I am no fanboy but I have used Linux since the 90s. I am not quite a kernel hacker, but I administer my fair share of LAMP servers. This is different, Ubuntu is not just Linux, it’s Linux all grown up wearing something very sexy. I had not touched Linux on the desktop since Redhat […]

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Microsoft said that it has sold more than 20 million copies of Windows Vista in the first month since the operating system hit shelves on January 30. The world’s biggest software maker said the pace of Vista adoption is at more than twice the rate of its predecessor, which had sold 17 million licenses after […]

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“Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will be a standard service pack that will include security updates, hotfixes, as well as limited other changes focused on improving quality.” - Microsoft
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer wants you to think that first major update to Windows Vista, Service Pack 1, won’t be released for a long, long time. That’s […]

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When you start Microsoft Windows Vista, you may receive the following error message:
Activate Windows Now
Your activation period has expired and Windows is no longer working.
To use Windows you must activate this copy of Windows.
If you’re like most people with Windows Vista you’ve installed device drivers and new applications. Unfortunately this common behavior can cause Windows […]

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This list contains direct links to download major software applications for Microsoft Windows from Adobe, Ahead, Macromedia, and Microsoft.
Updates will be frequent. You may leave requests for software from Adobe, Macromedia, Microsoft or any other major application you wish for in the comments.
These programs are fully featured, mostly 30 day, time limited trial software packages. […]

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