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Forest and Woods Desktop Backgrounds

As we wrap up our featured items from the Windows 7 Personalization Gallery here are the last two desktop backgrounds in the series.  Both are related to the woods or forests.

Download Sugar Maple Desktop Background

Download Raindrops in the Forest Desktop Background

Clubhouse Tags: Clubhouse , Story , Windows . . .

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Office 2010 Beta Expiration is Today – 31 October 2010

For those of you who have downloaded and tried out the Office 2010 Beta over the last year or so – something like 9 million of us did download it – the end of the road has come for those who might still be using the beta.

It officially expires today – . . .

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Xbox Live Stats

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson posted some pretty impressive stats on his website this past Friday and I wanted to highlight them here:

There are 42 million consoles sold in 35 countries.

In the last year alone there has been an 157 percent increase in the time spent watching movies and television on . . .

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Google Halloween Doodle Featuring Scooby Doo and the Gang

Google is getting into the Halloween mood with a classic.  Their five part doodle today features Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Freddie, Daphne and of course the Mystery Machine.

The series of doodles takes you from the start and wrap up of the investigation to find out who is behind the mysterious hauntings.  . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 13

Well we have returned from a three month hiatus with the show and are ready to get back to the task at hand to provide you information on tech. This show focuses on online safety and security since October is National Cyber Security Month. Everything from avoiding scams, phishing attempts, work at home scams, and Facebook privacy. We also mention our 2,000th post at WindowsObserver.com and a couple of giveaways we are hosting. . . .

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@WinObs Tweeted Links on 30 October 2010

The Richard Hay Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cG0mmZ ▸ Top stories today by @TechZader @physorg_com @trendhunter # Anyone else getting DM messages from Twitter emails really late – like the next day sometimes? # Mission Managers Meeting About Repair Work, Update at 10 a.m. #STS133 # Spiritual Growth: Prayer and Meditation – http://clkon.us/bFKPR4 . . .

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