Products such as PCmover Pro and Enterprise let you move a Windows XP installation to Windows 7, but is that the best upgrade path? Andrew Garcia replies with an unequivocal no.
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Oxford Students Hit Out At Spotify Ban
Oxford university has tried to block music-streaming site Spotify, claiming that the peer-to-peer aspects of its technology are a drain on bandwidth
Customisable Bluetooth Headsets Launched
Bluetooth headset maker Aliph launches its Jawbone series – consisting of six headsets all including MyTalk – billed as an industry-first platform for Bluetooth headsets
IBM Looks To Filter Noise From Social Networks
With Project Vulcan, IBM is looking to filter out the noise associated with social networking across the IBM Lotus messaging and collaboration portfolio
IBM Unveils Lotus Notes Apps For iPhone, Android
IBM has unveiled the first applications for Apple's iPhone and Google's Android platforms at Lotusphere 2010
Gmail Accounts Of Foreign Journalists In China Attacked
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said correspondents working in bureaus in Beijing had their Google Gmail accounts hijacked
France Jumps On IE Boycott Bandwagon
The French government has issued an advisory warning Internet users to change from Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, after the discovery of a zero-day security flaw
Twitter Bomb Joker Arrested And Suspended
A Doncaster man's joke about blowing up a snow-bound airport led to arrest under the Terrorism Act and suspension from work
OLPC To Send Rugged Laptops To Haiti
The low-cost laptop specialist OLPC has become the latest tech company to pledge help after the earthquake in Haiti
Computer Games Sales Down 8 Percent
The NPD Group reports that despite a strong December finish, full-year video game sales came in 8 percent below last year's record-setting revenues
Twitter Grows Globally But Shrinks In USA
More and more people around the world are using the microblogging service Twitter, but its use in the United States has declined
Cisco’s New SAN Tools To Connect With UCS Fabrics
New SAN tools from Cisco can direct data traffic using any protocol from any node to any device within a Cisco fabric
Chinese Cyber-Attacks Came Through New IE Flaw
Security vendor McAfee says the attack that prompted Google's threat to leave China, actually used a new zero-day Internet Explorer flaw
SAP Backtracks Over Maintenance Fees
SAP has done a u-turn after announcing that its customers would now have a choice between Standard and Enterprise Support
Cisco Warns Enterprises To Control Facebook And Twitter Usage
In a new study Cisco has warned that Facebook and Twitter use in enterprises requires much greater governance and oversight
eWEEK Europe Follows Apps At Mobile World Congress
Watch out for a chance to win free tickets to the show, as eWEEK Europe sponsors the App Planet at the GSMA's MWC event in Barcelona
Facebook Fugitive Arrested And Facing Porridge
An escaped prisoner who used Facebook to taunt British police over the Christmas period has been arrested
Facebook And Google: Who’s The Good Guy?
Google gets praise for standing up to China, while Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has unleashed a storm of protest over privacy. It's not so simple, says Peter Judge
Review: LapLink’s PCmover Tools Ease Windows 7 Migration
LapLink's PCmover line of personality transplant tools moves applications and their configuration settings to a new operating system without requiring reinstallation or reconfiguration
Review: Microsoft Updates A Solid Server With SharePoint 2010
Microsoft has done a good job of bringing the server squarely in step with the times with the SharePoint 2010 beta, providing business-oriented social networking features and a new interface
Jordan Signs Deal With Open Source Database Specialist
The Jordanian government has committed the country to becoming a hub for open source adoption in the Middle East
Facebook Makes Friends With Open Source Apache Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation announces that Facebook has become the latest Gold Sponsor of the open-source champion
VMWare Acquires Email Specialist Zimbra
Continuing on its mission to bring greater simplicity to users of its cloud platform, VMware has announced its agreement to acquire Zimbra, a provider of email and collaboration software, from Yahoo
IBM Plans To Share Patent Plans With Customers
IBM, which once again was the top patent producer in the industry in 2009, is now ready to share its IP processes and software with customers
Progress Software Snaps Up Savvion for £30 Million
Progress Software has beefed up its business process management credentials after snapping up Savvion for $49 million (£30 million)
Government Plugs Microsoft With Online Training Course
The government is promoting Microsoft's proprietary software as part of a plan to get more UK adults online, despite arguing for greater adoption of open source in the past
Microsoft Offers Modified Word Versions To Comply With Ruling
Microsoft begins offering customers modified copies of Microsoft Office in order to comply with a court order to pull copies of the productivity application
Chinese Authors Receive Google Apology
Google has apologised to the Chinese Writers Association for failing to communicate properly after the authors complained Google uploaded books without authors' permission
Twitter Hiring Push Focuses On Security And Products
In a sign of Twitter's increasing commercial focus, the micro-blogging site has announced it is to hire 27 new employees in a push for profitability
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Questions Privacy Expectations
Privacy is no longer a social norm, according to the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg commenting on the rise of social networking