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Windows 8 is coming in 2012
According to the latest roadmap from Microsoft, it would appear that Windows 8 will arrive sometime in 2012. This would follow a three year product
cycle that would keep it in line with Vista and Windows 7 releases. The road map is clear about the targeted date and does not try to hide the fact
that the code name is "Windows 8". Little else is known about the OS other than its targeted date of release. Let the speculation begin. Image
courtesy of msftkitchen.com
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21.11.2009Microsoft's problematic lack of nightly builds for IE
Many wonder why Microsoft doesn't offer nightly buildsor at least something fairly frequentof Internet Explorers. Ars talks to Microsoft's general
manager for Internet Explorer, who says the IE9 development cycle will look much the same as previous versions. We don't think that's a great
idea...
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21.11.2009Google Chrome OS available for download
When Google finally showed off their new OS yesterday there was a lot of skepticism about working in the cloud, offline applications and many other
thoughts and concerns. The good news is that if you don't want to read others hands on impressions you can now download and install the OS
yourself. A couple of things to note, firstly the download will only work in a VM environment, second, this is pre-beta software so expect crashes,
bumps and a rough experience. But if you're willing to take the plunge you can follow the directions here.
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20.11.2009Apple Seeks Patent for Embedded Ads in OS
According to a disclosed patent application discovered last month by The New York Times, Apple Computers is seeking rights to a technology that allows
advertising to have a direct spot in a device operating system. The reasoning behind the decision is most widely believed to be a cost-cutting
motive, allowing consumers subsidized purchasing options for ordinarily more expensive technology. The fact that the patent is coming from Apple is
seen by some analysts as a surprise and a contradiction of Apple's reputation for delivering higher quality, more user friendly technology at a
premium price.
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20.11.2009YouTube Captions to Use Technology from Google Voice
In a move meant to boost accessibility and search engine relevance, Google has announced an automatic captions service for YouTube videos, using the
"automatic speech recognition" (ASR) technology currently used in the transcription feature of Google Voice. Although YouTube has long offered
options for content providers to upload their own captions and subtitles, few have chosen to do so, with just around 100,000 captioned videos
available out of hundreds of millions of clips posted on the site. Although Google admits that the machine-generated captions "will not always be
perfect," they see the introduction of the technology as a positive step in providing content to deaf and hearing disabled users.
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20.11.2009EU agrees with guidelines on Internet restriction
European MEP's and Council representatives have agreed on a set of guidelines that state restrictions to Internet usage may "only be imposed if
they are appropriate, proportionate and necessary within a democratic society," and that users are entitled to a "fair and impartial procedure"
before disconnection. The Telecoms Reform Package that the restriction guidelines are part of will go before the European Parliament and Council for
a final decision in late November. The compromise is the result of all night negotiations and is the last hurdle for the package which also include,
amongst other things, a rule that will require mobile phone companies to help users change contracts within 24 hours.
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20.11.2009Twitter no longer asks "What are you doing?"
In an unexpected move, Twitter has removed the "What are you doing?" question from the user interface, confirming a change in uses for the popular
social networking site. The official Twitter Blog had the following to say about the new changes: "Twitter was originally conceived as a mobile
status update service—an easy way to keep in touch with people in your life by sending and receiving short, frequent answers to one question,
‘What are you doing?' However, when we implemented the service, we chose to leave something out. To stay simple, Twitter did not require
individuals to confirm relationships. Instead, we left things open.
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20.11.2009Google releases Chrome OS information & source code
Google's Chrome OS has been a rather interesting project for many people as of late; it was said to be an operating system that was based in the
"cloud", stored mostly online, though nobody knew any exact details. Today, Google has explained more about the OS, clearing things up. As posted
on the official Google blog, Chrome OS is "all about the web." As such, it is web-based, and as Google states, "The entire experience takes place
within the browser and there are no conventional desktop applications.
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20.11.2009Microsoft Windows chief decries standards grandstanding
Microsoft will be compliant with industry standards in Internet Explorer 9 such as HTML 5, but Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows
Live division, decried the habit of vendors getting ahead of the process.
"We are not trying to market things that are not
there for developers to use yet," said Sinofsky during an interview with Network World . "Whether they are in IE or not, saying you are
standards based but then saying you are the most HTML 5 compliant browser does not make sense because the standard is not
yet. There is a
little bit of a time warp going on."
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winbeta.org - 20.11.2009
Ballmer: it "matters" that Apple has gained share
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer today warned at a yearly shareholders' meeting that the company needed to improve the standing of Windows in the
future. The executive was emphatic that Microsoft was still in a comfortable position with "96 out of 100" choosing Windows worldwide but
acknowledged that Apple had cut into Microsoft's share in the past year. He downplayed the amount, labeling it a "a couple of tenths of a percent"
but added that even the claimed amount was significant and worth fighting for.
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winbeta.org - 20.11.2009
Full length Channel 4 shows available for UK Youtube users
Channel 4's 4oD shows are now available for UK users of Youtube. Following the deal that was brought up a while ago, Youtube is now starting to
host full-length episodes of top Channel 4 series, such as Peep Show and Gordon Ramsay's F Word, according to The Guardian. Youtube has posted
5,000 videos on the Channel 4 Youtube channel, 4,000 of which are full-length shows. The number is going to increase though, as sometime in early 2010
the full range of Channel 4's shows is expected to be available to UK users.
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neowin.net - 19.11.2009
Sky Player in Windows 7 Media Center now available
Sky Player, Sky's online TV service, is now available to Windows Media Center UK users in Windows 7. Sky kicked off the service on the Xbox 360
late last month. The service will allow users access to Live TV, on demand content, movies and sport. Existing Sky TV customers will be able to
purchase an online Sky Player multiroom subscription for £5 per month (currently on offer, normally £10). Customers with Sky Multiroom or
Sky Broadband Unlimited will be able to access live channels for no extra charge. Non-Sky TV customers will require a monthly subscription that starts
at £15 per month to the Base Entertainment Pack.
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neowin.net - 19.11.2009
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24th
The Windows Home Server Team is pleased to announce that Power Pack 3 will be available in all shipping languages (Chinese, English, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, and Spanish) on November 24th, 2009. Power Pack 3 will be made available to existing users via Windows Update. Users need to have
Windows Home Server with Power Pack 2 already installed on their home server. Power Pack 3 will automatically install as part of Windows Update if
Automatic Updates is enabled on the home server.
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winbeta.org - 19.11.2009
Zbot trojan creators arrested in London
Police in London have arrested two people on suspicion that they created the ZeuS or Zbot trojan that infected many computers around the world. The
couple used the trojan for monetary gain but authorities did not disclose how much money was stolen. The trojan installed itself on victims computers
using social engineer techniques. Generally the trojan would mask itself as a reputable website such as a bank, credit card company or tax office to
get the victim to install the software. "Once installed, the Zbot Trojan injects itself into the victim's Web browser and monitors all
traffic.
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neowin.net - 19.11.2009
National Security Agency beefed Win 7 defenses
The National Security Agency helped Microsoft harden Windows 7 against attacks and is providing similar assistance to Apple, Sun Microsystems and Red
Hat too, an agency official said.
The admission came in prepared remarks delivered Tuesday by Richard Schaeffer, the NSA's
information assurance director, at a hearing before the Senate's Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
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winbeta.org - 19.11.2009
Firefox 3.6 blocks sneaky addons
Computerworld is reporting that the forthcoming version of Firefox 3.6 will include a feature which disables the ability for other applications to
"sneakily" install add-ons without the users knowledge. One can assume this is in response to Microsoft's sneaky move which installed an add-on
without notifying users at all - and exposed users to malware. In an email to Computerworld, Johnathan Nightingale, manager of the Firefox front-end
development team said "We're doing this for stability and user control, Dropping raw components in this way was never an officially supported
way of doing things, which means it lacks things like a way to specify compatibility.
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neowin.net - 19.11.2009
Windows Mobile 7 UI confirmed by Microsoft?
Microsoft confirmed today that the company will unveil its plans for Windows Mobile 7 at the MIX 2010 conference in March next year. Microsoft Office
Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the news at the end of day two at the Professional Developers Conference here in Los Angeles. Little is known
about Windows Mobile 7 except that it has been plagued with delays. Recently Neowin confirmed 1,000 engineers are assigned to Windows Mobile 7 and
that social networking is a key feature. Screenshots of the rumoured interface leaked in March this year and Microsoft officials refused to confirm
or deny.
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neowin.net - 19.11.2009
Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP Extends Collaboration and Productivity
Next step in partnership helps increase flexibility, interoperability between products...
microsoft.com/presspass - 18.11.2009
Microsoft Office 2010 Reaches Beta, Bringing Productivity Gains to the PC, Phone and Browser
Q&A: Kurt DelBene, senior vice president of the Office Business Productivity Group at Microsoft, discusses what is new in the public beta and what
developers can expect from the upcoming release of Office 2010 and related products...
microsoft.com/presspass - 18.11.2009
Moving From Challenge to Opportunity: Microsoft Empowers the Future of Application Development
As developers face a rapidly evolving computing environment, Microsoft helps them create applications that can be deployed across a number of
platforms...
microsoft.com/presspass - 18.11.2009
TechSpot: ATI Radeon HD 5970 Reviewed, Dual-GPU Graphics
As we discussed in our preliminary Radeon 5870 review, on ATI's horizon ATI was a follow-up to the Radeon HD 4870 X2, code-named "Hemlock XT",
which in essence would put together a pair of Radeon HD 5870 GPUs on a single PCB. Today AMD is officially unveiling the Hemlock as the new ATI
Radeon HD 5970, hoping to expand its current dominance in single-GPU performance with the fastest single-slot graphics card on the market -- a title
that until today was reserved for Nvidia's dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295. The Radeon HD 5970 looks to be well suited for the job.
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neowin.net - 18.11.2009
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