Microsoft’s test version of the new Office 2010, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other programs, is available for download on the company’s Web site. The software offers several new features, including one that allows users to bring social networking feeds into Outlook. There’s also a way for two people to simultaneously make changes in [...]
An Intel spokesperson recently stated that Microsoft Windows 7 offers “improved performance and stability” compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.
According to Shiv Kaushik, Intel and Microsoft “closely cooperated” on optimizing both energy efficiency and performance for Windows 7.
“Our joint objective was to examine the combination of technology and features inherent [...]
Improving performance is one of Microsoft’s design goals with Windows 7, and many early reviewers have said that the new OS seems peppier than Vista. But tests of the Windows 7 Release Candidate in our PC World Test Center found that while Windows 7 was slightly faster on our WorldBench 6 suite, the differences may [...]
European buyers of Windows 7 will have to download and install a web browser for themselves. Bowing to European competition rules, Microsoft Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer. The company said it would make it easy for PC makers and users to get at and install the web browsing program.
In response the Europaan Commission [...]
