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Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium)

Windows 7 is more than what Vista should have been — it's where Microsoft needed to go. How much damage Vista did and whether Windows 7 is enough for people to finally abandon Windows XP are questions that nobody has the answers to right now.

Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional)

Windows 7 looks like the operating system that we've all been waiting for. Despite its imperfections, it shows a lot of promise for the future while presenting a stable platform that can compete comfortably with OS X.

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Reviews

  • Microsoft Windows 7 (Ultimate)

    Windows 7 looks like the operating system that we've all been waiting for. Despite its imperfections, it shows a lot of promise for the future while presenting a stable platform that can compete comfortably with OS X.

  • Toyota Prius (2009)

    The hybrid du jour is back and although prices have gone up, fuel economy is now officially pegged at 3.9L/100km.

  • Toyota Prius i-Tech (2009)

    the best tech goodies, such as the solar powered air-con, parking assistance, LED headlights and radar cruise control, on the new Prius are reserved for the i-Tech model.

  • TiVo Home Networking

    It's tough to move past the sticker shock of the cost of TiVo's home networking solution, but it is a simple solution for those wanting more portable TV out of their PVR.

  • Chrome (beta)

    Google has rethought the Internet browser — some of its basic underpinnings are quite novel — but users will recognise some features as they exist in other, open-source browsers on the market today.

  • Hitachi DZ-HS303

    Good video quality and the convenience of having both hard disk and DVD in one camcorder are let down by a small hard-disk, slow menus and other compromises.

  • Resistance: Fall of Man

    Resistance is an exciting action game that successfully combines many of the best qualities from other great first-person shooters with its own spectacular visuals and a few novel twists.

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Features

  • All eyes on new DVD format war

    With hardware manufacturers and movie studios dividing into the Blu-ray or HD-DVD camp, it is likely consumers will be hesitant to purchase players of either format until the dust settles.

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  • Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera leaks: It's the E-P1

    Olympus has been promising its first Micro Four Thirds model for ages, and it seems the wait is over. The new camera has a name: the E-P1.

  • Battery cost holding back hybrids and EVs

    BusinessWeek posted a feature entitled "The Electric Car Battery War", looking at the rush to refine Lithium-ion battery technology and posing the question "Should the US government get involved?" We contend, though, that the most important thing is reducing the cost of the batteries.

  • Centrino Duo: a Rosa by any other name

    Intel has finally released the details of its much anticipated Santa Rosa chipset, but is it the messiah we had hoped for?

  • Intel beefs up portable PC push

    Despite tepid sales of early units, Intel is doubling down on its investment in technology for handheld PCs with new chips and Linux support.

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