PCmover Win 7 Upgrade Assistant makes transition from XP to 7 easy

It's no secret that there is a huge population of Windows XP machines still in service. According to Laplink's CEO Thomas Koll, up to 70 percent of PCs are still on the pre-Vista operating system, with the majority capable of being upgraded to Windows 7. However, Microsoft has stated that it does not plan to allow direct upgrades for XP to Windows 7, which means that XP users will have to format their machines and reinstall all their previous applications and data to upgrade to the latest OS.
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Flash 10.1 for nearly every mobile device except the iPhone

Flash on smartphones, or the lack of, has been talked about for a long time, but this will all end soon as Adobe has just unveiled its latest Flash Player 10.1 built for "smartphones, smartbooks, Netbooks, PCs and other Internet-connected devices". In pedestrian terms, that basically means everything in your typical household.

The first to reap the benefits with a public developer beta latter this year are Windows Mobile and Palm webOS mobile software. Google Android and Symbian are next for 2010. BlackBerry smartphones are on the cards, too, as the Waterloo-based company has just inked a joint collaboration with Adobe, though no dates were mentioned in the press release.
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Vringo for Android enables video ringtones for calls

Like most mobile platforms, Android phones can assign ringtones to incoming calls. What the platform can't do on its own is let callers choose their own favorite ringtones to play when calling a friend. Vringo for Android is a beta application that can do that. What's more, it makes this self-chosen ringtone a video ringtone, which is immensely cooler.

Vringo got its start on Java feature phones, and now works on BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian, too. Here's the premise--you sign up for an account and choose one or more video ringtones, or "vringos," to use. You download it, and can set your vringo, changing it as often as you like. That vringo becomes the ringtone that other Vringo buddies see when you call them. You also see it when your own phone rings with an incoming call--unless the caller is a fellow Vringo user, in which case you see the Vringo they've selected, not the vringo you've chosen. Got all that?

After logging in on the Android phone, new users will see a dashboard with three preloaded video ringtones to get started. You can get more from Vringo's library by browsing categories. We're disappointed that there seems to be no search feature. After a 5-second default preview (you can click to see a full clip at launch, except for the Marvel category), you can decide to download the vringo to your gallery.
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Windows 7 compatibility sticker: Netbooks not included

Now here's an oddity: Microsoft's "Windows 7 compatible" sticker that will be affixed to nearly all Windows computers around Windows 7 launch doesn't seem to include current Atom Netbooks.

The reasoning, according to Microsoft's page and an Engadget report, is that these stickers will indicate that the computer in question can run all versions of Windows 7, including 64-bit. Says Mark Relph, senior director of the Microsoft Windows Strategy Group: "To be granted the Logo, products are tested to work with all versions of Windows 7 including 64-bit. This is an important change since 64 bit systems are becoming more mainstream." While future Atom processors will be 64-bit capable, current Intel Atom Netbooks with processors such as the Atom N270 can't run 64-bit Windows 7, and are thus off the list for this sticker.
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Windows 7 makes window management easier

Moving, resizing, and arranging windows on the screen has been one of those things we've done since the earliest days of Microsoft Windows. If you've used Windows since 1995, you know the maximize, minimize, and restore buttons like the back of your hand. But those old-school tools just don't cut it with today's big monitors and high-definition resolutions. ZDNet's Ed Bott shows you a cool new set of gestures and shortcuts to help you move, resize, and arrange windows more intelligently. Check out the video after the jump.
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