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Microsoft's naming math: Vista plus 1 is 7

(AP) -- Microsoft's new operating system launches Thursday, and you may be asking: How did we get to Windows 7? Did I miss 5 and 6?

Technology / Software

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 6




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Nokia posts $1.2 billion Q1 loss as sales plunge

(AP) -- Struggling cellphone maker Nokia Corp. blamed tougher-than-expected competition, particularly in the smartphone market, for a huge (EURO)929 million ($1.2 billion) net loss in the first three months ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Space weather forecast: Sunspotty, with an increasing chance of solar storms

(Phys.org) -- The past few months have seen a spate of solar flares – bringing spectacular views of the northern lights as far south as Seattle – along with media speculation that the electrical ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facebook's Timeline change disrupts some businesses

Stephen Terrell expected a group of happy users when he updated his company's Facebook profile page to the new Timeline format, allowing his mostly senior-citizen customers to register for a contest to win a trip to Hollywood ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's RXTE detect 'heartbeat' of smallest black hole candidate (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers has identified a candidate for the smallest-known black hole using data from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). The evidence comes from a specific ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Pristine reptile fossil holds new information about aquatic adaptations

Extinct animals hide their secrets well, but an exceptionally well-preserved fossil of an aquatic reptile, with traces of soft tissue present, is providing scientists a new window into the behavior of these ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

With new Windows 8, Microsoft will show whether it can go mobile

The next version of Windows is being billed as a radical reinvention of Microsoft Corp.'s flagship operating system - the most extensive overhaul since Windows 95.

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created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists offer countermeasure to new quantum eavesdropping attack

(PhysOrg.com) -- As early communications systems using quantum cryptography become commercially available, physicists have been investigating new types of security attacks in an effort to defend against them. ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Hot nights can compound danger from heat waves

(AP) -- The killer lurking in the shadows of the current heat wave may be hot nights.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Microsoft 4Q profit climbs, Windows revenue dips

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. reported record fourth-quarter revenue Thursday, helped by strong sales of its Office software suite. Investors still seem concerned about the world's largest software maker's growth ...

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created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer scientists say it's time to start looking at treatment of data waste

(PhysOrg.com) -- As anyone who has ever used a Windows based computer for any length of time knows, the longer you have it, the slower it goes; this is because of the accumulation of data files and entries in system logs; ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report


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