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• 02 September 2009

• News: Users finally ditching XP for Vista & Windows 7

  Windows XP's share of the operating system recorded a record fall in August

• News: Windows 7 Embedded OS released to testers

  Microsoft on Tuesday released a test preview of its Windows 7-based OS for embedded devices.

• 29 August 2009

• News: The 10 most stupid iPhone apps

  The Apple iTunes app store offers a host of programs that can do everything from turning your iPhone into a gaming console and a TV remote to software that helps your scout out the best restaurants.

• 28 August 2009

• News: Which apps dont work with Snow Leopard?

  The latest version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, Snow Leopard, will install only on Macs (and Hacked PCs) running on Intel processors. It therefore requires Rosetta emulation to run older PowerPC-based software, rather than Intel/PowerPC-friendly Universal programs.

• 27 August 2009

• News: Does Adobe CS3 work with Snow Leopard?

  Adobe created a panic among Mac-based designers and Web creators by posting a note that its Creative Suite 3 set of applications - including Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, and Flash - were "not supported" under the new Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that ships tomorrow.

• News: Windows 7 vs Snow Leopard

  With Apple announcing this week that its Snow Leopard operating system will be made publicly available on August 28, its set to go head-to-head with Microsoft's latest operating system - Windows 7 - which will launch on October 22.

• 26 August 2009

• Video: Protestors rally against Windows 7

  The Free Software Foundation held a rally Wednesday on Boston Common to protest Windows 7 and other proprietary software.

• News: Free Software Foundation slams Windows 7

  The Free Software Foundation has slammed Microsoft's new operating system Windows 7 calling it "treacherous computing" that stealthily takes away rights from users.

• News: Microsoft brings Office anti-piracy scheme to UK

  Microsoft is bringing its Office antipiracy program that 'nags' users of pirated copies of the software to the UK.

• News: Microsoft wins fast-track appeal of Word ban

  A panel of federal judges has granted Microsoft Corp.'s request for a fast-track appeal of the injunction that prohibits the company from selling its popular Word software after Oct. 10.

• 25 August 2009

• News: Serif launches free Scrapbook software

  Serif has unveiled a free version of its popular scrapbook software, Digital Scrapbook Artist.

• News: Opera unveils Opera 10 Release Candidate

  Opera Software has unveiled the release candidate version of its web browser Opera 10.

• News: Asus: Android Eee PC on hold

  Asustek Computers CEO Jerry Shen say its Eee PC running Google's Android operating system is on hold as there no clear market for the devices, which he calls ‘smartbooks'.

• News: Windows 7 slashes netbook battery life by a third

  Netbooks running Microsoft's new operating system Windows 7 will see their battery life slashed by a third, says a number of users.

• 24 August 2009

• News: UK Mac user anger at Snow Leopard price

  Apple has now announced its UK price for the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system, nicknamed Snow Leopard, but, with US Mac users paying much less, there was an immediate outcry.

• News: Windows 7 Family Pack to cost £150 in UK

  Microsoft has confirmed that it will be making its Windows 7 Family Packs available in the UK.

• News: Twitter: Wednesday is our most miserable day

  Vermont University professors Christopher Danforth and Peter Dodds have published Twitter- and blogs-based research that suggests that Wednesday is the most miserable day of the week.

• News: Recession helps Facebook to double its workforce

  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg last week told Bloomberg that the online social networking site will increase its staff numbers by as much as 50 percent this year.

• News: Microsoft open-source project links PHP, .Net

  Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism Interoperability team last week introduced an open source project to bridge PHP and Microsoft's .Net programming model, Microsoft representatives said.

• News: Intel buys RapidMind

  Intel has acquired software company RapidMind in an effort to push development of programs that can exploit the power of Intel's multicore processors, the company said Friday.

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