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news.cnet.com - 5/18/2009

Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier

— news.cnet.com — A Dell marketing executive says Windows 7 pricing is potentially an obstacle for Windows 7 adoption.... (more) Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier

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Windows 7

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blogs.zdnet.com - 5/22/2009

Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks

— blogs.zdnet.com — Microsoft is readying a set of maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks --or, as Microsoft prefers to... call them, "small notebooks" -- that will likely dictate which PCs will qualify for lower per-copy Windows 7 pricing. (more) Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows ...

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Windows 7

Microsoft

Windows XP

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gizmodo.com - 5/16/2009

How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook [How To]

— gizmodo.com — Windows 7 is free for now , and works extremely well on netbooks. That said, installing the... OS on these tiny laptops—especially low-end models—can be daunting. Here's how to do it, the easy way: If the Release Candidate is any ... (more) How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook [How To]

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Windows 7

Microsoft

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Microsoft adds native Virtual WiFi technology into Windows 7
D' Technology Weblog — ... Network Connection 2’ with a Device Name of ‘Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport adapter’ if the computer has a single wireless network adapter. This virtual device is used exclusively for performing software access point (SoftAP) connections [...]. The lifetime of this virtual device is tied to the physical wireless adapter. If the physical wireless adapter is disabled, this virtual device will be removed as well.” More info: Istartedsomething ...

Windows 7's Virtual Wi-Fi Turns One Wireless Adapter Into Many for Easy Sharing, Hotspot Double-Tapping [Wi-Fi]
Gizmodo — ... You can't do it yet because the drivers for wireless adapters to make this happen don't exist yet, but they will, so you'll see it by the final release for sure. Pretty useful, though I wish they'd make Network and Sharing a little easier still to navigate around. Maybe that's too much to ask. [I Started Something via ...

Microsoft's Virtual WiFi will make Windows 7 wireless adapters do a double-take
Engadget — ... It's been a long, long time since Microsoft Research first released its findings on Virtual WiFi, or VWiFi, technology that would allow a single wireless network adapter to act like two, two, two NICs in one. Now that innovation finally ready for the big show: ...

Virtual Wifi brings mesh networks to Windows 7
Download Squad — ... If you're into the more technical aspects, Long Zheng has an architecture diagram and detailed explanation about the inner workings of VWifi on his blog. There's also a ...

As Windows 7 Rolls Out, 4 Things to Expect [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Shifts In Connectivity, and Utilities: In the wake of previous Windows rollouts, connectivity and networking technologies have been heavily affected by what Microsoft builds into a new version; in some cases the company’s bundling of utilities and security enhancements has forced software players selling standalone utilities out of business. One very notable software layer in Windows 7 enables “virtual Wi-Fi,” which essentially allows a user to group multiple Wi-Fi connections ...

Connectify Is Early Evidence of Why Win7’s “Virtual Wi-Fi” Matters [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... . Connectify, though, takes direct advantage of the virtual Wi-Fi features in Windows 7 to create a software-based wireless router for Wi-Fi sharing. Just imagine the range and coverage possibilities that can come of turning your laptop into a router. (You can read more about how virtual Wi-Fi works here.) ...

Turn Windows 7 into a Hotspot
Wi-Fi Networking News — ... The beta version of Connectify for Windows 7 uses the OS's ability to create a software access point and a virtual Wi-Fi adapter while still remaining connected to an infrastructure Wi-Fi network. This Windows 7 feature virtualizes the Wi-Fi network connection, allowing a separate client and access point function to operate as separate virtual devices using the same radio channel and same hardware. Some advantages over ad hoc networking, just like with the upcoming Wi-Fi Direct technology, is the use of WPA2 Personal (AES-CCMP flavor) for securing the ...

Windows 7 Gets True Software Base Station before Mac OS X
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... For Windows 7, Microsoft rolled in something from Microsoft Research: a virtual wireless adapter. The way this works is that with a single Wi-Fi module in a computer, Windows 7 can create two separate connections at the same time: one can act like a regular Wi-Fi connection to a base station, if one's available; the other acts like a software base station with full security and channel selection options. ...