Microsoft Gives Windows a Clean Sweep - Wall Street Journal


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Microsoft Gives Windows a Clean Sweep
Wall Street Journal
By WALTER S. MOSSBERG For a long time, some Microsoft officials have privately griped that PC makers don't present Windows in its best light. They clutter desktops with icons that are often little more than ads for third-party products; ...
Microsoft to charge customers $99 to remove OEM 'crapware'ZDNet (blog)
It Costs $99 to Make Windows Work RightThe Atlantic Wire

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Donate to a charity via your wallpaper - New Zealand Herald


Donate to a charity via your wallpaper
New Zealand Herald
By Amanda Best A Parnell start-up has turned the unused space on computers into an advertising environment. The Donate Your Desktop application places a new wallpaper, sponsored by an advertiser, on a user's computer desktop every day.


My Daily Wallpaper Fixes All Your Desktop Background Needs - Ghacks Technology News


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My Daily Wallpaper Fixes All Your Desktop Background Needs
Ghacks Technology News
Chance is you have, and it has been entirely up to you whether you have used a photo you have taken, another image that you found on your computer, or a wallpaper from one of the many sites that provide you with them on the Internet.

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DisplayFusion Relieves Windows 8's Multi-Monitor Headaches - PCWorld


DisplayFusion Relieves Windows 8's Multi-Monitor Headaches
PCWorld
The “Pro” version costs $25 for one PC, or $35 for all computers in a home. DisplayFusion brings a proper Start button to your secondary monitors in Windows 8, and lets you open a classic pop-up Start menu to launch applications within the monitor ...

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This is why people pirate Windows - Network World


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This is why people pirate Windows
Network World
Once upon a time during college and working IT, running a computer repair shop on the side, and then later corporate world days, Microsoft Windows pretty much guaranteed plenty of work what with the constant world of updating Windows patches, ...

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Tech Test Drive: With Dropbox online storage, imitation is the sincerest form ... - Pioneer Press


Tech Test Drive: With Dropbox online storage, imitation is the sincerest form ...
Pioneer Press
It creates a folder on your Mac or PC that looks and acts like any other folder, but with a key difference. Any file or folder dropped into that Dropbox magical folder gets backed up online and even synced to other computers using the same Dropbox ...

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Sheraton New York's update fixes No. 1 guest complaint - USA TODAY


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Sheraton New York's update fixes No. 1 guest complaint
USA TODAY
Every few doors down guest corridors, the wallpaper alternates between white and gray so that you have a better idea of where to find your room. "It's not just yard after yard after yard of wallpaper repeated over and over again," Sanders says.

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News round-up: Wednesday 16 May - Greenock Telegraph


News round-up: Wednesday 16 May
Greenock Telegraph
A new book Don't Look At the Wallpaper is devoted to Renfrewshire-born Kenneth McKellar, who died earlier this year. Hailed as the voice of Scotland in the 20th century, he is highly regarded by people from all walks of life.


2012 dubbed 'Year of the Smartphone Hacker' - CTV.ca


2012 dubbed 'Year of the Smartphone Hacker'
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Manky said just like home or office personal computers, Smartphones are vulnerable to all kinds of attacks. "We saw an explosion of malware on the PC in the early 2000's. We're already starting to see that happen on Android -- and I predict this is ...


Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review - Engadget


Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
Engadget
By Terrence O'Brien posted May 1st 2012 10:00AM With roughly 98 percent of the desktop and laptop market spoken for, you'd be forgiven for thinking your only choices for powering your computer were Windows or Mac OS X. There is another way, though.

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