Jan 29
Pranksters have taken advantage of interest in the next version of Windows to post fake - but reportedly harmless - builds of Windows 7 on BitTorrent.A supposedly leaked “internal milestone 1″ Alpha version of Windows 7 (previously codenamed Blackcomb) is easily found using Torrent search engines. But the weighty 2.17GB download is a bandwidth-sapping waste of time composed of fake ISO disc images containing nothing but a string of zeros. Postings to Windows enthusiast site Neowin and BitTorrent sites such as Pirate Bay show that the “early preview” is nothing of the sort.
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Jan 27
Novell is trying something different in the Linux world–it’s building compatibility with other Linux distributions. Meanwhile Microsoft continues to lure new users to Windows Vista and XP using cash deals with silver lining.By nature, open source projects encourage diverse responses to a common set of problems. When focused on a single project that can create solutions that leap ahead of the current status quo.
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Jan 26
Thursday, Microsoft broke sales and earnings records for its second quarter of fiscal year 2008. Statements by company executives, however, did not clarify how well Windows Vista, which launched a year ago, is actually doing in the marketplace. One analyst suggests comparing Microsoft’s latest revenue figures with related numbers, such as the growth in worldwide PC shipments. The upshot, he says, appears to indicate that Vista sales are rising in relative sync with those sales – as would be expected, given most new PCs now ship with Vista installed.
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