Microsoft yesterday released a security advisory that described a new security vulnerability affecting several Microsoft operating systems. The article, which was posted only a few hours after the release of security patches for this month’s patch-day affects the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) implementation. The operating systems that are affected by the new vulnerability are [...]
Host A Windows 7 Launch Party And Get Windows 7 Ultimate For Free
It seems that Microsoft is trying to explore some new ways of promoting their upcoming operating system Windows 7. Other methods of promoting Windows 7 are slowly coming to light next to the official launch parties that are hosted by Microsoft in various cities throughout the world. One of the – rather unusual – strategies [...]
Windows 7 Enterprise Trial Download
Microsoft’s next operating system will be released on October 22. Users who participated in the beta test might have already downloaded, installed and used the Windows 7 Release Candidate which can be used for more than six months without problems. Some users who like MSDN or Technet subscribers are also able to download the Windows [...]
Last Day To Download Windows 7 RC
Here is a quick reminder: Users who are interested in the next Microsoft operating system can download the latest official test release from the official Microsoft website. The download will be taken off the page on August 20 which means that it is from then on not possible to download an official Windows 7 release. [...]
The reinventing of the Operating System
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has found that logging onto the computer has become quite mundane and boring. Yes, I like Windows 7, and Snow Leopard isn’t looking too bad either, but its kind of frustrating because we haven’t had any major revolutionary ideas in the past three OS updates for both [...]
Windows 7 Family Pack And Anytime Upgrade Pricing
The Windows 7 Pre-ordering period was not like many users, especially from Europe, would expect it to be. Microsoft promised discounts on Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional for a limited time which turned out to be so limited that Amazon Germany for instance sold out after 5 minutes of offering the pre-order [...]
Download and install Ubuntu faster with a Minimal CD
I recently found the need to install Ubuntu on a machine with a poor CD drive (and no USB ports) that could not read large amounts of data, but could manage to read smaller amounts of data. As such, the machine could not read the 700MB but could read smaller amounts, like 10MB.
I found a [...]
