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Microsoft gets sued over Windows XP downgrade fees
Microsoft may be doing its best to move past Windows XP once and for all, but a Los Angeles woman is alleging that the company is all too happy to bank some extra change on the OS in the meantime, and that it's essentially trying to have it both ways...
Windows 7 SKUs announced: your worst nightmare has come to pass
Remember that screenshot we saw of all those different windows 7 versions (pictured above)? well guess what? It's worse than you could have possibly imagined. The following will be the actual new SKUs for the OS:Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Home Basic...
Windows Vista SP2 RC may be in the hands of testers as we speak
Sure, the big hubbub's been windows 7 (give us some time and we'll figure out how to install it on a toaster!) but Microsoft is betting that quite a few folks will be stranded in Vistaland (Vista Town? Vista Village? The dreaded Vista Flats?) for som...
Windows 7 put up against Vista and XP in hardcore multicore benchmarks, XP wins
Now that the windows 7 beta is out, the benchmarks are coming fast and furious, and while 7's been previously found to best XP and Vista during "real-world" tasks, it looks like XP is still the outright speed champ on current hardware. That's at leas...
Microsoft temporarily removes Windows 7 Beta download limit
Good news, windows 7 fanatics -- Microsoft has decided to nix that 2.5 million download limit in order to a) calm everyone down and b) enable its servers to relax just a wee bit. After the windows 7 Beta download was launched, it took just hours to b...
Fresh-baked Windows 7 beta keys now available through MSDN?
Got an MSDN subscription? Interested in checking out windows 7 without engaging in any shady downloading? According to some tips we're receiving, keys are available right now through official channels -- and they even work. Mr. Ballmer was widely exp...
Windows 7 build 7000 already outperforming Vista and XP in "real-world" tasks
You might've heard that crazy rumor making the rounds that Microsoft leaked the windows 7 beta on purpose to build some positive buzz, and while there's no real evidence (or likelihood) of that of any sort, the seemingly-magical build 7000 is certai...
Leaked Snow Leopard image potentially indicates a 32 / 64-bit divide
Apple's said it's taking a break from adding flashy features to OS X to focus on the foundations and stability of the system with Snow Leopard, and this latest leaked screenshot might indicate that those foundations are moving to 64 bits -- it shows ...
Microsoft extends Windows XP deliveries to May 30, 2009
Man, Microsoft just can't bring itself to kill Windows XP dead -- it just extended the final OEM and reseller delivery date for the venerable OS to May 30, 2009. Vendors will still have to place their orders before the official cutoff date of January...
Mac OS X 10.5.6 now available via Software Update
Headline pretty much says it all, and it's a big one. Tipping the scales at 377MB (or 190MB for some... we're thinking the large card is for the new unibody MacBook line), the OS X 10.5.6 update is now available via Software Update. We're sucking it ...
More Windows 7 details emerge ahead of PDC
We should be getting a much bigger dose of Windows 7 details on Tuesday when Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference gets underway, but it seems that some tidbits just can't be kept under wraps, and ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley now has word of a few ...
