Pin Itemailprint A leaked Best Buy memo outlining how the chain will handle Windows 7 upgrades has seemingly given Microsoft an indirect slap in the face. The note starts out like this: “Microsoft is launching Windows 7 in mid-October 2009. This new operating system isn’t just a ‘Vista that works’ program – it’s a new [...]
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Microsoft has officially finished Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 R2. It is not yet known when SP2 will be made available for public download. Originally, it was thought that it would be ready by the end of this month, and that could still be the case if Microsoft posts [...]
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Data from the $100 million GeoEye satellite, now located 423 miles above the Earth, has been integrated into UbiSoft’s new video game, Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. (available for preorder below). The game is an action-packed, modern jet combat thriller set above plenty of real-world locations. The game is due for release next week on various game [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Here they come, ALL of them… Windows 7 Starter Edition Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Enterprise (Beam me up, Scottie) Windows 7 Ultimate Why do I feel like I’m looking at a Coke display? Hmm, there’s Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Cherry Coke, Cherry [...]
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Image via CrunchBase It looks like Microsoft really screwed up. After promising to give away free downloads of Windows 7 Beta, the demand woud up being SO huge that their servers couldn’t handle the load, resulting in a PR disaster. Well, fear not. Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc writes on the Windows 7 blog: Due to an [...]
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Image via CrunchBase It looks as though Microsoft will give away 2.5 million downloadable copies of it Windows 7 beta release…for free. The latest operating system from Microsoft was leaked online last year. It has been a very popular download on many P2P sites like BitTorrent. There are one or two conditions, however. The biggest [...]
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