http://www.win7news.net Win7news is the world's first and largest weekly B2C-zine uniquely focused on the many millions of new Microsoft Windows 7 users. en-us Copyright 1996-2011 Sunbelt Software All Rights Reserved. feedback@win7news.net (Deb Shinder) Thu, 1 Sep 2011 22:14:35 1440 We love Windows 7, but Windows 8 is right around the corner - well, at least the beta is, if all the rumors are true. It will be a while before the final version is released, but some of you may get your hands on it as early as next month. Meanwhile, Microsoft is slowing revealing more tidbits of information about the new features in their next OS. This week's editorial takes a look at some that have been officially confirmed, and a few rumors that might or might not be true. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=103 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 This week, Deb begins a three-part feature editorial that will take a look under the hood of your Windows 7 computer and discuss some utilities you can use to monitor what's going on beneath the surface and catch problems before they become big ones. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=102 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 Things change, and that includes Win7News. Some big changes are coming, but we think they'll make your favorite newsletter even better. Find out about that and all things Windows in this week's editorial. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=101 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 Everything you thought you knew about Macs being more secure than Windows got blown out of the water at BlackHat last week, and Deb was there. In this week's editorial, read more about the presentation that showed how Windows 7 is actually less vulnerable to network attacks than OS X. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=100 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 Deb is on the road again, this time in Las Vegas for the annual BlackHat and Defcon security conferences. In this week's editorial, she tells you how she set up her Windows 7 computer to share the hotel's wired Internet connection with her tablet. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=99 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 Some computer users refuse to upgrade to Windows 7, not because of cost or the pain of learning a new interface, but because they fear its digital rights management (DRM) will severely impact their computing lives. But is Windows 7 DRM really that heinous? That's what we look at in this week's editorial. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=98 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Data: that's what it's all about. You can always restore the operating system or reinstall the application, but the data you create or collect is what really matters. Protecting it from hackers, viruses or natural disasters is hard enough, but how do you protect it from others when you have to share it with them? That's the dilemma we look at in this week's editorial. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=97 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 It's been half a year since we saw all those Windows 7 tablets at CES - but many of them haven't yet made it to market and some have been postponed indefinitely. Of those that are available, are any worth buying? Or is it just plain too late for Windows 7 on a tablet? Those are the questions Deb asks in this week's editorial. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=96 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 You've probably heard of Microsoft's Kinect motion sensing device, but did you know it's not just for playing games? Kinect is coming to Windows 7, too! Read more about it in this week's editorial. And in the follow-up, see what readers have to say about the idea of using smartphone-style apps on Windows 7. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=95 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Smartphone apps are all the rage and in some cases, they're more convenient to use than full-fledged Windows applications or navigating to web sites. What if you could have the same types of apps on your desktop? Deb looks at a new platform that lets you do just that in this week's editorial. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=94 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 Remote Desktop has been around for a while, but it just keeps getting better. Windows 7 brings more improvements to this feature, and some computer users are only now discovering it. In this week's editorial, Deb talks about why she loves the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), solutions to some problems she's encountered with it, and her wish list for the next version. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=93 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 Google’s Chromebook is now officially on sale, and there’s been plenty of hype surrounding the new Chrome OS - but should you trade in your Windows 7 netbook or notebook for one? This week, Deb compares the two and lets you decide. In the follow-up, readers got pretty passionate about the unveiling of Windows 8 - but is that a good thing or a bad thing for the next OS? http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=92 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 Last week, the world outside of the Microsoft campus got its first official look at the totally revamped user interface on the next version of Windows (a.k.a. Windows 8). This week in the editorial, Deb shares some of her thoughts about what we saw, what she likes and doesn't, and where this all might be headed. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=91 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 Deb got a ton of email last week, from readers wishing her well after a weather-related power outage appeared to have wiped out the Win7News editorial she'd written. There were also many requests to redo that piece, about Microsoft OneNote, as it seems plenty of readers are interested in what the software has to offer. This week, then, by popular request, we're bringing you "Getting Organized with OneNote 2010." And in the follow-up, some reader comments about how the best-laid backup plans can go awry. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=90 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:00:00 This week's Win7News editorial is not the one that Deb planned to submit - but sometimes the best-laid plans go awry. Read about how that happened and the lesson we all should learn about how, even when you have a good backup strategy in place, you can still lose your data. And in the follow-up, there's more discussion of a world without wires. http://www.win7news.net/rss/?id=89 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00