Laplink Software has launched Laplink Defrag, its new disk defragmenter program for Windows. Defrag now includes a background monitoring function to help prevent fragmentation and keep large defragmentation sessions to a minimum.

The folks in Redmond are celebrating. In April a jury found Microsoft has violated a patent held by Uniloc. Today US District Judge William Smith "vacated" the jury’s decision and released Microsoft from paying the fine.

Your next Windows workstation may be on your smartphone, not that old PC on your desk. Virtualization is pushing ever thinner clients to devices.

FinallyFast.us offers a free registry scan for PC users to help them determine why their system might be running slowly. They’ve recently updated their website to make it easier to use.

Security Essentials, the free anti-virus product from Microsoft, is launching today for users of WinXP, Vista, and Win7. Security Essentials replaces Windows Live OneCare.

Internet Explorer has been losing ground for some time. Now Google’s Chrome Frame uses a "technique" started by Microsoft, hijacking the other guy’s browser.

Each time Microsoft releases an operating system, the price goes up. The question is, will the price of Windows 7 be enough more than that of WinXP to negatively affect deployment on netbooks?

Even though Outlook 2007 does not include a feature for printing photos from your contacts, we have a crude solution. Read on an learn how we do it.

Read this OutlookPower article.

Some organizations install SQL server to support their Sharepoint server without fully understanding which parts they need. This article describes the components and suggests what should be installed. Site requires free registration to read the full article.

Small PC builders can start selling machines with Windows 7 beginning October 13, a full week ahead of the general release.