Microsoft’s Day 1 keynote from the Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles didn’t feature much product news. But there were a lot of stats thrown at the 12,000 or so partners in attendance on July 11.
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By Tim Conneally, Betanews
It's been one year since Windows 7 launched to the world, and to celebrate the passing of the year, Microsoft has released some information about the milestones Windows 7 has passed.
Most importantly among them, Microsoft announced that 240 million Windows 7 licenses...
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Computerworld - Microsoft weathered the storm of Windows Vista, 2007's often-abused operating system, an analyst said today after reviewing the company latest earnings.
"At this point it appears Microsoft has put Vista behind it," said Allan Krans, an analyst with Technology...
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Windows 7 outsells Vista by 234% in the US Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Friday, 06 November 2009 11:10
Initial sales show Vista the door
While any user who's had "the pleasure" of running Vista knows this from...
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Assuming I understand this correctly that Microsoft is not continuing Ultimate Extras in Windows 7, my curious question is why? Unless it's some form of a cost cutting move? So do we now know what will make Windows 7 Ultimate stand out above and beyond the other versions of Windows 7...
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