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If you're still thinking about stepping to Windows 7, but are appalled by the usual pricing, you might want to check windows 7 upgradeout some special deals now available from Microsoft and some of its retail partners. Each of these offers comes with some catches, though.
I first spotted a mention of Windows 7 discounts in Kim Komando's CyberSpeak column in USA Today. ZDNet's Ed Bott dives down into a lot of details.
AVG Technologies has pulled out all the stops with Internet Security 9.0. The antimalware vendor has always seemed to sort of lag behind other software security vendors that have household name status, such as McAfee andSymantec (NSDQ: SYMC). AVG 9.0 is everything previous versions of AVG were not: It's robust, does a great job at finding malware and has a well-designed interface and feature set.
AVG 9.0 greatly raises the low security bar Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Security Essentials set in preparation for Windows 7. AVG 9.0 along with the security features of Windows 7 can make great desktop security music together.
Computerworld - Microsoft's Windows Vista lost market share last month for the first time in almost two years, a sign that users are already abandoning the oft-ridiculed operating system in favor of the new Windows 7.
According to Web metrics firm Net Applications, Vista dropped 0.2 percentage points during September to end the month at an 18.6% slice of the operating system pie. It was the first decline for Vista since a 0.3 percentage-point slip in January 2008.
The first commercial for Windows 7 must have played well because Microsoft just began airing another television commercial featuring Kylie, the young girl who makes an instant slideshow.
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Thursday released to manufacturing an add-on that allows computers equipped with the new Windows 7 operating system to run older applications that were designed for Windows XP.
Currently technical strategist to Microsoft's Chief Software Architect, Rebecca Norlander has had a tremendous impact on Excel, Internet Explorer, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Vista Security. Dr. Dobb's Mike Riley talks with Jim Manias of Advanced Systems Concepts. In this conversation, Jim discusses the new ActiveBatch 7 and how it can provide significant productivity gains for application developers and business process owners alike. Two-Year Plan to Focus on 32 Nanometer Manufacturing Technology
You had good reason to stick with XP and skip the Vista experience entirely. But now that the folks at Microsoft have created a new operating system that's worth moving to, they haven't made the upgrade easy, because you have to perform a clean install of the OS. Here are the issues you need to be aware of, and how to handle them. Then read the main article, "How to Upgrade to Windows 7" for more information on the process.
Your hardware may not be up to the task of running Windows 7--and even if it is, your drivers won't work. Un????fortunately, a simple upgrade install is out of the question, too; Microsoft requires that you XP users do a clean install.
