Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Microsoft to Windows XP: Please Die, Already

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October 26, 2011
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Microsoft to Windows XP: Please Die, Already Microsoft wants to hustle users along and onto Windows 7.
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Nokia Lumia 800 and 710: What You Need To Know Nokia's Lumia 800 and 710 are announced and touted as the the first real Windows Phone running the Windows Phone Mango OS.
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Amazon Boosts Kindle Fire Production Thanks to immense pre-order demand and a report showing that tablets are going to be a hot item this holiday season, Amazon is building millions more Kindle Fires than anticipated.
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Nokia's Lumia 800 'Mango' Phone: What's Hot and Not Nokia bet big on Microsoft's mobile operating system. Does its first phone have what it takes to compete?
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RIM Delays PlayBook OS 2.0 Launch to February The announcement is more disappointing news for a company that had to deal with worldwide data and messaging outages this month on its BlackBerry phones.
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Windows XP: Pros and Cons of Not Upgrading Microsoft plans to support Windows XP Service Pack 3 until April 8, 2014, which means XP users have 30 months left before they're on their own.
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Google Revamps New-Tab Page in Chrome Web Browser Google has made some cosmetic changes to its Chrome web browser.
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Battlefield 3 PC Multiplayer, a Far Better Place to Hangout Forget Battlefield 3's lame campaign mode and give PC multiplayer a go, where things finally start to shine.
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Citrix to Unveil Sub-$100 'system-on-a-chip' Citrix Wednesday is set to unveil a prototype sub-$100 system-on-a-chip with a so-called "zero client" at its Synergy conference in Barcelona.
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iPod Oddities A decade of weird sidelights of the world's most iconic gadget.
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Nokia Lumia 800 vs. iPhone 4S vs. Nexus Galaxy: Spec Smackdown Nokia's Windows Phone 7 device lags in comparison to the big boys on the smartphone block.
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Microsoft Ships Final Office 2007 Service Pack Microsoft on Tuesday delivered its last service pack for the Office 2007 productivity suite.
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High-speed Ethernet Planning Guide Ten-gigabit Ethernet was so last year.
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How RIM's OS Update Can Save the PlayBook Don't write off the BlackBerry tablet just yet. RIM's PlayBook OS 2.0 early next year can breathe new life into the device--especially for business.
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IBM Names Rometty to Replace Palmisano as CEO IBM has elected Virginia Rometty as president and chief executive officer effective Jan. 1, replacing Sam Palmisano, who will retain the chairman's role.
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Chicago-area School District Gives Free iPads to Freshmen Freshmen in a Chicago-area school district now have a reason to be excited about coming to school: Free iPads.
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Apple Launches In-Store Pick-Up of Online Orders The service is available in three stores in San Francisco but could soon be extended to locations across the United States.
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Verizon Kicks Off Online Orders for Droid Razr on Thursday Verizon Wireless promised that devices ordered online will ship no later than Nov. 10.
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LinkedIn Tip: Why You Need a Mentor and How to Find One According to professional social network LinkedIn, mentors play a key role in helping women "shatter the glass ceiling."
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Free Halloween Fun: Themes, Screen Savers, and Fonts to Ward Off the Holidays

It's that time of the year again, when days get short, nights get long, and Christmas seems just over the horizon. Perhaps Halloween is Nature's way of slowing the inevitable slide to the holidays. If you're planning a Halloween party instead of making your holiday gift list, how about printing out invitations in a Ghoulish font? And if you're busily hanging up paper ghosts and spider webs, don't neglect your computer: We've got several free wallpapers and desktop themes to choose from, including a festive Day of the Dead theme and mutant zombie-jack-o-lantern wallpaper.

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