dare not deploy a whole new operating system until they know the bulk of their hardware and software will run, in a stable fashion, on the fancy newly update OS…thus the wait until at least Service Pack 1 rolls around. Microsoft has deemed that line of thinking silly so they’ll be rolling out a [...]

Read more Windows 7 SP1 Detailed…sort of

by Rafael Hernandez on March 18, 2010 · 0 comments

If there’s one thing that people want it’s access to the things that are important to them all in a central location which Microsoft has taken to heart with their upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system. It’ll be a major shift for the company as they’ve done away with their old way of doing things [...]

Read more Windows Phone 7 brings everything together

by Rafael Hernandez on February 15, 2010 · 0 comments

Being a popular new operating system means that there are those that would circumvent protections in the OS so as to make it seem legitimate. There are those that willingly take that risk in order to save themselves some cash, then there are those that are suckered into a new system preloaded with a counterfeit [...]

Read more Windows 7 Reworking Its Copy Protection

by Rafael Hernandez on February 11, 2010 · 0 comments