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We're pretty excited about Windows 7, and we know that users are too. After all, with any luck, Windows 7 will be what Vista was supposed to be. Lee has done a bang-up job covering Windows 7 tips and tricks for PC users, but Mac users who use Windows for work or for compatibility testing don't have to be left out.

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Free Video Converter –Convert video files between different formats It supports a wide variety of input formats such as: WMV, FLV, MPEG4, AVI, and 3GP. You can output to an equally as wide variety of formats to ensure you can transfer your media to portable devices like the iPod, Zune, and mobile phones.

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Numerous bloggers also observed the cameo played by the so-called Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) - the Windows error screen that flashes up on your computer, signifying that it's time to reboot.

The screen was projected onto the roof of the National Stadium during the grand finale to the four-hour spectacular as veteran Chinese gymnast Li Ning, suspended 70 metres above the stadium floor, "jogged" towards the Olympic torch.

The BSoD message begins with the following sentence: "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer."

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ZOMG - look at this mess. God help the pensioners without a computer science degree that are buying this crud. Let Microsoft know about the user experience quirks in Windows Vista.

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Everyone has been to PC Hell at one time or another. It's that place you visit when your personal computer is driving you insane with problems. Great site for pensioners with nothing better to do with their time. Fix a Ballmer's mistakes.

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The PC Decrapifier will uninstall many of the common trialware and annoyances found on many of the PCs from big name OEMs.

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Handy check list for switchers.

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Microsoft releases Service Pack 1, the long awaited fix to many of Vista's problems, and by all accounts, makes Vista's problems worse.

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You can have Windows apps running right on your Linux desktop and sharing the same desktop files. It takes only a little bit longer than a Windows XP install, and it works just like virtualizing Windows on a Mac with Parallels Coherence—except it's free

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Exports Your PC's Microsoft Outlook Email, Email Attachments, Contacts, and Calendar Appointments to Portable Macintosh-Compatible Files You Can Import Into Apple Mail

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I’m not the only one, either. I see as many iPhones as Blackjacks these days, maybe more. It’s really an awesome device and it doesn’t surprise me at all that geekier folk would pick one up.

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WHY?=Windows Vista! When people found out they’d have to buy a new computer and learn a new interface, a certain slice of them just said, “Well, if I have to buy a new machine and learn a new interface, I may as well get the cool-looking, virus-free o

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viewing your e-mail in anything other than plain text mode is asking for trouble on a Windows computer.

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I have been able to show that not only is Linux a reasonable alternative to Vista for gaming (XP is still king though), but also that Linux handles application failures more gracefully than Vista.

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Jeff Raikes, the Microsoft executive most closely associated with the emergence of Office, has described the rise of the product as the highlight of his long career at the software maker, which will come to an end in September.

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Microsoft will end OEM and shrink-wrapped sales of Windows XP on June 30, 2008, forcing users to shift to Vista. (System builders, meaning those who do white-box PCs, can sell XP through December 31.) Don't let that happen!

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After the initial shocked silence, Vista users (and refusers) are anything but speechless. They're speaking loudly, and speaking lots.

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How this fussy and long time Windows user upgraded from XP to Linux to avoid the impending doom of XP’s old age and the otherwise inevitability of Vista…

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To be honest there is only one conclusion to be made; Microsoft have really outdone themselves in delivering a brand new operating system that really excels in all the areas where Vista was sub-optimal.

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Another handy tip from Thomas Esamie. MacDrive helps Mac disks act and appear like normal Windows disks. You can drag-and-drop to copy files in either direction, or double-click to open documents directly from Mac disks.

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