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Windows boss weighs in on version 7 plans

Windows boss weighs in on version 7 plans

Insight newsmaker In an interview, Bill Veghte talks about Windows 7 and gets a little protective of Vista while telling consumers his company's software is a good deal when money's tight.

Friday, January 23 2009 08:48 AM

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Microsoft aims to show Windows 7 'readiness'

Microsoft aims to show Windows 7 'readiness'

News Even though it's not willing to say when the operating system will ship, Microsoft is nonetheless trying to show partners that the time for them to get ready is now.

Tuesday, February 03 2009 06:26 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software engineering/development, Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, software company, operating system, Hardware, software


Microsoft lifts download limit for Windows 7 beta

Microsoft lifts download limit for Windows 7 beta

News Acknowledging that its release of Windows 7 public beta "was not ideal", Microsoft suspends the software's 2.5 million download limit for a couple of weeks.

Monday, January 12 2009 05:43 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Beta, software, Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft Windows, News.com


Sinofsky's Windows plan: More data, less testosterone

News Head of Microsoft's Windows unit tells why he does things the way he does and how data of real-world use show things that might not be intuitive to Redmond's engineers.

Sunday, November 22 2009 08:56 AM

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software, Conference, Microsoft Windows Vista, Graphics, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Redmond



Use shades of gray to enhance scale in Excel

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Excel's palette is generous, but don't throw buckets of pigment all over your spreadsheets just because you can.


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Ultimate 2012 recovery site: the moon

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Have you seen the disaster movie "2012"? A friend from Control Risks and I did, and we reluctantly concluded we wouldn't be able to write off the cost of our..... by Nathaniel Forbes

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