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After spending my weekend working on a Windows-to-Mac migration and a failed Vista recovery, everything is still at loose ends. Thank God it's Monday so I can think about something else.

Critics for years have lambasted Vista, and now Steve Ballmer has finally admitted that Microsoft made key mistakes in its development of the operating system. At a keynote speech yesterday at Microsoft's annual CEO Summit, he admitted Vista "was just not executed well." I've got more details in my blog.

Some Windows users are greeted with a black screen of death at login, ever since they installed this month's patches. One security company thought it had a solution. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate what's going on. Not to mention too much time on his hands...
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Windows 7 first-week sales figures were much better than Vista's, says market researcher The NPD Group. They point to good supply-chain execution and canny discounting as success factors. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers look at worrying trends behind the numbers. Not to mention the latest excellent cover from Jack and Nataly...
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It's confusing. Microsoft throws a lot of stuff at you, often with little information.

If Microsoft hasn't had enough problems trying to get users to upgrade to Vista from XP, the Russian government has forced the company to allow users to trade in copies of Vista for XP, even though Microsoft has largely discontinued the old operating system in the country.

The biggest danger to Windows 7 and Windows Vista isn't Mac OS X or Linux --- it's Windows XP, whose hard-core fans refuse to give up the aging operating system. But it looks as if XP may finally be on the way out, which is good news for Microsoft.

The cash for clunkers, the U.S. used car program was a rip-roaring success, so why not a Linux for Vista clunker offer since Microsoft isn't offering Windows 7 for Vista?

Dear Bill, I know you've been retired from Microsoft's day-to-day operations for about a year now and Steve B. is running the show, but you are still Chairman of the Board and the public identity of Microsoft. That's why I'm writing you, Bill, because Microsoft is still your company and it needs you. Think modified Pottery Barn rule: you own it, you broke it, you fix it.

On the eve of Windows 7 being released to manufacturing, it's time to take a quick look at how ranks against the other desktop operating systems.

In a shocking announcement, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer proclaimed that Window 7 was vaporware and added that users only need one client operating system even though Microsoft currently offers ten different client systems

Vista SP2 is better than Vista SP1, which still puts it behind Windows 7 RC and XP SP3. But, here's what it does have to offer.

In today's podcast: Microsoft to offer Vista upgrades for Windows 7; Intuit buys online payroll provider; and Intel looks to daylong netbook battery.

Windows fans owe Linux users a vote of thanks. Due to the free Linux desktop operating system, Microsoft has made Windows 7, for all intents and purposes, free for the next twelve months.

There are all kinds of differences between the two, but a major one, which often gets over-looked, is that Linux is in a constant state of evolution, while Windows moves 'forward' in a series of year-long steps. Here's what that means for you.