Windows 7 Google Alerts for 07 May 2009

RE[5]: Mistake on Microsoft windows 7 site
OS News – USA
Yeah, my bad, I think my sarcasm meter needs a tune up. Can’t help it though, I have a lot of love for the BSD projects. Reader comments are owned by the …
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Microsoft Tweaks Windows 7 Antipiracy Mechanism
ChannelWeb – Manhasset,NY,USA
Apparently cognizant of this, Microsoft has given the antipiracy technology built into Windows 7 a new name: Windows Activation Technologies. …
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Windows 7, One Step Further Along
New York Times – United States
By Stephen Williams The release candidate (RC) for Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system—the penultimate version of the OS, and not guaranteed to be …
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Windows 7 Has Me Sold — Here’s Why
PC World – USA
In doing this for my new Spotlight book on Windows 7 for Que, I’ve found some really cool features I didn’t even know existed. In case you missed them too, …
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Microsoft dumps notorious ‘WGA’ name, keeps anti-piracy tech in …
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Gregg Keizer May 7, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft has renamed its anti-piracy technology and, starting with Windows 7, will downplay the components that …
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Researchers Release Bootkit Code Targeting Windows 7
eWeek – New York, NY
Two researchers have open sourced code that can be used to take control of versions of Microsoft’s Windows 7 (x64) operating system. …
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Windows 7 RC: Two New Features Worth a Look
CIO – Framingham,MA,USA
By Shane O’Neill May 07, 2009 — CIO — While the hot-off-the-presses Windows 7 release candidate has no radical changes from the beta version released in …
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Most PCs Can’t Run Windows 7 ‘XP Mode’
PC Magazine – USA
Wouldn’t it be nifty if you could run XP-specific apps in an "XP Mode" in Windows 7? The OS is capable of doing just that, though your computer probably …
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Windows 7 "XP mode" won’t work on some PCs
Yahoo! Tech – Sunnyvale,CA,USA
One of the most recently added features to Windows 7 — a feature which has a lot of people awfully excited — is the introduction of what is being called …
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After Merging CPU And Graphics Units, AMD Applauds Windows 7
ChannelWeb – Manhasset,NY,USA
"We are excited to offer our customers an opportunity to test the release candidate of the Windows 7 operating system on AMD technology-based desktops and …
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Windows 7 Piracy Prevention to be less annoying | Windows 7 Center
By Al
With Windows 7 RC, we’ve seen that Microsoft is starting to come out of the anti-piracy bubble by giving away Windows 7 RC to everyone for a year. Today,
Windows 7 Center – http://windows7center.com/

Mozilla Doesn’t Like the Way Windows 7 Boosts Internet Explorer
By Sam Dean
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Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista – CIO.com …
By Nick Mediati
Though Windows 7 edged out Vista in PC World’s lab tests, users may not notice much of a difference in speed.
CIO.com – News – http://www.cio.com/

Installing Windows 7 RC straight from the ISO – Computer Chips …
By Joel Evans
Earlier this week we mentioned that Windows 7 RC (release candidate) would be made available for the general public. Well, Microsoft has come through and it is now available and you can download it from Microsoft.com. …
Geek.com – http://www.geek.com/

Windows 7 Users Warned Over Filename Security Risk / Infopackets.com
By John Lister
Would-be Windows 7 users have been warned to change a default setting which could leave them vulnerable to attack via bogus files. As a result, Microsoft is taking flak for failing to correct a problem found in previous editions of …
Infopackets.com | Main Feed – http://www.infopackets.com/