Feb 05

Ballmer to businesses: deploy WinXP now and face concerns from employees

Posted in: Microsoft, operating system, OperatingSystem, os, steve ballmer, Today's Chili, Windows, windows 7, Windows XP, Windows7

There’s no two ways about it — Microsoft has moved a truckload of Windows Vista licenses. That said, just 10 percent of all PCs within enterprises in North America and Europe use Vista, with the vast majority sticking to what has worked for years: Windows XP. Company CEO Steve Ballmer had quite the zinger on this topic during a recent interview at an NYC interview to mark the extension of Microsoft’s collaboration with EMC, and we’re certain you’ll love it. Here goes: “If you deploy a four or five-year old operating system today [Windows XP], most people will ask their boss why the heck they don’t have the stuff [Vista / Windows 7] they have at home.” Of course, a one-off remark from some chap that’s not at all pertinent to the day-to-day operations of a company isn’t apt to make a business owner rethink their approach to running their own show, but we’re sure it’s fun for Steve to think that only a handful of consumers out there are still relying on WinXP.

[Via PCWorld]

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Ballmer to businesses: deploy WinXP now and face concerns from employees originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 03

Viliv’s S5 MID goes haptic, will move you in March

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Viliv's S5 MID goes haptic, will move you in March

Viliv has been showing some potential lately with its touchable upcoming products, the clean looking S7 netbook tablet and S5 MID. We received some further information on the latter of those two this morning, most notable being the inclusion of haptic feedback that should make its 4.8-inch, 800 x 480 1024 x 600 screen feel a little more tactile. We also got confirmation that the device will be running Windows XP hidden behind a custom UI overlay that, we presume, will be similar to the one we saw running at CES on the S7. Still no price, but the company is aiming for a March release domestically. Our fingers are tingling with anticipation.

Gallery: Viliv S5

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Viliv’s S5 MID goes haptic, will move you in March originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 01

Shock 3D Virtual Desktop for Windows

Posted in: Features, Freeware, Software, Today's Chili, Windows Vista, Windows XP

This article was written on September 30, 2007 by CyberNet.

Shock 3D Virtual Desktop

We’ve got a treat for you if you’re a Windows user and you’ve been lusting over a sweet 3D Desktop. Shock 4Way is a free application that gives you four virtual desktops to work with. I wouldn’t say it is quite as good as the DeskSpace app, but it also doesn’t cost $20 to buy.

The screenshot above shows the 3D virtual desktop application in action, and here are some of the features it has to offer:

  • Screen Manager for dragging and dropping applications from one desktop to another
  • Blending option to give each of the desktops a transparent appearance
  • Rotate the cube horizontally by simply moving your mouse (there is no vertical rotation)
  • Assign a background image that appears behind the “cube”
  • Customize the hotkeys
  • System Tray icon for easy access to all available options

One of the things that I would like to see offered in this program is an easier way to move windows from one desktop to another. Right now you have to use the Screen Manager which is nice, but it would be better if I could drag a window to the edge of the desktop and have it move over.

Feel free to give it a shot though because there is a portable version available that requires no installation. You’ll probably keep it on your computer even if you don’t use it, because who doesn’t like to show this kind of stuff off to friends? :)

Shock 4Way 3D Virtual Desktop (for Windows XP/2000/2003/Vista)
Source: How-To Geek

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Jan 23

A closer look at NASA’s electric lunar rover

Posted in: NASA, Today's Chili, Windows XP

We were all decently hyped to see NASA’s lunar rover rolling down the street in the Inaugural Parade in Washington D.C. the other day (remember that?), but now, thanks to a really awesome new NASA buddy of ours, we’ve gotten a much closer look at it. Hit the gallery after the break for a bunch of views, and — if you were wondering — the rover’s running Windows XP.

Gallery: A closer look at NASA’s electric lunar rover

[Thanks, Cade]

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Jan 13

Shuttle’s X50 all-in-one desktop pulls up alongside the Eee Top

Posted in: PC, Today's Chili, touchscreen, Windows XP

While the Eee Top may get a lot of zombie-hand loving, it’s not the only game in town when it comes to cheapo all-in-one PCs. Shuttle announced its X50 desktop at CES as well, a system with more than just a few similarities to the competition, namely its CPU, base RAM, display size and resolution, chipset, GPU, and OS. In case you don’t know those by heart: 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330, 1GB of RAM, 15.6-inch,1366 x 768 resistive touchscreen display, 945GC mainboard, GMA 950 graphics, and Windows XP. The real difference is the hard drive — the Eee Top sports a 160GB, the X50 just 80GB — and the price point, with the Shuttle clocking in at $499 ($100 cheaper). Our take? We’re starting to see the emergence of what amounts to the netbook desktop — a one piece, low power system meant for the kids’ room, the kitchen, or grandma’s rest home suite. The Shuttle wins in the looks department, but don’t make any fast decisions — come its March launch, you’ll be seeing plenty of these.

[Via Fudzilla]

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Jan 03

Windows 7 build 7000 already outperforming Vista and XP in “real-world” tasks

Posted in: benchmark, Today's Chili, windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows7

You might’ve heard that crazy rumor making the rounds that Microsoft leaked the Windows 7 beta on purpose to build some positive buzz, and while there’s no real evidence (or likelihood) of that of any sort, the seemingly-magical build 7000 is certainly doing well for itself. Following up on wide praise for the fledgling OS, ZDNet‘s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes pitted the beta up against XP and Vista in some informal “real-word” tasks like boot up, shut down, file maneuvers, installations and other common tasks. On both test systems, an AMD Phenom 9700 setup and an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 number (with ATI and NVIDIA graphics, respectively), the Windows 7 install soundly bested XP and Vista task by task, with few exceptions. Performance testing is never an exact science, but it’s clear that Microsoft is taking performance very seriously this time around — we can’t wait for the next conveniently-leaked beta to bolster this rep even further. Next on the benchmarking agenda? Real World: Brooklyn tasks.

[Via Ars Technica]

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