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Windows 7 Sales Up, But is it Really a Hit?

The numbers are in and Windows 7 sales are strong, but with lagging PC sales and increased competition from other operating systems, is Windows in trouble? Apple recently reported one of its best quarters ever, and interest is high in current and future products coming out of Cupertino. Then there's the recent release of the latest Linux distribution, Ubuntu 9.10, and let's not forget pressure from Google Chrome OS,

| Opinion | Open Source | Operating systems | Software | Windows | 11/06/09 at 3:10 pm


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Google strives to balance commercial, community with Android

Onlookers say that Google is in charge of Android development, despite pitching the software as a community project. But experts say that could be the only way Google can ensure that the software is actually released.

| News | Open Source | Operating systems | Personal tech | 11/06/09 at 2:52 pm |


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An important Linux fix

It's not often that Linux needs to be fixed, but a recently discovered security problem does deserve your attention.



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Switchers Guide: Move your files from PC to Mac

If you've been using a Windows PC but now want to move to a Mac, you likely have files--documents, PDFs, photos, music, and videos--that you want to bring with you. If you've had that PC for a while, that could mean you have many, many gigabytes of stuff to move. These days, most common file-types will work just fine on the Mac, without any need for conversion or special software. (One notable exception: If you have music and/or video in Microsoft's Windows Media formats, get Flip4Mac so you can play them in OS X's QuickTime.) The trick is getting those files from one hard drive to another.

| News | Hardware | Operating systems | Software | Windows | 11/06/09 at 2:40 pm


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Switchers Guide: Moving from Windows to the Mac

[Editors' note: We asked Harry McCracken, the former editor of PC World and the editor of the Technologizer blog, to write a guide to switching to the Mac from Windows. We hope that it's a good resource for anyone--including the friends and family of long-time Mac users--who are making the move from Windows to the Mac. McCracken is himself a semi-switcher--he uses both a MacBook Pro and a Windows netbook every day.]

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