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		<title><![CDATA[The Vista productivity debate rages on]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=533]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I seem to have hit a nerve or struck a chord at least with a lot of people with my recent post about the decidedly mixed reaction to Vista. It's the most heavily trafficked and commented post I've made here at ZDNet and reading through the comment thread reveals...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:53:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vista is taking body blows]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=529]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been on a bit of a blog and RSS hiatus the past couple of days and have been working my way through tales of destruction and distress (the 365 outage, not Lindsay Lohan's latest episode), news, and views. In my reading, there's a recurring theme that beats louder all...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Vista stupid (or is it me)?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=521]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OK â€" brief rant here. Why is it that when I'm using a USB memory stick, Vista is apparently incredibly stupid about removing the device when I'm finished working with it? First, the OS refuses to allow me to safely remove the stick if a window is open. How dumb...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:12:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fake Microsoft security bulletin in the wild]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=499]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you or someone you know receives an e-mail about a zero-day exploit affecting Microsoft Outlook do not, under any circumstances, click on the links embedded in the message. It's a phishing scam folks. The Security Bulletin (MS07-0065) it points to doesn't exist. And just because it can never be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:53:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Codeweavers 10-step program]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=492]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Codeweavers, the company behind CrossOver, an engine that provides Mac and Linux users the ability to install and run some Windows applications without a WindowsÂ  install or license, have just released a 10-Step Program for Computing Nirvana. It's a very tongue-in-cheek poke at Microsoft and the dominance they enjoy over...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:16:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New OneNote Powertoy adds search and replace]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=488]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Escarpa has just released a new Powertoy for OneNote that adds a basic search-and-replace feature to the application. I've long wished for this ability in OneNote. The add-in currently supports text only (no support for searching against pre-recognized text which makes sense in a certain way since what would...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:13:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A cautionary Vista story - steep curves ahead]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=480]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Shipley, the executive director of and impresario behind the DEMO Conferences is hardly a technology lightweight. Every year, she and her team evaluate hundreds of emerging technology companies and products and cherry pick the best and brightest to appear under the DEMO microscope for their legendary six minutes of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:16:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast #38- all about the Lenovo x61 Tablet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=477]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen here ( MP3, 21.3 MB, 62 minutes) orSubscribe to the show with this link  RSSJames Kendrick and I have both recently picked up Lenovo ThinkPad x61 Tablet PCs and in show #38 we discuss the x61 from stem to stern.  James has the SXGA+ (1440x1040) screen while...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:23:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Parallels 3.0 a worthy upgrade]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=473]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been using Parallels Desktop on my MacBook for some time to give me access to certain applications for which there is no counterpart on the Mac and have been generally quite pleased with the performance and usability of the virtualization software. I run a Vista Ultimate virtual machine and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:26:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big day for browser releases]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=469]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While the browser market is still essentially a two-horse race, that is not stopping other contenders from trying to break into the game. Netscape has just released version 9.0 (beta 1) of their Navigator browser based on core Mozilla code which has a number of very interesting ideas in play,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:03:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Interesting fix for UAC aggravation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=464]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are getting weary of Windows Vista User Access Control UAC popping up confirmation dialogs but like me are reluctant to turn it off since a lot of what it does is actually good, this might be just the ticket. I found this via Brad Linder at DownloadSquad this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:32:42 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Work virtually from anywhere]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=462]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Leo Babauta at Web Worker Daily has posted a very thorough guide to working virtually that focuses primarily on tools but also includes some excellent workflow recommendations. It's a bit Google-centric but he does provide a number of alternative choices for most of the key ingredients for a cloud-based workspace.What...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:05:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lenovo X61 details emerge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=459]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lenovo appears ready to give its ThinkPad Tablet PC offering a boost with the imminent arrival of the X61 model which features a Core 2 Duo processor, better connectivity options, enhanced displays, and a reported 12-hour battery life with the now-standard 8-cell battery. More info at GottaBeMobile.com. Apparently my fellow...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 06:08:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Quantifying the "Microsoft Tax"]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=450]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Eighty dollars. That's the number at least for Vista Home Premium according to this comparison from Coding Horror of the price delta between identical Dell systems configured with Vista and Ubuntu Linux. The hardware is essentially identical. We can infer that Dell's price for a Windows Vista Home Premium license...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 07:19:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does it make any sense to "hate" Microsoft?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=444]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Marc Wagner at the ZDNet Education IT blog asks a question that has come up here and elsewhere many times. "Why do so many people hate Microsoft?" Marc begins his post exploring some of the antipathy that exists between the pro-Microsoft and pro-*NIX crowds with relative dispassion and points to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 10:05:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mossberg likes the new Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=438]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, he likes it more than he did the first-generation Ultra Mobile PC from the Korean electronics giant. Although he still thinks the UNPC form factor is rife with too many compromises to meet broad mainstream adoption (and I'm certainly not going to argue with that), he finds the next-gen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 19:39:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FlipStart handheld PC now available from Dynamism]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=435]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FlipStart, the handheld PC released a couple of months ago, is now available from Dynamism, a reseller of high-performance mobile gear. Previously, the tiny PC was only available directly from the company. A number of accessories including batteries and a port replicator for use on the desktop are also available....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 09:40:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Another Parallels-Vista success story]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=431]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ive been evaluating the Nokia N95 (review coming shortly on this power-packed device and its perfect companion, the N800 Internet Tablet) for about a week now and have been fighting with Nokias PC Suite on the Lenovo X60t Tablet PC trying to get a just-released firmware update performed. No dice....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 15:58:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grahl releases PDF Annotator 1.5]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=430]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just received word from Grahl Software Design that they have released version 1.5 of their PDF Annotator application that is one of my must-have applications on my Tablet PC. From their announcement:With the help of lots of users test driving our beta releases (thank you!), we have now finished PDF...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 12:01:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A surprising switch back to Vista from Mac OS X]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Orchant/?p=427]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I must admit I was more than a bit surprised to read this post by Nik Cubrilovic of OmniDrive this morning. Seems his Mac OS partition vanished but the NTFS partition he had set up for Boot Camp on his Mac survived the gremlin attack. Nik installed Vista and describes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 06:41:19 -0700</pubDate>
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