Windows 7 is big. Really big. Huge. In fact, Steve Ballmer announced today that Microsoft has shipped 400 million licenses of Windows 7. The company has been seriously rolling since the OS was launched two years ago. The statement was made today as Steve opened up the annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), a four-day event that celebrates the accomplishments of the company's 640,000 global partners. 400m is a major milestone, and it confirms that Windows 7 is the fastest-selling OS in history. That's a big award to cherish, for sure. Read More...

The Google Plus social network seems aimed at people who are more interested in sharing things with people or groups with similar interests rather than simply amassing the biggest number of online "friends." Its seamless integration with other Google services, from search to online documents, makes it easier to share things online.

My first thought about Google Plus: "Here we go again." After Google's earlier attempts at social networking failed spectacularly, it was easy to scoff at this seeming Facebook wannabe.

Its "Picasa ultimatum" didn't help much either. If you have an account with Picasa, Google's photo-sharing service Relevant Products/Services, the first thing Google asks is whether you'd want to share Relevant Products/Services your Picasa photos. Say no, and you're not allowed to sign up at all. That seemed unnecessarily harsh. Read More...

Canada Post has initiated the process to resume operations following the passage of back to work legislation (Bill C-6, An Act to provide for the resumption and continuation of postal services).

In accordance with the Act, employees will begin to report to work for their regularly scheduled shifts on Monday June 27 and on Tuesday June 28. Read More...

It used to be that a new notebook would pop up every so often, and these days, those new notebook releases are separated by something else: new tablet releases. The G9 series of tablets was just unveiled by Archos, bringing a new 8" and 10" slate into the crowded marketplace. The Archos 80 G9 and 101 G9 are on deck, with the both of them offering an ARM Cortex dual-core A9 running at 1.5GHz. They also include a massive 250GB HDD; it's the first major tablet to be released with an HDD instead of flash storage. It's relying on a 7mm Seagate Momentus Thin drive, and a huge one at that. Archos has a history of releasing spacious hard drives within their portable media players, and that trend is now continuing in on the tablet space. Read More...

In just one short day (June 15, 2011), Acer and Samsung will launch the long awaited Chromebook based on Google's Chrome OS software, which potential buyers will be able to purchase from Amazon.com and Best Buy. Or at least that's how the script is supposed to go. Trying to throw a cog in the wheel is ISYS Technologies and subsidiary Xi3 Corporation, who filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the search giant is infringing the trademark for its ChromimumPC Modular Computer. Read More...