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Category Archives: Windows 7
Logitech, this is wrong…
Firstly let me say, I’m usually a giant fan Logitech’s products they have superb build quality and excellent performance, I love my Harmony Remote and Squeezebox and the webcams are really well designed. Second I never really post negative opinions … Continue reading
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13 days to move from Windows 7 RC
I started getting these, as expected, a couple of days ago. It’s a guess but lots of others are receiving them now too so I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind people about what’s going to happen:
http://simon-may.com/wi… Continue reading
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Boot Snooze (reboot and sleep)
Download squad have found a great tool for those times when you want to get into your PC fast but you want all the freshhhness of a newly booted PC. Boot Snooze combines the goodness of hibernation and rebooting. Essentially the … Continue reading
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Windows 7 RC has 15 days left (Updated)
Today is the 1st of Feb and that means you have 15 more days to use the Windows 7 RC (release candidate) before you need to upgrade to the final RTM version. A timely reminder from Technet: Windows 7 RC … Continue reading
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Interesting way to use Aero Snap!
Long’s spotted a great series of advertising by Microsoft in the US that’s got a digital home bent to it so I thought I’d throw it out there. In Australia Microsoft are sponsoring part of the Open tennis coverage and … Continue reading
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Interesting way to use Aero Snap
Long’s spotted a great series of advertising by Microsoft in the US that’s got a digital home bent to it so I thought I’d throw it out there. In Australia Microsoft are sponsoring part of the Open tennis coverage and (very cleverly) using t… Continue reading
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Microsoft Security Bulletin for IE
Microsoft have released the security patch for the big news issue with Internet Explorer that just about everyone has been talking about. If you have Windows Update turned on the you’ll get it automatically. If you don’t download it below … Continue reading
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Seesmic Look is very cool
Wow, talk about a cool way of looking at tweets. This, my friends, is Seesmic Look, the second output from Seesmic since they’ve started developing closely with Microsoft. I’ve just downloaded it and started to play, and it’s very sexy … Continue reading
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Why moving from IE won’t make you more secure (and what will)
IE is really good at it’s job. There I said it. It’s a really easy browser to use, it’s laid out well, it’s familiar and you know how to use it. It’s fine to do so. You should try other … Continue reading
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Sharing files with older PCs
So you’ve got your fantastic new Windows 7 PC and it is – fantastic – but you’ve not got all the PCs in your house running on Windows 7 yet, in fact chances are you’ve still got some XP PCs. … Continue reading
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