By Erik Small -

For many of us, we’re enduring cold weather across the US and around the globe. Some lucky folks have traveled to the Consumer Electronics Show  (CES 2010) in Las Vegas. 

One of the cool gadgets already unveiled at the show comes from Microsoft, an HP ‘slate’ running on Windows. It’s a touchpad device that Microsoft has announced will be “more powerful than a phone and almost as much as a PC”. They are perfect for reading, browsing the Internet and entertainment.

Here are some images from CES in Las Vegas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Erik Small -

Microsoft has officially approved WS_FTP Professional 12.2 as a Windows 7 compatible FTP client. This includes compatibility for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 operating systems.

The Windows 7 Compatibility Center and the IpswitchFT “Knowledge Transfer” blog both include information regarding the announcement. 

By Erik Small -

This week, Ipswitch File Transfer released a new version of the popular WS_FTP program – version 12.2.

The new version is Windows 7 compatible in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes. Other enhancements include:

• Improved Interface: Several usability improvements have been made to the user interface, including new toolbar icons; customizable display options that apply evenly to all visible controls; and availability of the licensing application in the German language.
• Enhanced SSL Performance: SSL sessions can now be reused, resulting in improved interoperability and resource efficiency.
• Ensured Security: Now digitally signed by Ipswitch, enabling users and organizations to ensure the validity, integrity, and safety of their desktop applications.

Here the Press release that hit the wires today:

Ipswitch’s WS_FTP Professional And WS_FTP Home Support Microsoft Windows 7

 

By pete -

Today we stumbled across one of those issues that comes up just once every few years – sharing files on your Windows network via different Windows OS installations. One would think this should be easy without issue – however Microsoft notoriously makes it difficult to make your computers talk to eachother if they have different version of Windows running.

Lifehacker – Setup File and Printer Sharing From XP to Windows 7 – Windows XP.

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Even if you’ve upgraded to Windows 7 in some form or another, chances are you’ve still got a computer somewhere on your network running trusty old XP. If so, it’s time to set up Windows 7 to play nice with XP on your network.

Over at the How-To Geek web site (my home away from Lifehacker), Mysticgeek writes up a detailed guide to sharing printers and folders between Windows 7 and XP—a process that never seems to be simple enough.