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Vista’s flaws surface again on eve of Windows 7 beta
ITworld.com - Framingham,MA,USA
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil the Windows 7 beta during his keynote Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. …
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Report: PC makers to provide free Vista-to Win-7 upgrades starting …
ZDNet Blogs - USA
In yet another indicator as to the progress of Windows 7, the Tech ARP site reported that Microsoft plans to allow PC makers to offer customers who buy …
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Public betas of Windows 7 client and server could hit this week
ZDNet Blogs - USA
Ditto with Windows 7 Server, aka Windows Server 2008 R2. The private Beta 1 release of that product is scheduled for late January 7/early January 8, …
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Windows 7’s pleasant surprises
eFluxMedia - USA
By Jay Dougherty Washington - This spring, Microsoft plans to unveil Windows 7 - the successor to Windows Vista - in a public beta program. …
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Some very interesting posts from MSDN Blog re:Engineering Windows …
Brian Madden - Silver Spring,MD,USA
Some very interesting posts from MSDN Blog re:Engineering Windows 7 that gives a clear indication of what post-Vista might be like? by TechAgility I was …
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Five things Steve Ballmer won’t tell you about Windows 7
ZDNet - USA
It’s widely expected that Ballmer will publicly unveil Windows 7 Beta 1, just as Gates used the stage to announce previous Windows versions. …
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Windows 7: Federated Search
Windows 7 along with the desktop search, introduces Federated Search in which the scope of the search goes beyond your PC. You can now search for items in remote repositories from your PC. It is based on OpenSearch and the RSS format. …
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Bink.nu | Ballmer to talk Windows 7, not ZunePhone, at CES - Bink.nu
Instead, much of CEO Steve Ballmer’s focus will be on talking about Windows 7 from a consumer perspective. Microsoft is pushing to have Windows 7 done in time for the holiday 2009 shopping season, so that means this CES is Ballmer’s …
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Security vendors warn against leaked Windows 7 downloads - Software
With Microsoft Corp. likely to use this week’s CES 2009 trade show to boost interest in its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, security vendors are warning against downloading the recently leaked version that is presently circulating …
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Ballmer Should Skip Pep Talk at CES
PC World - USA
When Steve Ballmer gives his keynote address at CES, he’s widely expected to tout the benefits of Windows 7, and give his usual pep rally speech — minus …
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Hands-on: Pandora gadget for Vista
Geek.com - USA
… probably be turned on to the new Pandora gadget for Windows Vista (though other writers here at Geek.com don’t particularly like the sidebar gadgets). …
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Is it Safe to Just Ignore Windows‘ Service Packs?
Washington Post - United States
Don Dalton installed Vista’s SP1 update, encountered "a multitude of problems," and uninstalled it. Can he safely go on indefinitely without it? Windows …
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Learn about Windows Vista
KNPR - Las Vegas,NV,USA
On January 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm adults can learn all about the Windows Vista Operating System for computers. This is a good introductory class for the …
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TECH TIPS: Expand your vistas with these tutorials
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
I may be the only nerd on my block who loves Windows Vista and Office 2007 as much as Bill Gates does. I like the fancy interface, the ribbon, the way menus …
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Expand or Clear List of Recent Programs Displayed on Start Menu …
Expand the list of recently-accessed programs displayed on the Windows Vista Start Menu, or clear this list altogether.
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Chris Holmes Thinks Windows 7 Will Save Microsoft - Robert McLaws …
Windows 7, with all of its improvements in performance, new features, and more streamlined development process, will actually save Microsoft and redeem them from the whole Vista crash. So I decided to write up WHY Windows 7 will tromp …
Robert McLaws: Windows Vista Edition - http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/default.aspx

Expert: Microsoft made $1.5B on ‘Vista Capable’ campaign | The …
jpgMicrosoft earned more than US$1.5 billion from the sale of PCs marked as " Vista Capable " in the months leading up to the 2007 debut of Windows Vista, according to an expert’s estimate. …
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