Chrome OS Notebooks Coming Fall 2010?

By Charles P. Jefferies | 6/4/2010

A DigiTimes report states notebooks featuring Google's Chrome OS will start launching in fall 2010.

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Windows 7 Migration Tools Roundup

By | 5/11/2010

Migrating to Windows 7 is extremely easy - if you're currently running Windows Vista. Switching to Windows 7 from Windows XP is more complicated, but there are some third-party applications that make an XP to 7 upgrade much easier. Our sister site Search Enterprise Desktop has a rundown of Windows 7 migration tools, one of which is sure to match your needs.

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Top 10 Best Firefox Add-Ons for Improved Browsing

By | 4/15/2010

Google Chrome may grab headlines for its excellent extensions (including the fake ones), but Firefox takes a back seat to no one in the browser plug-in department. We list the top 10 best Firefox add-ons to improve your browsing experience.

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The Top 15 Missing Google Chrome Extensions

By | 4/1/2010

These missing Chrome extensions have been categorized as "inappropriate," and as such have been deprecated from Google's extension listings. What's so wrong -- or so right -- about these missing extensions that Google doesn't want to tout them? We clue you in with this roundup.

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Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions for Better, Faster Browsing

By | 3/23/2010

Google Chrome has much to recommend it as a browser, but a veteran FireFox or habitual Internet Explorer user may be hesitant to give up the add-ons or plug-ins that make their favorite web browsers more useful. Chrome extensions are the answer here, as they replicate or replace the functionality found in typical browser plug-ins. Below we list the top 10 Chrome extensions to get you started.

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Best Tax Preparation Software for 2010 -- A Buyers Guide

By | 3/16/2010

It may be 2010, but US taxpayers still have 30 days left to file their 2009 tax returns -- and there are a number of online services vying to help them. What online tax preparation software offers the best bang for your buck? We break it down in this buyer's guide.

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Free Videoconference Software Buyers Guide

By Dustin Sklavos | 3/4/2010

Gone are the days when videochats and videophone calls are cutting-edge, high-cost CEO-only affairs; there are now several free videoconference applications available to the average consumer. But which offers the best bang for zero bucks? We break it down in this buyer's guide.

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Windows PC Optimization Guide -- Part Three

By Charles P. Jefferies | 2/2/2010

In part three of our computer optimization guide we wrap-up with some final performance tips. This part focuses on Diskeeper 2010 Professional, a tool to optimize your hard drive.

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The new iPad runs the iPhone OS -- and that's the problem

By | 1/27/2010

No matter how excited you are about the 9.7-inch HD display, capacitive multitouch interface, or staggeringly cheap 3G data plans promised by Apple's iPad, there's one feature that's billed as a benefit but may prove to be more of a bug: The iPad runs the iPhone OS.

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USB Bootable Windows 7 For Netbooks Available

By Charles P. Jefferies | 10/23/2009

Microsoft is offering a downloadable version of its new Windows 7 operating system for netbooks and other PCs without an optical drive.

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Windows 7 - To Buy or Not to Buy?

By | 10/22/2009

Windows 7 hits the streets Thursday, and with it something rather new from a recent Microsoft operating system: Positive reviews. Does this mean you should definitely update your OS -- and maybe your entire system -- just for the sake of embracing Windows 7? Or is this just another hypefest that will end in tears a la Windows Vista? We break it down in this buyer's guide.

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Windows 7 - A Guide to the Editions

By | 10/22/2009

Windows 7 comes in six different flavors -- with a few more niche alternates just for good measure. We've told you why (or why not) to buy Windows 7, but which Windows 7 edition is right for you? We breakdown the feature sets in this buyers guide.

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