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Analysts said Microsoft probably is keeping tight-lipped about what Windows 7 will look like because at this point, company engineers and executives don’t even know.

“They don’t want to commit because they don’t have a good idea what’s in it,” said Michael Silver, an analyst with Gartner. “We’re three years out, so you can’t really expect that much detail.”

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Today, Microsoft took another step in its relationship with the open source software community. They did this by bringing up a new web property that clearly outlines Microsoft’s position on OSS by providing specific information about Microsoft, the OSS community and the interaction between the two.The new site also details information about getting started with OSS and Microsoft technologies. We’ll keep the site updated with new content featuring Microsoft’s engagements with the OSS community !

Visit the Site : http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/ and send in your comments

Today at Tech Wizard I am going to tell you how to use ScreenSaver as Wallpaper in Windows XP. Windows Vista has this feature inbuilt called Dreamscene which allows you to use ScreenSaver as Wallpaper. But how to get the same effect in Windows XP??You can get the same effect in Windows XP also with the help of an OpenSource software ( btw I am a strong supporter of OpenSource softwares). The Software’s name is Vital Desktop. Download it from Here (File size 187 KB) and install it.

After Installing there will be an added menu in the Right Click context menu on desktop. Enable it from there.

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Whenever one deleted a file it is sent to Recycle bin. Recycle bin from where it can be easily restored But what if you delete it from recycle bin also and what to recover it?? Or you are one of those lazy people like me who just press shift+delete key to permanently delete the file Active@ File Recovery comes handy at that time. It can recover accidentally deleted files. Files that have been damaged due to formatting or virus attacks etc. It can also recover lost partitions. (more…)

Kaspersky Lab has discovered the first virus designed to infect iPod. It has been named Podloso. It is a concept program that doesn’t pose real threat. Podloso only works if Linux has been installed on the iPod. The virus has to be manually loaded on the iPod by the user and it can’t be launched automatically without user involvement.Once Podloso is launched it scans the hard disk and infects all executable .elf format files. And when any of these files is launched a message is displayed which says “You are infected with Oslo the first iPodLinux Virus”.

Podloso is a proof concept virus, which demonstrates that it is possible to infect a specific platform. It does not have a malicious paylod and can’t spread on its own.

So now in the near Future we’ll see iPod Anti-Virus Wars !!

Dell will soon become the first major desktop vendor to release mass-market desktops and laptops with pre-installed Linux. (DesktopLinux)

Dell is going to release select desktop and and notebooks with pre-installed Linux as an option soon. However we currently don’t know that which Linux distribution(s) it will be supporting, or which Dell desktop and laptop machines will have pre-installed Linux. This pre-installed Linux move seems to be because of the user demand.

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Don’t want to get stuck in traffic ? Want to Reach your next appointment or date on time use the Traffic by Live Search Maps gadget for Vista Sidebar. It shows you the realtime traffic conditions in your area. Shortcuts to driving directions, local search and full screen traffic view on maps.live.com. The tool updates the traffic information every 2 minutes. The gadget is very light on system and the map cache is in your IE cache.

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Last Year nVidia released there not so successful chipset 590 series for Intel Core 2 Duo Series of Lineup.The chipset was a very poor overclocker but had many new features and one of them was nVidia’s Linkboost technology.In this technology if the motherboard finds 2 7900GTX, then the frequency of both graphic interfaces is automatically set from default 100 MHz to 125 MHz, and simultaneously the frequency of system bus HT between chipset bridges increases from 200 to 250 MHz. This solution ensures a increase in the capacity by 25% (theoretically) and it can give a certain performance gain.

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Oh what a sweet, sweet day it must be for Microsoft. The first worm specifically targeting the open-source office package OpenOffice has emerged.

It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux computers, but anti-malware vendor Sophos admits it poses a low threat, especially as it’s only a proof-of-concept that hasn’t actually been discovered ‘in the wild’.

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Today I am writing about Microsoft’s Windows Vista’s ReadyBoost technology and is it worth all the hype.

But first an insight into what actually ReadyBoost is.

From Wikipedia:

ReadyBoost is a disk caching technology first included with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. It aims to make computers running Windows Vista more responsive by using flash memory on a USB 2.0 drive, SD card, CompactFlash, or other form of flash memory, in order to boost system performance.

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