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Canonical rolls out sleeker, sexier UI for Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Canonical rolls out sleeker, sexier UI for Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Filed under: OS Updates , Linux , Open Source , Canonical As the Moblin Project continues forging ahead with their sleek, fast-booting Linux remix for netbooks the gang at Canonical continues to keep pace.

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Next Gen Symbian platform won’t run S60 apps

Next Gen Symbian platform won’t run S60 apps

Filed under: OS Updates , Symbian , Mobile The Symbian Foundation is looking ahead toward the next few generations of the mobile operating system.

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Windows 7 upgraders guide: The simple version

Windows 7 upgraders guide: The simple version

Filed under: OS Updates , Features , Windows , Microsoft Microsoft released a nice, big chart the other day which details the many possible ways of moving from your existing Windows OS to Windows 7 . It’s got a slight case of information overload, however, so let’s simplify things a bit. After all, not everyone reading Download Squad is an IT director with years of experience

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Windows 7 RTM downloads now available via TechNet and MSDN

Windows 7 RTM downloads now available via TechNet and MSDN

Filed under: OS Updates , Windows , Microsoft , Windows x64 Maybe you won’t have the chance to get pumped and show off your gold RTM DVD like Steve Ballmer , but if you’ve got a TechNet/MSDN subscription your downloads are finally ready. This means that those of you with access who have (wisely) avoided downloading anything from other sources can now get in on the action.

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Showstopper chkdsk bug set to derail Windows 7 launch? Hardly.

Showstopper chkdsk bug set to derail Windows 7 launch? Hardly.

Filed under: OS Updates , Windows , Microsoft Earlier today, reports were flying all around the blogosphere about a critical, holy-crap-its-the-apocalypse bug that had been uncovered in the Windows 7 RTM. The bug happens when running chkdsk – which becomes RAM-hungry under certain specific circumstances, gets all crazy-like, then causes a BSOD (which I argue is more like a feature of Windows than a bug).

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