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  • September 2008

    • New Firefox's Speed Will Smoke Chrome, Mozilla Says

      TechCrunch  |  Sep 4, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      New Firefox's Speed Will Smoke Chrome, Mozilla Says

      (Newser) - The next version of Firefox will be faster than Google's Chrome, the fastest browser out there, Mozilla said today, according to TechCrunch. Chrome is 28% slower on XP and 16% slower on Vista than Firefox 3.1, which releases this year, Mozilla claims. By using the new engine TraceMonkey, one coder says, the browser will "easily eclipse even the fastest instance of Chrome." More »

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      Google  • Firefox  • Windows  • Mozilla  • Windows XP  • Google Chrome

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

      Internetnews.com  |  May 17, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

      (Newser) - Now that Microsoft has signed on to the One Laptop Per Child initiative—aimed at getting low-cost PCs to kids in poor countries—its Windows XP operating system is again getting a new jolt of life, reports InternetNews.com. The project originally used only free, open-source software such as Linux, but sales were slow because of little enthusiasm from government clients over the system, the New York Times notes. More »

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      Microsoft  • computer  • open source  • One Laptop Per Child  • Windows XP  • Linux  • Nicholas Negroponte

    • Get Over XP 'Worship'

      Washington Post  |  May 15, 08 4:04 PM CDT

      Get Over XP 'Worship'

      (Newser) - Nostalgia for Windows XP is misplaced, Rob Pegoraro argues in the Washington Post : Vista has its problems, but they’re not solved by XP, which is ill-equipped to face the “busy” and “brutish” modern Internet landscape. “XP is not something that needs to be ‘saved,’ as if it were some architectural triumph in need of historic preservation,” he writes. More »

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      Internet  • computer  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system  • Windows XP

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Microsoft's Plan to Drop XP in June Draws Fire

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Feb 8, 08 7:24 PM CST

      Microsoft's Plan to Drop XP in June Draws Fire

      (Newser) - Microsoft is facing vocal opposition to its decision to stop selling the Windows XP operating system June 30, 13 months after the launch of Windows Vista, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Vista has sold well, aided by its default inclusion with new PCs, but users have complained of compatibility troubles. Some have returned to XP or are holding out for Microsoft’s next OS. More »

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      Microsoft  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system  • Windows XP

  • November 2007

    • Windows XP Update Adds Speed

      ComputerWorld  |  Nov 26, 07 3:04 PM CST

      Windows XP Update Adds Speed

      (Newser) - Windows XP Service Pack 3, due out next year, runs Microsoft Office 10% faster than XP SP2, said a performance testing software developer. "Since SP3 was supposed to be mostly a bug-fix ... the unexpected speed boost comes as a nice bonus," said the company's technology chief, who called it a "'must-have' update," reports Computerworld . More »

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      Microsoft  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system  • Windows XP

    • Firms Are Waiting on Windows Vista

      PC World  |  Nov 15, 07 7:13 AM CST

      Firms Are Waiting on Windows Vista

      (Newser) - It has been almost a year since Windows Vista was released to businesses, but a spate of hardware compatibility issues has many still waiting to upgrade until the release of the first service pack, scheduled for early next year. With the next version of Windows due in late 2009, PC World thinks many companies may skip upgrading to Vista altogether. More »

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      Microsoft  • computer  • Microsoft Vista  • operating system  • Windows XP  • service packs  • upgrades

  • October 2007

    • Buying a PC? Read This First

      allthingsd.com  |  Oct 19, 07 1:42 PM CDT

      Buying a PC? Read This First

      (Newser) - Wall Street Journal tech guru Walter S. Mossberg wants you to think, and think hard, before buying your next PC. Here are some tips from the man himself: If you're going for Vista over Windows XP, opt for the Home Premium version. Avoid junk software that slows your computer by buying Dell's Vostro models and opting out of trial software. Go with 1G of memory for Home Basic, 2 for other Vista versions. More »

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      list  • Intel  • Microsoft Vista  • Dell  • Microsoft Windows  • Windows XP  • Walt Mossberg

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