Windows 7 Google Alerts for 29 January 2009

Windows 7 Beta Flunks Out Of Georgetown
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
By Paul McDougall A prestigious Washington DC university has barred students and faculty from using the trial version of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating …
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Virtual Windows 7 not the same thing
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Emboldened by my success getting Windows 7 to run on a Mac Mini using Boot Camp, I decided to press my luck. So Wednesday night, I took my Windows 7 beta …
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Explore the Problem Steps Recorder in Windows 7
TechRepublic – Louisville,KY,USA
Will it be something that you will use when you begin supporting Windows 7? TechRepublic’s Windows Vista Report newsletter, delivered every Friday, …
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Podcast: Larry Magid talks with Ina Fried about Windows 7
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Microsoft is letting the public preview Windows 7, the successor to its Vista operating system. Anyone can download and tryout the new software between now …
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Windows 7: Not Quite The Change We Need
Washington Post – United States
And yet here I am, assessing Windows 7 in today’s column. Microsoft deserves some congratulations for moving forward this quickly on Vista’s successor. …
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Should Microsoft give Windows 7 away for free?
ZDNet – USA
Everyone has recognized that Windows 7 is “Vista done right.” So should Microsoft just give the OS away for free? The most important reason for ZDNet …
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First impressions- Windows 7 on HP Mini 2140 netbook
jkOnTheRun – Houston,Texas,USA
I have only been running the Windows 7 beta on the HP Mini 2140 netbook for a few hours but I have been using the beta on other computers for a while so I …
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Windows 7 Applets Explained
DABCC.com – Sarasota,FL,USA
Windows 7 seems like a great time to update these tools. The motivation for updating the applets this release is not the 10-year mark or just time to add …
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Feds Slog Through Windows 7 Documentation
Redmond Channel Partner – Irvine,CA,USA
Microsoft’s rollout of Windows 7 Beta, the company’s newest operating system, has resulted in a stepped-up workload for the Department of Justice effort …
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Windows 7 To Be ‘Thoroughly’ Tested For Antitrust Compliance
Slashdot – USA
CWmike writes "Technical advisers to the antitrust regulators who monitor Microsoft’s compliance with the 2002 antitrust settlement will test Windows 7 …
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How many flavors will Windows 7 come in? | The Industry Standard
windows7_beta_ces.JPG Windows Me may not have had much going for it, but it has one claim to fame: it was the last major release of Windows to come in a single edition, or SKU.In the ensuing decade, every major release …
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Windows 7: Let’s vote for only three versions – Computerworld Blogs
Will Windows 7 have seven versions? A netbook-only version? How about a version for left-handed agnostics who live in Idaho and own their own businesses? In the ideal world, there would be only one version of Windows, as there was in …
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Guide to install Windows 7 Beta on Lenovo Ideapad S10 Netbook …
As you might recall, we made a post about “security softwares for Windows 7,” after installing Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 Ultimate Edition on Lenovo Ideapad S10 Netbook. Here’re the.
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Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows 7 Feature Focus …
Equally bizarre, Microsoft has actually changed how it rates hardware since Windows Vista, so identical hardware components could actually receive different subscores on each OS, making Vista-to-Windows 7 comparisons …
Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows – http://www.winsupersite.com/supersite.xml

How to Make Windows 7 a Hit: Make It Free | Technologizer
Windows 7 Over at Gizmodo, Matt Buchanan has a come up with a cool strategy for ensuring that Windows 7 gets an enthusiastic reception when it ships: give it away. Well, sort of. He’s really only talking about giving it …
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Windows 7: A Sight for Sore Vista Users – BusinessWeek
Jan 28, 2009 … The new operating system allows for finer control, and Vista’s more aggravating behavior—compatibility and performance—has been tamed.

First look at Windows 7′s User Interface – Ars Technica
Oct 28, 2008 … Microsoft has given us a first glimpse as Windows 7. The taskbar has changed significantly, and there are a number of other changes we have …