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Intel releases Windows 7 SSD optimization toolbox
Intel Corp. announced the availability of a tool kit to optimize the performance of its X25-M consumer-class solid state disk (SSD) drive...
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Ubuntu 9.10 Linux creator calls Windows 7 ‘excellent release’
Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the maker of the most popular desktop Linux alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Windows, not...
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Has Apple missed the netbook boat?
Apple may have missed the netbook boat by not producing a low-priced notebook to compete with the ultra-cheap portables that have cornered...
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Asterisk teams with IBM for small business VoIP
Small businesses can buy open source IP PBX Asterisk software as an add-on to IBM’s Smart Cube office-in-a-box package. Digium, which sells...
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Blue Coat joins the VMware technology alliance
Blue Coat Systems announced that it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The VMware TAP program is designed to...
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Windows 7 roundup: Patches, parties, predictions
Microsoft’s Oct. 22 released Windows 7 generated a slew of news stories, including reviews, advice, third-party announcements and just about anything...
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Microsoft deal discounts Windows 7 upgrades by 58%
Microsoft launched a promotion that discounts Windows 7 upgrades as much as 58% when customers also buy a new Windows 7 PC....
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What is must-to-know for upgrading from XP to Win 7
Now that Windows 7 is here, the three out of four users who have rejected Windows Vista and clung to the tried...
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PacketShaper 8.5 arrives from Blue Coat
Blue Coat Systems announced an enhanced version of software for its Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances. PacketShaper 8.5 appliances provide a new level...
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Extreme Networks replaces CEO, lays off 70
Ethernet switch vendor Extreme Networks is replacing its CEO and laying off 70 employees in an effort to quickly improve the company’s...
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Microsoft’s reputation, future riding on Windows 7
Microsoft’s standing as an operating system developer is on the line today as the company launches Windows 7, according to analysts and...
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Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure
It’s become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It...
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Mozilla releases Raindrop, a prototype messaging tool
Mozilla has launched a software project designed to let people better manage the voluminous stream of messages coming from sources such as...
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Red Hat ranked as #1 software vendor for fifth time
Red Hat has received the highest rank among software vendors in Ziff Davis’ 2009 “CIO Insight Vendor Value” study, which polls IT executives...
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Make Windows 7 work your way with customization
Tweakers, rejoice! Windows 7 offers more customization options than any previous version of Windows–from total control over annoying pop-up system messages to...