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  German court grants Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox

  Motorola Mobility won an injunction on Wednesday preventing distribution of Microsoft products including Windows 7 and the Xbox in Germany, but it can't enforce the injunction yet. Microsoft will appeal the case and is confident it can keep doing business in Germany, the company said.

  By Loek Essers | 02 May, 2012 21:33

  Tags: distribution, Game platforms, games, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, operating systems, patent, software, Windows, Windows 7, Xbox360

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  Toyota Australia ramps up IT transformation projects

  Auto maker, Toyota Australia, is in the closing stages of a major IT modernisation initiative which will see the company replace data centre hardware, migrate to Windows 7 and iPad/iPhone trials.

  By Hamish Barwick | 17 April, 2012 16:14

  Tags: Bring Your Own Devices [BYOD], data centre, Toyota Australia, Windows 7

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  Opinion: Microsoft, instead of turning the lights off on XP, make it open source

  To state the obvious,, Microsoft is hugely important economically and culturally, and as Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) was told by his grandfather: "With great power comes great responsibility." (Actually Voltaire said it first but he said it in French so that doesn't count.)

  By Mark Gibbs | 13 April, 2012 05:34

  Tags: carbon footprint, Chevrolet, environment, Linux, Microsoft, microsoft office, Nissan Leaf, non-Windows, office 2003, Office 2007, Office 2012, open source, recycling, software, toxic batteries, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, windows xp

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  Will Windows 8 survive in the post-PC world?

  Try as it will to break through in the mobile space, Microsoft is still struggling to gain any ground with Windows Phone almost a year-and-a-half after its launch.

  By Shane O'Neill | 04 April, 2012 04:11

  Tags: Android, Apple, applications, ceo, cio, consumer electronics, Facebook, Google, IDC, iOS, Microsoft, mobile, Mobile OSes, nielsen, Prowess, smartphones, software, Technology Topics, Telecommunication, virtualiatio, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8

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  tuCloud criticizes Microsoft, OnLive for virtual desktop licensing debacle

  Less than a week after Microsoft put its foot down on OnLive's virtual desktop solution for allegedly violating its licensing standards, tuCloud capitalized by releasing its own product, taking a few jabs at both OnLive and Microsoft in the process.

  By Colin Neagle | 17 March, 2012 02:48

  Tags: apple ipad, Citrix, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, Microsoft, Microsoft licensing, OnLive, operating systems, software, virtual desktop, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.