Windows Vista Google Alerts for 08 May 2009

QOTD: Are You Going Windows 7 from Vista or XP?
Tom’s Hardware Guide – Culver City,CA,USA
If you’ve ever had your favorite app broken by a new Windows install–or even an update–you know it can be pain. With Windows Vista however, …
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Top 10 Windows 7 Features #6: DirectX 11
BetaNews – USA
By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published May 8, 2009, 7:28 PM Early in the history of Windows Vista’s promotional campaign, before the first public betas, …
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Is Your PC Ready for Windows 7? This Tool Lets You Know
PC World – USA
… to Microsoft’s Windows Live Essentials site, where you can download the free Family Safety utility. Upgrade Advisor runs on Windows Vista and Windows XP …
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CUDA 2.2 features visual GPU profiler
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
… directly from pinned system memory, extends asynchronous memory copying to Windows Vista, and allows an application to claim exclusive use of a GPU. …
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Microsoft releases free beta for Windows 7 upgrade advisor
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
The Advisor, which is available for download, requires PCs running Windows XP SP2 (with .Net 2.0), Vista or release candidate versions of Windows 7. …
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WinInfo Short Takes: Week of May 11
Windows IT Pro – Loveland,CO,USA
There’s just one problem: Though people actually using the new OS claim that it’s dramatically faster than Windows Vista, PC World has published the results …
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Microsoft hopes to entice customers who are waiting for Windows 7 …
DailyTech – Chicago,IL,USA
Since Windows 7 won’t be available for retail sales until October, Microsoft has been working on Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista to boost sales until …
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A learning Curve for Apple
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
The demise of Windows Vista maybe even closer than we thought following reports this week of Microsoft stating that it will no longer be shipping the …
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Win a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
In these tough times freebies are most welcome, right? Here’s one of such competition wherein you stand to win an expensive copy of Windows Vista Ultimate SP1! Don’t believe? Windows 7 Forums has held a competition which can surely…
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Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor | Technology Pundit
By Tech Pundit
When Windows Vista was nearing launch, Microsoft offered an Upgrade Advisor program. Wanting to be sure to repeat the past (except, of course, for Windows Vista’s poor adoption rate), Microsoft has r.
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Windows 7 RC2 Review | bugs of a debugger
By Arun Vishnu
Today I installed Windows 7 RC2 in my desktop PC. Installation First thing I noticed is the graphics, a cool installer background image. From windows vista.
bugs of a debugger – http://arunmvishnu.com/

Windows 7 release candidate available for download | TopNews …
By Manish Sood
The new operating system has been designed to address many of the complaints that users have had with Windows Vista, including incompatibilities, annoyances with user account control (UAC), and general sluggishness. Windows 7 has so far …
TopNews United States – http://topnews.us/

Tech-Ex: Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
By Technology Expert
When Windows Vista was nearing launch, Microsoft offered an Upgrade Advisor program. Wanting to be sure to repeat the past (except, of course, for Windows Vista’s poor adoption rate), Microsoft has released a beta version of a Windows 7 …
Tech-Ex – http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/