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Want to Host a Windows 7 Launch Party?

Last week we reported that Microsoft decided to set up a big launch event for Windows 7 in New York, just like it did with its predecessor (Windows Vista). However, it seems…

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Free Software Foundation Wants To Stop Fortune 500 Companies Upgrading To Windows 7

According to The Register, The Free Software Foundation has sent letters to 499 Fortune 500 companies asking them to not upgrade to Windows 7, to reduce their reliance on Microsoft…

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Download Windows 7 Wave 3 RTM

Yesterday, on August 21st, Wave 3 of Windows 7 was released for developers and IT professionals via MSDN and TechNet. With Wave 3, all versions of Windows 7 have been…

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Dell Assists Windows 7 Migration

It seems as though more and more companies are relying heavily upon the release of Windows 7, considering that every major hardware manufacturer has pledged their support to Windows 7…

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Microsoft Ordered to Pay Over $200 Million and to Stop Selling Word

A judge has now found Microsoft guilty of infringing on a patent owned by i4i. The patent in question refers to Microsoft Word and it’s use of XML, the method…

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Windows 7 and the OS Market Share

Windows XP has been around for quite a long time and will (soon) be behind by two operating systems. It was released in 2001, so this is its eighth year. Yet, it…

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Windows 7 RTM Available To Download On MSDN

Regular reader Frankie has just let us know that Windows 7 RTM is now available on the Technet and MSDN download sites.  All versions of Windows 7 are available for…

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Microsoft Kills Leaked Lenovo Activation Crack

The first public crack of the RTM build of Windows 7 (6.1.7600.16385) did not survive for very long, thanks to Microsoft and Lenovo’s partnership (Pirates – 1, Microsoft – 1).…

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Sony Also Supports Windows 7

Recently a letter by Sony revealed that Sony is just another one of the hardware giants standing behind Microsoft as it pushes out Windows 7, the latest and greatest successor…

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Windows 7 Launched Early For Business Users End Of July

Russian Twitter user Deeper2k recently tweeted a picture of an official mailing from Microsoft to Russian reseller partners, saying that business users with Software Assurance contracts before 31 August will…

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Google To Launch Operating System

Google is going back to basics with the launch of Google Chrome OS, designed to compete with the likes of Microsoft Windows and Ubuntu on the desktop.  The new OS, expected sometime…

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