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After creating a stir in the media over comments he made to Microsoft warning the company to “think twice” about its Surface strategy, Acer chairman J.T. Wang is now singing a different tune, one that’s far less threatening and more accepting to the si…
Valve’s Gabe Newell appears to have struck a chord with other game developers in his criticism of Windows 8 as a “catastrophe for everyone in the PC space.” He said Windows 8 will ultimately force some top-tier PC/OEMS out of the market, and not long a…
Microsoft’s activation service has always been somewhat controversial since its debut in Windows XP, but has turned out to be a necessary evil. The process started out being very forgiving, and to be fair, we have yet to hear of a single legitimate c…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform was fashionably late to the smartphone party, but in the slate shindig, Microsoft’s Windows platform is just going to be late. Citing “people with knowledge” of Microsoft’s plans, Bloomberg reports there won’t be a …
A New York-based startup, Neverware, hopes to breathe new life into old computers with its Juicebox a100 virtual desktop appliance, which can deliver Windows 7 virtual desktops to one hundred terminals as long as they all meet its lenient hardware requ…
The Windows 7 RC has been available since late October, but a leaked copy of the official release has us fairly convinced we can expect to see Windows Update pushing out the final build by the end of the month. Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it co…
It’s the end of Wintel. At least, that’s what you’re likely to read this morning after Microsoft dropped the bomb shell that the next version of Windows will run not just on x86, but also on select ARM chips.
Microsoft CEO made the revelation We…
Most Windows users feel that Windows 7 is what Vista should have been all along. That sentiment is underscored by the fact that just under 21 percent of Windows users are now sitting pretty with Microsoft’s latest and greatest, Arstechnica reports.
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