Leaked Details of Windows 7 M1 March 2008 Edition Version 6.1 Build 6574.1
Windows 7 is alive and kicking, and despite the fact that Microsoft has gagged the details about the next iteration of Windows almost to perfection, details managed to slip through the Redmond giant's fingers.
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21.4.2008 Windows 7 in details
Given that I knew most of you would be virtually blasted out of your chairs by a shock and awe of Windows 7 reviews once the news embargo on the OS was lifted (combined with the fact that I only got my hands on a copy of Build 6801 a couple of days later), I decided to take my time to get to knows the OS before I shared with you my thoughts and feelings about Microsofts latest OS.
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6.11.2008 Zune 2.0 details leaked
The chances of a Zune Scene editor running into a Microsoft Zune employee in the wild are pretty slim, but recently the stars were aligned and I got the inside scoop on the Zune 2.0 and also the flash based Zune coming out in 2007.
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11.4.2007 More Details on SQL "Katmai"
Preliminary product literature reveals that Katmai will be more deeply integrated with Microsoft Office system front-end tools, including Office Excel, Excel Services, Office SharePoint Server and Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, its business score-carding application. Katmais reporting capabilities will be more robust, supporting any report size or complexity.
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9.5.2007 A Taste of Windows 7 Details
With the availability of Windows 7 pre-Beta confirmed for late October 2008, Microsoft has also delivered additional details related to the agenda of the Professional Developer Conference 2008 in Las Vegas.
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25.9.2008 More Windows 7 E details emerge
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about Windows 7 E, the version of their next operating system that will be released in Europe without Internet Explorer.
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13.7.2009 WPA crack details revealed
German researchers have published a paper that claims to give details of how to crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access encryption standard.
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12.11.2008 Microsoft details the Windows 7 Taskbar
Chaitanya Sareen, Windows Team at Microsoft, has produced a blog post detailing the new Windows 7 Taskbar.
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24.11.2008 Microsoft sticker shock details
With its upcoming launch of Windows 7, Microsoft is trying to walk a fine line on pricing.
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1.8.2009 More Windows 7 Compatibility Program Details
There are only two weeks left until the latest operating system from Microsoft becomes available on the market, and the Redmond-based company has just unveiled some details on the Windows 7 compatibility programs it is running.
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2.10.2009 Microsoft Details a Few Office 12 Plans
Microsoft on Monday talked up a few features of its next-generation Office release, due next year, which revolve around the concept of "business intelligence." A major focus of Office 12 will be on improving the way users access data in existing applications, thereby making business intelligence (BI) more pervasive.
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Seagate Leaks Details on 750GB Barracuda
Seagate "accidentally" posted a PDF document on their website with all the juicy details of their next high capacity hard drive.
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25.4.2006 PS3 Europe Launch Details Revealed
Details of the European PS3 launch have been officially unveiled by Sony. The console will only be available in the premium 60GB model at launch, and will retail for 599EUR and 425GBP.
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25.1.2007 Parsing the details of the Microsoft-Novell pact
Novell dropped its annual report Friday and with it three exhibits offering details of its SUSE Linux pact with Microsoft.
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28.5.2007 Microsoft details Vista SP1 search changes
To stay in compliance with its antitrust ruling, Microsoft is making it easier for consumers to use third-party desktop search apps with Windows Vista.
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13.9.2007 Windows Mobile 7 screenshots and details - leaked
In February 2008, during Mobile World Congress 2008 (a global event for professionals, not consumers), Microsoft will unveil publicly Windows Mobile 6.1 that is a minor upgrade to current Windows Mobile 6.
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6.1.2008 Microsoft Details IE 8 Security Default Change
The company will enable DEP/NX (Data Execution Prevention/No Execute) by default in IE 8 when running on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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11.4.2008 Details on Windows Vista SP2 emerge
Microsoft has begun to release some details on the enhancements that they intend to bring with Windows Vista Service Pack 2. As we reported on Neowin last week, Microsoft has released an early beta build of Vista SP2 to testers weighing in at around 290MB.
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26.10.2008 More Windows 7 Release Candidate details revealed
Just a day after Paul Thurrott revealed 'Windows XP Mode' for Windows 7, he has come out and posted a few more interesting details about the upcoming release.
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26.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7140 Details Leaked
Windows 7 build 7140 is in the various seven forums buzz. A user of SevenForums posted the following changelog for the upcoming build.
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26.5.2009 Windows 7 Starter Edition details confirmed
As was reported here on KezNews, there was speculation that Microsoft were planning to remove the application limit on Windows 7 Starter Edition.
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30.5.2009 Windows 7 Family Pack Leaked Details
Microsoft is gearing up to introduce the evolution of the Windows Vista Family Pack, but this time around with Windows 7 as la piece de resistance.
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2.7.2009 Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface
With Windows 7 out the door we already know Microsoft immediately starts work on the servicing of Windows 7.
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2.11.2009 Microsoft Details Hardware Requirements for Windows Vista
During the several-year development time of Windows Vista, I've been asked one question more than any other about this next generation operating system: What hardware will it require? Microsoft has always been pretty vague about the requirements.
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30.3.2006 Microsoft Unveils Details of First Products Under Zune Brand
Available this holiday season in the United States, Zune includes a 30GB digital media player, the Zune Marketplace music service and a foundation for an online community that will enable music fans to discover new music.
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15.9.2006 Windows XP Service Pack 3 Leaked Details!
Not only is Windows XP Service Pack 3 alive and kicking, but Microsoft also managed to leak details about what the refresh will contain. The Redmond Company's policy when it comes down to future releases of the Windows platform is to gag all details. Windows
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21.6.2007 Sun leaks 6-core Intel processor details
Late last month in Austria, Intel presented Sun with roadmaps discussing details of its upcoming server platforms, including the fairly secret Xeon Dunnington and Nehalem architectures.
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27.2.2008 Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 beta 2, RC details
Stephen Sinofsky, Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group at Microsoft, has written a blog post to everyone testing the Windows 7 Beta giving out details about skipping the Windows 7 Beta 2, and going directly to the Release Candidate (RC) build, also known as a Beta refresh.
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30.1.2009 Windows 7 upgrade coupon program details revealed
It's common knowledge that people who have purchased a PC recently, or plan to do so in the near future, will (most likely) have it come with Windows Vista installed.
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13.6.2009 Microsoft announces Windows 7 RTM, MGX details
Microsoft officially confirmed today that it has finished Windows 7 and released the final build to manufacturing (RTM).
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22.7.2009Windows Vista for Embedded Systems Information Available
Now, I didn't even know this
existed - I knew XP Embedded
had been around for a while,
but I wasn't sure that
Microsoft were actually going
to produce an Embedded version
of Windows Vista sometime
soon, but they have, and you
can get all the details from
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
ws/embedded/eval/vista/default
.mspx>here.
The great
thing is, even though you are
using Vista technology on
these small, and sometimes
custom devices, you can still
get many of the benefits of
the full blown Vista, such as
built-in protection against
malicious software,
intelligent warnings around
hardware failure and
sophisticated backup
technologies, and with the
Ultimate version (Business and
Ultimate are the 2 options
available), you even have
BitLocker, and the
Multi-Language User Interface.
This site is your
perfect launch pad to more
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
ws/embedded/eval/vista/default
.mspx>information - I'd
highly recommend checking it
out.
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04.06.2007Windows Vista Homepage, Get's
an update!
Check out the new Windows
Vista homepage, now updated
with Screenshots, and
information of the nifty
features! Click
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
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06.01.2006Apple Releases Boot Camp 2.1 Update
Apple released Boot Camp 2.1 for
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Service Pack 3,
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ws Vista 32 and
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ws Vista 64.
This update addresses issues and improves compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista running
on a Mac computer using Boot Camp. It is highly recommended for all Boot Camp users.
Important: Installation of Boot Camp 2.1 is
required before installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)
href="http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fmacosx%2Ffeatures%2Fbootcamp.html&t=1209099301">Boot Camp is a Apple's tool
to allow Intel Mac owners to boot dual boot Windows alongside Mac OS X. Running Windows under Boot Camp provides you with a fully compatible Windows
environment.
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25.04.2008Microsoft Code Name "Acropolis" August CTP Available
Building on the vision of
software + services, Microsoft
Code Name Acropolis makes it
easier to build and manage
modular, business-focused,
client applications for
Microsoft Windows on the .NET
Framework. It builds on the
rich capabilities of Windows
and the .NET Framework,
including Windows Presentation
Foundation (WPF), by providing
tools and pre-built components
that help developers quickly
assemble an application from
loosely-coupled parts and
services.
Code Name Acropolis
reduces the complexities of
building occasionally
connected client applications
and provides the ability to
assemble and reconfigure
systems without having to
write a lot of code. Code Name
"Acropolis" is part of the
.NET Client Futures release,
Microsofts preview of upcoming
technologies in Windows client
development. For more
information about Code Name
"Acropolis" and the .NET
Client Futures, see
http://windo
wsclient.net.
There are two
downloads. An .MSI file that
has the August Community
Technology Preview product and
a .CHM file that has the Help
documentation.
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08.08.2007Windows Live Wave 3: Coming to testers near you soon
The
leaks
are
picking up.
Windo
ws Live Wave 3 the next version of Microsoft’s Windows Live software and services is finally expected to move into broader beta testing in
the coming weeks.
Microsoft is expected to refresh all of its core Windows Live services, plus the common installer, as part of
Wave 3. There is a new version of Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery and more that are in the
pipeline. Microsoft has hinted that it will be revamping Windows Live Spaces, its blogging/social-networking platform, in a major way as part of the
Wave 3 release. In addition,
all of the core Windows Live services are expected to get more
profile-centric as part of the next wave.
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14.08.2008Microsoft makes Unix changes
Microsoft plans to
build more Unix features into
future versions of its Windows
Server operating system and
cease work on its separate
Services For Unix
product.
H
istorically, Microsoft has
provided, in a package known
as Services For Unix, software
tools to help companies
integrate their Windows and
Unix machines. At one time,
the software giant charged for
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
wsserversystem/sfu/default.msp
x]Services For Unix, but early
last year the company made the
tools free for Windows
customers.
Microsof
t plans to include some of
those features in Windows
Server 2003 R2, an update to
the server OS due at the end
of this year. At the same
time, the company said it is
not planning any further
releases of the standalone
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06.09.2005Palm's Pre to support tethering, other details revealed
Sprint has updated their web page on Palm's Pre, revealing some interesting details. The details on the Pre have been on Palm's website for
some time, but as they are now on Sprint's site, this could mean an imminent release. The first of the interesting details is that the Pre will
support data tethering, either via BlueTooth or USB. This means that you can connect the Pre to a laptop or PC, and use it as a wireless internet
access point, providing internet access from anywhere that the Pre has coverage. Secondly, the 8gb of internal storage on the Pre will have 7.4gb
available, meaning that the operating system on the device takes up a considerable amount of space.
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12.02.2009Novell to Detail Microsoft Agreement
Novell will provide more
details of its patent deal
with Microsoft, although the
full story wouldn't be
revealed as the company plans
to redact some of the more
sensitive details...
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24.05.2007More Windows 7 E details emerge
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about Windows 7 E, the version of their next operating system that will be released in Europe without
Internet Explorer. The information is primarily focused at developers who may be affected when creating applications that use Internet Explorer based
controls but also provides some more general information. The details, posted on the Windows 7 for Developers blog, reveal that using Windows 7 E
will be similar to using the full version of Windows 7 but with the Internet Explorer component disabled. This is also how they suggest that
developers can test their software for compatibility with Windows 7 E, as builds of it are currently unavailable to testers.
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13.07.2009RIM Details Patent Workaround
Plan
Blackberry maker Research in
Motion released details of a
software workaround Thursday,
which would be implemented in
the event it loses a February
24 injunction hearing. A
decision is expected there
that could shut down the
service in the United States...
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09.02.2006EU Data Retention Law Approved
A new law that will mandate
European ISPs and
telecommunications companies
to keep details of the
communications of their
customers for up to two years
was given the go-ahead by the
EU Wednesday. Although the
content is not recorded,
details of the time,
destination of the call and
length would be stored...
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23.02.2006Microsoft Clarifies Virtualization Licensing
Microsoft Corp. has released a
white paper clarifying how
licensing for its current
version of Windows Server
works when paired with
virtualization software.
However, customers may face a
whole new set of licensing
rules once the next version,
Windows Server 2008, is
released later this year.
In a white paper called
"Licensing Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 R2 to Run with
Virtualization Technologies,"
Microsoft outlines clearly how
to license the current version
of Windows Server-- Windows
Server 2003 R2-- for specific
third-party virtualization
technology, including VMware
ESX, VMware Vmotion and SWsoft
Virtuozzo. It also explains
licensing for Microsoft's own
System Center Virtual Machine
Manager.
The document
http://www.microsoft.com/windo
wsserver2003/howtobuy/licensin
g/calculator.mspx>can be found
on a Web page that also
includes previously released
virtualization calculators
that help customers determine
the cost of Windows Server
licensing in various
virtualization scenarios...
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13.06.2007More Zune 2 Details Surface Ahead of Launch
NEW DETAILS Three new Zune players, including an 80GB HDD-based version and two flash players will debut. The Zune Marketplace is also set to
offer up to one million DRM-free tracks, sources say...
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03.10.2007Windows Server virtualization (Hyper-V) Step-by-Step guide available
Well, if you have not got around to checking out the community technical preview build of Windows Server virtualization (Hyper-V) in the Windows
Server 2008 RC0 build - there is now a nice "Step-by-Step" guide that walks you through the process of getting up and running. You can check it out
here:
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04.12.2007More details on the new Windows 7 Taskbar
At PDC 2008, Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 and showcased its new dock-like Taskbar. But the revamped Taskbar isn't in the pre-beta build
distributed to attendees, so we went hunting for more details on Windows 7's most prominent new feature...
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30.10.2008More details on HTC's 2009 line-up of Windows Phones
Following the show up of HTC's full 2009 line-up of Windows Phones in January, sina.com has got more details on the different models of upcoming
HTC devices as noticed by wmpoweruser. Our focus remains on the notable Windows Phone models here.
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05.03.2009Details of Intel's Core i7 950 and 975 Extreme emerge
A few weeks back, Neowin did a report on Intel phasing out their Core i7 940 and 965 Extreme CPUs on September 4, 2009. Now, details on their
successors, the Core i7 950 and 975 Extreme, have trickled out from various unofficial listings of the CPUs. PCs for everyone has a listing for the
Core i7 950 CPU. If details they possess are accurate, the processor would retail for $649.00 and will be made available on May 31. It is
available for pre-order on their website. The 950 is set to replace the 940 when it is phased out.
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29.05.2009Microsoft Shares Details on Windows 7
Forget another five-year wait
for the next version of
Windows. Microsoft has shared
a few details of its
next-generation operating
system, tentatively named
"Windows 7," due in
2010...
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23.07.2007TechEd 2007: What Did We Learn Today?
A computer convention, or any
kind of convention, is a broad
and complex story whose
importance becomes clearer
once the details are all
assembled. Conventions are
about the details, the parade
of little events, the things
you overhear, the questions
that were unanswered and then
unanswered again, the
discoveries you didn't
expect. BetaNews wraps up
this week of coverage from
Orlando...
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09.06.2007Microsoft Details Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft began offering a few details of its upcoming release of the Office 2008 suite for the Mac platform, by first listing work to Entourage to
further support Exchange services and features...
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