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Fedora 13 Slips By One Week
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Despite a heroic effort by developers and testers, we have not been able
to reach Beta release criteria by the time of the Go / No Go meeting.
There are still unresolved bugs and unknown test results. Because of
this we've enacted a 1 week slip of the Beta release date. This does
not mean we wi...
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Windows 8 to contain new anti-piracy technology?
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Yar-har-har.......
Check out the posting here:
Windows 8 to contain new anti-piracy technology
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Support for Vista (with no service packs) and XP will end soon
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You guys knew it was coming....
Support for Vista (with no service packs) and XP will end soon
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Windows 8 Will Be Completely Different
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Even before the advent of Windows 7, Microsoft was hard at work planning the next iterations of the Windows client and server platforms. But even though the successor of Windows 7, commonly referred to, even by Microsoft’s own employees, under the codename Windows 8, was in planning, the Re...
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North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution
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Niiiice!
North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution
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Ubuntu gets a new look
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Now this is snazzy! All of the new artwork and design directions are the result of Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth and a small team reassessing the brand values and identity that Ubuntu embodies. The team touched up on "light" as a reference point: "We're drawn to Light bec...
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Windows XP downgrade lawsuit dismissed
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/windows-xp-downgrade-lawsuit-dismissed.ars
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Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage
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Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers. It joins Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, already available through the GSA Advantage purchasing program. [url=http://www...
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Windows Activation Technology: Does it phone home?
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Hmmmm..
Windows Activation Technology
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40 Facts on Linux
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Interesting! 40 Facts on Linux -- Edited by barney on Saturday 20th of February 2010 05:29:08 PM
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Windows 7 has stability issues
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.... I haven't seen this....
KEYSTONE KOPS SOFTWARE OUTFIT Microsoft has shot itself in the foot with its Windows 7 stability updates that we reported on here.
One of the stability updates, KB977074, has been found to be responsible for compromising the stability of the operating syst...
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Tracking down those XP crashes: Could the cause be malware?
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Update 12-Feb 11AM PST: The Microsoft Security Response Center, in a new blog post published 25 minutes after I published this post, acknowledged that the issues identified here are real: “In our continuing investigation in to the restart issues related to MS10-015 that a limited numb...
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What's in store for the next Windows?
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The original article on this was removed by Microsoft, but the cached version on Google was found and here it is... Whats in store for the next Windows? One of the great (or maybe not so great) things of being at Microsoft is that every other person wants to ask you why Windows works the way it does...
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Windows 7 stability fix breaks stability, puzzles Microsoft
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Last week, Microsoft posted a slew of non-security updates for Windows 7, one of which was titled as follows: "An update is available to improve the stability and the reliability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2." Unfortunately, according to a thread on Microsoft TechNet...
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Microsoft investigating Windows 7 incorrect battery warning issues
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Windows 7 incorrect battery warning issues Second Article On This Issue- CNet -- Edited by barney on Wednesday...
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Still Using Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)? Better Read This!
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Your time is near......
Still Using Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC)?
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Adventures With Windows 7's XP Mode
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[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358339,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]Adventures
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Windows plagued by 17-year-old privilege escalation bug
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A security researcher at Google is recommending computer users make several configuration changes to protect themselves against a previously unknown vulnerability that allows untrusted users to take complete control of systems running most versions of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilit...
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Windows 7 SP1 Screenshots Revealed
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Just a FYI here........ http://windows7news.com/windows-7-screenshots/
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PC Migration to Windows 7 May Be Possible, but Not Always Advisable
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It's been almost a decade since I evaluated a PC migration solution aimed at moving installed applications from one Windows PC to another. Products such as PCmover Pro and Enterprise let you move a Windows XP installation to Windows 7, but is that the best upgrade path? I’d have to answer an unequivoc...
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Seven Features in Windows 7 You Probably Don't Know About
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[url=http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009...
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Download Free Vista, XP and Windows 7 from Microsoft
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Microsoft is offering free downloads of all its supported Windows clients, including Windows 7 RTM, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Starting with the advent of Vista, customers, partners, IT professionals and developers have been able to take advantage of a variety of offerings involving...
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Is Windows 7 Really Better Than Vista?
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This is really a loaded question. Windows Vista is probably the biggest failure in the history of Microsoft. From day one the operating system was plagued with numerous problems and angry users who suddenly missed their old XP or 2000 operating systems. It was almost impossible for Microso...
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Infamous Chinese pirates launch Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP
(Preview)
From the Chinese pirate masters of the non-sea-faring variety comes ... Ylmf OS! Not happy with pirating Windows XP itself, these creative Chinese have gone one step further and hacked Ubuntu to look exactly like Windows XP. Why have they moved to Ubuntu? Because their previous release -- a...
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Run Windows 7 On Your Mac - Cnet Video
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If you are in the mood to try something different........
Run Windows 7 On Your Mac - Cnet Video
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Is Windows 7 the last major chapter in Windows story?
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/121609-microsoft-windows7.html
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Windows 7 And Windows Vista: Performance Compared
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Despite lots of innovation with SuperFetch and ReadyBoost, Windows Vista wasn’t popular. In fact, many users avoided upgrading from Windows XP to Vista altogether. Though the operating system was the first version of Windows with 3D animation, and it offered many new features, it didn’t...
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Windows 7 complaints begin
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Microsoft launched Windows 7 in late October to much fanfare. But, just like with previous Windows upgrades, complaints about bugs have already started rolling in.
A whopping 31% of clients have reported problems with upgrading to Windows 7, according to a recent survey of more than 100...
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Windows 7 Easter Eggs
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I know these days Microsoft does not provide any Easter Eggs in its products as Easter Eggs or any hidden features present in an OS or other products are not legal. So one can’t expect Easter Eggs in Windows 7 also. But Easter Eggs used to add some Fun and the users just explored every nook and corn...
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Windows XP SP2 Dies on July 13, 2010, Upgrade to Windows 7
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With the advent of Windows 7, the market shares of both Windows XP and Windows Vista have started bleeding, with users transitioning to the latest iteration of the Windows client. Still, although Windows 7 grabbed over 5% of the OS market, according to Net Applications, Windows XP is still t...
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