Why it doesn’t matter that most PCs cannot run XP Mode

So for some odd reason there seems to be a huge stink over people not being able to use XP mode on their out dated hardware or low-end hardware. Why does this surprise people? Virtualization technology on the CPU is not really that old yet and normally only on those CPUs that are above “Budget”. [...]

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Windows 7 RC released today to the public

Today is the big day for Redmond. They finally are allowing the public access to the Windows 7 RC. This means go and get your CD key and try it out. Of course remember that this is not the final version and that Microsoft doesn’t officially have to support this release. This release though will [...]

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Windows 7 RC works for over a year

The Windows 7 RC is supposedly going to work without problems for 13 months. What exactly is Microsoft doing? Well to put it simple. Microsoft is dumping a version of Windows 7 on the market to wet peoples appetites. Sure it works for a year and about 6 months in you realize hey I should [...]

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Another look at Windows being on ARM

OSNews brought up once again the idea of Microsoft making a version of Windows for the ARM architecture. In the past I have pointed out that if Microsoft doesn’t that they will eventually fall behind in the netbook market. This is caused by the fact that ARM netbooks are looking like they will not only [...]

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Windows 7 release date accedentally announced

Today a Acer executive let slip that Windows 7 release date. By the way its October 23rd according to this executive. Of course this is a bit later then some of us were expecting. Also supposedly he said the upgrade deal would only be starting 30 days before release which is contrary to earlier statements [...]

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Microsoft Releases Office 2007 SP2

Today Microsoft finally released their second service pack for Office 2007. This actually adds some very interesting features that many normal users will probably overlook. The first major feature is Microsoft has now added .xps and .pdf support by default in Office 2007. This is great thing to finally have this feature by default. Hopefully [...]

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More Windows 7 info

Paul Thurrott has found some more interesting things with Windows 7. First, DVD playback will not be included in Home Basic and Starter versions. This makes since with them being designed to be so low end and nothing running Starter should really be playing DVDs (netbooks have no optical drive). Second, when it comes to [...]

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Microsoft Offically announces Windows 7 RC and its “big” new feature

Microsoft announced Windows 7 RC’s and finally announced this thing called XP mode. First off lets look at the RC. The official date it will be available to the public is May 5th Microsoft has finally admitted that. Ok so we can move on to the real meat of the announcement.
Microsoft announced this amazing new [...]

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Microsoft paying for open-source NFSv4 for Windows

Microsoft is showing its desire to work more for real interoperability between Unix/Linux and Windows with its funding of a the development a implementation of NFSv4 for Windows. In the past it seems as though Microsoft’s main focus for interoperability was more trying to force Unix/Linux distributors to support smb via samba better but this [...]

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Windows 7 boot process hacked

Researches have found a way to take over Windows 7 through its boot process. Of course this requires the hacker to have physical access to the hardware so it’s not as dangerous as it could be but the problem is more so where the hack takes place. This hack takes place during the boot process [...]

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