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by Rafael Hernandez on April 10, 2009 · 0 comments

As nifty as Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is the bulk of your time on it is likely to be spent doing all manner of tasks online, as annoying as they can be. The company feels your pain so they’ve…

Read more Windows Live Essentials, Windows 7 Gets Hip(per) To The Web

by Pedro Hernandez on April 10, 2009 · 0 comments

TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington wasn’t ready to pull the covers off it quite yet, but pictures of the low-priced Web tablet emerged nonetheless. Called the CruchPad, the machine is meant to basically let you enjoy the Internet and nearly all that…

Read more $300 Linux-Powered CruchPad Web Tablet Outed

by Rafael Hernandez on April 6, 2009 · 0 comments

You just can’t keep a good, widely used and loved operating system down, or so te theory goes. Microsoft may, or may not, have extended their cutoff date for Windows XP sales. Their XP downgrade program allows a company to…

Read more News Of Its Demise Were Premature, XP May Stay Around A Bit Longer

by Pedro Hernandez on April 2, 2009 · 0 comments

Good news for fans and/or collectors of old style PalmOS applications. Palm’s WebOS is getting an emulator for old style Palm apps, but there’s a catch: it’ll cost extra. Called “Classic” from MotionApps, the software will allow Palm Pre…

Read more Palm Pre Supports PalmOS Backward Compatability via Emulator

by Pedro Hernandez on April 1, 2009 · 0 comments

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 Rafael Hernandez on March 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows 7, being the highly anticipated operating system that it is, has quite a few eager people covering its every move. There’s nothing that goes on that will get past millions of enthusiast eyes looking for the latest…

Read more Loose Links…Apparently Leak Windows 7 Release Date

by Pedro Hernandez on March 27, 2009 · 0 comments

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 26, 2009 · 0 comments

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 Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2009 · 0 comments

Microsoft’s Windows Vista has had a rough go of it in the eyes of some of the more vocal users out there, but that doesn’t stop Microsoft’s efforts in improving things. The company is working its way to a final…

Read more Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Nears

by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Touch technology is making its way into all manner of gadgets, with some measure of success, so it’s only a matter of time until people demand it in their computers as well. Microsoft’s Engineering Windows 7 blog details the company’s…

Read more Touching Windows 7, Yeah You'll Have A Smudgy Screen

by Rafael Hernandez on March 13, 2009 · 0 comments

The Windows 7 team sure does seem to be taking in customer feedback and making the sorts of changes that people want to see. Microsoft’s Engineering Windows 7 blog has noted around 27 changes and improvements they’ve squeezed into their…

Read more Another Day Another Batch Of Windows 7 Changes