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- Windows 7 beta 1 performance - How does the OS compare to Vista and XP?
- Windows 7 beta 1 performance - How does the OS compare to Vista and XP?Im guessingthat you did not post exact times so as to get around the no-benchmarks part of the EULA? Unfortunately how much better one is compared to the other matters. Is it insignificantly faster? a small...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7 beta 1 performance, Windows 7 Beta 1, WINDOWS 7 BETA, operating system, Microsoft Windows, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-01-01
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- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- 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
- Adobe and Nvidia bring GPU computing to the masses
- Adobe and Nvidia announced that the next version of the Flash player will take advantage of Nvidia graphics processing units GPUs to improve online video. Adobe Flash Player 10.1, which will be in beta by the end of this year, will be designed to get a boost from Nvidia's GeForce,...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NVidia Corp., Video, Computing, Graphics, Netbook, GPU, Ion, Mini 311, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Windows 7 in action: do more with the taskbar and Jump Lists
- Have you tried pinning a recycle bin to the taskbar?In Vista and XP I wound up using a convoluted method of creating a special toolbar just for the recycle bin. But you can only do functions like emptying the bin by right clicking, and you have to take care to...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., taskbar, dock, Xerox Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29
- Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Koobface, FCS, MSE, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Windows 7 reliability scorecard - looking good!
- It's very easy to keep reliability highwhen you change very little but what's on the surface. It's like an automobile say a Corvette that changes the body style every two years, but the same small block V8 for the most part has been in use for over 50 years. Very...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...
- Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Google Chrome ... one year on!
- Wow "phones home with your surfing data"Is that true? Really bad then.One Year On, FailNo plugins/addons actually usable by actual humans fail, particularly no adblock major fail, and the app still phones home with your surfing data really the worst fail.Wouldn't use it on your computer.And these guys are writing...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs on
- RE: Google seeks OEMs for Chrome browser; Sony signs onThis is the worst possible combination ever. You have both companies who are known privacy rights violators combining forces to strip your PC of any confidential data you might have. Sony is going to love putting rootkits on the PC,...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- Who wins: Sliced bread or Windows 7?
- Money down the toilet...The sound of money flushing down a toilet, new icons and more hardware requirements.The future is appliance driven devices, not big 4G of memory machines with 1T of disk space.There is no need for this monster OS that an appliance driven unit can deliver...Linux appliances are the...
- Tags: Operating systems, hardware requirement, Microsoft Windows 7, bread, hardware, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Aero
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Why not all 12-inch netbooks are the same
- X200s w/ 6 cell weighs 2.71 lb, not 3 lbFrom the Lenovo X200s spec sheet:4 cell 2.43 lb6 cell 2.71 lb 9 cell 3.05 lbSo the X200s beats some and is in the sameweight class as many netbooks, with stellarperformance.I recently got an X200s and have both the 4...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, GMA 950, netbook, Moblin, cell
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- 7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 1
- Over the past few months I've talked a lot about the performance side of things with regard to Windows 7. However, I've not been able to give you any actual numbers because the EULA for the beta and release candidate versions of Windows 7 prohibited me from doing so. However,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
- IT departments have largely ignored Windows Vista and stuck with Windows XP as the corporate standard. However, Windows 7 has received a warmer response from IT professionals than Vista did, and TechRepublic’s CIO Jury is split down the middle on whether to deploy Windows 7. On July...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., CIO, Information Technology, Director Of Information Technology, Jury, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- News to know: Google Voice; Twitter; I'm a PC; FiOS; Microsoft satisfaction; Cloud security
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google Voice only gets better with launch of mobile app Larry Dignan: Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, PC, Voice, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Palm Pre, Desktops, Security, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Nitto 1320 Legends 0.9.12.1 beta (Windows)
- Get set to represent. Nitto 1320 Legends is a free multiplayer online drag racing game featuring the hottest cars and realistic performance tuning. Earn cash to collect your favorite cars, upgrade and tune your engine, then take it to the track. You can race head-to-head or in tournaments. Do you...
- Tags: Car, Microsoft Windows, Beta, Cie Studios
- Software downloads 2009-07-16
- Windows 7 - Where's the beef? How much?!!? Why, and why risk it?
- Windows 7 - Where's the beef? How much?!!? Why, and why risk it?Come Clean from What????Microsoft has let everyone DL Win 7 for FREE so you can make up your own mind about its benefits. THEY ARE ACTUALLY LETTING YOU USE IT FOR NOTHING. How much more clean do...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, beef, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09
- Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit List' for Jul/Aug 09Adrian:Use Intel much?I appreciated your lineup, but noticed one glaring fact: while I can agree that Intel offers the best extreme processor in the i7 965 EE (for $1000), I noticed the glaring omission of any AMD parts. I think that if...
- Tags: Processors, Virtualization, RAID, Jul/Aug 09, Hardware 2.0, Intel Corp., CPU, HyperThreading, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- PC OEMs: Please Cut the Crap!
- PC OEMs: Please Cut the Crap!CrapwareYour average non geek will get a fair amount of pressure at the point of sale to drop another $35-$50 to get the junk off the computer. Let's see, now... If you crank the subsidy to Dell,etc from the crapware makers, then that extra...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Desktops, OEM, Crapware, laptop computer, PC, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior too
- Windows 7: Now it's an economic savior tooAnalogy:Churchill: "You can't tax yourself out of poverty"Obama: "Let's spend [future generation's money] to become wealthy again".WTF!If Cap and Trade Passes People Will Balk At Buying AnythingPrices of goods and services will go through the roof, think people are going to care about...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
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