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Microsoft is hoping to sell 300 million copies of its flagship operating system in 2010, said company COO Kevin Turner yesterday. This news comes just days after Microsoft’s announcement that Windows 7 has shipped 90 million copies to date , proclaiming it their fastest-selling OS ever. Given Vista’s poor reputation and XP’s rapid aging and susceptibility to malware, this pent-up demand for the new operating system seems natural. Windows 7 became available to the public in late October, and has reached 90 million copies in just four months.

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Bank withdrawals for PayPal customers have resumed in India, the company announced Thursday. “When you select the ‘Withdraw Funds’ option on your PayPal account, we will ask you to fill out a new field entitled ‘Purpose Code’,” PayPal’s Anuj Nayar wrote in a blog post . “This information is required under the laws of India in order to identify the nature of cross-border merchant transactions.

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The good news just keeps on coming for Windows7. A recent survey by SpiceWorks “Voice of IT” just published shows that Small Business Managers are expecting to make the switch to Windows7, some even making  hardware improvements at the same time. The survey was actually conducted in two phases, before the October Launch and after the launch in November. The initial study showed that 20% of 1,530 IT professionals who took part in the survey sped up their timetable for upgrading to Windows 7. Following the launch, there was a further surge of 10% who would make the transition. Moreover, in the smallest businesses, 40% of the IT managers said that they would begin to look at a switch over within 90 days of the launch

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In another demonstration about the power, and flexibility of Windows7 Surface, Johnson Controls a Technical energy company announced that it was developing a touch – interface to work with it’s Metasys building management system. Microsoft Surface Johnson Controls is using Microsoft Surface, the multitouch computer that is designed to respond to natural hand gestures and real-world objects. Customized applications that illustrate key data and information from their building management system and information solutions will be on display with Surface.

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Twitter announced Monday that it will license its full public feeds, known as the Firehose, to half a dozen smaller companies. The micro-blogging service has already inked deals with Google, Microsoft , and Yahoo under which users of those companies’ search engines will see real-time Twitter results. The company is now looking at companies that are “focused mainly on exploring the incredibly rich field of real-time search and discovery,” Twitter’s Ryan Sarver wrote in a blog post . Those companies include Ellerdale, Collecta, Kosmix, Scoopler, twazzup, CrowdEye, and Chainn Search

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When Microsoft launched their new Windows Phone 7 Series OS a couple of weeks ago they managed to pull off something they’ve never achieved in the mobile market space, creating a buzz that’s still being talked about. There can be no doubting that this new mobile operating system is radically different to everything we’ve seen before.

Windows MultiPoint Server 2010, a new Microsoft Windows product was released 2-24-10. It may be a godsend to schools and school districts because it provides educational scenarios such as classrooms, labs and libraries. It presents users the ability to simultaneously use and share one computer using multiple screens. For budget pressed educational districts this can be a welcome move. Come March 1, MultiPoint Server 2010 will be rolling out to Microsoft academic volume licensing customers. In addition, new partnerships will be created with hardware manufacturing companies that create an ecosystem that give customers a variety of choices to buy and use Windows MultiPoint Server solutions. What is MultiPoint Server 2010?

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Microsoft has released an update on its operating system for the Moble phone market. The expectations were high, and it was roundly covered in many websites including this one. Many were not disappointed with the new technology that was unveiled. Probably the most import aspect of the announcement was that, No, Microsoft would not make its own phone which would directly compete with the Apple iPhone. Instead, it means to compete in the mobile market by making arrangements with different mobile phone makers to provide them with an OS that would compete with the iPhone OS. This was supposed to start the war of the Apps. But tellingly even though Apple had cornered the market with its own apps, Microsoft was going to compete by having multiple mobile companies produce mobile phones. Where Apple would have one mobile phone in its marketing arsenal, Microsoft would have several phones. A new chart just released by Silicon Alley, however, paints a different view

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This issue doesn’t seem to be as prominent among users with Windows 7 as it was when Windows Vista was first released. When Windows Vista was released, it was built using a different code structure to that which Windows XP was built. Windows XP had been around for 5 years before Windows Vista was released and it held a large majority of the market, even after Windows Vista was released.

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The Macworld Expo in San Francisco on Thursday served as the coming-out party for a number of startups in the Mac ecosystem. IDG, which oversees the Macworld show as well as the DEMO conference, combined the two on Thursday at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Several startups presented new products, most of which centered about the iPhone. IDG identified each as the “best of show” for the conference. Yapper appears to be the only totally new application that debuted in IDG’s lineup

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