Windows 7


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Running Windows 7 Beta 1 v7000 on Dell XPS m1530.

Boot Time is in the 25-35 second mark
Every Vista driver works with 7.
The taskbar makes my life so much easier, makes me feel like I’ve wanted these features forever.

AMD’s Llano could heat up chip war with Intel
The chip war will heat up as Advanced Micro Devices prepares PC processors to rival Intel’s Sandy Bridge chips, which have already started appearing in laptops, analysts said this week.
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Dell ships Sandy Bridge laptops starting at 9
Dell on Thursday started shipping new Inspiron and Vostro laptops powered by Intel’s latest Sandy Bridge processors with prices starting at US$ 499.
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Samsung’s MacBook Air challenger ready to ship
You can thank me in advance for not calling the ultra-slim Samsung 9 Series laptop a “MacBook Air killer,” which it certainly is not. It is, however, a sleek featherweight of a portable PC, one that gives Apple’s attractive Air a run for its money in the look-at-me competition. Unveiled at CES 2011 in January, the Series 9 will go on sale Thursday, March 17.
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Internet Explorer 9 speeds past competition
Throw away what you think you know about Internet Explorer — because the just-released IE9 will turn it all on its ear. Think IE is sluggish? Think again, because according to SunSpider tests, it rivals or beats the speed demons Chrome and Opera. Believe that IE sports a tired-looking interface? No longer — it now has the same type of stripped-down look that Chrome originated, and that the …
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Microsoft Preps for Sold-Out Enterprise Management Summit
Microsoft will pitch its cloud computing offerings and approach to the consumerization of IT at next week’s sold-out Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.
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Samsung’s MacBook Air Challenger Ready to Ship
Samsung’s featherweight laptop, the 9 Series, goes on sale March 17.
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Danbo (heart) Windows 7


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Taken for a photo contest that they said I can’t talk about. By mentioning that I can’t talk about it, am I breaking the rules?

2009-29-12: Hmm, hello slashdot.

Google confirms removal of malicious Android apps
The company has confirmed it removed malicious apps from the Android Market, which took advantage of vulnerabilities in Android 2.2.2 and earlier devices ( ZDNet UK – Security Management )
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EMEA Server Market Records Annual Revenue Growth of 9.1% in 4Q10 Driven by Demand for High-End x86 Servers and …
London and Prague, March 7, 2010. According to IDC’s (International Data Corporation) EMEA Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the EMEA server market grew year-on-year by 9.1% in 4Q10. This represented the highest annual increase recorded on the market since 1Q07. Total revenue for EMEA reached $ 4.3 billion.
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Jobs reveals iPad 2′s Smart Cover
Apple’s chief executive pulls back the covers on the protective accessory for the updated tablet at the launch event in San Francisco ( ZDNet UK – Mobile Devices )
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PCs loaded with Windows 7 SP1 due in early April
IDG News Service – Laptops and desktops from Lenovo with the upgraded Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become available starting in early April, with Hewlett-Packard planning shipments of business PCs soon after, the companies said.
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