Author Archive for Everton
Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK.He also writes for Windows 8 News, Connected Internet and One Tip A Day.
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Nine More Windows 7 International Themes
To coincide with the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft released several free international Windows 7 Themes. More countries have since been included, with themes now available for New Zealand, Poland, Taiwan and Latvia.
Three New Windows 7 Featured Themes
Microsoft have added a number of free new Windows 7 featured themes to their theme lineup. The new themes might not be to everyone’s taste, but if you’re a pet lover then they will be right down your alley.
Help Me Build A High-End Windows 7 PC
My main PC stopped working today. No matter what I do the network adaptor on my Abit IP35-Pro motherboard won’t work. I’ve been toying with building a new high-end Windows 7 rig for a while and given that my PC is my livelihood I want to build a new Windows 7 machine fast. If I [...]
Day 9 Christmas Giveaway – Win $300 Of Crucial Memory!
On Day 9 of our $9k Christmas Giveaway we are giving away one of our best prizes. Today the lucky winner of our main reverse auction over will win $300 of free computer memory of their choice from Crucial Technology! If you’re looking to give your Windows 7 PC a performance boost then adding good [...]
No More Windows 7 Family Pack Deal In The US, But Available In The UK
The Windows 7 Family Pack offer from Microsoft represented great value for users who needed more than one copy of Windows 7 - for $149.99 you got 3 copies of Windows 7 Home Premium. After noticing over the weekend that Windows 7 Family Pack copies were becoming hard to find, Microsoft have formally pulled the [...]
How To Check If Windows 7 Is Genuine
Despite Microsoft attempts at reducing Windows 7 piracy, hacked copies of Windows 7 already exist. Not only have Windows 7 Activation Hacks been created using RemoveWAT and Chew-WGA, but some software pirates are even selling hacked copies of Windows 7 on USB Drives. If you brought a copy of Windows 7 from some guy on [...]
Skin Windows 7 Taskbar with AeroWorks
If you want a simple way to tweak the Windows 7 Taskbar then AeroWorks could be for you. AeroWorks is a new Windows 7 skinning tool that comes with seven skins pre-loaded which allows you to make changes to these skins, but only while AeroWorks is running in the free version. The app makes [...]
Christmas Giveway Day 7: Win Belkin Router & USB Key
We’ve hit the 7th day of our $9K Christmas Giveway and today we’ve got some hot prizes. Our main prize today is a Belkin N+ Wireless Router and a Belkin N+ USB Adaptor worth $200 in total. Don’t worry if you don’t win this one – we have another set to give away later in [...]
$9K Christmas Giveaway Day 5: Win a Linksys Router Worth $200!!
We’re 1/5 of the way through our Christmas Giveaway where in total we are giving away over $9000 in prizes. On day 4 we gave away several prizes:
Uniblue RegistryBooster 2010 Worth $30!!
Uniblue PowerSuite Bundle Worth $100!!
Free Copy Of WinRAR Worth $45!!
Recover My Files Professional Worth $100!!
TidySongs Worth $39!!!
Bulk Image Downloader Worth $24.95!
Congratulations to the winners!!
Christmas Giveaway Day 5
Today we’ve got a special prize [...]
Download Windows Media Feature Pack For Windows 7 N And Windows 7 KN
Since 2004 after being fined a record 497m euros in an antitrust ruling, Microsoft when has only been allowed by the European Commission, who decided that bundling Windows Media Player with Windows was anticompetitive, to release versions of its operating systems in Europe with media players on the condition that versions without media players were [...]
Download Windows 7 Application Compatibility List
The experience of upgrading to Windows Vista has probably put many users off upgrading to Windows 7. Microsoft have tried hard to reassure users that Windows 7 is ‘not’ Vista, by conducting a very public beta program and working hard to disseminate the good news about Windows 7. To further aid Windows 7 upgrades, Microsoft [...]
Microsoft Running Windows 7 Tester Photo Competition
In a further attempt to woo Windows 7 Ttesters, Microsoft is running a photo competition for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta testers where five lucky winners will win ‘Windows 7 Swag’. To enter, Microsoft Connect users need to send in a photo of themselves in their testing environment, be at the most [...]
$9k Christmas Giveaway – Day 4
Our Christmas Giveaway is picking up momentum now with lots of users having fun bidding for free to win a share of over $9000 in prizes. On day 3 we saw some very frantic bidding in our reverse auctions, with one of our prizes going for a record amount:
$300 In Amazon Vouchers – Lowest Unique [...]
$9k Christmas Giveaway – Day 3
We had some teething problems with the auction site yesterday that are now resolved and day 2 winners of our $9K Christmas Giveaway have now been notified. Yesterday we gave away:
Free utilities and performance software from UNIBLUE - Worth $100!!
Free Unlimited Online Backup Account from Mozy - Worth $55!!
More software from UNIBLUE - Worth $30!!
Free Copy of MediaMonkey Gold [...]
New Microsoft Window 7 Theme: Twinkle Wish
Microsoft have just added a seasonal Windows 7 theme to their featured Windows 7 Themes.
The Twinkle Wish Windows 7 Theme includes six cute Christmas Windows 7 Wallpapers, as well as other theme customisations. I like the choice of imagery and I hope that Microsoft continue to produce great Windows 7 themes in 2010.
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Windows 7 Market Share Hits 5%
Stats from NetApplications who track internet usage seems to suggest that only a month after its launch, Windows 7’s market share has reached 5%. Over the course of November 09 Windows 7 based machines accounted for 4% of overall monitored web traffic, however by the end of the month Windows 7 share was 5% on [...]
