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Windows 7 goes public

Now, I had been using windows 7 for 4 months. And to my surprise, it has come upto my expectations very well. The near-final version of Microsoft’s next operating system, Windows 7, became available late Monday to the general public. Microsoft will collect feedback on the Windows 7 release candidate over the next few months, […]

Windows 7 Offers Battery-Life Improvement

Windows 7 RTM Review showed us how well it is when it comes to Performing as compared to Vista, XP. We were happy there. But there’s one more thing with windows 7 that will delight users switching from Vista — 25% improvement in Battery life. Ruston Panabaker, Microsoft’s principal program manager of strategic silicon partnering, […]

Firefox 3.6 gets Windows 7 Integration

Here comes the Mozilla’s first Beta for release of Firefox 3.6. As we benchmarked Firefox 3.6 earlier, it’s 25 percent faster than Firefox 3.5. What makes Firefox 3.6 more interesting is the Windows 7 integration — It integrates with the new taskbar in Windows 7. [Discussed in detail in Windows 7 Review] What’s the Deal? […]

HP Slate Tablet Windows 7 PC

  HP Slate Tablet PC gets Video ReviewedApple must be already happy to see this coming. During the Keynote from Ballmer at CES 2010, HP’s Slate PC was demoed. Not much of a surprise, the Tablet is just average. The HP device shown up at CES did not appear to be the dual-screen tablet that’s […]

How to Fix Windows 7 BSoD [Black Screen of Death]

Windows 7 has proven to be much more stable than it’s predecessors. Of course those BSODs (blue screen of deats) have reduced and in some cases totally vanished. Related: Understanding and Decoding BSOD (blue screen of death) Messages So what is exactly is the New Black Screen of death ? There are instances when you […]

Upgrading Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 – 20 years of Backward Compatiblity

Not many of us have used the early versions of Windows, that existed nearly 2 decades ago. Many of us believe that “Windows upgrade” is buggy and doesn’t work well when you upgrade from older to newer version. We have often recommended a clean install but this video is here to prove every one wrong […]

HowTo Create SymLink in Windows

Symlinks let you define soft/hard links to files/directories placed in different locations. Essentially, they are like windows  shortcuts (a.k.a. soft symlinks) and the other type is something in-between the two: shortcuts and Original Files/directories. You can use HardLinks as an original file/folder, transparently.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com Linux/Unix […]

Google launches Person Finder for Japanese quake victims

Google was quick to launch a version of its People Finder service to help people find each other in the wake of the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan Friday. The service, set up to work in both English and Japanese, is designed to let people inquire about others, as well as post information […]

The reports of Windows death are greatly exaggerated

Dear Skeptical, I think what you’re reading is mostly based on sales figures for all end-user devices and relative numbers of page reads by different browsers and operating systems. If IT’s responsibilities were based on the number of end-user devices sold and on browser page reads, this would be interesting information. IT’s responsibilities, though, have […]

Microsoft Vista is Dead Officially. Does anyone Care?

Microsoft has declared it. And For anyone still burning a candle for Windows Vista, in the dark, its time is rapidly approaching. Buy now or forever hold your Rest in Peace, Windows 7 is coming to the rescue. I’m not surprised that this has turned out. After all, it was all buggy. When it first […]

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