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  OnLive's train wreck: Office on the iPad

  Demos, like appearances, can be deceiving. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, one of the media hits was OnLive Desktop, a service that provisions a Windows 7 desktop environment that includes Microsoft Office 2010 to the iPad over an Internet connection. For many, the idea of being able to run the full Office suite is very appealing, given some of the limitations of the iPad's native office productivity tools such as Apple iWork suite (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers), Quickoffice, and Documents to Go.

  By Galen Gruman | 07 February, 2012 22:11

  Tags: Windows 7, Windows, Virtualization, virtual desktop, tablets, Software as a service, software, SaaS, QuickOffice, operating systems, OnLive, Office Software, mobile technology, Microsoft Windows, microsoft office, Microsoft, iPad, internet, hardware systems, cloud computing, applications, Apple

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  Tech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10

  In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars shaped competition in tablets and smartphones, hacktivists attacked a widening array of political and corporate targets, repressive regimes unplugged citizens from the Internet, and the U.S. government moved to block the giant merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA. With the passing of Steve Jobs, the world lost a technology icon who redefined the computer, entertainment and consumer electronics industries. These are the IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 technology stories of the year:

  By Marc Ferranti | 14 December, 2011 03:32

  Tags: Windows desktops, Windows desktop, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows, t-mobile, telephony, Telecommunication, tablets, steve jobs, sony, software, social networking, smartphones, security, sap, samsung, restructuring, Regulation, processors, personnel, patent, oracle, operating systems, Music and audio, Mobile OSes, mobile, Microsoft, mergers and acquisitions, memory, Meg Whitman, Leo Apotheker, legislation, legal, iPhone, iPad, iOS, intrusion, Internet service providers, Internet-based applications and services, internet, intellectual property, icann, hewlett-packard, hardware systems, Handhelds / PDAs, government, Google, desktop pcs, data breach, cybercrime, consumer electronics, Components, Carriers, business issues, bill gates, at&t, applications, Apple, antitrust, Android tablets, Android OS, Android, 4g, 3g

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  Microsoft to Windows XP: Please die, already

  Microsoft is eager for Windows XP, its 10-year-old operating system, to fade into computing history. The sooner the better, in fact. But for that to happen, the Redmond company needs millions of XP users to drop creaky, old XP and migrate (hopefully) to Windows 7, or even to Windows 8, which won't arrive until next year.

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 26 October, 2011 11:11

  Tags: windows xp, Windows 7, Windows, software, operating systems, Microsoft

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  Microsoft posts record quarter but says tablets have “cannibalized” netbooks

  Despite weak consumer demand for PCs, Microsoft posted record first quarter revenue of $17.37 billion for the period that ended Sept. 30. This beat analysts' reported expectations of $17.2 billion. Revenue increased 7% percent over the year-ago period. Microsoft credited the increase to enterprise demand for Office, server and development tools.

  By Julie Bort | 21 October, 2011 11:36

  Tags: Windows 7, Windows, tablets, software, operating systems, netbooks, Microsoft, laptops, hardware systems, BP

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  Windows XP to Windows 8: Don't go there

  A majority of enterprises have migrated to Windows 7 or are planning to do so. But for Windows XP holdouts ready to side-step Windows 7 for the upcoming Windows 8 OS, you are risking a gap in support, stresses research firm Gartner in a new "first take" analysis of Windows 8 migration in the enterprise.

  By Shane O'Neill | 22 September, 2011 07:17

  Tags: xp, windows xp, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows, Technology Topics | Operating Systems, Technology Topics, software, operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft, Gartner

• Prepare your PC for future data disasters

  Reformatting and restoring a PC is not fun--in the way spending 2 hours in the dentist's chair is not fun. You have to back up all your data (and pray that you haven't forgotten anything), reformat the hard drive, install Windows, track down missing drivers, find and reload all your software, restore your data, and pull out clumps of hair over the things you inevitably neglected to save. (Firefox plug-ins, anyone?)

  By Rick Broida | 05 February, 2011 01:51

  Tags: Windows Vista, windows troubleshooting, windows maintenance, Windows 7, Windows, software, operating systems, non-Windows, Linux

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  Switching to desktop Linux? 6 ways to ease the migration

  With all the many compelling reasons for a company to switch to Linux on the desktop, it's no wonder that businesses large and small are increasingly relying on the free and open source operating system.

  By Katherine Noyes | 27 January, 2011 06:52

  Tags: Windows 7, Windows, unix, software, operating systems, open source, non-Windows, Linux

• Windows 7: 10 Cool Keyboard Shortcuts

  Keyboard shortcuts are wonderful time-savers but many of us are either too accustomed to the mouse or too lazy to get beyond Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.

  By Shane O'Neill | 21 September, 2010 05:27

  Tags: Word, Windows 7, Windows, taskbar, software, operating systems, Microsoft, keyboard shortcuts, applications

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  Safely dual-boot Windows 7 and XP

  QUESTION My PC dual-boots Windows XP 32bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. Every time I work in XP I lose all my restore points in Windows 7.

  By Chris Byers | 03 August, 2010 02:41

  Tags: windows xp, Windows 7, software, Microsoft, backup

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  How to get more from a quad-core PC

  QUESTION: My Windows 7 Home Premium computer has a quad-core processor and 4GB of RAM. I've not found any advantage to using four cores. How can I use the processor more effectively and allocate different processes to the individual cores?

  By Chris Byers | 13 August, 2010 02:20

  Tags: Windows 7, quad-core, processors, PCs & laptops, PC Peripherals, notebooks, dual core, desktop pcs, CPUs, Components

• Asus unveils three tablets and a slate

  At CES 2011 today, Asus announced three new Android tablets and a Windows 7 based slate PC. The tablets, all Android-based, go by the moniker "Eee Pad" while the Windows 7 device is called an "Eee Slate." Each one offers some unique features, from stylus input options to sliding keyboards or docking stations. Unfortunately, we don't yet have exact shipping dates or prices for the Android tablets, and the Eee Slate looks to be fairly pricey.

  By Jason Cross | 05 January, 2011 12:32

  Tags: Windows 7, Windows, tablets, tablet PC, software, Phones, operating systems, nvidia, consumer electronics, CES, asus, Android

• Is Linux really harder to use?

  Not surprisingly, the misperception that Linux is harder to use than other operating systems is also one that competing vendors routinely use to scare potential new users away from Linux.

  By Katherine Noyes | 03 August, 2010 08:17

  Tags: Windows 7, Windows, unix, software, operating systems, non-Windows, Mac OS, Linux

• Microsoft, get back to work!

  Steve Ballmer assured analysts and the world that Microsoft is hard at work developing a Windows 7-based tablet to compete with devices like the Apple iPad.

  By Tony Bradley | 31 July, 2010 04:13

  Tags: Windows 7, Windows, software, operating systems, microsoft office, Microsoft, Apple

• Five reasons it's time to switch to Windows 7

  Tomorrow is D-day for Windows XP SP2 users. Granted, Windows XP SP2 will still work, but tomorrow is the last Patch Tuesday for the venerable OS which means it will become more unstable and less secure as time goes on.

  By Tony Bradley | 13 July, 2010 02:06

  Tags: Windows 7, Windows, software, operating systems, Microsoft

• The best Windows 7 downloads

  Not quite happy with the way Windows 7 works, or looking to get more out of the operating system? You've come to the right place. We're big fans of Microsoft's latest OS, but we're also big fans of making Windows better. In this article, we've rounded up the best Windows 7 downloads. They'll let you customize it in any way possible, give it features that Microsoft removed or neglected to include, and more. So get ready to download--you're about to take Windows 7 to a new level.

  By Preston Gralla | 08 July, 2010 10:24

  Tags: windows utilities, Windows 7, Windows, Utilities, software, shareware, operating systems, Microsoft, Freeware / shareware

Whitepapers about Windows 7

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  Best Practices for Preparing for SharePoint Migrations

  This paper focuses on some of the most common platforms that content can be moved from: Windows Server file shares, Exchange public folders, and previous versions of SharePoint. However, the strategies discussed can also be applied to content from other sources, such as Documentum, Novell or UNIX file shares, Notes databases, and web sites.