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• Microsoft starts pushing Windows 7 SP1 to all

  As promised, Microsoft today started offering Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) on Windows Update.

• Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is ready for download

  Bug fixes and security patches don't make for the most exciting Windows update, but they're the high points of Windows 7 Service Pack 1, now widely available for download.

• Windows 7 security: Five simple ways to stay safer

  Is your Windows 7 PC as secure as it could be?

• Virtualisation takes center stage in Windows service packs

  As the first service packs for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 ship Feb. 22, they will bring better virtualization capabilities to the operating systems.

• Dell to launch 10-inch Windows 7 tablet this year

  In a move away from the Android juggernaut, computer giant Dell has announced its new 10-inch business tablet, due in Australia later this year, will run the Windows 7 operating system.

• Preview: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February

  In January, Microsoft only released two security bulletins, but even at the time it was common knowledge that a number of known vulnerabilities were not yet addressed. In February, Microsoft is apparently catching up on patches for outstanding zero-day threats and then some--with a total of 12 new security bulletins.

• Windows 7 migration underway at Immigration Department

  The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is ditching XP and giving Vista a miss in favour of desktop refresh to Windows 7 to help the agency improve staff collaboration.
  

• Microsoft Store server failure causes customer headaches

  Microsoft Australia has confirmed that an internal technical issue delayed the processing of software orders purchased online in December 2010 through its store.

• Fujitsu shows Windows 7-based tablet

  Fujitsu demoed its next-generation tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show. It came as no surprise, as the company has long been a player in highly mobile and slate-style products--especially ones aimed at corporate and vertical markets in previous pushes towards a tablet PC.

• Microsoft's slow, steady tablet strategy a big gamble

  Anticipation was high before this week's Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas that Microsoft would once and for all present a viable iPad competitor.

• Ballmer plugs Windows 7 as an OS for all devices

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple.

• Should I upgrade from Windows 7 starter?

  Ericuse165 asked the Windows forum if it's wise to upgrade his netbook's OS from Windows 7 Starter to a more powerful version.

• Windows 8 on ARM expands Microsoft's mobile horizons

  Microsoft took advantage of the spotlight at CES to show off some of the capabilities of the next-generation Windows 8 operating system, and reveal that the flagship OS will break the x86 shackles and run on ARM architecture platforms -- like tablets -- as well. There is still a long and winding road ahead, though, before you will have Windows 8 running on a tablet.

• Microsoft and tablets: A failure to launch could hurt

  What are the implications if Microsoft fails or falls behind in the tablet PC race, which at its current pace, is a decent possibility?

• Microsoft warns of new Windows vulnerability

  Happy New Year! Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday for 2011 is scheduled a week from today on the 11th of January, but there's no time like the present to kick things off for the year.