The World of Windows

If you were able to score on gaming console accessories from a third party at a significantly lower price, wouldn't you be inclined to purchase the products that give you the most bang for your buck? What if after you installed the third party accessory, like a memory card to save your games, the console-maker were to remotely disable it and claim that copyright law gave the company every right to do so? According to Microsoft, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) gives it the power and the legal authority to remotely disable Xbox 360 compatible memory cards, controllers and headsets that were not made exclusively by Microsoft or one of its affiliates. As you might imagine, it hit the fan in 2009 after Microsoft issued an Xbox 360 firmware update that blocked a less-expensive and non-Microsoft-made memory card from working on Xbox consoles. Third-party accessory maker Datel Holdings then sued, calling the disabling of memory cards a deliberate anti-competitive move ...

The next version of Windows Phone 7, called "Mango," although that won't be its final name, is great-looking and fun to use. It's full of people-centric features that make it easier to stay in touch with friends and family, to communicate, and to share ideas. It's easier to use than Android, and in many ways slicker than Apple's iOS. Microsoft lent me a Samsung Focus loaded with a developer build of Windows Phone 7 Mango, which isn't yet complete. Still, the developer build let me get a feel for which features will really pop, and which still need work. For a rundown of the basic features of the OS, check out our Windows Phone 7 review. You might also want to read our review of the Samsung Focus, the best Windows Phone so far. Mango will appear this fall, both as an upgrade for current Windows Phones and on new devices, Microsoft says. The Best Tastes of Mango.   Windows Phone 7 has always been activity-centered rather than app-centered. ...

Default Programs is used to choose which programs you want Windows to use by default to open a particular type of file, such as a music file, an image, or a web page. For example, if you have more than one media player installed on your computer, you can choose one of them to be the default player. Using Default Programs, you can: Set your default programs Associate a file type with a program Change AutoPlay settings Set default programs for this computer Let's see how you can change settings using Default Programs. 1. Click the Start button to view the Start Menu and then choose the Control Panel option. 2. The Control Panel window opens up. Click on the All Control Panel Items. 3. From all the options choose Default Programs . 4. The windows shows various options. Click on the Set your default program . A window opens up with the list of all programs available on your computer. Choose the program from the list by cli...

Updates helps to keep your Windows 7 computer up to date with all the security fixes and improvements. It is highly recommended to Turn this On in automatic mode for a smooth Windows use. How ever if you wish to play with varous options of Windows Update in Windows 7 here is a guide to explain it briefly. 1. First of all click the Start button to view the Start Menu. Then choose the Control Panel option. 2. The Control Panel window opens up now. Click the System and Security link from the Control Panel window. 3. The System and Security section of Control Panel opens up. Here you can see the Windows Update link. As you can see in the above screenshot there is direct links to the important Windows Update option here it self in slightly small fonts, such as Turn automatic updating on or off , Check for updates , View install updates . You may choose the required option directly from here. But we are going ahead to the dedicated Windows Updates section of the ...