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msi wind

MSI Wind Now on Sale at Best Buy

MSI has announced that people wishing to get their hands on an MSI Wind U100 Netbook can stroll into their nearest Best Buy starting today and pick up the 10" 3-cell version with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and Windows XP for $399. Before your rush out to get one though, keep in mind that the updated U120 version with HDSPA could hit before Christmas. More »

4:40 PM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
5,119 views, 22 comments

Latest by Cordfucious v 2.0.1: @Cordfucious v 2.0.1: Hey Giz can we get a source on this. I mean its 3 days later and more »

apple

Giant iPhone Display Runs OS X (This Time, At Least)

Eagle-eyed reader Phelipe Hamoui snapped these shots of the giant iPhone display in Hong Kong running Mac OS X. This marks a nice change from that embarrassing little slip-up that revealed a U.S. display was running (gasp upon gasp!) Windows XP. So take a deep breath, Mac Army. Everything's gonna be okay. [- Thanks, Phelipe!]

4:00 PM on Sat Oct 4 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
44,411 views, 48 comments

Latest by tandonmiir: @NcSchu: I think Hell would have to freeze over before Vista was being used to display an apple product. I more »

microsoft

Windows XP Gets Another Six Months to Live: Will Not Go Gently Into that Good Night

According to a leaked email from a PC OEM, Microsoft has officially extended the life of its now-beloved Windows XP, moving the date of planned obsolescence from January 31, 2009 all the way to July 31, 2009. In the wake of its very expensive ad campaign promoting (in a roundabout way) Vista, the move is a bit surprising. Essentially, Microsoft is trying to let users skip Vista completely, moving directly from XP to its forthcoming OS, Windows 7. The deadline for OEMs to include Windows XP recovery discs has been pushed back a couple of times already, and apparently some Microsoft hardware partners want it even further in the future than July. XP has become the Bill Clinton of OSs (stay with me here): yeah, it was great at the time, but it's showing its age and its enthusiasm for the new guy is sometimes suspect. Windows 3.11 in 2008! [The Register UK]

10:00 AM on Sat Oct 4 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
5,934 views, 99 comments

Latest by JEmlay: A new machine today with Vista works fine. Anyone who says otherwise is an idiot. As for XP. EOL doesn't happen more »

microsoft ads

Retromodo: Old Microsoft Ads Were Just As Weird As New Ones

Do a quick trawl through Microsoft advertising history and you find something interesting: as weird as the Gates/Seinfeld comedy duo Microsoft ads are—weird enough to get them set aside for the "I'm a PC" campaign—they're just following in the footsteps of earlier ads. Check out this one, dubbed "Soar," for Windows XP: what does it tell you about the software's capability? Not much. But the Madonna sound track isn't too shabby, and apparently using Windows can make you fly. Hmmm, that's pretty odd... but then there are even more obscure ones.

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8:00 AM on Fri Sep 19 2008
By Kit Eaton
4,700 views, 28 comments

toshiba

Toshiba Releases Their Obligatory Netbook

Say it with me everyone: 8.9" screen, 1.6GHz Atom processor, up to 1GB of RAM, 120GB HD and...you get the picture. Toshiba's offering is definitely style-aggressive, packs Ubuntu and promises a (6 cell?) battery life of 4 hours, but it's pretty much the exact $500ish system we've seen cloned and crapped out by every laptop manufacturer in the known universe. Is there some club we don't know about where hardware developers get together for rights of passage involving ritual branding, hallucinogenic concoctions and the release of one's first netbook? We sure hope so, because otherwise this beat is getting really tired. [Register Hardware]

9:45 AM on Thu Sep 18 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,336 views, 25 comments

Latest by zyberteq: They should've called it the Libretto. just like the original ones. A Libretto basically WAS a netbook just waaaaay ahead more »

olpc

First Windows XP OLPC Pilot Marks the Transition From the Sugar UI

Today the government of Peru, Microsoft and the OLPC announced the first official pilot of XO laptops running Microsoft Windows. This was expected of course, but it marks the beginning of a major shift away from Sugar / Linux—although both will remain as dual boot options for the foreseeable future. It also represents a major step for Microsoft who stand to gain a strong foothold in the developing world. More »

4:59 PM on Mon Sep 15 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,543 views, 9 comments

Latest by Barry99705: Who hoo!! 20 minute boot times for the Peruvian kids. more »

windows xp

Microsoft Upgrades Its Nagware For Windows XP

MJF at ZDNet reports that Microsoft is slowly rolling out a new version of Windows Genuine Advantage for Windows XP Professional in the next few months that's going to change the way it nags about using pirated versions. Instead of the kill switch, which was in Vista, the XP versions that WGA decides are "non-genuine" will pop up a message that looks like the one above. On the one hand, this is annoying, but on the other hand, it's just nagware and not a kill switch. If you're smart enough to pirate XP, you're smart enough to figure out how to find a crack to disable this. [ZDnet]

6:50 PM on Tue Aug 26 2008
By Jason Chen
4,447 views, 36 comments

Latest by kathartik: @Darkest Daze: I can relate, and most of the time those same people ignore those big flashing messages saying their more »

windows vista

Over One Third of Vista Machines Have Been Downgraded to XP

Sometimes one damning statistic can put it all into perspective. Through a survey of 3,000 computers, it was found that 35% of those systems built to run Vista had been downgraded (by computer vendors or users) to run XP. Keep in mind, this metric wouldn't include systems like mini-laptops that are able to load XP because of their frail, wussy hardware. So, uhhh, who's pumped for Windows 7? [Register Hardware]

10:15 AM on Tue Aug 19 2008
By Mark Wilson
7,212 views, 129 comments

Latest by robpruitt: Seriously, you guys need to skip out on a few mp3 players or iPhones if you can't afford a real more »

windows

Windows Storage 1.0 Feature Pack Adds Blu-ray Burning, Smart Card Drivers

Microsoft's prepping a "Storage 1.0" feature pack for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 that adds a few useful storage options for people who really love storing things. None of these are groundbreaking, but they are fundamental to those of you who would like to master Blu-ray discs natively, or read/write ICCD/CCID smart cards. It's one of Microsoft's "feature packs", which are more than just updates in that it pushes new features out inbetween major Service Packs or even Windows iterations. [ZDNet]

6:30 PM on Fri Aug 15 2008
By Jason Chen
3,529 views, 6 comments

Latest by axiomatic: How about some more Ultimate Extras for us dopes who were stupid enough to buy "Ultimate" versions of Vista there more »

olpc

Windows XP On OLPC Gets Slowly Tested

We showed you the first footage of an OLPC booting the official Windows XP installation back in June, but now Laptop has given the XP-sporting XO a quick round of testing, and unsurprisingly, things are a bit sluggish. The XO's hardware has gone unchanged for the XP edition, so Windows boots off of an SD card which also packs Office, IE, and other apps. While IE fired up in five seconds, the OS took 1 minute 24 seconds to boot, and no one should be surprised that multitasking on the little guy's 256MB of RAM was not fun. Mesh networking is also not making it to the Windows version, unfortunately, but kids can still dual-boot into the Sugar OS for that. [Laptop]

10:30 AM on Wed Aug 6 2008
By John Mahoney
2,595 views, 16 comments

Latest by craighyatt: if he thinks that's slow, just wait till he upgrades to Vista more »