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No More Beta for You!

Microsoft will halt downloads for its Windows 7 beta. The blogosphere has been on fire with tons of posts about the new Windows 7. There has been a much more positive tone versus Vista. A notice on the Windows 7 beta download site now reads: “We’re sorry, but [Windows 7] downloads are no longer available. [...]

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Is Microsoft Readying a Burial for Vista?

Windows 7 was one of the dominating topics in Microsoft’s CES keynote and it seems that the company is on track to deliver the software by years end. TechNet subscribers received their beta copies this past Wednesday, and will see first hand how Windows 7 performs and test the new added functionality. A public beta [...]

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Latest Kiwi Linux Gets OpenOffice 3.0

Here’s another reason to change to Linux if you haven’t already. Kiwi Linux 8.12 will include many other appetizing treats besides OpenOffice 3.0. The new version of Kiwi Linux 8.12 brings many updated packages, awesome new features, more languages and, it includes the OpenOffice.org 3.0 open source office suite. Kiwi Linux 8.12 is also packed [...]

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Apple’s Patch Goes Sour

Apple’s Patch Goes Sour

Apple Inc. issued patches for 17 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X yesterday, including one meant to fix a critical bug in the Internet’s traffic cop, the Domain Name System (DNS). The DNS patch didn’t patch anything, at least on the client side according to researchers. It’s back to the drawing board for Apple. I am [...]

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