Google announced their intent to build a new operating system with design based on the shape of computing today. Noting that today’s browsers run on operating systems that began before there even was a web, Google says it is set to “rethink what operating systems should be.”
What does Google Promise?
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Top Loved Netbooks
Is Windows 7 Price Right?
Windows 7 Family Pack Discount
Ask the Pros – Drive Management
OEMs Get Win 7 on July 13th
Chris Pirillo Video: Ask the Pros -Enlarge Fonts on Web Pages
Bits from Bill: Twitter Attacks
Technologizer: Firefox Review
TechBite: Hows Your HardDrive Doing?
The Dodge Retort: HP Mini Review
Tip #1: Windows 7 Tutorials
Tip #2: Gmail HTTPS setting
Tip #3: Start Your PC With No Case
Tip #4: Rotate Your Monitor Display
PC Pitstop Driver Library
PC Pitstop Newsletter – July 2009 Read More »
Twitterspeak: OMG RTM@WPC
July explodes onto the scene as reports of Windows 7, version 7264 flood the internet. Why the excitement, what’s different about this version? Well, first off the beta and RC1 license keys that have been so abundantly supplied by Microsoft, will not activate the software. This is a sure sign that the RTM release day is close. Additional evidence is noted by changes in the EULA. All references to “development” have been removed, and while there are other more subtle changes, these are enough for me.
Windows 7 Release To Manufacturers July 13th Read More »
Our good friend Chris Pirillo has stepped in to help us answer yet another one of the numerous Ask the Pros questions that have come in. Someone from the PCPitStop community recently asked how he can enlarge fonts on a web page, to make it easier for him to read. You don’t need a new printer, don’t worry! The answer lies within your browser itself!
Chris Pirillo Video – How Do You Enlarge Fonts on a Web Page? Read More »
Blogger Kristen Kenneay & Zdnet’s Ed Bott took a deep dive into Microsoft’s Windows 7 Home Premium EULA and found a clause that suggests you will be able to install one copy of the new operating system “on three computers in your household for use by people who reside there”.
Windows 7 Family Pack on the Way? Read More »
By Bill Pytlovany
No, it’s not under attack by rebel’s in Iran. It’s the same old malware attacks using popular topics or trends on Twitter.
It’s natural as soon as something on the Internet is popular, it will be the target of greedy, bad guys. These days most of the buzz is about Twitter and sure enough Twitter is the new playground for evil tricksters.
Bits from Bill: Twitter Under Attack Read More »
By Harry McCracken
Was it really fewer than five years ago that Firefox 1.0 debuted? Its arrival ended the dismal period in which only one browser–Microsoft’s mediocre Internet Explorer–seemed to be viable. With Firefox, Mozilla proved that millions of people were itching to adopt a better browser. And today, we find ourselves with multiple better browsers: Not just Firefox, but also Google’s minimalist Chrome, Apple’s flashy Safari, the ever-inventive Opera, the highly social Flock, and even the no-longer-calcifying Internet Explorer 8.
All of which means that Firefox 3.5–which Mozilla plans to formally release today–is no longer a shoo-in for the distinction of being the favorite browser of browser fans.
Technologizer: Firefox 3.5 Review Read More »
Howdy and Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. The past week has seen more questions on drives and boot problems so I decided to take a good look at Windows Disk Management. Disk Management has always been a good utility, but starting with Vista and continuing into Windows 7, it has become a powerful and simple way to format and partition drives. You can manage the drive your booting from, or you can format and partition new drives for later installations and use.
Let’s take a look at this weeks question and see where it takes us.
ASK THE PROS July Drive Management Read More »
Welcome everyone to a new and very exciting part of PC Pitstop. Roughly a year ago, as part of the incredibly popular OverDrive test, we began collecting user input about PC satisfaction. We began asking the following three questions:
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By Steve Bass
Hard drives are about as dependable as a teenager promising to come home by midnight. The more you know about your drive–the brand-specific idiosyncrasies and the diagnostic sounds that drives produce–the better prepared you are for the inevitable crash.
TechBite: How’s Your Hard Drive Doing? Read More »