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Massive Adoption of Windows 7 by Gamers

According to Steam’s recent hardware survey, gamers are ditching their trusty Windows XP and flocking to the new kid, Windows 7. The statistics show a total increase of 2.47% for Windows 7, which includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions, while Windows XP is seeing a sharp decrease of 3.2%. Which means, 23% of Steam gamers [...]

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Windows 7 Features Revealed

We finally get a first look at the upcoming Microsoft Windows 7 as it gets unveiled at the All Things Digital Conference yesterday. But still, little is known about the highly-anticipated OS that is to be the successor of Windows Vista come 2010. From the video above, we can see that there are lots of emphasis [...]

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Microsoft Releases Windows XP SP3

Microsoft finally releases its highly anticipated Service Pack 3 (SP3) for Windows XP today. But not without some hiccups. SP3 was found to be incompatible for users running Microsoft Dynamics RMS, hence, an official release on Microsoft Download Center and Windows Update is not available at this time. But, you can still grab the service pack from [...]

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Who Else Wants A Zune Tattoo?

Zune seems to be fairing pretty well in terms of cult fans compared to other Microsoft products. You don’t see people tattooing Windows logo do you? Well, this is mszunefan from ZuneScene’s Forum, showing off his new Zune tattoo which took 3 hours to complete. I hope he doesn’t start regretting when Zune gets phased out [...]

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Microsoft Zune: Halo 3 Edition

Halo 3 fans sit tight, ’cause Microsoft has announced the launch of a special Halo 3 edition of its Zune portable music player! Available for pre-order now exclusively from GameStop, the player will cost $249 and ship from June 15, 2007. The Halo 3 Zune comes with: Videos: Halo 3 “Starry Night” advertisement Halo 3 E3 2006 announcement trailer Halo [...]

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Black Xbox 360 Elite Ships And Already Sold Out

The sleek black Xbox 360 Elite is finally shipping. But if you had been slow in pre-ordering, it looks like you will have a bit of waiting to do as most online retailers already ran out of stock. The Xbox 360 Elite sports a HDMI port and a 120GB HDD and will retail at US$479.99. Microsoft [...]

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Pink Zune Confirmed For May

Great news for the ladies who loves pink and hates iPods. Microsoft has confirmed its shipping of new pink Zunes this coming May 1st! Not very good news for those who bought the limited edition pink Zunes off eBay at exorbitant prices. The pink Zune will sell at US$249.99 and is available for pre-order now from EBgames. [...]

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Black Xbox 360 Is Coming?

Yes, April’s coming. But according to Game Informer magazine, a black Xbox 360 is in the making and it is no April Fool’s joke. The new Xbox 360 will feature a larger 120GB hard drive, HDMI output, and includes a HDMI cable. It is expected to retail for approximately US$479.

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New Get A Mac Ads: Security

[qt:http://movies.apple.com/movies/us/apple/getamac/apple-getamac-security_320x256.mov 320 256] Apple continues to bash Vista with this new ad called Security…

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Windows Vista Now On Dell Computers

Dell has just started shipping their laptop and desktop machines loaded with Windows Vista. Their prices seem to remain similar to those before. For those of you on the Windows side of the fence and is looking for an upgrade, might want to give this a shot.

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