10 reasons why Windows XP will be around a while

Here's another 10 Things list from Tech Rebpublic

10 reasons why Windows XP will be around a while

With the Windows 7 launch on October 22 it looks like On-Site Technical Solutions managed to get through the Vista era without deploying that OS. All of our customers are still running Windows XP Pro and many of them will be for a while. A handful of customers bought PCs without our help and ended up with Vista, but I think we downgraded ALL of them to Windows XP. We never really got Vista to work in the business environment. We don't plan to roll out Windows 7 until SP 1 (or we get it to work seamlessly in our environment since we'll be using it) despite the great reviews it's getting - force of habit from 25+ years in the business!

The fact that Microsoft will continue to sell and update Windows XP Pro are probably the leading indicators that the software will be around for a while. Plus the fact that the deep recession isn't giving businesses any reasons to spend money unless they simply must, and Windows 7 doesn't really provide that for most of our customers.

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Radiation threats: The 10 most potentially hazardous smartphones

No matter what you might think of the potential health risk of mobile phones, it's always best to make informed decisions. Based on that rule of thumb, here is a post from Tech Republic on mobile phones and radiation.

It includes a link to a .pdf copy of a study by the Environmental Working Group and a separate link to a list of radiation from all phones from that same group.

From Tech Republic:

Radiation threats: The 10 most potentially hazardous smartphones

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Video: Keyboard shortcuts for moving faster in Windows Vista

Courtesy of Tech Republic, here is the video. The link also has a link to text, if that's preferable to video.

Video: Keyboard shortcuts for moving faster in Windows Vista

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Top 10 changes to security in Windows 7

Windows 7 is still going to change before it's released, but there's still plenty of buzz around it. In addition to interface changes, the security features will also change from Windows Vista. Here Tech Repbulic takes a look at what they've seen so far.

From Tech Republic

Top 10 changes to security in Windows 7

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Beginning To Look Back On 2007 - Where Did The Year Go?

Sanity check: The 10 biggest technology belly flops of 2007 From Jason Hiner in Tech Republic

Speaking of TJX - TJX offers $40.9 million breach settlement From SearchSecurity.com

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