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Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Support of Microsoft Windows …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Windows Vista provides a more secure computing environment for desktops and enterprise-wide laboratory operations. "As more companies deploy Microsoft Vista …
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Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks
ZDNet - USA
Microsoft officials have said on the record that deep-level changes between Windows Vista and Windows 7 will be kept to a minimum, in order to insure …
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So You’ve Decided to Skip Vista…
Redmondmag.com - CA,USA
This, despite the fact that its successor, Windows Vista, has been out for almost two years. Microsoft released XP seven years ago this month, …
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Computer will run XP if it has 32-bit chips
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Q: It’s time to upgrade from my two-year-old computer, but I really don’t want to use Windows Vista on a new PC. Is it possible to have Windows XP installed …
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Technology tips that will make your life easier
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Rob Pegoraro If you run Microsoft’s most widely used e-mail programs - Outlook, Outlook Express or OE’s Windows Vista successor, Windows Mail - you can …
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New AutoLabel(TM) Imprinter Design Software Features Windows Vista …
FreshPlaza - Netherlands
"Compatibility with Windows Vista is an essential part of that effort." The software is available with either a USB key or a parallel key for authentication …
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New Must-Have Add-In for Windows Vista Media Center: clipShow
eHomeUpgrade (press release) - San Mateo,CA,USA
Want to make some $$$ writing about the technology you’re passionate about? Come write for us… By Alexander Grundner | September 29th, 2008 Comments (0) …
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Hands on: Nero’s LiquidTV, TiVo for your PC
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
The TiVo PC software is compatible with Windows XP and Vista (we’re using the latter), and it warned us about TV tuner-aware applications that could cause …
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100 reasons Linux beats Windows
e-linux.it - Italy
Earlier this month I presented five reasons to upgrade from Windows Vista to Linux. Alex Zaharov-Reutt hit back with ten reasons to stick with Vista and …
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Microsoft shipping Vista add-ons.
Tom’s Hardware Guide - Culver City,CA,USA
For the first time in five months, Microsoft has released three new add-ons for Windows Vista Ultimate edition. Free downloadable add-ons were one of the …
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Use Screensavers As Vista Wallpapers
By Martin
Windows Vista Ultimate comes with the Dreamscene extra which can turn videos into background screensavers. Several other applications like VLC offer this options as well. A tip was posted over at Tech Recipes today that mentioned a …
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Adapting to Windows Vista’s Growing Pains
By John-Hiroshi(John-Hiroshi)
The amount of time between Windows XP and Windows Vista was HUGE, and never before has a Windows client OS felt the pains of such a long release cycle as Windows XP to Windows Vista. You may also find that a lot of your hardware that …
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The Windows Vista Power Button
All versions of Windows Vista includes the ability to change how the power button acts when it is clicked. With all previous versions of Windows the button acted as a gateway to other options like restart and shut down. …
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Windows Vista Annoyances
By RapidshareEbook(Nikhil)
Windows Vista may be the next big thing, but it still contains enough quirks and unaccountable behaviors to vex anyone. This unique guide not only discusses the most irritating features of the latest Microsoft operating system and how …
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Sybase iAnywhere Delivers New Version of XTNDConnect PC with …
MarketWatch - USA
… personal information management (PIM) synchronization software, with new support for Windows Vista Contacts, Calendar and Tasks, and Google Calendar. …
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Sybase enhances PC/mobile sync support
VNUNet.com - UK
Available now, XTNDConnect PC 7.0 adds support for Windows Vista Contacts, Calendar and Tasks, and Google Calendar. It also now has dynamic detection of …
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Screen Recorder Software includes zoom and pan function.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Instant Demo v7.0 includes five new Windows Vista style playback controls. The color of the controls can be fully customized to suit the author’s …
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Windows 7 to finally go public in late October
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
Mindful of the lukewarm reception that Windows Vista received on its eventual release, Microsoft has thus far kept quiet about the next version of Windows; …
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NVIDIA ForceWare Release 178.13 WHQL Windows Vista 64-bit
Jucaushii - Romania
Description: WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6-series, 7-series, 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs, including the newly released GeForce 9800 GTX+, …
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New software turns PC into TiVo TV recorder
The Associated Press
s Windows Vista operating system include the necessary software. But it will be the first time that both the TiVo interface and functions have been …
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PC package could mean TiVo for the rest of us
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
That has been possible for years on computers equipped with TV tuners, and some versions of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system include the necessary …
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Free Defragmenter Released for Home and Small Business
PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna,Bulgaria
With automatic defrag, and file placement optimization, Smart Defrag is a solid alternative disk defragmenter for Windows Vista or even upcoming Windows 7. …
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How to create a USB drive you can install Windows Vista
By Jason
You’ll need a utility called bootsect.exe which can be found in any Windows Vista DVD in the boot folder. Copy bootsect.exe from a Windows Vista installation disk and past it in the C:\Windows\System32 directory in your computer. …
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Microsoft hotfix KBArticles: Sep 2 - Sep 24
By DG
Microsoft has released hot-fix KB articles, Windows Vista Enterprise Client, Vista Consumer Desktop, BizTalk Server 2006 R2, VS 2005, IIS, Windows Server 2003, SMS, HIS, VC 2008, Windows CE, Windows XP, SQL Server 2005/ 2008, …
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Windows Vista won’t boot on Dell Dimension
By _tech_guru_papa_
Windows vista is also causing lots of boot problems, so I often get questions like this: I have a Dell Dimension, which won’t boot to Windows (Vista), and none of the repair options work: Startup repair: Reports fix fail due to problem …
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Using Sticky Notes in Windows Vista or XP
By mysticgeek
The sticky notes application in Windows Vista is actually implemented as a gadget for the Windows Sidebar, so to add it you’ll want to right-click anywhere on the sidebar or on the tray icon and choose "Add Gadgets", then select the …
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