Rumors of upcoming Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 are now officially confirmed as the company posted details of Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, surprisingly Windows 7 SP1 will only include minor updates apart from an updated Remote Desktop client which now takes advantage of RemoteFX technology.

Microsoft however did not provided any release or beta timeline for SP1 and only said :

"Once SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is released, the service pack will be delivered through Windows Update and be available on Microsoft Download Center for download as well."

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Motion magazines is an all new concept being worked by Alexx Henry Photography for Viv magazine, here is what it looks like :

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Half Life 2 needs no introduction to any avid computer user as it is one of the most popular game title ever, the game holds the world record for "Highest Rated Shooter by PC Gamer Magazine" in the "Guinness World Records" with awards including two 'Game of the Decade' amongst many others.

The great news is that now any Nvidia or ATi graphic card owner can grab free full-version copies of "Half-Life 2: Deathmatch" and "Half-Life 2: Lost Coast" episodes.

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Apple started taking iPad pre-orders from March 15 and approximately more then 120,000 units are already booked, now iPhone hackers are busy exploiting vulnerabilities in iPhone OS 3.2 for a proper iPad jailbreak when the product finally starts shipping.

Chronic Dev Team member Posixninja is the first iPhone hacker to announce working on Greenpois0n jailbreaking tool for Apple iPad, whether P0sixninja has a working exploit to jailbreak Apple iPad and does it works as intended can only be told after Apple actually starts shipping iPad's from April 3, 2010.

The web-browser war is once again going to get interesting with Internet Explorer 9 Preview now available for public download promising impressive upcoming features, boasting 100% support for W3C Web Standards (see comparison table after the jump) IE9 will support hardware assisted page rendering, background compiled JavaScript and GPU-powered HTML5 graphics for superior performance.

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Having regular backups is a must when we are dealing with valuable data - Hardware/software errors, data corruption or simple human mistakes are just few reasons that we are looking for to prevent data loss and protect the associated operational processes. Having up-to-date automated backups is the most proactive solution to the data-loss problem, today we are going to review one such utility 'Handy Backup' which takes care of this with ease and the good news is that we also have 25 licenses to giveaway for our readers.

Handy Backup is an easy-to-use automated backup software for Windows users, the award-winning data-backup and disaster recovery software is highly flexible and able to perfectly meet any individual requirements.

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iPhone 4G rumors are hot these days and every few days new concept images gets published on internet, here we have another set of freshest rumored leaked iPhone 4G images :

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Start Menu 7 is a free utility which replaces the standard Windows Start Menu with a more easier to use better looking menu, basically what Start Menu 7 does is that it displays the menu-items in a more natural and easier to find alphabetically sorted order.

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Quite a while ago Microsoft put a lid on third-party Windows update downloader AutoPatcher forcing them to shutdown, but it seems the utility is still available and now have been updated to support Microsoft Windows 7. For starters AutoPatcher let users and system administrators download updates once and apply them to as many computers they like without needing an active internet connection.

AutoPatcher works pretty much like WSUS Offline Updater utility but with the added benefit of adding custom modules enabling users to apply registry tweaks and third-party applications complete with official updates in a neat single package.

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Cydia - the iPhone application which allows users to browse and download unofficial/unapproved iPhone applications, themes, ringtones and mods on their jailbroken phones is a must use if you intend to enjoy the full potential of your iDevice in ways Apple does not allows you to do by default.

If you are missing the Cydia fun because you don't have a working data plan or Wi-Fi connection on your iPhone or simply because it's a pain to use it on the phone, here we have an awesome utility Cyder II which allows you to browse, download, manage and synchronize data with Cydia from your desktop computer.

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