Microsoft unveils 'screaming deals' for Windows 7
The program kicks off tomorrow, June 26, in the United States, Canada, and Japan. It’s scheduled to end July 11 in the U.S. and Canada —”or while supplies last,” Microsoft notes. The discount is 50% or more over the normal estimated retail price (ERP) of the two mainstream consumer editions. In the United States, you’ll be able to buy a Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade for $50
Microsoft's Windows 7 pricing: Too high, too low, or just right?
There’s still plenty we don’t know about Windows 7 pricing, such as how much Microsoft is charging PC makers per copy of Windows 7, which may have an impact on what PC makers will charge for new Windows 7 PCs. Microsoft isn’t talking about whether it will offer a Family Pack for Windows 7 and how much that will cost.
Windows installs updates without permission, researchers say
Windows is installing "surprise updates" against the wishes of some users, who have expressly set up the operating system not to deploy patches without permission, researchers charge. Numerous readers of the popular Windows Secrets newsletter have reported that they have watched their PCs install updates from the June 9 set of security patches as they've rebooted or when they've turned on their machines
More good reasons to leave Office on the shelf
In his June 18 Top Story, WS contributing editor Scott Spanbauer presented several free and low-cost alternatives to Microsoft's ubiquitous productivity suite. If you need more reasons to shutter your Office apps, take a look at some of the suggestions that poured in from readers in response to the story.
Kinetikz - Time Waster Game
Kinetikz is a simple shooting physics game where the goal is to shoot discs at a ball and manage to move the ball into the goal tile. Getting the ball into the goal replenishes your limited supply of discs, while running out of discs ends the game.
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