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Happy 5th birthday Windows Vista – still number 3 OS worldwide
Microsoft Windows Vista was released into retail on January 30, 2007, and there’s not been many nice words said about it since. It suffered from being incompatible with much of existing hardware and software, problems with drivers, imposing annoying security procedures on users, and more. It seemed like everyone loved to hate poor Vista, enough to earn it a spot on the list of “ Top ten terrible tech products .” So today we can say happy fifth birthday to Windows Vista
The mobile web in numbers
There can’t be much doubt that the mobile web is exploding in popularity. From the first mobile web access offered commercially with the Nokia 9000 Communicator phone in Finland in 1996, things have moved fast. Today we’re seeing increased sales in smartphones and tablets, faster mobile data connections, apps, and more
Windows 7 just overtook XP in the United States
It’s finally happened. After a long reign at the top, Microsoft’s Windows XP is no longer the most widely used desktop operating system in the United States, instead turning the crown over to Windows 7. As of April, Windows 7 has 31.71% of the desktop operating system market, compared to 31.56% for Windows XP.
