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SETI: The search for signs of alien intelligence has had to shut down- Reference I remember running this app as a screensaver back in the day and really hope they find the 5 million or so dollars they need.

Supersite </br/> I recently purchased a 13-inch MacBook Air. But don't worry, I'm not switching to the Mac: I intend to run Windows 7 on this machine. Here's why. ... Link Removed - Invalid URL

Last summer at the Black Hat security conference, we announced a philosophical shift in how we refer to vulnerability disclosure, called "Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure" (CVD). Our intent was to focus on how coordination and collaboration are required to resolve security issues in a way...

Windows 8 leaked builds are all over the Web. The newest discoveries: the OS will have a revamped Task Manager and a way to boot Windows from USB. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft’s new emphasis on ARM architecture in Windows 8 and IE 10 speed may indicate a new strategy for dealing aggressors like Google and Apple. Source: Yahoo! News

A few weeks ago I read somewhere that I can completely disable the swapfile(s) in Win7 if there is enough (=4Gb) physical memory. So I gave it a try and disabled all swapfiles.....and it works! Even better I feel a little speedup (especially at shutdown). So why is this recommendation...

Watch out Intel and AMD, power efficient ARM processors will soon be able to run Windows Link Removed

Computerworld - Windows 7 has passed the 10-year-old Windows XP in U.S. usage share, according to data from an Irish Web analytics company. In the first 10 days of April, Windows 7's average daily share was 32.2% as measured by StatCounter, besting XP's average of 30.7%. Link Removed

A report says Microsoft is already sending early versions of Windows 8 to PC makers so they can get ready for an expected launch in 2012. Source: Yahoo! News

ARM + Direct Computing = Google TV Like Windows TV With Windows 8. With Microsoft’s commitment to ARM they finally started talking about Windows 8. A while back there was a huge dump of slides that leaked regarding Windows 8. One of the features listed in the slides was “Instant On”, detailed as...

The first look at Windows 8 is a mild one, but it may have to hold you over until June. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft reportedly won't have a version of its operating system ready for slate-style PCs for at least another 18 months. Source: Yahoo! News

Hello all -- Today, as part of our usual monthly bulletin cadence, we are providing our Link Removed due to 404 Error for March's security bulletins. This month we'll release three bulletins, one of them rated Critical and two rated Important, addressing issues in Microsoft Windows and Office...

Microsoft’s got a problem on its hands. True, it owns the most popular and lucrative desktop operating system on Earth, but it’s becoming increasingly obvious that mobile is the future of computing… and on that front, Microsoft just isn’t doing as well with its operating systems. Windows Phone 7...

Fujitsu’s very own tablet PC, the Stylistic Q550, is going to ship with a suggested retail price of about $800 — a little on the expensive side considering the specs are pretty much netbook-like. Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 Slate PC 10.1 More...

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Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed - Invalid URL Microsoft has officially stated that build 7601.17514.101119-1850 is the final RTM version of Windows 7. Link Removed - Invalid URL earlier on Wednesday that the software giant is planning to release Windows 7 SP1 on February 22...

Dubbed as "one of the largest-ever introductions in the companyââ¬â¢s history," Dell has trotted out a staggering 24 new business computing solutions, including eight new notebooks. Link Removed due to 404 Error

KUWAIT: Microsoft Gulf Microsoft Gulf today announced that Kuwait Oil Company Kuwait Oil Company ( KOC KOC ) has implemented the Windows 7 Enterprise Operating System, the latest version of Microsoft's flagship Operating System, across its entire computing infrastructure In the process, the...

Does a solid-state drive make a difference in the performance of Windows 7? In a word: Yes. I’ve been measuring startup times and disk reads on three Windows 7 PCs to see just how fast they really are. The results are impressive. More...