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Computer and internet briefs, Sunday 25th October 2009
Washington - Got a new solid state drive (SSD) in your notebook or desktop computer? That's great, but it doesn't mean you can get complacent about backing up your data. SSDs can and do die as unpredictably and suddenly as traditional magnetic platte...

[Posted on : 2009-10-25 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Windows 7: More secure and more fun
Munich - First impressions are important - and Windows 7 doesn't blow its chance. Even during the installation process, the new operating system from Microsoft - available in most of the world since October 22 - makes life easy for the user. That mea...

[Posted on : 2009-10-25 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Cloud computing doesn't have to be risky
Berlin - It's become ever easier to save a document with Google or a picture with Flickr thanks to the quick spread of online storage services, known as the cloud. Quite simply, the cloud allows users to dispense with purchasing their own software or...

[Posted on : 2009-10-25 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Windows Live provides functions axed from Windows 7
Hamburg - Movie Maker, Messenger and Mail are just some of the functions that did not make it into the Windows 7 operating system, due to come out this autumn. But that doesn't mean computer users have to learn to live without them. Windows Live, a f...

[Posted on : 2009-10-25 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Frustrated or spherical: Microsoft displays mouse prototypes
Munich - Microsoft has revealed a sample of its vision for the computer mice of the future. Five prototypes were on display at a recent conference in Canada, all based around the concept of touch-sensitive displays. One was dubbed the Frustrated Tota...

[Posted on : 2009-10-25 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Italy to shut down anti-Berlusconi Facebook site
L'Aquila, Italy - The Italian government has ordered the closure of a group on the social networking website, Facebook, calling for the death of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an official said Thursday. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni also indica...

[Posted on : 2009-10-22 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Study: still no EU single market when it comes to online shopping
Brussels - The European Union's single market was meant to give customers a better deal by allowing them to find the cheapest product in any member state. But, while the internet may have produced virtual shopping malls of continental proportions, mo...

[Posted on : 2009-10-22 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Is your PC ready for Windows 7? - Feature
Washington - PC retailers have spent the last few weeks gearing up in a big way for the launch of Windows 7. They are cleared out old inventory and stocked the latest PCs and notebooks in anticipation of increased demand for Windows 7-ready hardware. ...

[Posted on : 2009-10-22 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Directing the chorus of twitters: Finding the relevant news
Hamburg - Barack Obama uses Twitter. A follower of the Dalai Lama does as well, thereby giving the world the impression that the real Tibetan spiritual leader is behind the aphorisms. Ordinary people, of course, use Twitter, a real-time short messagi...

[Posted on : 2009-10-22 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

Hasta la Vista to Microsoft Vista as Windows 7 launches - Feature
Seattle - Microsoft is encouraging consumers to hold house parties for Thursday's launch of its new Windows 7 operating system. If anyone is actually celebrating, they are more likely cheering the departure of the infamous Vista than the arrival of i...

[Posted on : 2009-10-20 ] Category : [ Internet (Technology) ]

 

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