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Windows 7 In-Depth: Naming the Beast

In my latest piece I discuss Microsoft’s naming decisions, build numbers and the road ahead for Windows 7. Continue reading

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Hilarious Ad: Steve Ballmer Sells Windows 1.0

Back in the day when Microsoft couldn’t afford to spend $300,000,000 on Gates-Seinfeld ads, the folk at MS had to resort to their own people. Steve Ballmer took it upon himself to sell Windows 1.0 in a more than satisfactory … Continue reading

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‘Direct Folders’ Makes Accessing Deeply Nested Folders a Breeze [Free]

If you’re like me and prefer to keep files and folders on your hard drive in an organized mess (i.e. a strict hierarchical structure) it may become a severe pain to access deeply buried locations. The golden rule in organization … Continue reading

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Screenshots: Windows Live Wave 3.0 Beta Leaked

The third wave of Microsoft’s online services called Windows Live has leaked to the internet today. Grab the combines installer at Softpedia. Some screenshots: Continue reading

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CNET Blogger Pukes on Microsoft

CNET’s Ina Fried disses Microsoft for trying to centralize hardware and software compatibility with Vista. Huh? Today, Apple does the same with it’s MobileMe/.Mac service, yet there’s no uproar about how scandalous this is. Continue reading

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Click-Wheel Interface Coming to Windows 7?

A lot of the screenshots that have been popping up lately are most likely souped up for conceptional purposes, with one concept returning steadily: the click-wheel-like interface. Is this up for Windows 7? Continue reading

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First look: Windows 95 !

Windows 95, codenamed Chicago, has finally been released! It is the most exciting and promising release of the Windows Operating System ever. Along with it, Microsoft introduces 32-bit computing for the first time and with it, is planning to replace … Continue reading

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Free File: Taskbar Shuffle

Super control-freaks can finally manage the order of their Windows taskbar-buttons. Continue reading

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Music made with Windows 98 & XP sounds only

The alert sounds that ship with Windows may enervate you after years and years of listening to them, but they’ve also found a new purpose. On YouTube, a little song was composed, comprised of merely Windows 98 and XP sounds. … Continue reading

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Tech Week in Retrospect

KDE 4, iTunes movie rentals not in Europe yet, still waiting for Delicious 2.0, Vista EULA allows for more virtualization, Vista SP1 coming soon, Windows 7 development, Blu-Ray winner, Digg Revolt, Windows Eee PC, WiMax for India, SSD not catching on. Continue reading

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