[Windows 7] Nanami Madobe gets new friends! :'D

Nanami Madobe, Windows 7's official OS-tan, will now be accompanied by new friends courtesy of Microsoft Japan.

In a promotion campaign for Microsoft's Bing search engine in Japan, the tech giant has launched 10 Windows 7 themes that revolves around 5 moe looking characters. (2 for each character).

The moe characters are:

• The office lady Nanae
• The loli NANA
• Nanako
• The tsundere Nanami
• Nanao

You may get Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 themes at the following links:

Ver 1
Ver 2

Windows 7 users can download and install the theme packs directly which includes wallpapers and sound files of the characters.

Windows Vista and Windows XP users would have to download the ZIP files provided and install them manually.

Enjoy the moe themes. ^__^

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Noizi Ito Moe Netbook

Character designer of the famed Shakugan no Shana and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, Noizi Ito, has designed a moesome netbook dubbed Shiro-Tsubaki, which features her artwork on the casing of the netbook and it is loaded with 17 original artworks as wallpapers. But the fun doesn't stop there, voice actress Mia Naruse provided voice for a number of sounds its Windows operating system.

The moe netbook was supposed to be released at Noizi Ito's booth at the last Comiket 77 (C77) but due to the limited number of units that were made and the fear of resellers jacking up the price to astronomical levels, Ito canceled her booth. The PC store who exclusively sells this netbook, PC Koubou, decided to have raffle for buyers.

Here are the specs of the Moe Netbook:

• SHIRO-TSUBAKI NetBook
• Model: FMW-M817ST
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  Windows(R) 7 Home Premium 32bit
  
  
• Intel Atom N280(1.66GHz)
• Intel 945GSE Chipset
• DDR2 2GB
• SATA 320GB
• SD/MMC/MS/MSPro support
• Glossy 10-inch widescreen LCD WSVGA (1024x600)
• IEEE802.11 b / g wireless LAN support
• 10Base-T/100Base-TX
• Size / Weight W272 x D188.6 x H28-19.5 / approximately 1.3kg

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