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Tag: Windows Vista

  • Buy the Windows 7 Family Pack, get a free Cisco router

    Thanks to a promoted tweet on Twitter, I found out that Microsoft is selling the Windows 7 Family Pack for $150 plus you get a free Cisco router.  I thought this would be something worth passing on to you guys as $150 for 3 installs of Windows 7 and a Cisco router is a fantastic…

  • Russia launches anit-trust probe against Microsoft because it hates Vista

    Greetings Readers! Russia’s state anti-monopoly service has decided to launch an antitrust probe of Microsoft because it hates Vista.  Apparently Russia is complaining that Microsoft is cutting back on its shipments of Windows XP even though there is still demand for it.  It seems Russia would rather use an old, far more insecure operating system…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #23

    Here are the shownotes for episode #23 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: Sprint loses 182,000 customers, $594 million; may outsource network to Ericsson Newspapers only get 33% of Kindle sales Stuff you can’t do in the Windows Mobile Marketplace Microsoft…

  • Global Geek News Podcast #21

    Here are the shownotes for episode #21 for the Global Geek News Podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Download the MP3 Help support us with a $5/mo subscription! Stories: 83% of businesses won’t deploy Windows 7 next year Twitter worm attacks continue Skype founders looking to buy Skype back from Ebay CompUSA comes back from the dead…

  • Why must Windows take forever to shut down?

    Greetings Readers! First off, I want to apologize for not blogging much lately.  Life has been very busy and I have been rather uninspired until a day or two ago.  Also, the Global Geek News Podcast will return next week.  Now that that is out of th way… Have you ever noticed how terribly long…

  • Is Microsoft repeating its Vista version mistakes with Windows 7?

    Greetings Readers! Have you or somebody you know experienced confusion with Windows Vista because of the large number of versions?  While I admit that I was never confused by the version differences other than the fact that I found the whole idea stupid, it seems that Microsoft wants to create more confusion yet again with…