10 reasons to buy new hardware now - during a recession
TechRepublic guest post: It may seem like the last thing you want to do in the midst of tough economic times is invest in new hardware.
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20.1.2009 Your XP-to-Windows 7 upgrade path: Buy a new PC
Microsoft's leaders really, really want you to forget about Vista and move right on to Windows 7. And who can blame them?
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17.9.2009 Windows 7s draconian DRM?
Once again, we see fanciful claims about ludicrous DRM schemes in the new Windows operating system, but a closer look suggests that Windows isn't to blame after all. Most users, in fact, won't even notice Windows 7's DRM.
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18.2.2009 Windows 7s biggest threat: Journalists
When Microsoft finally releases its follow-up to Windows Vista and it's time for the business and technology journalists (yes, bloggers are included in that grouping) across the world to decide if Windows 7 is the kind of operating system most people should want to use, Microsoft will be facing a deluge of biased individuals that, aware of that bias or not, won't give Windows 7 a fair shake.
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17.11.2008 Windows 7s XP Mode Will not Run on Some CPUs
oping to use Windows 7's XP Mode on your new laptop? Better check your specs, because many big-name, Intel-powered notebooks including Asus, Dell Studio, HP Pavilion, Sony Vaio, and Toshiba Satellite models may not have what it takes to run Windows 7's XP mode.
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7.5.2009 Microsoft discusses Windows 7s XP mode in-depth
Earlier this month we reported that Microsoft was on the verge of announcing something major regarding Windows 7, and on April 24th our friend Paul Thurrott finally revealed what we were all waiting for.
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29.4.2009 Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Get Windows 7s AutoPlay-AutoRun
Even before the release of Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100 Microsoft announced that it would take extreme measures in order to increase end user protection and amputate the AutoPlay/AutoRun feature of the operating system.
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26.8.2009 Windows Live FolderShare Beta Refresh for PC-to-PC Sync
Today, the FolderShare Team is shipping a Beta Refresh of both the Windows Live FolderShare website and client that offers some great improvements to the Windows Live FolderShare service at http://www.foldershare.com/.
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11.3.2008 Google to buy Opera?
"Take that, IE 7"
Google may soon announce its acquisition of browser firm Opera, if rumour is to be believed.
Pierre Chappaz, founder of Kelkoo and ex-Yahoo! Europe president, has revealed in his personal blog, Kelblog, that a "usually well informed source" has told him the buy is on the cards.
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17.12.2005 Why Would Microsoft Buy Opera?
Reports are propagating that Microsoft has bought browser maker Opera Software. According to at least one publication, however, Opera representatives say the rumors are untrue, just as the rumors about Google buying Opera that supposedly circulated last week were also unfounded.
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25.12.2005 If You Were Bill Gates, What Would You Buy Next?
If Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gave you a blank check and asked you to spend it in ways that would improve Microsoft's bottom line, what would you do with it? We're not talking planes, trains and automobiles here; we're talking tech investments. We know Microsoft technical evangelist
Robert Scoble would go Web 2.0-crazy with his mad money. But what about you?
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4.2.2006 Microsoft To Buy Logitech?
There's loud whispers in the business community that Logitech, makers of (among other things) fine console and PC gaming peripherals, are about to be bought out by Microsoft.
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10.1.2008 Should Microsoft Buy Yahoo Now?
Absolutely. Microsoft should yell "Yahoo!" one more time.
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11.10.2008 Microsoft in talks to buy Softricity
Microsoft is in talks to buy application virtualisation software vendor Softricity of Boston, CRN has learned.
"It's coming down to the final stretches," said one source close to Microsoft who is familiar with the discussions. "It's not a done deal yet but it's just last minute haggling kind of stuff."
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19.5.2006 Microsoft to buy aQuantive for $6 billion
Microsoft plans to acquire aQuantive, a digital marketing services agency, for around $6 billion in order to grow its Internet advertising business, it announced Friday.
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19.5.2007 Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4 billion
Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation announced today they have entered into an agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun.
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20.4.2009 Microsoft in pole position to buy AOL
Search giant Yahoo's decision not to buy AOL has left Microsoft as the most likely candidate to buy the troubled outfit.
Vole wants AOL to sink Google and is widely seen as the main candidate to buy the outfit. Google wants AOL to give it a portal to increase its advertising potential. At the moment, it makes more than 10 per cent of its revenues out of AOL.
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Want In on the Live Messenger Beta? Buy It On eBay
If you just can't wait for a private invite into the Windows Live Messenger beta, you now have another alternative:
Buy an invite on eBay. We, ourselves, have seen lots of folks offering all over the Web free invites for Microsoft's next-generation consumer instant-messaging client. Maybe we'll even get one in our Christmas stockings….
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22.12.2005 Google 'looking to buy' Microsoft Office clone
Google is hoping to launch an office software suite that mimics Microsoft Office, according to the developer of the software.
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13.12.2006 Microsoft to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion
In its race to become the runner-up on the search engine and online advertising markets, Microsoft is about to give Google a little something to chew on.
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1.2.2008 AMD Gains Antitrust Approval to Buy ATI
Advanced Micro Devices said yesterday it has gained approval from key U.S., Canadian, and German antitrust regulators for its $5.4 billion plan to buy Canadian chip set developer ATI Technologies.
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7.9.2006 Why buy a genuine Windows Vista when pirated is easier and better?
Recently Microsoft had a 50% price cut for Home Basic and Home Premium Editions of Windows Vista. The price cut is mainly targeted at China which has the 2nd highest software piracy rate in the world after Vietnam. Thanks to thepodest for this post on the blog.
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8.8.2007 Buy Windows 7 RTM for Just £30 Come October 1, 2009
Microsoft is rolling out a new special offering with its latest iteration of the Windows client at the core. Dubbed the Windows 7 UK Student Offer, the special offering allows students in the United Kingdom to purchase Windows 7 for as little as £30.
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17.9.2009 Buy Windows 7 for 35€, Just for French and German Students
Microsoft has lined up some pretty sweet deals with its latest iteration of the Windows client at the core, beating hands-down the special offerings it made available for Windows Vista, when it debuted in January 2007.
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29.10.2009 Microsoft Boosts Speech/Voice Capabilities With Tellme Buy
Microsoft took another step toward rounding out its unified communications vision Wednesday with a deal to acquire voice/speech services player Tellme Networks.
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15.3.2007 Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?
Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will hit general availability October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for.
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6.6.2009 Leaked Best-Buy Inventory Screens - Multi-Touch MacBook Pros on the Way?
Following reports that three new MacBook Pro models had been spotted in Best Buy's inventory, screenshots are now available to back that story up.
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3.2.2008 IE7 Virtual PC Image and IE6 Virtual PC Image Refresh
From the IEBlog: Hello! Just wanted to give you a quick update that we’ve dropped two new VPC images that you can use with the free copy of Virtual PC 2007.
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19.4.2007 Buy Windows 7 Ultimate for Just $99.99, Home Premium for Just $49.99
While the Windows 7 SKU official pricing is nothing short of being on par with that of Windows Vista's editions, with the exception of Home Premium, Microsoft does have something special in stores for consumers.
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25.6.2009 New PC model
Are ISP Subsidies Coming Back?
During the recession eight years ago, major retailers offered PCs anywhere from free to a few hundred dollars with typically three-year ISP
commitments. Major ISPs like AOL, Prodigy or MSN subsidized the discounts, which helped keep PCs selling at least during the recession's early
days. Another recession is upon us, with a new category of low-cost PC and another kind of ISP. Netbooks are cheap, light, tiny and increasingly
popular. Some newer models are wired up for wireless broadband via 3G services from carriers like AT&T. Netbooks are computers crying out to be
wired—ah, unwired—by 3G. Typical screen size ranges from 8.9-to-10.3 inches for a PC typically weighing 2-to-3 pounds. They're truly
ultraportable.
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10.12.2008The economy's loss appears to be HP's gain
Typically a "recession" is defined by two successive periods of negative growth. But wherever that recession may be taking place must be
another planet, from HP's perspective, as it has yet to see even one such period in the Mark Hurd era...
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20.08.2008CNBC: Apple beating the recession, is 'untouchable'
Recently, a panel on CNBC's Fast Money turned to the topic of Apple, and how they are faring in the recession. The man who was brought in to talk
about it, J.P. Mark from Farmhouse Equity Research seemed very confident that Apple are beating the recession, and a headline on the show read
'Apple is untouchable'. Mark stated that you can go into any Apple Store and the excitement at the retail level is still very high, which he
believes is a rare thing when you have so many companies competing against one-another. He implies that because Apple continues to have something on
the horizon that fans are antipating, the Cupertino-based company will continue to be successful.
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12.04.2009Windows 7 seen boosting DRAM sales in 2010
Microsoft's newest operating system for PCs will launch in late October, but it won't boost PC sales enough to help the global DRAM memory chip
market until the second quarter of next year, executives in Taiwan said Thursday.
More DRAM goes into computers than any other
kind of chip, making the DRAM industry largely dependant on PC sales. The trouble is the global recession hit PC sales when DRAM makers were already
wrestling with a chip glut that had sent DRAM prices into a tailspin. Most DRAM makers had posted consecutive losses for nearly two years due to the
chip glut, but the recession added to the pain, sending Qimonda AG into bankruptcy while leaving others teetering on the edge.
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06.08.2009Microsoft Offers Recession Break on Support Pricing
Microsoft says it will keep its legacy support pricing at 2008 levels in 2009 to help customers control costs during the recession. Microsoft
typically raises its support pricing each year, with the pricing established three years in advance...
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18.02.2009Analysts: Dell reclaims market share, but HP is gaining faster
Somebody needed to tell the world's PC manufacturers there was a recession scheduled for the first quarter of 2008. Anyway, they didn't seem to pay
much attention to those warnings, and iSuppli thinks the industry looks pretty healthy...
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28.06.2008Measuring up Windows 7s new "super" taskbar
Long Zheng: For some users, one hurdle of the new "superbar" is its enormous size, or so it appears. To set the record straight, I conducted a
little side-by-side experiment with two quick-launch items and two active applications on both Vista and Windows 7. Together with a measuring tape in
one hand and a magnifying glass in the other, I counted. Soon enough, I grew impatient and resorted to Photoshop instead. Here's how they measured
up...
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04.01.2009Bill Gates Sees Tech Helping U.S. Recession
Technology can pull the United States out of recession and help the world's ailing financial markets work better, Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates
told a high-level business summit at the company he co-founded.
"The drug companies will get back in high productivity mode. The
software, IT revolution -- we're just at the start of that," said Gates at Microsoft's annual CEO Summit at the company's campus near Seattle.
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22.05.2009Windows 7's Calculator bundles real-life uses
Calculator is one of the programs that Microsoft has 'upgraded' to a much nicer interface (than what is available now) in Windows 7. The new
Windows 7 Calculator now has 4 different modes :
- Standard Mode
- Statistics Mode
- Programmer Mode
- Scientific
Mode
This default calculator goes above and beyond the brick on your desk by including unit conversions, date calculations, and a
neat new set of "templates" that let you do things like figure out gas mileage, hourly wages, mortgage payments, leases, and more. Check out some of
the calculator goodness in the Windows 7 Preview
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09.11.2008Well, at least Apple is doing well...
It is of little refutation that economists would describe the world's financial state (in general) as a 'worldwide recession' as a result
companies are going bust here, there and everywhere as the credit crunch tests companies to their absolute limits, in essence sorting the wheat from
the chaff. Perhaps some of the most noticeable changes during a recession can be noticed on the 'High St'. I speak for the UK alone when I say
that our High Streets have experienced some difficult losses in the recent past.
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04.06.2009Microsoft Ad: 'Maybe we'd rather go PC'
Yeap, that's right. Microsoft has released the third edition of their 'Laptop Hunters' ad campaign, following on from the first and
second. The first ad featured a woman named Lauren, and the second was a guy named Giampaolo, and, you guessed it, they chose a PC. Keeping with the
trend, you won't be surprised that the stars of this ad, Lisa and Jackson, choose a PC as well. You know the deal; they're given $1500 to
find and buy a laptop, and they keep what they buy, and any change left over. Lisa wants a computer that is fast, has a big hard drive and Jackson
wants a good gaming computer.
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10.04.2009Best Buy Getting Eee PC 4G Win XP Version in April
According to
Laptop Magazine, Best Buy is set to sell the 4G Windows XP version of Asus Eee PC in April for $399. Pretty cool.
According to Asus, the Asus Eee PC 4G Windows XP version of its notebook will be hitting the U.S. retail market in the first half of April.
The hardware of the system will remain exactly the same, but it will run Windows XP Home.
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30.03.2008Should you build or buy a new
Media Center PC?
MVP Terri Stratton builds her
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04.01.2006Best Buy and Fry's drop 80GB PS3 from online stores
What began as an allegedly leaked internal memo from Best Buy, announcing that the 80GB PlayStation 3 was to be removed from store shelves on January
28, appears to be coming true without official word from either Best Buy or Sony...
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26.01.2008OLPC Foundation hit by recession
The OLPC foundation(part of Media Lab of MIT earlier) introduced the "Give One, Get One" program during Christmas and New Year holiday period of
2007/2008 to promote the sale of the $100 OLPC computers. During the launch the marketing was poor because of low marketing budget and the
customers had to wait for many months before the product was actually delivered to them.But in 2008 various companies offered a helping hand and
donated $15 millions worth of free advertising and Amazon took care of the OLPC's distribution processes resulting in the selling of 185,000
laptops and $37million revenue.
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13.01.2009Windows 7 Beta Brings New Functionality to Games Explorer
Brandon LeBlanc: In Windows 7, we are introducing new functionality to Games Explorer that we think people will enjoy. These new features in Games
Explorer can not only be appreciated by the casual gamer looking to play one of Windows 7s many built-in games, but also the more advanced PC gamer
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19.02.2009Notebooks taking over the mainstream in retail PC sales “ analyst
The run for the years busiest buying season has begun, as PC vendors are beginning to roll out their products for the Christmas season. Time to look
at this years trends: We chatted with Current Analysis Wests Toni Duboise about what you can expect from the retail PC offering in the coming
weeks.
If you are among those who are planning to buy a new off-the-shelf computer system within the next two months, you
probably already have begun looking a bit closer at those weekend ads to get an idea what your dollars will buy this year. Contrary to 2006, where
Microsoft artificially inflated demand through its Vista coupons (that allowed users to buy Vista pretty much three months ahead of its January 30
release), there arent any significant driving factors that could convince you to purchase a new PC other than to replace an outdated or broken
system.
But, of course, on a closer look, there are interesting market trends this year as well. Toni Duboise, senior analyst for
Current Analysis West, covers the U.S. computer retail segment and gave us some insight on what we can expect this year.
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16.10.2007Will the Windows 7 price be right?
Ed Bott: Engadget says theyve
unearthed a
confidential memo from Best Buy that gives away some pricing information for Windows 7.
According to the memo, Best Buy will
kick off its Technology Guarantee program on June 26. Beginning on that date, youll be able to buy a PC with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, or
Ultimate and get a coupon good for a free upgrade to Windows 7 when its released in October. That matches up with information Ive heard as well and is
consistent with how Microsoft has handled product launches in the past.
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06.06.2009The storm hits AT&T, with a five-digit headcount reduction
This morning, the newly-demoted second-largest US phone carrier announced it's getting smaller still, shedding four percent of its workforce in
another cost-saving operation for the economic recession...
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04.12.2008Microsoft exec: 'When Windows is executing well, Microsoft is in good shape'
So much for the repeated attempts by Microsoft brass to try to keep in check investors expectations around Windows 7s impact on the market.
On September 15, Charles Songhurst, a Microsoft General Manager of Corporate Strategy, couldnt have done more to tout the potential impact
of Microsofts new operating system. Songhurst was bullish not just on Microsofts prospects, but on those of the larger PC industrys, too, in spite of
the Microsoft brass continued bearishness about the state of the global economy.
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