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WinTricks is a small program available for all versions of Windows from Windows 95 to Windows 7 . As the name implies, it contains sheer number of tips & tricks for Windows Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7 operating systems. Other than that it also offers tricks for your Internet browser including IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. Tips and tricks are available under 21 different categories

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The Apple iPad will be coming to the UK ‘late April’ according to Apple, with both versions of the device (Wi-Fi and 3G) shipping at the same time. The US will get the Apple iPad first, however, with Apple announcing it is coming in its 3G guise to America next month, with the official US release date 3 April. Apple has finally given specific details of a launch after its website teased for months that it would be out in ‘late March’.

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The first batch of Apple iPads may not hit shops until April, with a ‘manufacturing bottleneck’ being blamed for the possible delay. The news was relayed by Peter Misek, an analyst at Canaccord Adams, who believes that we won’t see any iPads in March. Launch will be delayed “An unspecified production problem at the iPad’s manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision, will likely limit the launch region to the US and the number of units available to roughly 300K in the month of March,” he said to clients.

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Microsoft is to begin bi-hourly shutdowns of the Release Candidate version of Windows, a process which is set to continue until 1 June. We notified you last week that this was about to begin but the official date for the shutdowns is today – 1 March. Up until 1 June these shutdowns will take place, then they will be replaced with a permanent ‘cheapskate’ branding on your computer. This will come in the form of your wallpaper being removed, in its place the statement : “This copy of Windows is not genuine” will appear

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It’s a Rashômon like moment. Today, former Microsoft vice president Dick Brass lays the wood to Microsoft in the New York Times for being a “clumsy, uncompetitive innovator.” Mere hours later, on the Official Microsoft Blog, vice president of Corporate Communications Frank X. Shaw responds with a ‘no we aren’t’ rebuttal . What’s interesting is that both make valid points, and, legitimately, both may be right. Brass’s bone of contention is the way Microsoft handles competition.

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For those who have been missed the good old Vista wallpapers in Windows 7 can now download the Vista theme for Windows 7 , which comes with 7 high-quality official Vista wallpapers to decorate your Windows 7 with Vista look.

Despite the fact that Windows 7 comes with brilliant visual styles, Windows enthusiasts have been releasing beautiful styles for almost a year now. Sonye for Windows 7 is not just another visual style, but it is one the most beautiful visual styles available for Windows 7. The visual style pack comes with three sub-styles.

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Apple has announced via its UK website it will be shipping the 3G version of the iPad in April for the UK. This means the official UK version of the iPad will first land in late March, and barely days later will be followed by the better specified but more expensive 3G iteration. Jobs said at the time of launch that the iPad data plans internationally would be announced in June or July, so it must mean that a deal to provide data in the UK has been struck sooner than expected.

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New statistics show that Twitter users in the UK have declined over the past few months, prompting analysts to question whether the site has hit its peak. Nielson’s figures show that 4,427,000 UK people logged onto Twitter in September of last year, with the figure declining by 24 per cent in October to 3,364,000. This dropped further (although percentage wise not as much) to 3,414,000 in December – a trend which is seeping into January’s figures. Twitter off-shoots popular It’s not all doom and gloom however (if you can call a global audience of 50 million plus doom and gloom), as Alex Burmaster, of Nielson, notes that Twitter off-shoots are rising in popularity

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The Apple iPad has finally arrived and the device is as beautiful as you would expect from an Apple product. Primed with a 9.7-inch screen and power from Apple’s very own 1GHz ARM-based Apple A4 chip and is compatible with every single app you have downloaded for your now small fry iPhone. But, back to the aesthetics. Below is some of the official product shots of the Apple iPad tablet and all the specs details you will need

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