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- News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista
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- Tags: online privacy, VMware Inc., DNS, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Vista Start Menu 3.36 (Windows)
- Vista Start Menu is an alternative to the plain Start menu you find in Windows XP and Windows Vista. It is meant for beginners as well as for experienced users to make your Windows experience run efficiently. Finding icons and information is meant to become easier.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, OrdinarySoft, Vista Start Menu, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Vista Manager 3.0.7 (Windows)
- All-in-One utility to optimize, tweak, tune up, and clean up your Windows Vista. It bundles more than 30 different utilities in one. Get access to hundreds of hidden options to improve system's performance and security, clean registry, junk files, and defrag Registry, tune up Vista boot menu, uninstall program smartly,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Utility, Yamicsoft, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-03
- Vista Codec Package 5.4.8 (Windows)
- It does not contain a media player and it does not associate file-types. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player, limited only by the players' capabilities, to play all movies and video clips. Streaming video is supported in several formats in all popular web...
- Tags: Codec, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Video, Media Player, Shark007, Media Players, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Web Site Development, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Internet
- Software downloads 2009-11-02
- ZDNet Government version of Throw out the Trash Day
- More trash pleaseNice idea ... may I submit a similar one for the editor's consideration? Can we have 'trash of the week' by a ZDNET blogger. Serious ... with a touch of humour. Example follows.In Jason Perlow's 'The Vista is Dead' spoof mwagner@zdnet.com was moved to comment."Sounds like you didn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance management, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Thumbs.db Viewer 2.22 (Windows)
- Thumbs.db Viewer displays Thumbs.db and Thumbcache_*.db Vista database records as well as the miniature graphics contained in each with metadata; collects all the Thumbs.db files in and below the specified folder; searches the Recycle Bin (INFO2 files) for deleted Thumbs.db files; extract and view pictures as an HTML representation; using...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Janusware, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-10-30
- TR Dojo: Change the registration information in Windows Vista and XP
- Bill Detwiler shows you how to change the registration information on your Windows system using a registry hack or TechRepublic's Vista and XP Registration Changer tools. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- PowerPoint to Flash Converter 2.0 (Windows)
- GIRDAC PowerPoint to Flash Converter is an enterprise application for converting Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to Macromedia Flash files. It allows to set flash file quality, frame rate, and background color. It supports seven visual interfaces: Office 2000, Office 2002, Office 2007, Vista Black, Vista Aqua and Vista Silver. It supports...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, GIRDAC InfoTechnologies, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Analogue Vista Clock Halloween Edition 1.19 (Windows)
- Halloween edition of Analogue Vista Clock. Analogue Vista Clock is an outstanding quality alarm clock for your desktop. This awesome clock is a desktop extension--it will stay on your desktop ignoring all mouse and keyboard input, so it won't interfere with any other application. The communication with the clock, including...
- Tags: Clock, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Analogue Vista Clock, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-26
- Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!
- Vista is still alive here..."Vista definitely improved"Vista-preinstalled SP1/SP2 Just Works, so I have no immediate plans to upgrade to Windows 7. Right now, I don't want to tempt fate.I don't see why people get all emo over Vista's UAC. It doesn't bother me.Yes, everyone says that Windows 7 is better...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!
- This Halloween, let's all celebrate what we're really feeling: The Wicked Vista is DEAD! In the United States, we've got a bunch of frivolous holidays. I've always regarded Halloween as a particularly frivolous holiday, one in which we encourage our...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Halloween, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-24
- Strangest Windows 7 promotion
- Bloated?Are they saying Windows 7 is bloatware?RE: Strangest Windows 7 promotionNo Fat Tax ?RE: Strangest Windows 7 promotionIts a metaphor. Everyone is going to want a taste of Microsoft Windows 7.The Real QuestionThe real question is whether sales of the Windows Vista Whopper will now tank....yeap, that's a clever punch...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, whopper
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Buy Windows 7, download now!
- Oboma wrote the codeHe heard about Windows 7 so he is winningthe Nobel peace prize and he is also takingover the Internet people do not need accessto information he needs to 'control' it..;)They really are trying!!Boy, MS is really trying in every way to push the product though it has...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Vista SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP3, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux Distro
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Amazon introduces Kindle for Windows 7, Vista, XP PCs
- And the physical Kindle?Hmm ... considering that netbooks are available around $200, doesn't this sound like Amazon is "shooting itself in the foot" when it comes to their high-priced hardware Kindle?Could it be that they have found there just isn't enough of a market for the hardware and that the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Microsoft Windows, hardware, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Windows 7 killer deals commence; 7 days of PC specials, $30 OS upgrade
- That Best Buy deal ain't bad at all......stop Geek Squad at the door take the merchandise pop in the Ubuntu CD's and I'm ready to go. Thanks Win 7 for the cheap hardware.Apple should be offering deals now, tooJust to steal some thunder from the Win 7 (vista 2.0) over-hype.Fanboi...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating systems, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Snow Leopard, Media Center PC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Amazon introduces Kindle for Windows 7, Vista, XP PCs
- Amazon announced on Thursday its "Kindle for PC," a free application that lets users read e-books and use the Kindle store on their PCs. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, E-books, Hardware, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Vista dropped for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
- Are they REALLY that different?So Windows 7 is a "drop in replacement" for Windows Vista? Well didn't we already know this? Windows 7 is little more than a "reheat" of Vista anyway (some less kind than I would say "service pack").The acid test is will business upgrade from XP to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Vista dropped for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
- Several UK businesses that had begun to upgrade their systems to Microsoft's Vista OS are switching to Windows 7 before the installation is complete. Some businesses that are partway through upgrading to Windows Vista are asking to swap the OS for Windows 7, according to Microsoft. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, U.K., Windows 7. Microsoft, Vista, Nick Heath silicon.com
- News items 2009-10-22
- My 7 favorite Windows 7 features
- I must say ...... your impressive list, just isn't that impressive to me.#1 - Performance boost -- subjective#2 - More restrained UAC -- more duck tape#3 - 64-bit becomes the new default -- had 64 bit for years now#4 - Improved troubleshooting tools -- no comment, biting my tongue#5 -...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, UAC, Microsoft Windows Vista, favorite Windows 7, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Windows 7: An impressive upgrade
- Windows 7 review:Windows 7 review: 'New' OS is just Vista with small changesPerformance enhancements"We have already determined that W7 won't make your computer run any faster. And if you are upgrading from XP, it might run slightly slower, just as with Vista. ......But it's not really anything new. We hate...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, impressive upgrade, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
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