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Microsoft Offering Vista-to-XP Downgrade Option to Anyone, Not Just OEMs

While many sites today are claiming that MS is only offering Vista-to-XP downgrade discs to OEMs, CNet Asia found out that Microsoft support will allow anybody with a copy of Vista Ultimate or Business to call and request a downgrade disc themselves, just like it says in the license terms. So there you have it, any Joe Schmo can pick up a Vista downgrade disc as long as they have a nice enough version of Vista. [CNet]

3:14 PM on Mon Sep 24 2007
By blongo3
50,505 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: You can't blame the peripheral people. Drivers are available on their sites. However, there is a trick to installing the drivers that MS does not tell people about. As for Leopard, they have their own problems installing drivers--a trick involved more »

bye-o silver

Turn iPhone's Back All-Black with Back Cover Replacement Kit

We're perfectly happy with the brushed aluminum backs of our iPhones, but some people are disconcerted by the difference between the back's black bottom and aluminum top. Now the Cellular Nationwide Network is offering the Apple iPhone OEM Metal Black Rear Cover, a replacement for that aluminum back that gives your iPhone an ominous-looking, totally blackass body. So far, so good.
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4:26 PM on Thu Jul 19 2007
By Charlie White
20,518 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: Excellent i really like the black back cover its nice. iwant buy back cover from u pls just let me know how cud i get this. more »

storage is fun

Windows Home Server to be Available on OEM (That Means You Can Buy It Solo)

We had a close look at the Windows Home Server (WHS) back in April, groping all its sweet, sweet home server features before we were shooed away by Microsoft's people. Good news for PC enthusiasts who want to do their serving from an old PC: Microsoft's just announced that they're going to release WHS as an OEM product. More »

4:00 PM on Wed May 16 2007
By Jason Chen
6,112 views, 15 comments

microsoft

No Clean Installs With Upgrade Versions of Vista

Planning on formatting your hard drive to lay down a nice, clean install of Vista ~~Ultimate~~ Home Premium where you had XP? Well then you had better plan on spending $80 more than you originally intended. It turns out that upgrade versions of Vista won't accept your old XP CD as proof that you really are just upgrading—you actually have to install Vista on top of XP. This annoys the hell out of me because clean installs simply make for better performing machines. Why is Microsoft making our lives difficult? More »

10:40 PM on Sun Jan 28 2007
By Matt Buchanan
8,802 views, 83 comments

Latest by shanewj: I bought a new laptop and it came with Windows Anytime Upgrade. So I install Vista onto my desktop using that cd. Well, I immediate use for my desktop so I put it in my closet. Well now I more »

software

Dealzmodo: Windows Vista Ultimate for $199

If you're looking to get a head start on Vista, Newegg has the 32-bit version of Vista Ultimate up for $199. More legit than bittorrent, but a little less legit than retail, this OEM version is supposedly only for OEMs. That doesn't stop Newegg, or you, from getting one for yourself. Quite a good deal, seeing as the retail version of Vista Ultimate is $379, and the upgrade is $249. – Jason Chen More »

7:55 PM on Tue Jan 23 2007
By Jason Chen
2,399 views, 23 comments

smartphones

i-Mate Releases JASJAM and SP JAS, Re-badged Versions of The HTC TyTN and MTeoR

i-Mate continues the practice of letting the CEO's two year old child name their phones by releasing the i-Mate JASJAM and the i-MATE SP JAS. The JASJAM is their re-badged version of the HTC TyTN, and the SP JAS is their HTC MTeoR. Honestly, we can't decide which one of these two sets of names we dislike more. Though, HTC probably is a bit better since their names, phonetically, sound like real words. More »

5:15 PM on Tue Aug 29 2006
By Jason Chen
1,634 views, Comment

gadgets

MicroNav 360: World's Tiniest Mouse

With electronics manufacturers constantly striving to make everything smaller, here's the latest shrinkage, a pointing device destined for handheld devices, cellphones and such, called MicroNav 360. This OEM pointing device is 10mm square and scarcely thicker than 1mm, which makes it about the size of your pinky fingertip. More »

10:56 AM on Mon May 1 2006
By Charlie White
346 views, 4 comments

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