Category: Tech News

Aug 1 2009

Microsoft announces Windows 7 family pack pricing

I almost missed the news of this but yesterday, Microsoft announced the pricing for Windows Anytime Upgrade and the Windows 7 Family Pack.  Family pack bundling is something that Windows has needed for a while now and I'm kinda glad that the pricing seems pretty good.

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16 comments - Posted by Joe Steinbring at 9:49 PM - Categories: Tech News | Microsoft

Jul 8 2009

Google Chrome Operating System Announced

Well, despite the fact that last August, Google insisted that they "don't have any plans to build an operating system", google announced last night that they are coming out with a operating system "designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems."  I'm not sure how useful it would really be since it sounds like everything will run through the browser.  I'm also a little confused about google's plan to essentially have Google Chrome OS compete directly with Google Android in the netbook market but I guess, sometimes only google understands google's plans.

Link to Google Blog

3 comments - Posted by Joe Steinbring at 7:10 AM - Categories: Tech News

Jul 2 2009

Drag and drop labels in added to gmail

I just logged into my gmail and found that they added the ability to drag and drop labels onto message threads.  It seems like a positive, useful evolution of the interface.

 

Itching for more info about it?  CNET has an article about it.

2 comments - Posted by Joe Steinbring at 12:13 AM - Categories: Tech News