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Our full guide to saving cash-saving secrets is here, from how to get discounts on PCs, to SIM only phone contracts, the best DSLR cameras deals, and discount licensing from Adobe, Microsoft and others.

Replay our blog from the show floor at Steve Ballmer's address at "Liberation Day" in Sydney.

Finally, Microsoft comes clean about the failure of Vista and detail their plans for the new features to be released under Windows 7.

After Microsoft’s huge advertising campaign to support its Vista operating system Apple has gone on the offensive with a new series of adverts slating the move..

Goodbye “Aspirational” Vista, hello again to numbered Windows versions. Microsoft announces that Windows 7 will be called... Windows 7.

You've been raising some big questions in the forums about 64-bit. Here's our FAQ to 64-bit Vista vs XP, and whether it's worth the hassle if you're not a workstation user, but a gamer or power user.

Stewart Mitchell delivers his verdict on the features rumoured to be ready for Windows 7, including the new kernel, multi-touch, and virtual drives.

Rumours say the Windows 7 beta could be announced next month, as millions of bloggers sharpen their claws.

Nvidia was responsible for almost half the Vista crashes reported to Microsoft in in a graphics-related crash report.

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What is the deal with Microsoft giving Seinfeld ten million bucks? We consider what Jerry might have to say...