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by Rafael Hernandez on July 1, 2009 · 0 comments

In case you missed the veritable flood of news concerning the topic Mozilla’s Firefox version 3.5 final has been released. The latest version boasts improved performance and standards compliance which is always nice.As far as the performance claim there is…

Read more Firefox 3.5 Released

by Rafael Hernandez on June 19, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft isn’t in the habit of giving things away for free aside from their web browser…and media player…and well just about anything that can net them a decent amount of market share so they can push their platforms.That would…

Read more Microsoft Security Essentials Beta to Launch Tuesday, Free Security Software for Windows Users

by Rafael Hernandez on June 18, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is designed from the ground up (or at least heavily modified from old stock) to run on something at least somewhat modern. I don’t they intended for users to try and run it on…

Read more Windows 7 Run On Old Hardware….Why? They Say Why Not?!

by Rafael Hernandez on June 13, 2009 · 0 comments

You may have mistaken Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system as a gussied up and streamlined version of their previous operating systems but you’d be ingoring the changes under the hood that are set to make it one of the…

Read more Windows 7's Direct3D Improvements, DirectX 11 Brings Whole Lots of Changes

by Rafael Hernandez on June 12, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7 has its fair share of advancements and performance improvements but one of its less fawned over attributes is the operating system’s more intelligent power management options.CNET News has a look at how the OS operates in order…

Read more Windows 7 Power Management Details

by Rafael Hernandez on June 12, 2009 · 0 comments

You’ll have to excuse Microsoft if they have a habit of doing things over again, at least they’re showing they can learn from their mistakes this time around.PC World informs us that the company is planning on offering a…

Read more Microsoft Gets Into the Anti-Virus Game…Again

by Rafael Hernandez on June 11, 2009 · 0 comments

With all of the anti-trust worries going on in the European Union Microsoft saw it fit to remove Internet Explorer 8 for the Windows 7 operating systems it plans to ship over to Europe according to CNET.One could argue…

Read more Windows 7 Sans Internet Explorer Coming to Europe

by Rafael Hernandez on June 6, 2009 · 0 comments

Google’s Android operating system is moving off of the cell phone and into the netbook thanks to the efforts of their manufacturers and eWeek’s Don Reisinger thinks it has the capability of snatching a good chunk when it comes time…

Read more Android VS Windows 7 on the Netbook, Is This Even A Question?

by Rafael Hernandez on June 6, 2009 · 0 comments

There hasn’t been a Patch Tuesday this big since October 2008. PC World notes that Microsoft is getting ready to release a total of 10 patches for serious bugs in Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, and their productivity apps…

Read more Microsoft Preps June 6th Patch Tuesday Deluge

by Pedro Hernandez on June 2, 2009 · 1 comment

So it’s official, Windows 7 launches October 22, 2009 and PC makers like Dell will be offering systems with the OS pre-installed right off the bat. Big surprise, right? Dell is trying to lure back-to-school buyers–and everyone else on the…

Read more Windows 7 Oct 22 Launch, Dell (Roughly) Outlines Upgrade Program

by Rafael Hernandez on June 2, 2009 · 0 comments

Well this certainly came out of nowhere. Microsoft is usually the first to tout their own perceived advancements but this may come as a shocker and a definite selling point for their next operating system Windows 7.bit-tech was on…

Read more Windows 7 Does GPGPU Video Transcoding Natively