June 26, 2009
Microsoft unveils Windows 7 free upgrades and discounts
The Register
Gavin Clarke writes about Microsoft’s free upgrades from Windows Vista to Windows 7.
“Microsoft’s free upgrades to Windows 7 from Windows Vista will squarely target students buying PCs for the new school year this autumn. The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program will start today and stretch to 31 January 2010, just over two months after Windows 7 becomes available.”
Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches
ZD Net
John Morris provides market researcher, NPD’s distinctions between netbooks and notebooks.
“Netbooks have 10-inch or smaller displays, use Atom processors and 1GB of memory, and run Windows XP. Notebooks are bigger, use ‘real processors,’ have 2GB or more, and run Windows Vista.”
Startups are critical to global prosperity
Network World
Alpa Agarwal writes why “businesses are the economic building blocks of nations.”
“According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), there are four factors that impact growth and prosperity in the world. They are entrepreneurship, innovation, Information & Communications Technology and human capital. (Businesses) create innovation by commercializing invention and making people’s lives better. As their usefulness in people’s lives grows, they grow, in turn creating jobs and increasing standards of living.”