Windows XP takes on Linux in the netbook market – Guardian Unlimited (Shell Extensions)

The day after the launch of the stylish S101 netbook in Taiwan , I had a brief interview with Jerry Shen, chief executive of Asus. I asked him what proportion of Eee PC netbook sales were Windows XP rather than Linux. Surprisingly, he told me. But he

Businesses interested in Windows 7, not Vista – ZDNet Australia
Tags: ie7 , ie8 , operating system , vista , xp , internet explorer , windows 7 , microsoft Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased

Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista – ZDNet
Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle to XP among business users, with more enterprises investigating the unreleased Windows 7 than its predecessor. More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft

Beyond Binary – CNET News
Bowing to continued demand, Microsoft has again extended the life of Windows XP. Three months after Microsoft stopped selling new copies of Windows XP, the software remains a top seller on Amazon.com (Credit: Amazon.com) Although large computer

The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed – ZDNet Blogs
On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs . While this doesn’t impact enterprise IT — because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many

System crashes – PC Tools Registry Mechanic 8 – News.com.au

The final word: Registry Mechanic does what it claims to do – clean up your registry – but don’t expect your PC to go faster because of it. PC Tools’ Registry Mechanic software purports to solve all registry-related problems in your Windows

jv16 PowerTools review – PC Advisor
For $30 (£17), you can pick up a copy of jv16 PowerTools (a more-complete sibling to the streamlined RegSupreme ). In addition to a Registry cleaner and compactor, jv16 PowerTools has other tools that will tell you all you ever wanted to know about

Microsoft tries to put fear of God into scareware vendors – Ars Technica
Microsoft and Washington State officials announced a new partnership today aimed at fighting scareware in general and one specific vendor in particular. Today isn’t such a good day for one James Reed McCreary IV, of The Woodlands, Texas. Mr. McCreary

IOBit Advanced WindowsCare – Australian PC World
Advanced WindowsCare is a free software application that comes with other tools besides a Registry cleaner. For instance, Advanced WindowsCare claims to deter and remove spyware, optimise your PC, manage your Startup items, and remove junk files. I

RegSeeker review – PC Advisor
RegSeeker is free, and alongside a Registry cleaner it has a handful of other Registry-focused utilities. The tools include a keyword finder; a utility to examine installed application Registry entries, assorted histories (for instance, Internet

Reg Cleaner – RegSeeker RegSeeker – Australian PC World

RegSeeker is free, and alongside a Registry cleaner it has a handful of other Registry-focused utilities. The tools include a keyword finder; a utility to examine installed application Registry entries, assorted histories (for instance, Internet

Melrose People: Lindsay Sampson Doran – Abington Mariner
In the summer of 2003, at the tender rage of 27, Lindsay Sampson Doran — a beaming new mother of a healthy baby boy — was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease. A longtime Melrosian, Sampson Doran’s life was turned upside down with the diagnosis

Mystery, debt surround gas station owner – Union Leader
MANCHESTER – The now-closed Premium Gas station at 1883 Elm St. was well known in the city for having rock bottom gas prices. Less well known, though, were matters surrounding the station’s owner, Zahid Alam, and his company, Premium Gas LLC

Improve Vista’s performance a little or a lot – CNET News
Vista won’t win any popularity contests, but even with its faults, I’ll take the most recent version of Windows over any of the predecessors. My biggest beef with Vista is that it’s slow. At least the OS makes it easy to optimize your system for peak

Spring clean your computer — inside and out – WIS-TV
NATIONAL (NBC) – Computers get real gunky. Yours may not be that bad, but at least every year, it does need a dusting. Start with the fan. Compressed air from a can works, as does a vacuum. And don’t forget the keyboard. Blow out all food crumbs

50 tools to speed up your PC – IT World
Is your PC tired and sluggish? Has its get up and go got up and went? If you want a faster system, you could certainly break the bank and buy a new machine. Or you could read this article instead. We’ve found 50 downloads that will make your PC run

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