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Apple announces new products on eve of Windows launch
San Francisco - Apple announced a slate of new computers and peripherals Tuesday, a day after it posted strong quarterly results and two days before Microsoft launched a new operating system Windows 7. The new computers include upgraded iMacs, a new ...

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Hasta la Vista to Microsoft Vista as Windows 7 launches - Feature
Seattle - Microsoft is encouraging consumers to hold house parties for Thursday's launch of its new Windows 7 operating system. If anyone is actually celebrating, they are more likely cheering the departure of the infamous Vista than the arrival of i...

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Windows 7's hidden gems - Feature
Washington - Windows 7's headline features naturally get all the attention. If you have read anything about Microsoft's latest operating system, you probably already know that Windows 7 is faster, more compatible, and less annoying than Windows Vista. ...

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The computer helper: 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7? - Feature
Washington - As soon as you decide to upgrade to Windows 7, you have another decision to make: should you upgrade to the 32-bit edition or the 64-bit edition? While Microsoft has made the transition to 64-bit computing as seamless as possible for mos...

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Solo or parallel: Installing Windows 7 on your computer
Munich - Windows 7 has arrived to greater accolades than any other operating system from Microsoft before it. Even so, it seems unlikely to inspire waves of users to rush out to buy a computer with the operating system already installed or simply wip...

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Fast and uncomplicated: Windows 7 on netbooks
Munich - Windows 7 is here. One of the ways the new operating system from Microsoft stands out is that it doesn't need powerful hardware to run well. This makes it suitable for use in netbooks, which typically come preinstalled with Windows XP. Wind...

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Firefox celebrates five years
San Francisco - The open source internet browser Firefox marked its fifth anniversary Monday, celebrating its rise from an unknown challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer to a formidable competitor that has been downloaded over 1 billion times by...

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First aid for forgotten Windows passwords
Munich - Forget your Windows password and you have got a problem. Without the password, users can't get back into the operating system, says Thomas Baumgaertner, a Microsoft spokesman at the company's Munich office. Access to personal data is then bl...

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Microsoft study shows growing threat of computer worms
Munich - The danger of corporate computers becoming infected by worms has risen dramatically recently, according to a new study by Microsoft. The study showed that, globally, the chances of infection by a computer worm had increased by almost 100 per...

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Test: Windows 7 better than Mac OS X and Linux
Munich - In a three-way battle among operating systems, Windows 7 comes out ahead by a nose. At least that's how the experts at Munich-based Chip magazine see it. The magazine recently compared the latest operating system from Microsoft with Apple's ...

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The computer helper: Utilities for Windows 7 - Feature
Washington - Windows 7 is out, and that means a massive search for Windows 7 compatible software is on. While Microsoft's new operating has received widespread praise for its efforts to remain compatible with the majority of existing applications, ...

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Windows 7: More secure and more fun
Munich - First impressions are important - and Windows 7 doesn't blow its chance. Even during the installation process, the new operating system from Microsoft - available in most of the world since October 22 - makes life easy for the user. That mea...

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Frustrated or spherical: Microsoft displays mouse prototypes
Munich - Microsoft has revealed a sample of its vision for the computer mice of the future. Five prototypes were on display at a recent conference in Canada, all based around the concept of touch-sensitive displays. One was dubbed the Frustrated Tota...

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Expensive television and an all-in-one-PC: New tech products
All-in-one-PC with touch input from MSIFrankfurt - Timed to coincide with the release of Windows 7, MSI is marketing a new all-in-one-PC working with Microsoft's new operating system. Like with the Mac desktop computers, the hardware on the MSI Wind ...

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Microsoft offers free virus protection
Berlin - Microsoft has created an anti-virus pogramme for free download: Microsoft Security Essentials. Along with virus protection, the programme also works to keep other cyber threats from ever accessing a computer, such as spyware and Trojan horse...

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Microsoft launches 'simpler, faster, more responsive' Windows
New York/San Francisco - Microsoft launched its new Windows 7 operating system around the world Thursday, hoping that the new programme will help it recover from the flop of Windows Vista, which was widely maligned during the three years it was in se...

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