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In Windows 7 Microsoft has significantly changed the way the Taskbar works, and it's starting to make me wonder if a lot of the items sitting in the System Tray might work their way out onto the Taskbar. What do I mean? A good example is this Gmail Notifier that ...

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One Year After “The Switch…”

May 5th, 2009
14 Comments Written by Ashley

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"Switching operating systems is just like moving to a new city. If you've moved, you know there's some fun and excitement to exploring new places but there's some discomfort because it is unfamiliar and it might take you longer to get to where you need to go or you might get lost on occasion. We’re excited and having fun exploring Mac OS X, but we can say we’ve gotten “lost” every now and then trying ...

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New Poll: Have you downloaded the Windows 7 Beta?

February 9th, 2009
6 Comments Written by Ashley

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It's definitely about time that we post a new poll. For our last poll, we asked you to tell us about your monitor(s). A monitor is one of those essential things that we as computer users couldn't live without. We'll get into the results of what kinds of monitors you guys are using, but first we'll introduce our new poll.

With the Windows 7 Beta currently available for download, we thought we'd ask you whether ...

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Big news came Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) when Steve Ballmer said that they would be releasing a copy of Windows 7 Beta today that the public can actually get their hands on. The Beta build leaked a few weeks prior to the official announcement, and there was a lot of excitement because early reports were saying that it was stable, efficient, and a huge ...

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Windows 7 is No Longer Just a Codename

October 14th, 2008
6 Comments Written by Ryan

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Microsoft announced last night that they've come up with with a name for Windows 7. You might be expecting something along the lines of "XP" or "Vista," but they aren't going that route this time around. They've actually decided to go back to their roots and call the next major release "Windows 7." This is just like the old days when Microsoft named milestones based on version (3.11, etc...) or year (95, 98, etc...).

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More Windows 7 M3 Screenshots Leaked

September 22nd, 2008
11 Comments Written by Ryan

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Last week we saw a revamped version of Paint in the third Windows 7 milestone. At the time there weren't any other screenshots available, but it looks as though someone who got their hands on Windows 7 M3 has decided to post some screenshots showing off more of the enhancements.

Here are six of their screenshots of the new calculator, WordPad, Paint, slightly reorganized Windows Explorer Sidebar, better theme selection, and a different display ...

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Sweet! Microsoft Spruces up Paint in Windows 7 M3

September 17th, 2008
13 Comments Written by Ryan

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Here you thought that Windows 7 wasn't going to bring that "killer" feature we've all been waiting for. Well, you were wrong... big time! The third milestone of Windows 7 has been shown off to what appears to be a small group of people, and in it users are noticing that apps like Paint and Wordpad are adopting the Office 2007 Ribbon style ...

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