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• Windows 7 Sales Brisk? Can't Give it Away Analysis: Microsoft's newest Windows wasn't zooming off the shelves when one user tried to peddle an extra copy.
• Control iTunes from the Windows 7 Taskbar This handy feature is so subtle, many users don't even realize it's there.
• Ballmer: Windows 7 Sales 'Fantastic' With Vista gone, Microsoft's CEO has a new "f-word" to describe Windows. Customers seem to agree.
• Microsoft and Rivals Trash Talk Google Chrome OS Microsoft was, predictably, not all that impressed by Google's demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS.
• Field of Glory PC Wargame Released Slitherine releases official PC tie-in to Osprey Publishing's popular turn-based ancient and medieval miniatures wargame.
• Microsoft Windows Mobile: Your Essential Guide Microsoft has its work cut out for it in the mobile operating system market given the strength of Apple iPhone among consumers and RIM BlackBerry among businesses.
• Remove Internet TV from Your Windows Media Center Channel Guide Windows 7 offers the best Media Center experience yet, but what if you don't want those Internet "channels" cluttering up your program guide?
• Google's Chrome May Shift the OS Landscape Google is providing a sneak peak at the Chrome OS today. Maybe the Google Midas touch can succeed where decades of Apple and Linux have failed--denting Microsoft’s OS dominance.
• Migrating to Windows 7: Final Touches Now that we've installed Windows 7 on a new partition, it's time to copy over iTunes files and important data.
• Windows 7 Experiment: Two More Weeks Windows 7 has been running like a champ -- for the most part. And my Asus notebook is one of the best investments I've made.
• Hey, Microsoft: Please Stop Trying So Hard Microsoft seems to be trying as hard as possible to be cool. But it shouldn't be so difficult.
• Create Sticky Notes in Windows 7 Formerly relegated to the Sidebar, Sticky Notes is now a standalone app. And a handy one at that!
• Hackers Outwit Windows 7 Activation Hackers have figured out how to sidestep Windows 7's activation process, continuing a long-running battle with Microsoft, which has blocked such tactics in the past.
• Technology We'll Miss When It's Gone As tech speeds inexorably forward, many gadgets and services will be left in heaps on the roadside. Problem is, we'll truly miss some of them.
• Windows Marketplace Reveals Fragmentation Microsoft said there are now 800 apps in its Marketplace, although not all of those apps are available to all Windows Mobile customers.
• Force Windows Explorer to Launch Whatever Folder You Want Tired of seeing your Libraries every time you click Windows Explorer? Here's how to make the handy file-manager start in any folder you want.
• Android Hot on Windows Mobile's Heels, Per Analyst The upstart Android OS, in its first year, is gaining on the decade-old Windows Mobile (CE) platform.
• Windows 7 Flaw Confirmed Microsoft has confirmed the first Windws 7 zero-day vulnerability and promises patch.
• Microsoft Provides Guidance on Windows 7 Zero-Day Vulnerability Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory related to a reported zero-day vulnerability in Windows 7. Here's how to protect your systems pending another patch.
• Dual-Boot with Windows 7 Thomas Wensel wants to install Windows 7 while keeping his older version.
• Russia Threatens Modern Warfare 2 Ban, Game Yanked From Shelves Russian government threatens to ban Modern Warfare 2, causing retailers to pull console versions from store shelves.
• Modern Warfare 2's Misunderstood Terrorist Level Modern Warfare 2's "No Russian" level lets you play as an undercover operative posing as a terrorist, but is its gameplay justified?
• Windows XP Users Are Slow to Move -- Survey While Windows Vista users are switching to Windows 7 in droves, XP users remain holdouts.
• Windows 7 Adoption Nudging Out Vista, Not XP Tracking shows that Windows 7 uptake is surging, and Vista switchers account for the lion's share.
• Windows 7 Ads: Microsoft Tarts Up the Desktop New desktop themes run counter to Redmond's grand scheme of creating an elegant Windows 7 experience.