Voila! Microsoft let all the jaw drops with a new announcement on Windows 7. The Redmond company declared today that consumers who buy the Vista PCs before the launch of Windows 7 operating system will get a free upgrade to the new OS - Windows 7. So those of you purchase the Vista Premium, Business or Ultimate tomorrow onwards can have a cake walk to Windows 7 with the free upgrade when it becomes available from October 22nd.

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MELBOURNE - Web searches including terms like lyrics, free music downloads are most likely to put your computer at risk of virus or even malicious software, for security firm McAfee, Inc. has listed these words as some of the most dangerous search terms on the internet.In a recent report, McAfee has revealed Web search terms that put users most at risk for accidentally downloading unwanted or malicious software.

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There are number of freebies that can grow your Windows experience. However, its hard to get them in one place. We came across bunch of useful freeware for Windows in lifehacker. It is a fine collection of free software downloads for the new computer owners, reinstallers, aspiring geeks and especially for those looking to save time installing the best stuff out there. These are simple applications that can make your daily computer usage far more enjoyable and productive. The bunch of free download includes productivity software, Internet/Communication software, photos & videos and utilities. Look at the collection pick the ones you need, download them and enjoy.

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Microsoft's hot on the heels to hype Bing at par with Google. With arrival of the much awaited Google killer nearing, things are opening up at their own pace. What's seems clear is that the new engine might not overwhelm Google's supremacy in search market, but its a far more competitive product than Live Search. Formerly, code named Kumo,  Bing is a new brand from Microsoft backed by a massive ad campaign. Bing is conspicuously imitating Google in all its frame upto the blue text that it used to display the search result. However, instead of plain white background Bing greets you with photographs. Clearly, Bing appears to amalgamate Web's most efficient planning and decision tools, say Yelp for restaurants, Amazon for shopping and Expedia for travel.
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With the launch of service pack-2, Microsoft claims Windows Vista is the safest and most reliable OS that the software giant has ever developed. In Microsoft’s Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner words, it's also the most secured OS in the planet including Linux and Apple Leopard. He claims Windows 7 to be the safest and most secured OS on the planet today. Micosoft used it's Vista experience to leverage Windows 7. Microsoft had to break through a lot of compatibility issues to lock down user account controls. Well the question is that, will Windows 7 be the most secured operating system ever? Let' find out.
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Now that we are done with the top 10 Twitter client for Mac OS X, we focused on the clients for Windows. There are some out of the ordinary Twitter clients for  Windows. Choosing the client that enrich your Twitter experience depends on your needs and conversely, on the features that the Twiitter client offers. Now that Twitter has become a part of our digital lifestyle. We need it by our side even while working on other projects. Whatever client you choose, the basic idea is to manage your tweets right on your desktop. We picked the top Twitter clients for Windows users. Have a look at the list of top 10 Twitter clients for Windows.

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With facilities for tab browsing,  popup blocking, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls and more, Firefox is a top notch browser. Mozilla Firefox is versatile enough to support the different versions of Microsoft Windows, Mac OS  X and Linux. With so much said and done, Firefox still remains resource hungry. Even when a few tags are opened and it is idling in the background, or you have minimized it, you will see a less than a quarter of the CPU being used. Actually a number of additional features work in the browser as you work online. There are easy and simple ways to speed up your Firefox. We'll give you the 10 ways, how to  speed up Firefox.

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We had reviewed n-Gage: Brother in Arms and n-Gage: One earlier when Nokia gave us a Nokia N81 for n-Gage reviewing purpose. This time around its Age of Empires III and you sure don't need an introduction for this one. Age of Empires has been one of the most acclaimed and popular strategy games over the years in video games industry. So to put it in mobile gaming was an obvious choice for Nokia. Let's see how this first real time strategy game faired to our first impression.

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Emails are no more the simple programs for correspondence between friends, family and co-workers. Emails have grown into indispensable mode of communication in out day-to-day life. You get the latest in news, entertainment, sports, weather and more just by signing in. Well there are a good number of email services that are free. If you are ready to look beyond the top services like Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo or AIM, there are a number of no so popular email services that can serve for your alternative email. Although not too efficiently, most of these second rate email services feature storage, effective spam filtering, intuitive interface and desktop email program access. There are new features to explore in these free email services. Take a look at our collection of the top 10 not so popular email services.

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When I see bloggers desperate to build up Twitter following, it reminds me of the Pied Piper of Hamelin who would have the children follow his flute's tune. Well, the modern Pied Pipers, pop star Britney Spears, actor Ashton Kutcher  and the TV network in the battle for most popular Twitterati are striving to touch the million followers mark. Certainly, for any blogger, building upon the followers is one of the straightest ways to generate traffic to their blog. As blogger are getting more seasoned with Twitter, there has been an increase in the tools and apps for a better Twitter experience.  There are a whole lot of apps for the bloggers to enhance their Tweeting experience. I picked up the top 10 + Twitter apps for bloggers.

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