Microsoft Press often offers eBooks for free, and the Windows 7 launch has prompted several new releases … for free!  I recently saw an article on Rob Margel’s Windows Help blog about a new free guide to Windows 7 from Microsoft (actually, it’s from TechNet, though, not Microsoft Press.  Keep reading for the Microsoft Press stuff!).  It is a very nice PDF that gives a quick overview of some of Windows 7’s newest and...

Windows 7 marks the shift of desktop virtualization programs from a tool for IT pros to a standard program on every desktop.  Virtualization software enables users to run additional operating systems, such as XP or Ubuntu, as a program right inside their standard desktop, which enables users to test new programs or run legacy programs in a separate OS.  Microsoft has offered a free desktop virtualization solution for Windows 2000 and...