Windows 7 Available Worldwide Today
The official launch event of Windows 7 is still hours away, but the latest iteration of the Windows client from Microsoft has already hit the market, as initially scheduled, today October 22nd, 2009.
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22.10.2009 6 Months Later - Windows Vista Worldwide
There is little doubt that the Windows operating system accounts for the lion's share of the operating system market worldwide.
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4.8.2007 Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide
Built from the ground up, the new Windows Live Hotmail is now safer, more powerful and available virtually anywhere.
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7.5.2007 How the Web Went Worldwide
For an educational bit of Sunday reading, the BBC have posted an article on the technology section of their website documenting the web's mysterious early days.
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6.8.2006 Bing Is Live Worldwide
Microsoft's next-generation search engine, scratch that, decision engine, is now live worldwide. The Redmond company started rolling out Bing, formerly codenamed Kumo, on May 28, 2009, and is right on track to completing the introduction of the evolution to Live Search by June 3rd.
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1.6.2009 Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope
Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday. The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics.
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13.5.2008 One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008
More than one billion PCs will be in use worldwide by the end of 2008, fuelled by high growth rates in emerging markets such as the Bric bloc of countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
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11.6.2007 Virtual Earth, Full of Stars, via WorldWide Telescope
At the end of September, Microsoft made available a new version of Virtual Earth 3D, complete with a new 3D control.
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7.10.2008 Bill Gates Celebrates Worldwide General Availability of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System
From Times Square in New York City, join Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates for a live webcast celebrating the worldwide launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
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28.1.2007 Worldwide Software Piracy Rate Holds Steady at 35%
A new study reveals that 35% of the software installed in 2006 on personal computers (PCs) worldwide was obtained illegally, amounting to nearly $40 billion in global losses due to software piracy.
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16.5.2007 Steve Ballmer Live Webcast at the Worldwide Partner Conference
Live Webcast On Tuesday, July 10th at 11:15 a.m. Mountain Time.
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11.7.2007 300 Top Software Developers Worldwide in New Microsoft Development Center
Even as early as July 5, 2007, Microsoft announced that it was extending north of Redmond and into Canada.
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11.9.2008 Many Windows Users Get Unwanted Updates
What better gift could Apple ask for with the launch of its "Leopard" Mac OS X v. 10.5? How about a PR disaster surrounding Windows?
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27.10.2007 Windows 7: What’s coming for business users
Microsoft showed off publicly for the first time Windows 7 at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) on October 28.
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28.10.2008 Will business users bite on Windows 7?
Most of the Windows 7 features Microsoft has demonstrated and touted for the past few months have been aimed at consumers, not business users.
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4.3.2009 Windows 7 users can downgrade to XP
Microsoft and its PC partners are going to allow Windows 7 users to downgrade not just to Windows Vista, but also to Windows XP, Microsoft officials are confirming.
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6.4.2009 Users fight to save Windows XP
Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker.
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15.4.2008 Users fight to save Windows XP
Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker.
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16.4.2008 Windows 7 Anytime to chisel netbook users
Microsoft is hoping that by pushing a cut-down OS on netbooks it can convince users to upgrade to a more expensive edition. But the asking price for the upgrade, combined with a prosaic set of features, may mean that Microsoft loses out.
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21.7.2009 Microsoft Turns Up The Heat On Windows 2000 Users
With the recent release of Microsoft's newest potential cash cows, Windows Vista and Office 2007, the company is expecting a wave of upgrades from users seeking the latest functionality.
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19.12.2006 Windows Mail bug may expose Vista users
A possible security vulnerability in Windows Mail could let attackers run applications on PCs running Vista.
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24.3.2007 Microsoft gets an earful on what users want in future Windows releases
In December 2006, Microsoft requested feedback from a select group of invitees regarding what they would like to see fixed, changed and/or added to future Windows builds.
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12.7.2007 Update KB968771, Internet Explorer for Windows 7 E Users
Yesterday, fellow blogger and enthusiast Paul Thurrott revealed the European edition of build 7264, which, as you all probably know by now comes without Internet Explorer due to some antitrust lawsuits filed by the European Union against Microsoft.
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7.7.2009 Windows Vista Beta2 users to run as standard user
David Cross a Director of Program Management with Windows Security has posted today over at the UAC blog that the users accounts created on Windows Vista Beta2 will be standard users. Yep, thats right...not an Admin, not a Protected Admin, but a standard user.
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3.4.2006 Windows Live Messenger users to report child abuse
Users of Windows Live Messenger can now report suspected sexual predators of children with a mouse click.
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23.8.2006 Microsoft Urges Users Stop Using Safari In Windows Platform
Microsoft's security team is advising users to stop using Apple's Safari browser pending investigation into a quirk that allows miscreants to litter their desktop with hundreds of executable files.
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2.6.2008 Windows 7 to let users create a Desktop Slideshow from files, feeds
Curious as to what else was under Microsoft’s elaborate lock, key, and duct-tape protection scheme mentioned earlier, I had my friend Chris Holmes run a scan of his 7 system, as I’m still babying my laptop’s SSD drive.
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10.11.2008 Microsoft tells users to beware upgrading from Vista to Windows 7
Microsoft said Friday that some "in-place" upgrades from Windows Vista to the new Windows 7 may take some users over 20 hours to complete.
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14.9.2009 Microsoft Denies Changing Windows Vista Settings without Users' Consent
Microsoft denied that it is messing around with the settings of the Windows Vista operating systems without the users' consent.
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15.10.2007 Revision to Windows Vista retail licensing terms for PC power users!
Vista Blog: I’m very pleased to let you know you this morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on where you are when you read this) that the Windows division has revised the retail license terms for Windows Vista in a significant way.
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2.11.2006Webcasting 'Day of Silence' Heard Worldwide
In protest of royalties fees
which take effect next month,
the amount of which has been
recently estimated to surmount
their revenues by nearly four
times, America's largest and
best-known streaming music
sites, plus others worldwide,
have gone silent for the day...
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26.06.2007Ballmer: 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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20.11.2009'Spam King' Behind Bars, Authorities Say
The arrest of a 27-year-old
Seattle man is being hailed as
a major victory in the fight
against spam -- and some are
saying it could lead to a
noticeable decrease in the
amount of spam worldwide...
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31.05.2007WorldWide Telescope Puts Wonders of Space on a PC
Since its public beta release in May 2008, WorldWide Telescope has garnered rave reviews in the press, support from educators and scientists across
the globe, two award nominations, and nearly 2 million regular users...
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25.03.2009Bonus WLM Invites Sent Out
On Friday, Microsoft once
again started sending out
additional invitations for
WLM. The company is trying to
increase the amount of testers
in the beta drastically, as
some users have received up to
ten bonus invites within one
day. If you are in the beta an
you have not checked you
e-mail inbox yet, that may be
a good idea as you will
probably have two or three
e-mails from the WLM beta team
notifying you about your extra
invites.
We
would like to remind users
here at JCXP that at the
moment we are giving away a
large amount of Windows Live
Messenger invitations. However
you must be a registered and
active member to qualify for
the give away.
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11.01.2006Dell: Windows 7 pricing is a potential obstacle for users
We've learned a vast amount about Windows 7 over the last few months, but there's still one thing that's been bothering those in the
technology world (and even those not in it): pricing. How much will Windows 7 cost users? Nobody can be sure, but Dell doesn't seem too keen on
it, according to CNET. They're reporting that Darrel Ward, the director of product management for Dell's business client product group, is a
bit concerned on how high the new operating system from Microsoft will cost.
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18.05.2009Microsoft announces availability of Windows phones worldwide
Today can be marked as the last day of the "Windows Mobile" device brand as Microsoft has announced the availability of Windows Phones worldwide at
an exclusive event in NYC hosted by Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division. The devices announced today ship
with Windows Mobile 6.5, which has been a long time coming. So what is a "Windows Phone" one might ask? "Our lives increasingly have become
this complex mash-up of our professional and personal worlds, so we need a better way to connect to the people we care about and an easier way to
connect to the information that matters to us," Bach said during his welcome at the Open House.
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06.10.2009Happy first birthday Windows Vista!
365 days and 100 million licenses later, enthusiasm for a safe, reliable and engaging Windows Vista experience is high.
Since the worldwide
release of Windows Vista one year ago today, people are doing more and getting more out of their Windows experience. From pictures and videos, to
games and family safety settings, users are finding out that they can do more with Windows Vista.
We commissioned independent studies from
IPSos and NPD to explore the attitudes of users about the operating system not only in the U.S., but also in China, France, Germany, Japan, and the
UK. According to NDP, 70 percent of these users say it's an improvement over their previous operating system.
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31.01.2008HP Tops Dell in Worldwide PC Sales
While the growth of the PC
market worldwide continued to
slip by almost two points from
9.8% in the second quarter to
7.9% in the third, apparently
no one sent that memo to
Hewlett-Packard. For the first
time in years, HP's worldwide
PC market share just barely
tops that of Dell's...
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20.10.2006Microsoft Unveils New Opportunities for Partners at Worldwide Partner Conference 2007
Q&A: At the company's annual
worldwide partner gathering,
the head of Microsoft's
worldwide partner program
discusses how the evolution of
the companys software delivery
model opens new business
opportunities for partners...
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11.07.2007Boingo bounces some fees higher, some lower
Boingo's worldwide Wi-Fi service will cost a bit more for users in Europe and a bit less for certain users elsewhere under the terms of new pricing
arrangements...
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21.10.2008Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage.
Late last night we started receiving reports from readers experiencing problems with Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Users of both Windows
XP and Windows Vista were writing to say that they could not validate their installations using WGA, and one user even said that his installation was
invalidated by the service.
We contacted our sources at Microsoft, who told us off the record that the company is aware of a major WGA
server outage affecting users across the globe. The Windows Genuine Advantage support forum has exploded with complaints, as a result, and Phil Liu,
WGA project manager, says that he won't sleep until the problem is fixed. Windows Vista and XP are affected, 32- and 64-bit versions.
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26.08.2007Worldwide broadband prices drop 20% in less than a year
UK analysis firm Point Topic has just released its new set of worldwide broadband figures, and the news is encouraging: broadband is getting cheaper,
fast. Prices have fallen by 20 percent just in 2008, and the year's not even over with yet.
Although the average worldwide costs
paid each month by users of DSL and cable connections are almost identical now, the price per megabit is not. Around the globe, DSL remains far more
expensive for the speed you get, but it has also shown the greatest drop in price. Between the first and third quarters of 2008, DSL dropped from $25
per megabit to $18 per megabit.
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07.11.2008Nokia teams with Sprint, Reuters on worldwide mobile ad network
Nokia's new mobile ad network will be run in partnership with Sprint and some 70 major Web-based content providers worldwide. Meanwhile, Nokia is
reportedly talking about a Windows Mobile deal with Microsoft...
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12.02.2008Heavy AT&T DSL users could see additional fees
A spokesperson for AT&T says the company is mulling an additional charge atop the standard monthly rate for those who use a large amount of bandwidth...
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14.06.2008Apple: "Windows 7 is still Windows, complex and expensive"
Apple has come out swinging, or at least Brian Croll, Vice President of Apple's Mac OS X worldwide product marketing has when it comes to the new
offerings from Microsoft. Croll states that "Windows users are really tired of all the headaches that they've been getting over the years,
starting all the way back from Windows Me to NT to Vista and now Windows 7," he said. "As a result, I think people are looking for something
different, and the Mac offers real ease of use, stability and security." In his defense, Apple did just release their quarterly earnings which do
backup some of his statements.
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26.10.2009Microsoft Marks the One-Year Anniversary of Windows Vista Worldwide Release
Since the worldwide release of Windows Vista one year ago today, people are doing more and getting more out of their Windows experience. From pictures
and videos, to games and family safety settings, users are finding out that they can do more with Windows Vista.
To get the full
picture of what the past year has brought for Windows Vista customers, PressPass gathered a group of people representing many different viewpoints:
Neil Charney, General Manager, Microsoft Windows Client; Robin Mason, a mom whose family participated in the “Life With Windows Vista”,
program (in which 50 ordinary families gave feedback for the development of Windows Vista); Jeff Price, Senior Director in the Windows Group at
Microsoft ; Richard Russell, Principal Development Manager in the Windows Client Performance Group; Austin Wilson, Director, Windows Client Security
Product Management; Kevin Unangst, Senior Global Director of Games for Windows; and Chen Shaopeng, Lenovo's Senior Vice-President and President of
Greater China Region.
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31.01.2008Windows 7 Lineup Offers Clear Choice for Consumers and Businesses
Q&A: Windows General Manager Mike Ybarra discusses how Windows 7 editions are being designed to make buying simple, while serving the needs of more
than 1 billion customers worldwide...
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04.02.2009Skype Surpasses 100 Million
Users
Skype said Friday that it had
hit 100 million registered
users worldwide in its first
two and a half years, which it
claims is the fastest growth
of any Internet program ever.
According to the company, the
100 millionth name came at
1:12PM GMT Thursday...
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29.04.2006BlackBerry users still await update for MS Office doc creation
BlackBerry users worldwide will one day be able to use DataViz' Documents to Go to create Microsoft Office files on their phones. Yet so far, only a
couple of ISPs have provided their customers with this update to BlackBerry services...
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