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Topic: Microsoft Windows 7

  

Streaming Video? Forget Myka or Roku and Get Windows 7

We already know Netflix users are begging for easier ways to get streaming video to their TVs--Xbox, PS3, Roku, and Blu-ray players apparently aren't simple enough solutions. Instead, more and more people watch TV and film on their ...READ MORE

Does Android on an HP Netbook Signal Trouble For Microsoft?

Google's Android may soon move beyond the limiting confines of the G1 smartphone and onto a much roomier machine: the netbook. Hewlett Packard is experimenting with the OS in an attempt to gauge how useful it might be on those tiny ...READ MORE

Windows 7 Looks Like a Vista Nightmare, Repeated

InformationWeek published results from an 1100-company survey suggesting that businesses will be extremely reticent to upgrade to Windows 7. According to the report, 83% of the companies surveyed ... READ MORE

Microsoft Windows 7 Saves the Planet?

The company claims switching to their latest operating system will require 30% less energy.READ MORE

Will a High Price and Netbook-Limiting Specs Hurt Windows 7?

Here's a nasty, juicy rumor to mull-over on your holiday weekend: Microsoft will be pricing Windows 7 higher than Vista, making it the costliest OS the company has ever released, on average. Mix in news of the limiting specs that ...READ MORE

Windows 7 Is the Fastest Selling OS in History

Microsoft has declared a massive victory for its latest operating system: "Windows 7 is by far the fastest selling Operating System in history," according to Craig Beilinson, the Director of Marketing for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division. READ MORE

Seven Things to Read Now

Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills? On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the FDA authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, ...READ MORE

Windows 7 Out Early? Yes...for Embedded Systems

Sorry--Microsoft's not really wowing the consumer and managing an early release of Windows 7 as Apple just did for Snow Leopard. It is pushing Win7 out the door ahead of time, but it's the highly-specialized embedded-systems ...READ MORE

Windows 7 on Sale

Microsoft's Windows 7 OS is to Vista as: a) a lightly bruised peach is to a rotten one. b) a fresh coat of paint is to a clunker. c) a nonevent is to an epic fail. d) all of the above. -- DL thu, october 22 Upgrade Windows 7 ...READ MORE

Microsoft Expects a Party From You

Barack Obama got a big lift from social Web-inspired parties during his presidential campaign. So why not do the same with Windows 7 when it launches on October 22?READ MORE

After Microsoft's CES Non-Event, All Eyes Are Back on Apple

Microsoft's big CES keynote, which was hotly tipped as a reveal for the impressive Courier slate PC, was actually just a luke-warm Windows 7 promo. And that has one big result: The tech world is now waiting on Apple. Among other ...READ MORE

The Six "Wow" Features of Windows 7

How Sam Moreau and his eclectic team of architects, industrial designers, and writers created the "Wow!" features of Microsoft's new operating system.READ MORE

Microsoft Quarterly Revenues, Profits Take a Hit

If Apple's recent financial report had a musical theme, you might choose Tchaikovski's 1812. But Microsoft's just-revealed quarterly stats might incline toward something somber from Handel ... they're not looking cheery. The lead ...READ MORE

Internet Explorer 9 Brings Apps to Microsoft Windows 7

Think about your iPhone's New York Times or Facebook app. They don't feel like an installed program--they're much less clunky--nor a website, which is anything but native. Apps are some lighter in-between. Now Microsoft is trying to bring that same concept to Windows 7.READ MORE

Windows 7 for Netbooks, Limited to Running Only Three Apps at a Time

There're a lot of positive vibes on the Intertubes about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 OS. It's had great reviews, the beta-test version had to be extended, and it looks like it'll be here soon enough to make Vista's failures just ...READ MORE

Tech Watch: Obama Launches Video Game Campaign; Microsoft on Windows 7; and Adobe Ships CS4

In a last-minute campaign effort, Obama's team has launched a full force Video Game Campaign extending the candidate's reach into the 18-34 market.READ MORE

Windows 7 Apps Are Just Like iPhone's (In a Good Way)

Standardized hardware and great support may beckon to developers to Windows 7 Phone despite its belated arrival.READ MORE

Sneak Peak at Windows 7 Features

The functionality the 'softies were most excited about: touch and multi-touch integration, which seems to have inherited many of its features from Microsoft's conceptual Surface Table touch surface.READ MORE

Sneak Peak at Windows 7 Features

The functionality the 'softies were most excited about: touch and multi-touch integration, which seems to have inherited many of its features from Microsoft's conceptual Surface Table touch surface.READ MORE

Fast Company Recommended Events October 2009

October MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN       01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 ...READ MORE

Windows 7 Gets Its Big Day

It's October 22,2009. It's Windows 7 Day! You can bet that many a PC user can barely contain their excitement about the opportunity to upgrade from XP and consign Vista to history's dustbin. Microsoft's got a suite of events and ...READ MORE

The New Windows 7 Phones: All You Need to Know

In the hours before Microsoft's Apple challenger launched, a slew of Windows phones surfaced. Then MS revealed a total of 10 phones for 30 countries. Most look like competitors to the current iPhone, not next year's. READ MORE

Bumptop's Touchscreen Organizes Clutter by Taking Cues From Your Messy Desk

If BumpTop's new multi-touch application for Windows 7 looks oddly familiar, that's because it tries so hard to mime the offline world of paper piles and junk drawers. And rightly so.READ MORE

What Can We Expect From the Consumer Electronics Show?

Expect this week's technology press to be stuffed full of info relating to and stemming from CES 2010. but what exactly can we expect from the show this year? We've summed it up for you. Firstly, there will be some of you out there ...READ MORE

Is Apple Planning a Win-7 Diversion?

For Windows 7 to outshine the disaster that is Vista, it will have to be both a technical panacea and a marketing success. Microsoft has been splurging on TV ads, haplessly enlisting "regular" people to get you to throw parties in ...READ MORE