DirectX 9.0c
The first three are for Developers, and the last one is for us lot to play our games with the latest version of DirectX 9.0c.
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3.2.2007 DirectX Redistributable 9.0c August 2007 for Windows Vista
Microsoft has made available fresh DirectX downloads for Windows Vista and Windows XP. The Redmond company offered since earlier this week the DirectX End-User Runtimes (August 2007) delivering the updated package of the DirectX end-user redistributable addressed at developers for direct implementation into their own software in order to leverage the graphics technology of the Windows platform.
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11.9.2007 DOWNLOAD of Visual Studio 2005 Express and SQL 2005 Server DL
Ever wanted to learn C#, C++, SQL, or any other language but didn't have the money to buy Visual Studio and get started? Well Microsoft is giving their Express products away for free!
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VS.NET 2005, SQL Server 2005, .NET Framework 2.0 are released!
Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and .NET Framework 2.0 have been released on MSDN today. If you don't have MSDN, you can still download the new .NET 2.0 Framework
here.
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MSN Direct to Be Killed Off on January 1, 2012
Microsoft has signed the death sentence of MSN Direct and is informing customers that they will be able to continue using the service for two years and a couple of months before it will be discontinued.
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28.10.2009 MSN Direct Goes High Def with Clear Channel
Companies collaborate to deliver rich data services on HD digital radio format to smarten everyday objects.
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10.1.2007 Microsoft TechNet Plus Direct subscription is now available! Finally with download option
TechNet Plus Direct is now available. It allows an individual subscriber full access to TechNet Plus resources including evaluation software, technical content, tools, utilities and support resources. Content is available through the TechNet Subscription Benefits Portal- the subscriber-only site (this subscription does not include CD or DVD media shipments).
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9.8.2006 Windows Vista Retail Direct Link from Microsoft Leaked
2 days ago, there is Windows Vista retail download links posted on some forums. That seems pretty normal as there are people kept on uploading whenever Rapidshare removes them.
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13.4.2007 Windows 7 32-Bit (x86) Direct Download Links
Windows 7 has been officially launched, but Microsoft never makes available official download links that allow retail customers to download setup installer or ISO image of Windows 7, despite digital downloads have been the sole distribution channel for many that purchases from online store or on MSDN or TechNet subscriptions.
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22.10.2009 Windows 7 64-Bit x64 Direct Download Links
User who only wants to download Windows 7 installation files via official and verified source can choose to download the ESD files instead, which contains setup1.box, setup2.box and a edition-specific Windows 7 setup installer, and not in ISO format, although it’s easy to make a bootable Windows 7 DVD or ISO with the unloaded Windows 7 setup files.
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25.10.2009 Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 Beta 2 Direct Download Link Without WGA
After the almost disastrous launch of IE 8 Beta 1, the second beta of IE8 (Internet Explorer has been released for free download. Various improvements, enhancements, bug fixes and some new features are added to the new version of IE8 Beta 2.
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26.10.2008 Make No Mistake About It, the XP SP3 RTM Direct Download Links Are Live
Make no mistake about it, the gold bits of Windows XP Service Pack 3 are available for download straight from Microsoft, contrary to what the company is claiming.
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1.5.2008 Panda Internet Security 2010 Free Trial Direct Download Link
In addition to Panda Antivirus Pro 2010, Panda has also released new version for it’s another security application – Panda Internet Security 2010.
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9.7.2009 Leaked Windows 7 RTM Direct Download Links for Both x86 and x64 Flavors
The leaked direct download links for Windows 7 followed promptly the October 22nd general availability deadline, offering end users access to the latest iteration of the Windows client.
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26.10.2009 Windows 7 ISO Image Edition Switcher Free Download for Direct Convert
Windows 7 no longer has “One Disc to Rule Them All” universal installation DVD disc media or ISO image which allows users to select whichever editions of Windows 7 they prefer to install during setup. Instead, each Windows 7 installation ISO or media is specific for a channel and distribution and can be used to install an edition of Windows 7 only.
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30.10.2009 Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Free Trial Version Direct Download Links
The leading developer of secure content management solutions, Kaspersky Lab has released the new version of its popular security application – Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, where all the components implemented in earlier product versions have been improved and upgraded, including the firewall, heuristic analyzer, parental control module, and the anti-spam module.
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1.7.2009 Free Windows Server 2008 R2 Evaluation Installation ISO and VHD for Hyper-V Official Direct Download Links
Windows Server 2008 R2 is the next iteration of Windows Server operating system, which has been RTMed with build version 6.1.7600.16385 together with Windows 7. Microsoft is now officially releasing the ISO image for Windows Server 2008 R2 Trial Software, which allowing administrators and users to install Windows Server 2008 R2 to evaluate the new operating system for 180 days for free.
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17.8.2009 Windows 7 Enterprise Trial 32-bit and 64-bit ISO Direct Download Links
Microsoft has made available free download of Windows 7 Enterprise edition for interested corporate and business customers as trial evaluation software. Windows 7 Enterprise free download has pre-installed product key which lasts for 90 days (3 months) after activated. Activation has to be done within 10 days or else the computer will shut down hourly.
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3.10.2009 Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
The Beta Experience invites you on a journey to discover the new features of Visual Studio 2005. It contains the latest beta versions of Visual Studio 2005 Team System and SQL Server 2005, and provides you with a hands-on comprehensive training project to help you get the most out of Beta 2.
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New Security Features in Visual Studio 2005
Visual Studio 2005 makes it easier for developers to write secure applications. Write unmanaged code that's safe, or get IDE tools that help you to build and deploy managed applications that take advantage of Code Access Security. (11 printed pages)
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Pinned: Has Visual Studio 2005 RTMed?
Although I haven't recieved any offical word yet, it seems as if Microsoft has let the RTM news out of the bag by mistake.
On ASP.NET's Atlas website, there is a box labeled "Get Atlas!".
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Microsoft Security Updates: December 2005
Microsoft has just posted their security patch builletin for the month of December. As usual all required patches for your PC can be found on
Windows Update.
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13.12.2005 File-Sharing Winners and Losers of 2005
The year 2005 was an excellent year, depending of course on your point of view. For the tech industry, BitTorrent soared to new heights while Steve Jobs enjoyed record breaking iPod sales. Yet not everyone shared this success. The RIAA continued its fight against P2P networking with little effect, as Sony-BMG disgraced itself and the DRM concept.
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26.12.2005 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Review
A Little History
Virtualization software is nothing new, and dates back quite some time. One of the most popular examples for the end user was Connectix Virtual PC for the Mac. Since there are a pretty huge number of programs that are only available on Windows, this created a strong market niche to let Mac users run Windows programs, even if at reduced speed.
Virtual PC for the Mac, rather than emulating Windows, emulated the x86 architecture and the requisite peripheral devices, such as a video and sound card. This meant that emulation could work quite flawlessly, but also that any user would need to purchase a copy of Windows as well and then install it onto the Virtual PC. Virtual PC was a success and Connectix later created a Windows version which let you run most x86 OSes ? something quite useful for developers, enthusiasts, and IT professionals.
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22.1.2006 The 10 Biggest Microsoft Surprises of 2005
What were the most surprising Microsoft moments in 2005? Here's our list. What juicy items did we miss?
So many Top 10 lists, so little time. And when your beat is Microsoft, the Top 10 options are as numerous (albeit, only sometimes as humorous) as David Letterman's.
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24.1.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Express free
Microsoft have released the Visual Studio 2005 express free. Company brings the power of code to growing community of hobbyist programmers who seek to integrate technology and software into their everyday lives.
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20.4.2006 Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Now Available
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 continues Microsoft's investment in market leading development tools.
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17.12.2006 Mozilla's 2005 revenue: $52.9 million
Mozilla Foundation chairman Mitchell Baker on Tuesday disclosed the revenue the open-source Web browser organization garnered in 2005: $52.9 million.
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4.1.2007 Visual Studio 2005 Update for Vista
Microsoft has released a new version of its Visual Studio toolset for Windows Vista development.
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7.3.2007 Top 10 Windows Freeware tools for 2005
As we head into 2005’s home stretch, I thought I’d do a round-up of my top 10 pieces of Windows Freeware for 2005. Some of these aren’t new, but certainly what I’d consider essential. Some on the other hand, are new. I’ve tried to avoid the instantly popular ones like Firefox and Opera, although I did give way to Winamp and Konfabulator in the end. But hey, it’s my top 10. If you don’t like it, post your own.
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Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
R2 x86 and x64 evaluation
available
A complete virtual
machine solution, Virtual
Server 2005 R2 features robust
storage, networking, and
management features in an
easy-to-use package that
includes a simple, seven-step
installation and a convenient
Web-based management console.
Virtual Server 2005 R2
provides hardware benefits
through virtual machine
isolation, while resource
management enables multiple
workloads to coexist on fewer
servers. In addition,
organizations benefit from
increased administrator
productivity throughout the
phases of the IT life
cycle.
Com
plemented by Microsoft???s
award winning Windows Server
2003 operating system, Virtual
Server 2005 R2 provides a
powerful, cost-effective
virtual machine platform as
part of the Windows Server
System???.
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2005 R2 (x86) EE 180 Day
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06.12.2005New "Network Direct" RDMA Interface Available with Windows Server 2008
Phil Pennington: Windows HPC Server 2008 introduces a new low-latency RDMA network API known as "Network Direct". This RDMA interface in
addition to and distinct from the existing "Winsock Direct" interface. The Network Direct interface introduces several advantages over
Winsock Direct including no dependency on the Winsock stack and much lower latency metrics. MS MPI is being developed to take advantage of this
new interface.
This means that Infiniband vendors, for instance, will need to provide HCA Network Direct providers in
addition to (or perhaps instead of) the Winsock Direct providers published previously. Consequently, development is underway by both Microsoft
and partners to enable full support for the entire network stack.
For programmers, the Network Direct API provides a model
similar to the User Mode Driver Framework (UMDF). MS MPI will be the first user-mode application to leverage Network Direct.
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15.12.2007MSN Direct will come to more GPS devices this year
The latest update to Microsoft's MSN Direct service which will take effect on numerous personal navigation devices...
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09.01.2008Windows Server "7" feature: Direct Connect
Microsoft IT (the internal IT organisation) is currently running a pilot called "Direct Connect". Direct Connect is like Outlook Anywhere where you
connect to the internal Exchange Server from outside the corporate network without a VPN connection but through RPC_over_HTTPs) Direct connect uses
IPv6 and IPSec to build a tunnel from outside the coprporate network to any resource that needs to access internal network (fileshares, LOB
applications) This pilot will end up as feature in the server edition of Windows 7. It will require a trusted identity like smartcards.
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06.11.2007Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Tools for the 2007 Microsoft
Office System Beta
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for
the 2007 Microsoft Office
System (Visual Studio 2005
Tools for Office Second
Edition Beta, or VSTO 2005 SE
Beta for short) is a free
add-on to Visual Studio 2005
that empowers developers to
build applications targeting
the 2007 Office system.
Developers can now harness the
benefits of the 2007 Office
system platform and create
Office-based solutions using
the professional development
environment of Visual Studio
2005.
Anyone
who has a licensed version of
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for
Office or Visual Studio
Professional and above (either
standalone versions or via an
MSDN Premium or Professional
subscription) is eligible to
download a free copy of VSTO
2005 SE Beta. VSTO 2005 SE
Beta also includes support for
Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007
forms, previously available as
a separate download for Visual
Studio 2005. You can design
InfoPath 2007 form solutions
right in the Visual Studio
2005 environment...
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16.09.2006NBC Direct adopts personalized ad network
NBC has announced that its NBC Direct downloadable TV platform currently in beta will utilize the YuMe network for its advertising...
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23.01.2008Updated "Unofficial" System Requirements For Crysis
Crysis-Online
has the "unofficial" updated
minimum and recommended system
requirements for the upcoming
mega-smash hit Crytek
masterpiece Crysis. Wow,
that's a mouthful eh? Check
these out.
Minimum
Requirements
- CPU - Athlon 64
3000+/Intel 2.8 Ghz
- Video - Nvidia
6200 or Ati X1300 - Shader
Model 2.0
-
RAM - 768 MB on
Windows XP or 1 GB on Windows
Vista
- HDD - 6 GB
- Internet -
256k+
- Optical Drive -
DVD
- Software -
Direct X 9.0c with Windows
XP
Recommended
Requirements
- CPU - Dual Core
CPU - Either Athlon X2 or
Intel Pentium D
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Video - Nvidia
7600GT or ATI X1800GTO -
Shader Model 3.0 or DX10
Equivalent
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RAM -
1.5GB+
- HDD - 6GB
- Internet -
512k+ - 128k Upstream
- Optical Drive -
DVD
- Software -
Direct X 9.0c with Windows
XP
Also of note
from the report are a couple
of other things. Mainly that
Crysis will run on both DX9
and DX10 and on Windows Vista
and Windows XP.
A video card supporting Shader
Model 2.0 is the minimum,
period. Don't bother with
anything less. The CryEngine 2
as its called, can scale back
quite a bit, around 2 years
according to Crysis-Online,
and scale ahead around 1.5
years or so. Crysis will
utilize multi threaded CPU's
which means the game will
support Quad Core processors.
A single Geforce 7800GTX will
be able to pretty much max out
the game.
Now
remember, these are not
confirmed specs, but I
wouldn't doubt they are
pretty accurate at this point.
Time to upgrade the old PC
folks?
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07.11.2006Visual Studio, SQL Server 2005
Go Gold
Microsoft on Thursday released
to manufacturing Visual Studio
2005 and SQL Server 2005, just
over a week before the
products make their official
debut at a gala event in San
Francisco. Downloads of the
next-generation development
products will be available for
MSDN subscribers later today...
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28.10.2005Dell asserts its commitment to AMD despite reduced Direct options
Though there may be fewer consumer notebook and desktop computers with AMD processor options available online through Dell Direct today than there
were last week, an AMD spokesperson told BetaNews that Dell is not backing away...
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09.02.2008PC Shipments May Beat 2005
Forecast
IDC predicts 2005 European,
Asian sales will beat last
year's totals...
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22.09.2005MSN Direct could put live content on WM6 home screens
At 3GSM in Barcelona today, Microsoft announced a preview of its MSN Direct service now available for devices with Windows Mobile, that will put
weather, sports scores, business, stocks, and entertainment news on their home screens...
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12.02.2008NBC Direct Beta Now Open: It's No Hulu
Only slightly behind schedule, NBC Direct launched in beta over the weekend. The service promises time-sensitive, ad-supported versions of NBC
Television's biggest hits for free, although the phrase "For a Limited Time" is taken quite literally...
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13.11.2007MSN Direct to connect Web sites with GPS devices over the air
Microsoft is releasing an API that allows third-party Web sites to send location information to MSN Direct-enabled GPS devices wirelessly, a first for
such services that previously required a USB sync to work...
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29.07.2008Virtual Server 2005 Beta
Program Comes to a Close
The Virtual Server
2005 R2 Beta program has come
to a close. One of the most
interesting notes is that the
product name has been changed
from Virtual Server 2005 SP1
to Virtual Server 2005
R2.
"When
we sat back and took a look at
all the new functionality we
added in this release, we
realized that it was much more
than a typical service
pack."
Virtual
Server 2005 R2 Beta testers
will be offered a free copy of
Virtual Server
2005 R2
Enterprise Edition (both x86
and x64 editions) in
appreciation of the feedback
sent.
Some of the
key features include:
. Clustering virtual machines
across hosts
. Host
clustering support
.
Greater Scalability - 64-bit
(x64) host support
.
Improved Performance - Up to
50% drop in CPU
utilization
.
Improved Manageability - PXE
network boot support
.
Better Interoperability -
Linux guest support..
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10.11.2005NBCU to Test Its Own 'Direct' Download Service
NBC Universal announced today it's scheduling the testing of its own "NBC Direct" online download service this October. You might be
thinking, didn't NBCU already plan something like that? Indeed it did, in a joint venture with News Corp. So this new service may need a different
premise...
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21.09.2007O2 announces free Twitter alerts via SMS
O2 will begin offering free SMS Twitter alert services beginning August 1 for UK customers. An O2 spokesperson confirmed that O2 has "teamed up
with Twitter to turn Twitter updates into free text messages, meaning @ replies and direct messages just got a little more direct." From the start
of August, every O2 customer will be able to switch on text notifications within Twitter and receive replies and direct messages, free. O2 users will
also be able to send updates to Twitter as part of their normal text message bundle or for the cost of a normal text. Once enabled, users will be
alerted when they have an @reply or direct message.
Read full story.....
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13.07.2009Michael Dell: Evolving Past the Direct Sales Model
In a memo to his employees
leaked to the press like a
sieve from multiple sources
over the weekend, Dell
Computer CEO Michael Dell
advised his employees that in
the company's coming
reorganization, quite a few
possibilities are on the
table, including a move beyond
the direct sales model he
himself devised and
championed...
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01.05.2007MSN Direct on your Sat Nav Demo
Nic Fillingham: If you live in North America you can now get access to
MSN Direct services on a selection of
Garmin Satellite Navigation
devices with more coming soon.
MSN Direct is a service that delivers traffic conditions, fuel prices, weather data, and more over
parts of the unused FM spectrum via
Microsoft
Directband technology.
Want to see the service in action? Check out the demo of MSN Direct we were given at the
Microsoft CES 2008 booth.
Alpine and
Pioneer will also be bringing out MSN Direct compatible devices in 2008. For more info
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20.01.2008Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools
SQL Server Compact 3.5 is a small footprint, in-process database engine that allows developers to build robust applications for Windows Desktops and
Mobile Devices. SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs DLL's on the IIS server enabling replication of data with SQL Server 2005.
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools installs replication components on the IIS server enabling merge replication and remote data access (RDA)
between SQL Server Compact 3.5 database on a Windows Desktop & Mobile devices and database servers running SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL
Server 2005. This install is not required for Synchronization Services for ADO.NET
SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools cannot be
installed Side-by-Side on the same IIS server with previous versions of SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition Server Tools or with SQL Server 2005 Mobile
Edition Server Tools. Using SQL Server Compact 3.5 Server Tools you can synchronize between SQL Server Compact 3.5 or SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition
or SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition versions of the client database and SQL Server 2005 and later versions of SQL Server 2005.
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29.11.2007Happy Holidays 2005 from
BetaNews
And so draws near a close to
yet another year. As we say
goodbye to 2005, we at
BetaNews would like to extend
our heartfelt thanks for all
of the support we have
received from our software
authors, downloaders and
devoted readers. This has been
a momentous year for BetaNews
and it wouldn't have happened
without you...
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