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May 11, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista
2. Microsoft lays off 3,000 more workers, says more cuts possible
3. Q&A: Craig Mundie on the Next Big Thing for Microsoft
4. Will Windows 7 Really Run on a Netbook?
5. Windows 7 usage jumps 22% after RC delivery
6. Microsoft patches huge Windows 7 RC bug
7. Mozilla, Opera blast Microsoft over IE8 upgrade practice
8. Preston Gralla: The artists behind Windows 7's whacked-out art
9. IE on pace to drop below 50% share by 2011
10. Microsoft dumps notorious 'WGA' name, keeps anti-piracy tech in Windows 7
11. Microsoft plans 10 fake 'updates' for Windows 7
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Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista
Improving performance is one of Microsoft's design goals with Windows 7, and
many early reviewers (including ours) have said that the new OS seems peppier
than Vista. But tests of the Windows 7 Release Candidate in our PC World Test
Center found that while Windows 7 was slightly faster on our WorldBench 6 suite,
the differences may be barely noticeable to users.
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Microsoft lays off 3,000 more workers, says more cuts possible
Microsoft announced 3,000 more layoffs and said more cuts are possible.
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Q&A: Craig Mundie on the Next Big Thing for Microsoft
Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer talks about the next wave of
client and cloud computing.
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Will Windows 7 Really Run on a Netbook?
Netbooks, low-cost laptops originally designed for sale in countries with
emerging economies, are becoming more popular in developed economies with
consumers and business users who tend to use their own computers for work.
Although these computers were initially offered with Linux, Windows XP has
become an increasingly popular operating system option for netbooks,
particularly given the conventional wisdom that they are not powerful enough to
run Windows Vista. So what about using Windows 7 on a netbook? After using the
beta on a netbook for a few weeks, it appears that Windows 7 is a workable OS
for this class of computers.
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Windows 7 usage jumps 22% after RC delivery
Microsoft's delivery of the Windows 7 Release Candidate on Monday has boosted
use of the upcoming operating system by 22%, according to data from Net
Applications. But its overall market share remains tiny.
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Microsoft patches huge Windows 7 RC bug
Just days after it launched Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), Microsoft has
already released a fix for a major flaw that slipped through testing.
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Mozilla, Opera blast Microsoft over IE8 upgrade practice
Mozilla and Opera accused Microsoft Thursday of force feeding Internet Explorer
8 (IE8) to users with Windows Update and silently changing the default browser
on PCs.
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Preston Gralla: The artists behind Windows 7's whacked-out art
Perhaps the most entertaining feature of Windows 7 is its truly whacked-out
desktop backgrounds --- a weird combination of Sergeant Pepper-style
psychedelics, Japanese anime, and some Hieronymus Bosch grotesques. I've got
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IE on pace to drop below 50% share by 2011
Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which again fell to a new market share low last
month, is on a pace of decline that will push the once overwhelming dominant
browser under 50% by May 2011, according to new Web usage data.
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Microsoft dumps notorious 'WGA' name, keeps anti-piracy tech in Windows 7
Microsoft has renamed its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy technology and,
starting with Windows 7, will downplay the components that enraged users in the
past, a company manager said today.
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Microsoft plans 10 fake 'updates' for Windows 7
Microsoft plans to test Windows 7's update mechanism by feeding users of the
just-issued Release Candidate as many as 10 fake updates in the coming week, the
company said Friday.
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