Windows 7 Google Alerts for 12 May 2009

Windows 7 Getting Rigorous Enterprise Testing
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
By J. Nicholas Hoover Windows 7 won’t be released until later this year, and most companies plan to wait awhile before deploying it, but that doesn’t mean …
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Pirated Version of Windows 7 Has Malware Built-in
Washington Post – United States
Security researchers are warning that Internet users who install pirated versions of Microsoft’s latest Windows 7 operating system may also be installing …
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Microsoft Hopes To Complete Windows 7 By August
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
By Paul McDougall Microsoft disclosed more details on its timetable for finishing up work on the Windows 7 operating system. An official at the software …
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Chrome-on-Mac precursor rough but workable
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
They have tried their best to see M$ fall with biased articles and M$ reacted with windows 7. Opera is my alternative browser IE and opera are my favourites …
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Pirated Windows 7 software part of criminal botnet
Computerworld – Oslo,Oslo,Norway
Microsoft Windows 7 pirated versions have been found with hard-to-detect trojans intended for cybercrime purposes, according to a security firm. …
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Root Bug Hits Windows 7; Microsoft Advises Reinstall
PC Magazine – USA
by PCMag.com Staff Microsoft has issued a hotfix for a security permissions bug that can affect the root folder under the Windows 7 release candidate …
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Microsoft urged to give Vista Ultimate users free Windows 7 upgrades
Reuters – USA
By Gregg Keizer – Computerworld Microsoft Corp. should give Windows Vista Ultimate owners a free upgrade to Windows 7, an analyst said Monday. …
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Microsoft (Still) on Track to Ship Windows 7 this Year
WinInformant.com – Cleveland,OH,USA
This week, Microsoft reaffirmed its intention to ship Windows 7 by the end of the year. But while the software giant still hasn’t revealed the exact date it …
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Windows 7 to hit PCs in 2009 – Does this alter your buying plans?
ZDNet – USA
Microsoft has finally confirmed what many of us had already suspected – that Windows 7 will ship is 2009. With both Microsoft and Apple releasing new …
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News to know: University iphones; Salesforce; Windows 7; Kindle …
ZDNet – USA
Sam Diaz is a senior editor at zdnet. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations. Last year, many businesses deferred the purchase of …
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Windows 7 box art leaks
By Tom Warren
It appears as though this could be concept or final box art for the Windows 7 packaging. Microsoft officials have said "off the record" that Windows 7 will RTM in the Summer and be available for the Fall. It’s not unreasonable for the …
Neowin.net / All – http://www.neowin.net/

Windows 7 heading for December release – Software
By Stevie Smith
Coming only a matter of days after Microsoft moved to gather yet more valuable test feedback through the download availability of its first Release Candidate (RC) version of Windows 7, the Redmond-based software behemoth has said it …
The Tech Herald Software News – http://thetechherald.com/software/

Windows 7 box art leaks, fails to impress
By Brad Linder
Windows 7 box art Sure, we found out yesterday that Microsoft expects to ship Windows 7 in time for the holidays. But when a number of web sites started posting pictures of the rumored Windows7 retail packaging, I was dubious. …
Download Squad – http://www.downloadsquad.com/

iTWire – Windows 7 launch date “sort-of” revealed
Technology news, views and jobs, Windows 7 launch date “sort-of” revealed.
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Confirmed: Windows 7 launching in 2009 – Crave at CNET UK
By [email protected] (Nate Lanxon)
Microsoft senior vice president Bill Veghte has confirmed some very juicy news indeed. Santa’s coming, and he’ll have a sack full of Windows 7 discs. Plus more technology news in Crave, the gadget blog at CNET UK.
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