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Sony's "Fresh Start" Option Charges $150 to Remove Bloatware
Posted by:Iria 1529 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
It's one of the most requested items that people wish they would be able to customize their PCs with ... "no bloatware" that is. Sony has gotten the message, but aims to make a profit off it it.S READ MORE ...
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Sony Removes "No Bloatware" Fee - But Not Really
Posted by:Iria 1527 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
You may recall that I wrote previously about Sony's "No Bloatware" fee, which was slated to be $50. They've since, after an explosion of bad publicity, rescinded that fee. However, as I said in m READ MORE ...
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Creative Labs Slams Door on "Fixed," User-Modded Vista Drivers
Posted by:Iria 1521 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
User Daniel_k (Daniel Kawakami) has been modding Windows Vista drivers for Creative Labs products. While Creative Labs insisted that features such as Decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS signals and DVD READ MORE ...
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Japan's Windows Vista Gets "Pretty in Pink"
Posted by:Iria 1520 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Why not, after all? The land of Pokemon and Hello, Kitty! will surely go for a pink boxed copy of WIndows Vista in droves, won't it?
Sure it will. READ MORE ...
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Internal Microsoft Emails Warned Over Vista, Low-Cost Laptops
Posted by:Iria 1509 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Microsoft's reprieve for Windows XP, at least for what Microsoft calls Ultra-low-cost PCs (ULCPCs), came as no surprise to most. Shockingly (insert sarcasm here), emails from that lawsuit show that READ MORE ...
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Save Yourself $100 on Windows Vista
Posted by:atreides 1509 days ago • Discuss • http://www.coderetard.com
Here’s is a little secret that Microsoft doesn’t want you to know about that will save you $100 on any full version of Windows Vista out there. READ MORE ...
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Microsoft: User Account Control Designed to Annoy
Posted by:Iria 1508 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
It's true. There is at least one feature in Windows Vista that was implemented on time, to spec, and fully functional when Vista was initially released: User Account Control (UAC). READ MORE ...
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Windows Vista SP1 Now Available in Remaining Languages
Posted by:Iria 1503 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
As you may (or may not!) recall, in March Windows Vista SP1 was released, but only in English (US), French, German, Japanese, or Spanish (Traditional) with the rest of the languages promised for this READ MORE ...
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Tracing the Path from Windows Success to Impending Collapse | ReadersZone
Posted by:ajaypathak 1501 days ago • Discuss • http://readerszone.com
Microsoft Windows Operating System is the world’s most widely used operating system. It is easy to use as compared to other operating systems like Linux or Mac, and this made it immensely popular. Mo READ MORE ...
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Automatic Distribution of Windows Vista SP1 Begins
Posted by:Iria 1496 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Wednesday, in a post on the Windows Vista Team Blog, Microsoft announced that they had begun automatic distribution of Windows Vista SP1. What this means if that if you have Windows Updates set to au READ MORE ...
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Want Windows XP? You Can HAVE It!
Posted by:Iria 1495 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Hopefully you read that title the way Steve Ballmer probably meant to say it on Thursday. You know, emphasis on the "HAVE" in a sarcastic way. Although I'm sure he didn't say it that way, he prob READ MORE ...
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Dell: Windows XP Deadline? FogetAboutIt
Posted by:Iria 1494 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
A little more than a year since it was brave enough to backtrack on its Vista-only policy on consumer PCs, Dell is again breaking ground. We know that Microsoft has set June 30th as the drop-dead READ MORE ...
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Microsoft Resumes XP SP3, Vista SP1 Updates
Posted by:Iria 1483 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Last week Microsoft had to delay the rollout of Windows XP SP3, and halt automatic distribution of Windows Vista SP1, because of incompatibility issues with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management Syste READ MORE ...
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Symantec's Tool Fixes XP SP3, Vista SP1 Registry Corruption
Posted by:Iria 1451 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
You'll recall that Symantec admitted that the SymProtect feature of its security products was at least partially to blame for registry corruption which occurred during both Windows XP SP3 and Window READ MORE ...
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Microsoft Sends a "Dear John" Letter to XP
Posted by:Iria 1435 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
It's not over yet - not completely - but it might as well be. On Monday Microsoft sent out a letter to its customers dashing any hopes of a stay of execution for Windows XP. READ MORE ...
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Windows 7 Slated for Jan. 2010: Microsoft
Posted by:Iria 1433 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Here's something I completely missed the first time I read Microsoft's "Dear John" letter to XP. Buried in the letter (.PDF) which Bill Veghte, senior vice president of the Online Services & Wind READ MORE ...
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Microsoft Posts Reliability Update for Windows Vista SP1
Posted by:Iria 1433 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Comforting to know Windows Vista SP1 still isn't reliable, eh? On Tuesday Microsoft posted a reliability / performance update. You'll recall that prior to the release of SP1, Microsoft also release READ MORE ...
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Microsoft's BFF, Intel, to Skip Windows Vista
Posted by:Iria 1433 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Earlier I speculated that some companies may choose to skip Windows Vista in favor of Windows 7, given Microsoft's statement regarding a January 2010 launch of Windows 7 and continued support for Wi READ MORE ...
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Windows XP Follows Gates into Semi-Retirement
Posted by:Iria 1428 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Perhaps Bill Gates should have pushed his semi-retirement back a few days, so it could coincide with Windows XP's. As of today, XP says good-bye, for the most part. READ MORE ...
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How To: Install Speech Macros in Vista
Posted by:seanne 1425 days ago • Discuss • http://lifehacker.com
Windows Vista's built-in speech recognition tools are seriously powerful and convenient, as Adam demonstrated by controlling his PC with his voice, READ MORE ...
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Vista Compatibility Site Launches with Same Success as Vista
Posted by:Iria 1420 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Microsoft on Tuesday released a new tool designed to allow customers to see whether their hardware and software will work properly with Windows Vista. Actually, you remember that before Vista even la READ MORE ...
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Vista to Blame for Any SSD Performance Issues: Sandisk
Posted by:Iria 1405 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Solid-State drives (SSDs) have had a lot of coverage lately, mostly negative. Battery life, performance, reliability, those sorts of things have been under close scrutiny of late. Monday, in Sandisk READ MORE ...
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Windows Vista is like "New Coke": Forrester Research
Posted by:Iria 1404 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Being compared to one of the biggest marketing fiascoes corporate history, New Coke, is certainly telling. That's how Forrester Research views Windows Vista, as detailed in their latest survey on En READ MORE ...
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Once Tricked Into Using It, XP Users Start to Love Vista
Posted by:Iria 1403 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Many have said they're not interested in Windows Vista, that Windows XP is just fine for them. And in fact, you could go so far as to say some of them actually hate the OS. Still, a new OS, Mojave, READ MORE ...
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Fake Microsoft OS Mojave Gets Its Own Website
Posted by:Iria 1402 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Earlier we wrote about how Microsoft used a kind of blind taste test to get die-hard Windows XP users to try Vista --- and that they even liked it. They were told that they were trying a new OS, call READ MORE ...
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Microsoft's Tricky "Mojave OS" Video Goes Live
Posted by:Iria 1399 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
As we indicated earlier, Microsoft put up a teaser website for Mojave, their new OS - which doesn't exist. The idea was to do a blind "taste test" for users who had negative views of Windows Vista READ MORE ...
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Microsoft: 64-Bit OSes Gaining Traction
Posted by:Iria 1397 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Despite my technophile-ness, I haven't considered moving to the 64-bit version of Windows Vista, mostly because I figure I will have application or device driver woes. However, in a blog post on the READ MORE ...
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"Windows 7 Client" Category Added to Windows Update
Posted by:Iria 1376 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Perhaps Microsoft will make their seemingly aggressive January 2010 date for Windows 7 after all. They've already added a "Windows 7 Client" category to Windows Update and to the Microsoft Update READ MORE ...
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New Microsoft Commercials Are Live --- and Much Better
Posted by:Iria 1348 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
The new Microsoft ads went live on Thursday. And at the start of each ad is Sean Siler, a Microsoft employee who, luckily for Microsoft bears some resemblance to John Hodgman, the PC in Apple's ads. READ MORE ...
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Apple Laptop Sales Leap During Back-to-School Season
Posted by:Iria 1335 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Desktop PCs are out, while notebooks are in, particularly for students. And during this back-to-school season, Mac laptops managed to bag 20% of the laptop sales, which probably heartened Steve Jobs READ MORE ...
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Microsoft Gives Windows XP Extra Life
Posted by:Iria 1333 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Microsoft has caved in to OEMs again. You probably know that the "Downgrade Rights" policy available to OEMs allows them to supply a Windows XP system image CD along with the computer, if you buy e READ MORE ...
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Is "Windows Strata" Microsoft's Cloud OS?
Posted by:Iria 1328 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Earlier this month Steve Ballmer spoke about a cloud-based development environment, though he wouldn't go into detail, saving it for the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) at the end of this m READ MORE ...
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Windows 7 is Windows Vista, Just Better: Ballmer
Posted by:Iria 1319 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Giving somewhat damning praise, Steve Ballmer, speaking on Thursday at Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo conference in Orlando, Florida, said:
"Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better." READ MORE ...
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Microsoft Plants "I'm a PC" Kiosk Outside U.K. Apple Store
Posted by:Iria 1305 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
It seems like Microsoft is taking some cues from typical political activity: meaning playing slightly "dirty." You probably know that Microsoft's latest ad campaign consists of an "I'm a PC" lo READ MORE ...
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Windows 7 Release Date: By Holiday Season 2009
Posted by:Iria 1298 days ago • 1 Comment • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Although Microsoft continues to tout early 2010 as the release date for Windows 7, it seems like things are shaping up differently time-wise. There have been a ton of rumors about Windows 7 shipping READ MORE ...
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Windows XP: It Keeps Going, and Going, and Going
Posted by:Iria 1253 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Windows XP: it's not an Energizer battery, but it still seems to keep going. Microsoft has given yet another reprieve, of sorts, to the operating system that many refuse to switch from. READ MORE ...
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PC and Software Tips: Make Windows Vista Looks Like Windows 7
Posted by:chuajh 1249 days ago • Discuss • http://pcandsoftwaretips.blogspot.com
Windows 7 is the next generation operating system by Microsoft.Windows 7 is now at beta stage and will be released at about year 2009-2010.
Now user can try the feeling using 'Windows 7' by changi READ MORE ...
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Windows Vista Themes
Posted by:Geoserv 1239 days ago • Discuss • http://www.nirmaltv.com
Here is a list of seven good looking visual styles (themes) for Windows Vista. READ MORE ...
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O'Reilly Media | Spreading the knowledge of innovators
Posted by:uBILLMIKO 1238 days ago • Discuss • http://oreilly.com
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge developmen READ MORE ...
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Windows 7 Direct Downloads Working, But Product Keys Still Scarce
Posted by:Iria 1235 days ago • Discuss • http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com
Although Microsoft has pulled the public beta from the sites it had been trying to use earlier in the day, it's still possible to download the product, if you use a direct download link. However, pr READ MORE ...
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