As a Canadian, if I want to pay for a product or service from a Russian merchant, is there a safe way of doing it without handing over my credit card details? Forget paying a bank to wire money if you are talking about small purchases. Bitcoin may not be the solution but it works. Bitcoin certainly does open the world to international commerce in a more efficient and affordable way. You also have to ask WHY the European Central Bank is putting forward these statements. They lose economic control when humans associate value to a currency outside their purview.

So this guy is writing a book about Windows 7 and in his blog at least makes no mention of the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor? http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displaylang=en Granted he is installing a different version (x86 vs. x64) and edition (ultimate vs. pro) of the same OS, it is definitely not a given that driver support is the same with different versions of Windows.