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Robin Wauters
October 23rd, 2009

Upgrading To Windows 7? Easily Install Multiple Software Programs With Ninite

Now that Windows 7 is being met with mostly positive reviews and green-lighting by software professionals, no doubt many will be making the switch to Microsoft’s new operating system in the next couple of weeks. Which is a bit of a pain if you stuck with Windows XP and skipped Vista altogether, because then the best thing for you to do is perform a complete clean install after backing up your data… → Read More

Erick Schonfeld
November 25th, 2008

YCombinator Startup Creates A Better Download App Store For Windows (BaseShield)

When Microsoft opened up its own online store for software downloads earlier this month, it signaled that packaged software is not long for this world. The problem is that the store offers only Microsoft products. Patrick Swieskowski, co-founder of YCombinator startup Secure by Design, points out:

You can basically only download Office or Vista. Leave it to MS to pitch an app store that sells… → Read More

Mark Hendrickson
March 14th, 2008

Y Combinator Demo Day Roundup for Spring 2008

The fledgling startups listed below will present their ideas and initial products to investors at this spring’s Y Combinator Demo Day on March 18. Of the 19 companies in this batch, 10 have already launched and only one remains in stealth mode. Most of them have been in development for only three months. Chatterous Chatterous connects various forms of communication so that people can message… → Read More