Microsoft Windows 7
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S'pore govt agencies hop onboard SOEasy
News Sixty-two public sector agencies in Singapore have begun the transition to a common ICT platform; four have initiated rollout of centralized basic services.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, Government, Security, Singapore, Microsoft Windows 7, Environment, public sector, Microsoft Windows, health care
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent
News Pre-beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 OS released to developers at Professional Developer Conference has made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., BitTorrent, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Dimension Data, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows, 32-bit, information technology
Pondering Dell's data center, services targets
Techguide Dell would go far in becoming more relevant in the hardware replacement cycle if it can cement the shift in its business mix.
Tags: Servers, Data centers, Acquisitions, Services, Microsoft Windows 7, Market Capitalization, Data Center, Acquisition, Sales, Dell Computer Corp.
AMD ships Windows 7-ready chipset
News New 785G chipset provides integrated graphics and is tailored to the upcoming Microsoft operating system, according to AMD.
Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., DirectX, Graphics, Microsoft Windows 7, modeling, Microsoft Windows, OpenGL, chipset, PC
Windows 7 critical holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday
News In its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, Redmond stitches up a pair of Windows 7 holes, along with fixing up a number of zero-day flaws elsewhere.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, PC security, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Security, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, Server
What PC makers are paying for Windows 7
News Microsoft will price the pro version of Windows 7 the same as with Vista. The Home Premium version will cost less than Vista, but more than Vista Basic.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, PC Company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales, Microsoft Windows, pricing strategy, PC, Netbook, Bill Veghte
Code aims to bypass UAC security in Windows 7
News Authors of a proof-of-concept code say it can bypass the User Account Control antimalware check in Windows 7 beta, but Microsoft denies it is a flaw.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., User Account Control, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, malicious program, Microsoft Windows, malicious code, Microsoft VBScript
Vista still struggling to gain business users
News Less than 10 percent of the 2,300 companies surveyed by Forrester Research use Vista, with Windows XP remaining the version of choice.
Tags: Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Software, Business applications, Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, Continental Airlines Inc.
My new Windows notebook is a MacBook Pro
Blogs I suffered one year of sleep, hibernate and boot problems with my Sony Vaio VGN-AR69GU laptop. The last time I applied a...
Windows 7 works great on the MacBook Pro
Blogs As a registered Microsoft developer, I had early access to the final release version of Windows 7, which I installed on ...
My favourite new features of Windows 7
Blogs I'm a happy user of Windows 7. I have been doing heavy multitasking with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 every day for t...
Windows 7 prebeta (build 6801)
Product Reviews Windows 7 prebeta (build 6801)
Tags: User Account Control, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Accessibility Feature, boot process, Microsoft Windows, toolbar, CNET Networks Inc., desktop, window
What Windows 7 means to security admins
Techguide Windows expert Greg Shultz reviews the most significant differences in Windows 7 that will affect the role of security administrators, including changes to UAC, the new AppLocker, and BitLocker To Go.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Windows 7, AppLocker, NTLM Authentication Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Windows Vista
Making the business case for Windows 7
Techguide Selling the idea of migrating from Windows XP, and reasons to upgrade from Windows Vista for IT professionals
Tags: IT Management, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Operating System, Security, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, application compatibility, Microsoft Windows XP
What Windows 7 means to Windows server administrators
Techguide Scott Lowe shares 10 items that Windows server administrators need to know in order to adequately support Windows 7 clients.
Tags: Servers, Client, BranchCache, DirectAccess, VPN Reconnect, BranchCache BranchCache, AppLocker Like DirectAccess, Windows XP Mode, Windows Deployment Services, Scott Lowe
