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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Microsoft: Vista testers should switch to Win 7 RC; Cloud security demands greater scrutiny

10 ways Google is like God; Purported BlackBerry 'Onyx' photos surface; Nortel: Revenues stabilize, but still off 37% from '08 levels
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Microsoft: Corporate Vista testers should switch to Win 7 RC

John Fontana By John Fontana
Microsoft Monday said users testing Vista should abandon that effort for the Windows 7 RC candidate. Bill Veghte, senior vice president for the Windows business, said during his keynote address at the annual TechEd Conference that Windows 7 RC should be the platform for users planning a client operating system migration. Read full story

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Buzzblog: Texting transit drivers aren't getting the message
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05/12/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Robot Fight Club
  2. The Internet sky really is falling
  3. Death of the mouse
  4. Bill would turn Internet flamers into felons
  5. Ubiquitous GPS coverage could soon get spotty
  6. Extreme, Force10 address growing 10G use in data centers
  7. Data center 10G whets switching companies' appetites
  8. Inside a data leak audit
  9. UC Berkeley says hacker broke into health-services databases
  10. Designing for high-density Wi-Fi coverage
  11. Notebook replaces trackpad with LCD panel


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