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Dumb Windows users write dumb things about malware. News at 11.

November 4, 2009

Over at PC Pro, my old chum Chris Brennan is conducting a brave experiment. As an ardent Mac user, in the cause of science, he’s put aside his Mac and is living with Windows 7 for a while (catch up with his posts here.)
After a couple of weeks, a story about some Windows 7 security [...]

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How Microsoft is snatching Windows 7 defeat from the jaws of victory

August 6, 2009

I made the point with rather more swearing on Twitter yesterday, but Joe Wilcox says it without the bad language:
“After commandingly executing Windows 7 development, Microsoft had run off the track right before the finish line. Suddenly, Windows 7 is a disaster potentially like its predecessor. Could anything be worse than Vista?”
What’s the cause of [...]

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Microsoft drops European Windows plan, so where next for upgrades?

August 2, 2009

PC Advisor:
“It’s unclear how Microsoft will deal with customers who have already pre-ordered Windows 7E and paid the upgrade price but were told they would receive a full-package edition.
Ironically, the users who may be most affected by the return of two-tier pricing are those who use Macs, but want to run Windows in a virtual [...]

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Daring Fireball is wrong about Microsoft’s weakness

July 31, 2009

I am, you’ll have noted, an argumentative sod. This is a great source of irritation to my dear other half, who rolls her eyes as I shout at the television or Internet. But sometimes, you read something and… well… you just have to respond.
Such is the case with John Gruber’s post on “Microsoft’s long, slow [...]

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