As solid state drives (SSDs) appear in more notebooks and PCs in the coming years, Microsoft wants to make certain that Windows 7 is not only on speaking terms with the storage technology, but that the OS provides an optimized…
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by Pedro Hernandez on May 9, 2009
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Netbooks are all the rage and Windows 7 has generally getting a warm reception for its relatively resource-liteness (compared to Vista anyway). Seems like the two are destined for one another. Hold your horses! Word of crippled starter edition for…
Read more The Windows 7 Netbook Brouhaha
by Pedro Hernandez on April 21, 2009
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It was bound to happen, Microsoft has ended their mainstream support for their Windows XP today which might make you worry about your favorite operating system but Ars Technica tells us it’s not as bad as it seems:If Redmond ends…
Read more Windows XP Loses Mainstream Support
by Rafael Hernandez on April 14, 2009
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Netbooks are all the rage, but your OS choices basically boil down to Windows XP or Linux. But now, HP is said to be considering Google’s smartphone OS. Hewlett-Packard Co is studying uses for Google Inc’s Android operating system,…
Read more HP Flirting with Android for Netbooks?
by Pedro Hernandez on April 1, 2009
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Unlike the Jackalope, a creature of myth and legend (jaunty or otherwise), Ubuntu 9.04 Beta is real and available for download. Just be sure to heed the warning and don’t install it on production machines. Otherwise, you’ll enjoy tons of…
Read more Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope Beta's No Myth
by Pedro Hernandez on March 27, 2009
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Microsoft looks to have jumped the gun a little and published details on the timing of the Windows 7 release candidate on TechNet (now changed back to Windows 7 Beta info). The page, saved for posterity as a screenshot at…
Read more Windows 7 Release Candidate in May?
by Pedro Hernandez on March 26, 2009
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