Microsoft could have Windows 7 on shipped with OEM PC's as early as September this year if the words of Taipei-based Compal Electronics president are to be believed. Compal builds systems on behalf of companies like Acer and HP. Ray Chen, president of Compal was quoted as saying, "according to current planning, Windows 7 should be on its machines by late September or early October 2009"

This contrasts somewhat with what Microsoft says. Armelia Argawal, spokeswoman for Microsoft, maintains the official company position that Windows 7 will be available within three years of when Vista shipped. This places Windows 7's release sometime in Mid 2010.

Windows 7 has proven itself stable in tests, Microsoft has been under immense pressure to release sometime in 2009 after most users hesitation to switch to Vista, preferring XP instead. Windows 7 improves both performance and interface elements and is explicitly designed to run more smoothly on netbook-level hardware.

We're not quite sure how the Compal chief secured these dates, but we recommend taking this news with a large spoon of salt!

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Desperate to increase their share of the web browser market, Apple has released the next version of Safari. Named Safari 4, Apple claims that its the fastest browser ever.

The new Nitro Javascript engine supposedly allows Safari to render webpages in blazing speeds, making it over a 30 times more efficient than IE 7 and almost 3 times faster than Firefox 3.

It also carries support for HTML 5 and CSS3 which makes it perfect for developers and future web technologies.

Some of the key new features in Safari 4:

• Top Sites, Safari 4 Beta tracks the sites you browse and presents them as thumbnails on a single page.
• Cover Flow, It provides a highly visual way to sweep through your sites and bookmarks (just like in iTunes).
• Tabs on Top, Tabs now appear on the top of the window like in Google Chrome.
• Windows Native Look, Safari now has a native theme for when run on Windows XP or Vista.
  

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