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“The three children of Bill and Melinda Gates may not be allowed to have a product from a certain Cupertino-based rival in their home, but that doesnt mean Mrs. Gates doesnt wish for an Apple gadget every once in a while. Melinda Gates told Vogue in a recent interview that the couples three children try to have “as regular a childhood as possible,”, but that doesnt include Apples ubiquitous iPod digital music and video player or its cellular companion, the iPhone. “There... Click to Read More

The Microsoft Math Add-in adds computational and graphing capabilities to the Equation Tools Ribbon of Word 2007. With the Microsoft Math Add-in for Word 2007, you can: • Plot a function, equation, or inequality in 2-D or 3-D • Solve an equation or inequality • Calculate a numerical result • Simplify an algebraic... Click to Read More

From Apple Insider Snow Leopard’s QuickTime may pack Pro features at no cost By Prince McLean Published: 02:00 PM EST  An architectural overhaul to Apple’s QuickTime media software due as part of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard may ship with a media player that bundles once-premium features at no cost. That’s just one of several... Click to Read More

The widely used Foxmarks has expanded its great service today. Not only can you now sync your bookmarks from computer to computer but now browsers! I have been using the Safari foxmarks for about a week it has been great in syncing safari and firefox bookmarks on my Mac. They also released an Internet Explorer sync too. The world of keeping all... Click to Read More

 Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Windows 7 Product Editions. “Windows 7 Starter Market: Worldwide availability this time but with new PCs only Key features: Enhanced taskbar, Jump Lists, Windows Media Player, Backup and Restore, Action Center, Device Stage, Play To, Fax and Scan, basic games What’s missing: Aero Glass,... Click to Read More

January Beta 1 Feburary Beta 2 March Beta 3 April RC 1 May RC 2 June RTM Finished just in time for back to school. Remember this is just a guess. So far I am liking Windows 7 a lot and feels very stable and finshed.

30 great tweaks and features of Windows 7 Beta 1 Tim Sneath : The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets.

Ars Technica has a great article about all the changes in Windows 7 Deep inside the Windows 7 Public Beta: an in-depth tour: 

From the Windows Team Blog “I know many of you have had issues with the Windows 7 Beta site over the last 24 hours. As you may have noticed the download site has been up and running smoothly since this morning. That said, we apologize for the inconvenience that it caused some of you.   Due to an enormous surge in demand, the download experience... Click to Read More

According to Computer World Microsoft will give out 2,5 million Windows 7 keys at noon. If you miss the keys they will still give away 30 day trials of Windows 7. If you do want to physically install them into your computer you can try these 2 free Virtual Machine softwares. Virtual PC Virtual Box