Archive for February 19th, 2010

A Few Different Uses for Windows Search

No doubt by now you know how useful Search is for finding files on your computer but did you know you can also use it for other tasks? Besides searching for missing files, Search also provides you with the quickest way to: Open an application Find information Access Windows 7’s Troubleshooters Here are just a few additional uses of Search.

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Behind the Windows 7 memory usage scaremongering

It was claimed yesterday that Windows 7 machines are ” alarmingly low ” on memory, with 86 percent of Windows 7 machines using 90-95 percent of their physical memory. Craig Barth, CTO of Devil Mountain Software, a company developing performance monitoring software, cited data from his company’s XPnet community

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EU, US approve, Microsoft + Yahoo! search partnership is go

After announcing the search deal in July 2009, Yahoo! and Microsoft have finally received regulatory clearance from both the US Department of Justice and the EU. Under the agreement between the two companies, Yahoo! will use Microsoft’s search platform to power its search results and paid search listings

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Shocker: Windows 7 is More Secure Than Snow Leopard

Remember those “I’m a Mac” ads that were floating around the web and on just about every commercial break, or so it seemed? Well, there is a reason you do not see those ads anymore…and it’s called Windows 7. Many are going to find out what most of us already know and that is that Windows 7 is very secure and safe

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