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May 07, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Microsoft lays off 3,000 employees
2. Microsoft delivers XP Mode add-on beta
3. Microsoft springs public Windows 7 RC early
4. New release of Microsoft's Moonlight available for testing
5. Windows 7 RC ignores file extension security risk
6. Windows 7 RC's 'free' reign to end with auto-shutdowns
7. Hands on with Windows Server 2008 r2: Admin tools
8. Microsoft: Windows 7 is faster on SSDs, with two caveats
9. Preston Gralla: Four things Mac OS X can learn from Windows 7
10. Preston Gralla: Windows 7 RC1 on a Mac: It works!
11. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Installing Windows 7 with some Linux help
12. IT Blogwatch: Microsoft layoffs, round two: 3,000 new heads roll
13. Seth Weintraub: Hey Windows 7, my Mac supports virtual XP Mode
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Microsoft lays off 3,000 employees
Microsoft today laid off 3,000 workers, the second wave of a major reduction the
company announced in January. And in a memo to employees, CEO Steve Ballmer said
more cuts are possible.
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Microsoft delivers XP Mode add-on beta
Microsoft, as promised, today launched the beta of "XP Mode," the Windows 7
compatibility add-on that runs Windows XP applications in a virtual machine.
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Microsoft springs public Windows 7 RC early
Microsoft launched Windows 7 Release Candidate to the public earlier than
expected, posting the download Monday before midnight Eastern time.
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New release of Microsoft's Moonlight available for testing
A new version of the Moonlight open-source technology that puts Silverlight on
Linux is now available for developers to test.
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Windows 7 RC ignores file extension security risk
Microsoft's Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) continues a long-running practice
of hiding file extensions that puts users at risk, a security researcher said
today.
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Windows 7 RC's 'free' reign to end with auto-shutdowns
Users who download Windows 7 RC thinking they can use it for free until August
2010 are in for a rude awakening next March 1. That's the date bi-hourly OS
shutdowns start.
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Hands on with Windows Server 2008 r2: Admin tools
New in today's Windows Server 2008 r2 release candidate: PowerShell cmdlets that
let you manage Active Directory quickly and efficiently and an administrative
console that exposes the power of those cmdlets to more graphically oriented
users.
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Microsoft: Windows 7 is faster on SSDs, with two caveats
Microsoft today gave a strong, though qualified, endorsement for running Windows
7 on PCs equipped with solid-state disk drives, saying it has tuned the OS to
run faster on the still-emerging storage technology.
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Preston Gralla: Four things Mac OS X can learn from Windows 7
Microsoft has been accused over the years of stealing many of the Mac's features
for Windows. But Windows 7 shows that there are things that Apple can learn from
Microsoft. Here are four things that Mac OS X can learn from Windows 7.
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Preston Gralla: Windows 7 RC1 on a Mac: It works!
Want Windows 7 and Mac OS X? No problem. You can easily get the best of both
worlds by running Windows 7 RC1 on a Mac --- in fact, I've been running it on a
Macbook Air, with no problems.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Installing Windows 7 with some Linux help
Oh, the irony of it all, to install Windows 7, I had to use Linux.
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IT Blogwatch: Microsoft layoffs, round two: 3,000 new heads roll
In Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches phase II of the Microsoft
layoffs: another 3,000 redundancies worldwide. Not to mention Microsoft's
"painful lack of self awareness"...
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Seth Weintraub: Hey Windows 7, my Mac supports virtual XP Mode
Another thing the Mac has done first ...
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