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Windows Vista Available for Pre-Order on Amazon

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

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The wait and delays are finally over; Vista is upon us for real this time. It is now available for pre-order on Amazon in various editions! Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate DVD-Rom – $399 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade DVD-Rom – $259 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium DVD-Rom – $239 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade DVD-Rom – $159 Microsoft Windows [...]

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Microsoft’s iPod-Killer: Zune

Sunday, July 23, 2006

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Zune rumors have been storming the blogosphere as of late, but Microsoft has finally made their official confirmation. “Today we confirmed a new music and entertainment project called Zune. Under the Zune brand, we will deliver a family of hardware and software products, the first of which will be available this year. We see a great [...]

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Getting Rid Of XP’s Restart Prompt After Auto Update

Wednesday, July 5, 2006

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Does the above window look familiar to you? As long as you’re using Windows XP with Automatic Update turned on, I bet you’ve seen it umpteen times. This annoying little window pops up whenever you finish updating your computer with new updates, prompting you to restart your computer. And guess what, it only offers you [...]

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Buy an Apple MacBook Pro Preloaded with Windows

Monday, April 24, 2006

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If running Windows for gaming and that particular Windows-only software of yours is the sole reason stopping you from getting yourself a Mac, Apple has already solved that part of your problem with Boot Camp. Sure, with it we could install Windows on our spanking new MacBook Pro. But hey, it sure sounds intimidating to [...]

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Datel XSATA Backs Up Your Xbox 360 Data to PC

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

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If you have an uber-large hard drive on your computer and it’s far from being fully utilized, why not use it to store your Xbox 360 data? The soon-to-be-available Datel XSATA does just that, via USB. It is especially good if you need more than what the Xbox 360 hard drive can do for [...]

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Apple Opens Up its Windows to Microsoft

Friday, April 7, 2006

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As most of you might know, Intel-based Macs can already run Windows through narf and blanka’s solution. However, if you’ve been holding back just because it’s an “unofficial” solution, you’re in for a little surprise today. Apple is now officially supporting Windows dual-boot with its Boot Camp Public Beta. This 83MB download will guide you through [...]

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Microsoft To Boost Shipments of Xbox 360 This Week

Thursday, March 23, 2006

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For those who has been facing difficulties getting a set of Xbox 360 offline will like this. According to Reuters, Microsoft will be up’ing the shipments of the Xbox 360 this week by two to three times. This is done to address the issue of shortages that has been around since the product was launched [...]

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Video: Windows XP Booting On Apple iMac

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

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A guy by the alias of Narf2006 has claimed that he has managed to boot a copy of Windows XP on his iMac. In fact, he has made this video as his “proof”. The hack was done in an effort to win the $13,000 cash reward for successfully booting a copy of Windows XP on [...]

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Microsoft’s “Origami” Project Unveiled

Thursday, March 9, 2006

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Take a tablet notebook PC, make it smaller and touch-screen-only, then throw in goodies such as DMB, and you get the new Ultra-Mobile Portable Computer (UMPC), previously codenamed ‘Origami’. The key features of the UMPCs lie in the capability of running a full-fledged Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (slightly modified) while keeping relatively small, weighing [...]

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Vista Flavors, This Time for Real

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

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The software giant can’t make up its mind and has taken down the list of the eight different flavors of Windows Vista since our coverage last week. But today’s confirmation seems like the real deal. BBC reported that there’ll be six different versions, but if you include the European versions it’ll most likely be the [...]

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