The very idea of who invented the “windows” on a “desktop” in Windows 1.0 was the basis of a 1988 lawsuit and remains a point of contention.

via BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows 7 borrowed ‘look’ of Mac.

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If yo have a laptop and windows Vista/7 with Aero glass effect on. you may noticed that effects are cpu hunger and memory lover. Laptops are supposed to save battery time when unplugged so Aerofoil is what a user need to use as a set-and-forget power manager application to save those precious battery time. It’s a very minimized software with the minimum possible GUI and footprint.

Silent Development: Aerofoil 1.5.0 Released.

Aerofoil extends Vista and Windows 7 notebook battery life by:

• Allowing you to manually disable Aero Glass.
• Optionally managing Aero Glass user interface.
• Optionally managing sound muting (NEW!).
• Optionally managing YOUR chosen power plans (NEW!)
• Optionally managing Windows Sidebar.
• Optionally showing a quick hibernate button
• Changing icon colour to show your power type (NEW!)

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