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The Google/Microsoft Rivalry

The Google/Microsoft Rivalry has started another round with Google release of Google Chrome O/S. It is another page the historic battle between these two companies. The Google Chrome O/S has been release to take aim at the ever expanding Netbook market. Will Google make major in rounds time will tell. Let's take a look back ...

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The Latest Apple Ad

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Preparing For Windows 7 Installation

Introduction In less than a month Windows 7 will be released by Microsoft. I thought I would spend a little of time discussing how to get ready for the upgrade and what to look for in trying to make the Upgrade as easy as possible. Over the years I have done hundreds of upgrades both professionally and ...

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More of a Move Away From Microsoft

This week I took what a lot of people would figure I would never do. On my primary pc at home I made a complete move away from any Microsoft applications. As of now I am not running one Microsoft application. The move I made to Google last week made this an even easier decision ...

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Why I Made More Of a Move To Google

In the last week I made two big moves in my personal computing universe. The moves all concern Google. One will shock readers of my blog and the other one probably will not. For the last year I have used a Microsoft Exchange Server on my web hosting provider as my email back end. This past ...

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How to Avoid Computer Security Issues

This week there were major rumblings in the blog world that one of the biggest blogging platforms had a security vulnerability.  A lot of people would figure this was major commercial software – even Microsoft being involved. Believe it or not the product was not a Microsoft ...

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Why I Run a Mixed Environment

Everyone who knows me realizes I am a big fan of Windows 7. Currently I have the Operating System running on two of our computers at home including my main machine. We still have 3 machines running XP pro in our house as well. I also run 2 virtual pcs which have Ubuntu Linux running ...

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A Trip Down Memory Lane

I thought I would spend a little time re-mincing about technology and the changes over the last 25 years in the computer business. A lot has changed and in tech one week can be a life time. Sit back and enjoy the ride. When I first started programing the first machine I ever wrote software on ...

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Windows 7 Pre Order Pricing

This past week the pre order windows has started for Windows 7.  Vendors working with Microsoft have announced pre order prcing for Canada and the US which is good from June 26th to July 11th. In Canada typical pricing is as follows: 1.  Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade $64.95 2. Windows 7 Professional Upgrade $124.95 In the US typical ...

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Microsoft Security Essentials Suite

Last night I installed the Beta of the Microsoft Security Essentials Suite. The software runs really well and it should not be discounted because it is from Microsoft. If you are running any of the free anti virus products such as AVG or AVAST the Microsoft product should be looked at once the final release ...

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