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Betas, RCs, and other upcoming reviews

Posted on April 23, 2009April 30, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Betas, RCs, and other upcoming reviews

Ok, with all the security blogging I’ve done this week, I figure its time to do a post about something a little different. There is a bunch of Beta software out there, and more coming soon. Currently Windows 7, Exchange 2010, Firefox 3.5 and Ubuntu 9.04 are all out in beta form. Exchange, unfortunately, I…

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More on XP and other End of Cycles software

Posted on April 7, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on More on XP and other End of Cycles software

So, while mainstream support is ending for Windows XP, it seems that Microsoft is going to continue to allow downgrades by manufacturers until sometime next year. Yeah, this is both good and bad, especially considering that warranty support ends on Tuesday, April 14. Are the PC makers going to do warranty support for XP still…

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Windows XP: The end is near

Posted on April 6, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows XP: The end is near

We all know that Windows 7 is on the horizon. We all know that Vista is a huge hunk of junk. We all love our Windows XP, which is why we are willing to pay a little more for the “downgrade” to XP that a number of manufacturers will ship, even though the machines officially…

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