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Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsValentines day is fast approaching, so here are some new Windows 7 themes that you can download an use on your desktop. These are Roses, and they are some of the most wonderful looking pictures ever.

Queen of the Flowers

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsA few blogs ago, I posted about Microsoft’s 10th anniversary with their Trustworthy Computing. Now the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) format is clear. For Microsoft, whose challenge is to lead the software community in ways to combat cybercrime, the SDL is their way of introducing a rational plan to meet that goal.

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsMicrosoft are constantly working on making new themes for Windows 7, as a result there’s a great selection of themes for Windows 7 available (check out our extensive gallery here). This latest theme from them is entitled “Animal Affection” and is one of the cutest themes I’ve ever seen.
This is really a perfect theme for all you animal lovers out there, you’ll be constantly staring at these awe inspiring wallpapers every day. Even reading Microsoft’s description of the theme is enough to set any animal lovers heart racing.

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsThere are E-mail Privacy Issues associated with Google. If you didn’t know this, Google Chrome and Gmail, and Google Apps read everything that you put in there. If you are worried about your privacy, then Google’s apps are not what you want to use because they get information from you. If you use Gmail, be aware that they actually read the contents of your mail (both sent and received, even if you aren’t a Gmail user but just sending to someone who is) in order to decide what kind of ads to serve up to you.

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsSome details of thew next big release of Windows Phone, codenamed ‘Apollo’ have emerged today from a video hosted by Windows Phone chief Joe Belfiore for partners including Nokia, and seen by PocketNow.  The video covered a few themes that are all logical evolutions of the platform.

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsMicrosoft is a success in the retail market. How so? Microsoft Dynamics comes at a time when retailers need to address multiple customer issues quickly and simultaneously. It is a complete hub that provides core capabilities like point of sale, inventory, supply chain operations, and financials. But on top of that it integrates with excel, SharePoint, and Visual Studio.

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsYesterday the very first official Kinect devices for Windows went on sale in 12 different countries all over the world including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain and the US. The initial retail price is $249 and Microsoft announced plans to have a special discounted price of $149 for qualified education users in the near future.

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsMicrosoft are desperate to squash Windows XP.  The operating system is now more than 10 years old and has been replaced twice!  Yet, despite all of this, and because Vista was late and (frankly) rubbish, millions of people are still using the “comfortable old shoe” and despite their now being less than 800 days left for extended malware and security patch support, they are mostly resolutely refusing to upgrade, insisting that Microsoft will have to back down instead and continue support until their computers eventually die, or perhaps even longer.

Posted on Windows 7 News & TipsWell January flew by if you ask me, it seems like only yesterday that I posted about how I was going to start off a series of publishing Smashing Magazine’s calendar wallpapers for every month. Now it’s February, and while it may be the shortest month of the year, even with a leap year this year, I’ve got no less than 27 wallpapers for you this month. That’s nearly a new wallpaper for you every single day!