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Microsoft Wants You To Bing Up Your Windows 7 Syndicate content

Microsoft unleashed Windows 7 onto the public today, and the company's Bing team has released some downloadable wallpaper things for the operating system. The themes are based on the images that the search engine uses on its homepage.

What People Are Saying About Microsoft Windows 7 Syndicate content

Machines with Microsoft's Windows 7 went on sale today. Unsurprisingly, it is one of the hottest topics on the web. Everybody's talking about it on Twitter. Everybody's searching for it. Microsoft and Windows queries are all over Google's Hot Trends list. Everybody wants to know more about Windows 7. Well, let's look at what people are saying about it. Here's a sample from the Twitterverse:

Symantec Urges Windows Users to Patch Systems Syndicate content

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for this week has been the largest ever from the company. 13 security bulletins addressing 34 vulnerabilities were released. 22 of these vulnerabilities were considered critical. Microsoft has never addressed so many in a single month. The previous record, set in June, was only 31. Included in the most recent Patch Tuesday, were patches for two vulnerabilities previously made public: one in Server Message Block Version 2 (SMBv2) and the other in Internet Information Services.

Windows 7 Hits Manufacturing Syndicate content

Microsoft has announced the release (to manufacturing) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the next versions of its desktop and server operating systems. "With the completion of this development phase, industry partners are readying products in time for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 worldwide general launches," the company said in a statement.

Will Google Chrome OS Challenge Windows? Syndicate content

Google has announced that it is working on an operating system based on Google Chrome (their browser). The company says the project is an attempt to "re-think what operating systems should be." The OS-in-progress is simply called Google Chrome OS,  it is open source, and it will initially be aimed at netbooks. The announcement came on the same day that Google dropped the "beta" tag from Google Apps.

Gamers Sticking With XP, Searching For Wii Syndicate content

Go to a retailer like Target early some morning, and you'll likely find a group of non-employees waiting to be let in.  When the doors open, a race to the electronics department ensues, and the cashiers get busy.  So since gamers are so willing to spend money, two new reports take a look at where their interests lie.

Microsoft's Next OS a Nod to the Stratosphere? Syndicate content

Kit Ong at Geeks With Blogs discovered something interesting today that has speculation flying all over the place. First of all, there has been talk of a Windows "Cloud" operating system for some time now, which is what makes this find particularly interesting.

Does Microsoft Have Walls After All? Syndicate content

Microsoft is just not having much luck with the publicity of their latest $300 million ad campaign. I'm sure you are well aware of the Seinfeld fiasco. In case you're not, Microsoft kicked off this huge campaign with a pair of long and drawn out ads featuring Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

Suit Against Apple Could Be Huge For OS Future Syndicate content

A little known electronics company called Psystar plans to make big waves and perhaps even operating system history as it prepares to counter-sue Apple. Originally sued for violating the terms of Apple's Leopard OS licensing agreement, the company is firing back with an antitrust argument.

Windows and Linux Renew Their Vows Syndicate content

Remember back in 2006 when Microsoft and Novell announced a partnership to bring Microsoft and Linux together in the workplace?
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