Canonical takes on Windows 7 with latest Ubuntu release candidate

Canonical made available on Thursday the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7.

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Google's Sergey Brin laments Yahoo's Microsoft search deal

Google cofounder and President of Technology Sergey Brin made a surprise appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit on Thursday, answering a variety of questions on hot-button issues affecting the search company.

Interviewed on stage by conference chairman John Battelle, Brin lamented Yahoo's decision to enter into a search outsourcing deal with Microsoft.

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Apple must upgrade Boot Camp to support Windows 7

Apple today announced that it will update its Boot Camp utility before the end of the year to support Microsoft's just-launched Windows 7 .

In a short support document posted to the Apple site, the company said it would soon revise Boot Camp, a utility that lets users run Windows and its applications in a separate disk partition on an Intel-based Mac.

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Apple must upgrade Boot Camp to support Windows 7

Apple today announced that it will update its Boot Camp utility before the end of the year to support Microsoft's just-launched Windows 7 .

In a short support document posted to the Apple site, the company said it would soon revise Boot Camp, a utility that lets users run Windows and its applications in a separate disk partition on an Intel-based Mac.

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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

This week was so chock-full of news we really needed two quizzes to cover it all. Apple unveiled heaps of new hardware, not quite 48 hours before Microsoft officially served up Windows 7 -- a sorbet of an OS designed to help users lose the bitter aftertaste of Windows Vista. But wait, there's more. With new e-book readers, new "iPhone killers," and new music services, our holiday wish list overfloweth. Your task: Navigate our knotty questions on your way to a perfect score. Award yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now begin.

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