Do you know what today is? If you’re an Apple fanboy you probably don’t but for those Windows lovers out there today is the day you can finally purchase the retail version of Windows 7.

Sure you may have been tinkering around with the betas and what not but this is the real deal, Windows 7 is now available for all to purchase (if you can afford it, that is).

Need help regarding upgrades? We got you covered.

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MetroPCS and Samsung Electronics officially launched the Samsung Code (SCH-i220) today, providing consumers another potential smartphone that comes equipped with a full HTML web browser, QWERTY keyboard and a 2.0 megapixel camera. Running on the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, mobile addicts now have an alternative to address their mobile needs for personal and business intent. The Samsung Code comes with a $50 rate plan when purchased from MetroPCS which includes unlimited talk, text and data, advanced Web browsing, e-mail and other multimedia functions.

Image Credits: eCoustics

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Motorola unveils another rugged handheld device catered to serve the business and industrial sector, the Motorola MC950. As more businesses today are going mobile, the MC950 carries a whole bunch of features that include 3.5G WAN capabilities, a unique accessory system and better battery management.

The Motorola MC950 is equipped with the Marvell XScale PXA320@806 MHz processor and Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and an enterprise-class GPS system that promises to cover various environmental conditions. It also carries a 3 megapixel auto-focus high resolution digital camera for capturing and scanning important images and documents as required.

The Motorola MC950 will be made available worldwide through Motorola partners and sales groups.

(Source) Press

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We’ve seen the operating system appear on Amazon.com and we’ve even seen it reportedly shipped with a Mac mini, but what we haven’t seem is an official Mac OS X Snow Leopard page on Apple’s website, until now, that is.

Apple has recently been kind enough to launch Snow Leopard’s official webpage showing off all of the features to be included with the update. Furthermore, Apple has put the operating system up for pre-order at $29.99 with a delivery date of August 28th.

While you might as well go ahead and pre-order the software if you already plan on buying it, I don’t see Apple running out of copies so there is really no rush.

Tags: Desktop PCs, Laptops, mac os x, Mobile News, Mobile Software, operating system, pre-order, Snow Leopard

If you’re a TechNet or MSDN subscriber, there’s some news for you — Microsoft has recently announced that the Windows 7 RTM has been made avaiable for download to subscribers of such services. For TechNet subscribers head here to get the download, and MSDN subscribers, here.

As for the rest of us, we’ll have to wait until October 22nd to get our hands on the 10,000 6 different versions of Windows 7.

via GeekSmack

Tags: Desktop PCs, Laptops, microsoft, Mobile News, msdn, operating system, RTM, technet, Windows 7

We’ve seen several phones coming out of China Mobile that have been running the OPhone mobile operating system. However, China Mobile hasn’t released an SDK that would allow users to develop their own content.

Luckily, China Mobile has today announced that their OPhone OS SDK iss now available for download.

This will come as great news to two groups of people. First, to those using OPhone powered devices as their will be an increasing number of apps for download. And second, to those who develop mobile apps for a living as there is now one more platform to cash in on.

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Tags: Cell Phones, China Mobile, Mobile News, Mobile Software, operating system, OPhone, OS, SDK, sdn

If you’re looking to secure your copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Amazon.com is now giving you that chance. The online retailer has recently updated their Snow Leopard listing making the operating system available for pre-order.

The listing includes the stand alone upgrade, a family pack, and Mac OS X Server edition priced at $29, $49 and $499, respectively.

Check it out, here.

Tags: amazon.com, Apple, Desktop PCs, mac os x, operating system, Snow Leopard

Microsoft has officially announced that their latest operating system, Windows 7, has been shipped to manufacturing.

This means, Windows 7 is done and closer than ever to hitting store shelves. In fact, Gizmodo reports that the finished product is so similar to the RC1 currently out that you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.

Here’s to hoping Microsoft can return Windows to greatness with Windows 7 after the brand had been tarnished with bad Vista publicity.

Tags: Desktop PCs, Laptops, manufacturing, microsoft, netbooks, operating system, rc1, software, windows, Windows 7

If you’ve been dying to give Android a spin ever since it was announced to be a working PC OS but don’t want to sacrifice any of your files or time installing it, nows your chance.

LiveAndroid version 0.2 has recently been released to the public. This software is a LiveCD that will allow users to run the operating system without installing anything. All you do is download the LiveAndroid ISO, burn it onto a CD, reboot your PC and then run it.

Furthermore, the LiveAndroid team notifies us that you can also run the software in a virtualization app such as Microsoft Virtual PC or VirtualBox.

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Tags: Android, Google, Laptops, live android, microsoft, microsoft virtual pc, Mobile Software, operating system, software, virtualbox, x86

When Google released their Chrome web browser, it took the world by surprise but seemed like the logical next step for the mega company. Well, it looks like they are expanding past a web browser and even past their mobile Android OS with the introduction of Google Chrome OS.

This will be a full fledged open source operating system built from the ground up. Its focus will be on speed, security and simplicity much like the Google Chrome web browser and Android OS.

Google says that they are working on making netbooks running Google Chrome OS for availability sometime in 2010. Your move Apple and Microsoft.

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Tags: Chrome, Desktop PCs, Google, Google, Laptops, netbooks, open source, operating system, software

The world definitely has no shortage of netbooks with the majority of them running different versions of Windows or Linux. Android, however, has been shown to be very capable of holding its own when booted up on a netbook.

Nokia seems to think that the operating system is reading for primetime as analyst Daniel Amir from Lazard Capital Markets was quoted to have said the folowing:

In our conversations with ODMs, we have confirmed that Nokia is planning to enter the netbook market with a Google Android, ARM-based netbook that would be sold at carriers. Considering this market is dominated by the PC players, we believe Nokia could face an uphill battle to succeed in this market.

Take this with a grain of salt, even though Mr. Amir claims its cofirmed, until we hear official word from Nokia.

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Windows 7’s October 22nd release date is quickly approaching and in luei of that Microsoft has decided to release the official pricing scheme for the new operating system.

To upgrade from either XP or Vista, consumers will have to pay $119.99, $199.99, or $219.99 for Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate respectively. However, those who don’t want to upgrade are looking at a price tag of $199.99, $299.99, or $319.99.

Furthermore, Microsoft is opening a limited number of upgrade pre-orders at a discounted price ($49.99 for Home Premium and $99.99 for Professional).

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Microsoft has just sent out a friendly reminder that those currently running the Windows 7 beta or are looking to get their hands on the RC, better act fast.

Starting on July 1st the Windows 7 beta that was released some time ago will begin rebooting ever 2 hours and on August 1st be rendered completely useless. The RC on the other hand will work until the operating system’s official release.

So again, if you’re running the Windows 7 beta, switch to the RC, and if you haven’t downloaded the RC yet and want to, do it now.

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Tags: Beta, Desktop PCs, Laptops, microsoft, operating system, rc, Release Candidate, software, Windows 7

Worry less about how you can append, edit and create documents with your mobile device under any operating system with the new ThinkFree Mobile Netbook for Windows. With the era of being flexible wherever you go needed by students and business executives, it is apparent that the clamor for widening the ThinkFree Mobile Netbook has been growing and for that purpose, ThinkFree Inc. unveils this latest innovation to cater to the consumer demand.

Featuring the best round-trip Microsoft Office compatibility, ThinkFree Mobile Netbook ESD comes with 1GB of free, reliable and secure online document storage and integrates seamlessly with ThinkFree Online, ThinkFree’s already existing online service for collaboration and synchronization across all documents.

This development should be welcomed with open arms by the various sectors who have sought the aid of mobile solutions for productivity issues concerned. Now, people can be assured that in any event or occasion, all they would need to do is open their mobile devices and do as they wish as far as business aids regarding business, educational or personal concerns should be sorted out in the fashion that they should be when they are on the go.

ThinkFree Mobile Netbook Edition for Windows, Linux and Mac ESD are available now on ThinkFree.com for end users to purchase and download for $39.95.

Also, there is a limited time offer. For $24.95, included are 1GB of additional online document storage (2GB total). When purchasing online, just enter the coupon code THINKFREE during checkout.

(Source) Press

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Jeeze, what don’t pirates get their hands on now a days? This time they have set their sights on Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7 with a near release build, build 7229.

Now you may be wondering, what is the difference between this and the freely distrubuted RC1 version of Windows 7. Well, this is apparantly a post-release candidate which means its a bit closer to the version we will be seeing when Windows 7 actually hits retailers later this year.

Should you care? Probably not but if you do head over to your favorite bittorrent site and do a search for Windows 7 build 7229. Of course, we don’t condone this and you should do it at your own risk.

Tags: 7229, build, Desktop PCs, Laptops, microsoft, operating system, post release candidate, rc1, software, Windows 7

Asus is set to unveil in the Japan market a new 10.1 Netbook ‘Eee PC 1002 HAE’ made of a stylish aluminum body this coming May 16. This new netbook is expected to make an impact as well and find its way towards the many netbooks available in the market today.

Adopting a 10.1-inch WSVGA(1,024×600) LCD screen, it is powered by Intel Atom N280(1.66GHz) CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB HDD and Windows XP operating system. Coming in three different colors including gray, blue and red, the Eee PC 1002 HAE supports USB2.0×3, IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth v2.1+EDR, a 1.3M webcam and more.

Price: 49,800(JPY).

(Source) Aving

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While public availability will be staggered to May 5, the much-awaited Windows 7 release candidate will be available first to developers on the Microsoft Developers’ Network by the end of this month on April 30.  The news was announced by Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc on the Windows Team Blog recently and he had this to say:

There certainly has been a lot of discussion about Windows 7 in the last few weeks. A lot of folks want to know when they can get their hands on the official RC, when we are going to RTM, and what I had for breakfast.  I’m pleased to share that the RC is on track for April 30th for  download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers. Broader, public availability will begin on May 5th.

We will keep you posted when the Windows 7 RC is ready for download, so stay tuned

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It is not really surprising to note that the iPhone is one of the most used mobile gadgets in the world today. Aside from being the most popular phone preferred by consumers today, selling over 17 million phones (as reported last week) seemingly justifies this claim.

The iPhone now accounts for 50 percent of mobile Web traffic from smartphones in the U.S., according to an AdMob Mobile Metrics report released this morning. Over the past six months, the iPhone has taken share from Blackberry and Windows Mobile. In August 2008, the iPhone made up only 10 percent of mobile Web traffic from smartphones. During the same time, Blackberry’s share has gone from 32 percent to 21 percent (with the Curve and the Pearl coming in stronger than the Storm), while Windows Mobile has taken an even bigger hit, declining from 30 percent to 13 percent. Palm is also down to 7 percent from 19 percent six months ago.

The only other smartphone operating system that is showing gains in mobile Web usage is Android, which has captured a strong 5 percent share just three months after launch. And that is up from 3 percent in January. The gains shown by the iPhone and Android show what is possible when phones are built with fully capable browsers and support a rich array of Web apps.

(Source) TechCrunch

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If you are sick of that old operating system that your mobile devices run on, check out the new Ubuntu 9.04 for Nokia N8×0 tables that has been recently made available. Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) is primed and ready for installation on Nokia’s N8×0 family of handhelds, which obviously includes the N800 and N810.

It should be noted, however, that Usplash and audio aren’t working at the moment, but everything else seems to be humming along just fine. If you’re looking for the step-by-step guide of hooking your handheld up with a real-deal OS, give that read link a long look.

(Source) Internet Tablet Talk

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Apple will be unveiling a new operating for the iPhone called the iPhone OS 3.0. Possible new developments could include MMS support, enabling the iPhone to send and receive picture messages, and cut and paste functionality.

Another possibility is improved background functionality, allowing the iPhone to run multiple applications at the same time and provide instant notifications when sites such as Facebook have been updated. The company may also let the iPhone work as a mobile broadband modem for a PC or laptop - known as ‘tethering’.

The company is also expected to release details of a new software development kit (SDK) for its Apps Store – an innovation that was introduced in iPhone OS 2.0.

(Source) Which

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