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• 11 May 2009

• News: Windows 7 usage up 22 percent

  Microsoft's delivery of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) earlier this week boosted use of the new operating system by 22% since Monday, according to data from Web measurement company Net Applications.

• News: Microsoft pushes 10 fake Windows 7 updates

  Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) users will be given up to 10 'fake' updates this week, as Microsoft tests the operating system's update mechanism.

• 09 May 2009

• News: The 12 biggest idiots found in online forums

  With the honourable exception of the PC Advisor Forums, online discussion forums are magnets for some of the jerkiest people on the web. We profile a dozen of the most common and annoying forum jerks.

• News: Windows 7 vs Windows XP on netbooks

  Microsoft really needs Windows 7 to be the netbook OS of choice. But how does it work on a netbook? And how does that performance compare with Windows XP?

• News: How 10 great products got their names

  They sound right now, but how did our favourite products get their odd names? From iPod and BlackBerry to Twitter and Wikipedia, PC Advisor explains.

• 08 May 2009

• News: Internet Explorer share below 50% in two years

  Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser will be used buy less than half of web surfers by 2011, says Net Applications.

• News: Microsoft kills Windows Genuine Advantage

  Microsoft is renaming its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation system for Windows 7 users in a bid to adjust the reputation of the antipiracy program.

• 07 May 2009

• News: Free Windows 7 to end early with shut downs

  Microsoft has announced that the Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) will automatically shut down down on a regular basis months before the final public preview is due to expire next year.

• News: F-Secure warns over Windows 7 security risk

  Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) continues a long-running Microsoft practice that puts users at risk, a security researcher said on Wednesday.

• 06 May 2009

• News: Google & Apple in antitrust investigation

  Directors of Apple and Google are being investigated by the US Federal trade commission for potential violation of antitrust laws.

• News: Microsoft gives Windows 7 SSD speed boost

  Microsoft has given a strong endorsement for running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with solid-state disk drives, saying it has tuned the upcoming OS to run faster on the storage technology

• 05 May 2009

• News: Microsoft slashes 5% of UK workforce

  Microsoft is to cut 150 jobs in the UK, in addition to the 60 job losses announced in January. Today's move represents 5 percent of the software giant's UK workforce.

• News: 'Apple to buy Twitter' rumours rubbished

  Internet hype suggests that Apple is in talks to buy micro-blogging site Twitter for $700m, but analysts are moving to quash the rumours. Neither Apple nor Twitter have commented on the stories, which appear to come from a single source.

• News: Windows 7 RC available free to public until June 2010

  Microsoft has made the Release Candidate version of Windows 7 available to the public today.

• News: Internet 'crucial' to family life

  Brits would rather cut back on food than internet access, says O2.

• News: IT managers warned over Windows XP mode

  A new Microsoft add-on for Windows 7 that will let some users run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine could create support nightmares for IT managers, analysts said last week.

• News: Government denies MTI project will be used to snoop

  The government has denied that its 'Mastering the Internet' (MTI) project, which will see all emails and telephone calls in the UK monitored, is an attempt at snooping.

• News: Windows 7 has lighter footprint than Vista

  Windows 7 has lighter footprint than Vista

• News: Google battles Seoul over YouTube user privacy

  Google is predicting 'rough' talks with the South Korean government, after the two parties clashed over user privacy. Indeed, the South Korean government could force Google to block access to its YouTube website in the ongoing dispute, Google's deputy counsel said Monday.

• News: Facebook sets live real-time update stream

  Facebook is now using the live-updating functionality on its home page to send your stream of friend updates into motion for the first time.

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