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HP Tablet to be called PalmPad?

HP recently selected WebOS to be the tablet operating system of choice, killing off Android and Windows 7. Now, HP has filed for a trademark on the name “PalmPad.” This application was submitted earlier this month, but overlooked because of … Continue reading

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Microsoft warning against shortcut exploit

Microsoft on Friday released a security advisory warning users of a zero-day vulnerability found within the Windows Shell. The exploit takes place when the user inserts a USB flash drive, then navigates to the root of the USB drive. Microsoft … Continue reading

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HP Delays (Or Cancels?) Android Tablet

Word is spreading of HP putting off development on their Android-based tablet in favor of working on webOS. This is HP’s second tablet canceled, after the Windows 7 Tablet. The tablet’s future was grim after HP’s acquisition of Palm, distracting … Continue reading

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Updated: Windows XP downgrade rights extended until 2020

UPDATE: A Microsoft Spokesperson has contacted GeekSmack to clarify the confusion with the story: The downgrade rights that ComputerWorld were referring to were not associated to a technical support deadline or anything similar; the year ’2020′ was simply in reference … Continue reading

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Early Windows 8 ideas revealed in confidential documentation

Enthusiast Francisco Martin recently got his hands on some pretty detailed slides (from a presentation) for Windows 8, the successor to Windows 7 that’s currently undergoing much planning and initial development. In these slides, you can tell that Microsoft is … Continue reading

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Installation & overview of Windows 7 & Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta

Back in April we reported on the leak of a Pre-Beta Service Pack 1 build and since then all has been very quiet on this release front, with only one other Pre-Beta build leaking (7601.16556.100421-1510) This is probably due to … Continue reading

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Microsoft rolls out Hotmail Wave 4

As of today, Microsoft has begun to roll out the new version of Hotmail to everyone worldwide. Mike Schackwitz of the Windows Team Blog, released the news stating that the new Hotmail will include a host of new features. The … Continue reading

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Tidbit: Windows Live Essentials 2011 to get kinetic scrolling

We’re two days away from the debut of the Windows Live Essentials 2011 beta, and we have an interesting tidbit of information to share regarding a build hot off the oven we managed to get our hands on. While we … Continue reading

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Share your WEI score with the world!

Your PC could be a beastly Core i7-chugging machine, or just the average HP laptop from Best Buy. Either way, a machine running either Windows Vista or Windows 7 is capable of running a Windows Experience Index test, which ranks … Continue reading

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NVIDIA CEO: Windows too ‘big’ for tablets

The iPad has proven to be an immense success despite several criticisms from critics, generally stating that the device is “an enlarged iPod touch”. However, what this clearly shows that consumers are thirsty for tablets, and several PC manufacturers wish … Continue reading

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