Windows 7 has finally arrived. Initially I was skeptical; we all remember what it was like to upgrade to Vista and what a disaster that was. (I will never forget being excited about a new operating system and being miserable for months until other programs and browsers made updates to integrate with it. Not exactly Microsoft’s finest moment.)

When people began talking about Windows 7, especially within the last week or two, I listened to what they had to say, secretly thinking, “No way. I’m not going to upgrade the first week it launches like I did with Vista.” First, I decided to read about other people’s experiences just to see how it was received.

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Remember when you were a kid and you couldn’t sleep in anticipation of Christmas morning? You would lay in bed, tossing and turning, just hoping that you’d fall asleep so when you opened your eyes it would be morning and would only have felt like moments. That’s exactly how I felt Tuesday night in anticipation of my Google Wave invite.

I woke up in the middle of the night to take my dog outside and I grabbed my phone to check emails (which I usually do). To my surprise – there it was all shiny, bold, and new! A google wave invite just for me! I was ecstatic. Couldn’t wait to get online to check it out. I logged in at 3:30 in the morning (yes some would call that crazy, but I call it excited) and what I found was astonishing.

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Google Wave is the newest buzz in the technology world. Many of you already know what it’s all about but for those of you that don’t read on, you won’t be disappointed.

Think about the last time you worked on a document for work. You probably created it in Microsoft Word and then sent it out via email. If there were multiple contacts you sent the document to, more than likely, they read it, made edits, sent the updated document back to you – each individually.  Then you were stuck trying to compare your original version with their updated versions and making sure all the changes were incorporated into one final document. Inevitably, something would get missed along the way.

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Welcome to Fresh Squeezed Tech – the place to read about new and old technology with a fresh spin on it.

Every day new technologies arrive into society. Some sweep the nation and become overnight phenomenons (such as iPhones), while some prove to be less significant to the general public. Whatever the impact, I will bring these technologies to you so you can learn more and become a tech geek just like myself. Technology has always been a passion of mine and I can’t wait to share it with you.