Windows 7 Direct3D 11 Features
As of November 2008, Microsoft is delivering the first taste of DirectX 11 for Windows 7 for download. A release aimed at developers, The November 2008 DirectX Software Development Kit, brings to the table the successor of Direct3D 10.1, namely Direct3D 11.
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27.11.2008 First Microsoft Genuine Office Validation Download on Download Center
Microsoft has posted the first Office download which has Genuine Office Validation (not required yet). It is sounds.exe the download enables sound in Office 2000,XP and 2003.
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28.4.2006 Download Windows 7 MUI Language Packs - Official 32-bit and 64-bit Direct Download Links
Microsoft has released MUI (Multilingual User Interface) language packs for Windows 7 RTM. The Windows 7 language packs is available via Windows Update as optional update for Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions only.
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28.8.2009 Download Firefox 1.0.7
Firefox 1.0.7 was just released today. It's said that the only updates for this minor version change are security related.
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Download Fasterfox 0.7.9
Prefetch Links - Dynamic speed increases can be obtained with Firefox's unique prefetching mechanism, which recycles idle bandwidth by silently loading and caching all of the links on the page you are browsing.
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Skype 2.0 download
Everybodys favourite free PC-calling software has just reached version 2.0. Skype now comes with free video calling (assuming two existing webcams) but also updates its older features.
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7.1.2006 WindowBlinds 5 download
Customize the look and feel of Windows XP with WindowBlinds. It's a Windows utility that enables users to personalize nearly every aspect of the Windows graphical user interface. It can "skin" your title bars, push buttons, Start bar, radio buttons, and nearly every other part of Windows.
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8.1.2006 IE 7 Beta 3 Now Download
Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Beta 3 has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability.
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29.6.2006 MEMM 2.1 available for download now!
It's a Microsoft Excel Add-In with a collection of functions which can be useful in an Enterprise environment based on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The main functions are based on retrieving information from Active Directory, modifying Active Directory and getting information from computers through WMI. Although there are more free tools available nowadays (like ADModify), it can be quite convenient to perform certain tasks directly in Excel.
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20.7.2006 Safari 3.2.1 Download
The problem was almost instantly isolated and confirmed as incompatibility with third party software. Apple has now issued a new Safari update, for both Mac and Windows users, which delivers “stability improvements,” according to the Cupertino, Calif.-based Mac maker.
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25.11.2008 3 x DOWNLOAD Windows XP
DOWNLOAD Windows XP 9 IN ONE with service pack 2,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 64 Bit,
DOWNLOAD Windows XP Professional 32 Bit
This is Windows XP Unofficial Download page.
Windows XP is designed for businesses of all sizes and for home users who demand the most from their computing experience, Windows XP Professional delivers the new standard in reliability and performance.
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DOWNLOAD QUAKE 4 + Screenshots
Almost a decade ago, in 1996, Quake was first released. It brought with it a revolution in PC gaming. Actually, it was the first game in FPS genre that was really worth belonging there. It began the Epic that is the Quake series. The original game had both Single Player and Multiplayer and both were good.
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DOWNLOAD WindowBlinds Enhanced 5.0
WindowBlinds is a program that allows you to
completely change the look and feel of Windows to however you want it to look like. WindowBlinds allows you to completely customize your desktop look by changing the style of title buttons, bars and toolbars.
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7.12.2005 FireTune v1.0.9 Download
FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox. It is based on a collection of popular and well working optimization settings used and tested by the experts.
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14.12.2005 Download ICQ 5.04
ICQ Lite has all the essential features of the full version of ICQ. You can message people, exchange files, send SMS messages, do voice chat, and meet people. It also includes multilingual support, the ability to save your chat histories, and a typing indicator that shows when a contact is typing you a message.
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22.12.2005 Download OpenOffice.org 2.0.1
The first update to OpenOffice.org has been released exactly two months after the launch of version 2.0. Five release candidates of 2.0.1 have been made available since that time, with the final build showing up on OpenOffice.org mirror sites early Tuesday.
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22.12.2005 nLite 1.0 RC5 download
nLite lets you choose which components to remove from your Windows 2000, XP or 2003 before installation. Removing unneeded components you gain on your system speed and security.
t supports removal of almost any component and few services. You can make a bootable ISO with it and even easy slipstream Service pack with a click of a button. Now added easy cd-key implementation so you don't need to enter it during setup..
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9.1.2006 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Download Available
The Mozilla Corporation have today uploaded the follow-up to their hugely popular web browser, Firefox.
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23.10.2006 Windows PowerShell 1.0 download
Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity.
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15.11.2006 Would you (legally) download Vista?
If Microsoft made Vista available for legal retail download, would the masses come? Looks like we'll soon find out.
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18.1.2007 Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
Watch out for e-mails with a new virus disguised as a test version of Microsoft's current Web browser.
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31.3.2007 TweakNT 1.21 download
TweakNT is a utility that allows you to remove or readd the timebomb and change the
edition of any NT OS. Thanks to Hack4Crack for this download.
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25.4.2007 Free AVG 8.0 Download
Yesterday, Grisoft announced that a new version of AVG Antivirus Free would be released today, April 24, that was supposed to come with several new functions beside the
ones already included in the application
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24.4.2008 Zune 3.0 Upgrade Available for Download
Although it was announced as early as September 8, the Zune 3.0 upgrade was made available for download only today, September 16.
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16.9.2008 Free Nero 9 Available for Download
One year after the release of Nero 8, Nero has made available for download the next iteration of
the integrated digital media and home entertainment software suite.
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29.9.2008 Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Available for Download
With Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2 delivered in the first half of September 2008 and the feedback incorporated in the development process, Mozilla is gearing up for the next stage of Shiretoko.
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1.10.2008 Download Firefox 3.5 RC2
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2 is live and is available for download. This is the development milestone of the open source browser that will be made available to the general public.
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19.6.2009 UxStyle beta download
Rafael Rivera from Within Windows has announced that UxStyle Core beta now available for download.
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22.6.2009 xpy 1.0.0 Beta 3.1 download
xpy is a small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation.
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25.6.2009 Windows 7 themes download
Here is several Windows 7 Slide show themes for download. Download links are dirext from microsoft.com Enjoy!
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14.7.2009Direct3D WARP10 to enable you to play DX10 Crysis using software renderer only, albeit slowly
Direct3D backwards compatibility has always been "you get what your graphics cards run". For example,
Crysis may be a Direct3D 10 game, but if you only have a
Direct3D 9-level graphics card, it might only make your jaws open instead of hitting the floor. But that's all going to change comes Windows 7.
Simply put, in Windows 7, you will experience the same graphics fidelity and detail whether you have a Direct3D 9-level graphics
card or even no graphics card. The magic fairy dust which makes this possible is called Direct3D 10Level9 and Direct3D WARP10 respectively...
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26.11.2008DirectX 10.1 In Windows Vista SP1 "Coming Soon"
Microsoft offered official
confirmation that DirectX 10.1
in Windows Vista SP1 can be
expected in the immediate
future. The SIGGRAPH 2007
conference is the stage where
Microsoft is presenting an
introduction to Direct3D 10,
but also the future of this
application programming
interface.
Direct3D 10 is an integer
part of the DirectX 10 API
available exclusively through
Microsoft's latest operating
system Windows Vista, in
combination with the
underlying graphics hardware.
The Redmond company has
repeatedly denied the
possibility of backporting
DirectX to Windows XP, arguing
that it would have to also
change the core of the
operating system.
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07.08.2007SIGGRAPH: DirectX 10.1 in Windows Vista SP1 "Coming Soon"
Microsoft offered official
confirmation that DirectX 10.1
in Windows Vista SP1 can be
expected in the immediate
future. The SIGGRAPH 2007
conference is the stage where
Microsoft is presenting an
introduction to Direct3D 10,
but also the future of this
application programming
interface.
Direct3D 10 is an integer
part of the DirectX 10 API
available exclusively through
Microsoft's latest operating
system Windows Vista, in
combination with the
underlying graphics hardware.
The Redmond company has
repeatedly denied the
possibility of backporting
DirectX to Windows XP, arguing
that it would have to also
change the core of the
operating system.
Such a scenario is
also supported by the fact
that Microsoft is actually
moving forward with the
development of DirectX. The
company has released a preview
of DirectX 10.1, the API that
will be made available with
Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
And while Sinofsky's Windows
Omerta will only leak the
detail that Vista SP1 beta is
planned by the end of 2007,
Sam Glassenberg, Lead Program
Manager for the Microsoft
Direct3D Team revealed (in the
presentation slides) that
version 10.1 of Direct3D is
"coming soon."
Now, taking into
consideration that Direct3D
10.1 is intimately connected
with DirectX 10.1, which in
its turn is an integer part of
Windows Vista SP1, this means
that a public beta of the
operating system's first
service pack could be just
around the corner. Maybe just
a month, or a couple of months
away. Essentially Direct3D
10.1 is "a series of
extensions to Direct3D 10
supported on upcoming hardware
and in Windows Vista SP1,"
coming in "5 new APIs" and
is designed as an
"incremental update to D3D
10," according to
Glassenberg. (in the
presentation slides)
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07.08.2007DirectX SDK December 2005 With
Direct3D 10 Tech Preview
Available
This DirectX SDK
release contains updates to
tools, utilities, samples,
Documentation, and runtime
debug files for x64 and x86
platforms. This release also
include a public pre-release
of Microsoft Cross-Platform
Audio Creation tool, Managed
Direct Code (2.0 CLR), and
Direct3D
10.
The
Direct3D 10 Technology Preview
showcases the newest set of
graphics APIs for games and
other high-performance
multimedia applications on
next-generation graphics
hardware. This technology
preview provides reference
material, conceptual content,
developer libraries, tutorials
and samples that demonstrate
how to use Direct3D 10.
Additional content will
provided in upcoming SDK
releases.
Samples
and applications built with
the Direct3D 10 December 2005
Technology Preview require the
Windows Vista December 2005
CTP to run. The Windows Vista
December 2005 CTP is available
to MSDN
subscribers.
Instan
tiating a Direct3D 10 hardware
device requires Direct3D
10-capable graphics hardware
with a Windows Vista Display
Driver Model (WDDM) driver. As
of the release of this
Technology Preview, such
hardware is not publicly
available. A software fallback
(the Direct3D 10 reference
rasterizer) is
provided.
For more
information (including known
limitations of this Technology
Preview), refer to the
Microsoft DirectX SDK
ReadMe.
Dow
nload:
DirectX
December 2005
SDK
View:
DirectX
Developer
Center
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14.12.2005Microsoft Announces DirectX 10.1 Preview
Microsoft is making a
tech-demo version of its
upcoming DirectX 10.1
available via download,
including a version of
XAudio2, the company's
cross-platform replacement for
DirectSound.
Users
can try out both via the
468-Mbyte
version of the August 2007
DirectX SDK. There's a catch,
though: the August 2007
Direct3D 10.1 Tech Preview
requires the Windows Vista SP1
Beta which will be available
to MSDN subscribers once it is
publicly released, according
to Microsoft.
According to Microsoft,
"Direct3D 10.1 is an
incremental, side-by-side
update to Direct3D 10.0 that
provides a series of new
rendering features that will
be available in an upcoming
generation of graphics
hardware." The XAudio2
technology is also used in the
Xbox 360, and will eventually
replace DirectSound as the
PC's main audio driver,
according to Microsoft.
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01.08.2007Download The Vista RC1 DirectX
10 SDK
With a lot of controversy
surrounding the upcoming RC1
release of Windows Vista (see
Should There Be Vista Beta
3?), Microsoft is already
releasing software which
requires Vista RC1 to
run.
Microsoft
has released the August
DirectX Software Development
Kit (SDK) which includes a
public pre-release of Direct
3D 10. Once again, Microsoft
has released an SDK before
releasing the platform needed
to use parts of it.
According the
Microsoft, "Samples and
applications built with the
Direct3D 10 Technology Preview
in the August 2006 DirectX SDK
require Windows Vista RC1 to
run. The Windows Vista RC1
will be available to MSDN
subscribers." While this is
great news for developers,
many are wondering when they
will actually see Windows
Vista RC1. Many Beta Testers
are still expecting another
'interim' release before RC1
is released to the public.
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juicy info!
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07.08.2006Microsoft Preps to Unveil DirectX 11 Features
Unlike DirectX 9, the DirectX 10 will not have a more than four year lifespan as Microsoft Corp. plans to introduce features of DirectX 11 application
programming interface at the forthcoming XNA gamefest conference that takes place next week in Seattle, Washington. Moreover, ATI, graphics product
group of AMD, and Nvidia Corp. also plan to discuss certain Direct3D 11 features at upcoming conferences.
Microsoft is going to host four
sessions dedicated to Direct3D 11 application programming interface (API), according to agenda of XNA conference. The world’s largest software
maker plans to introduce the Direct3D 11 graphics pipeline, unveil details about D3D 11 Tessellation capability, new type of shaders called Compute
Shader as well as high level shader language 5.0.
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18.07.2008VirtualBox Gets 3D Acceleration For Linux Guests
VirtualBox, the popular virtualization software platform owned by Sun Microsystems (though Sun may soon be owned by IBM), has been reaching a number
of 3D milestones in the past few months. Back in December, Sun had introduced
OpenGL acceleration for Windows guests through a modified OpenGL driver for the
XP/Vista virtualized operating systems that would then execute the OpenGL calls through the host operating system and its driver/hardware. A month
later that support was extended to include
Direct3D
acceleration on guest operating systems (well, just Windows operating systems for DirectX) through a modified driver and using part of
WINE to translate the Direct3D calls into OpenGL. Sun Microsystems
has just released the first beta for VirtualBox 2.2 and it includes more 3D work as well. This time, virtualized Linux guests now have OpenGL 3D
acceleration support!
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18.03.2009Sony Debuts PSP Download Service
Sony debuted its title
download service for the
PlayStation Portable game
system Tuesday, initially
offering five classic
PlayStation titles. Consumers
will download the games
through the PS3...
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05.12.2006Netflix Download Service
Postponed
Netflix on Wednesday said that
its planned movie download
service is on hold
indefinitely due to licensing
problems with Hollywood
studios. Word of a possible
download service first leaked
out in July when a glitch in
the Netflix system revealed
that the company was planning
to offer online movies...
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21.10.2005DX11 Will Be Included With 7
Despite what was talked about this week, it has been confirmed that DirectX 11 will be included with Windows 7.
Here are a few notes from
PCGH:
"One of the APIs, Direct 3D 11, has been revealed to include GPGPU, tessellation and improved multi-threading support, the latter
meaning better gaming for those who use multi-core processors. Tessellation and Shader Model 5.0 will require hardware which supports
the new
API, but for the stubborn and/or cheap folk, parts of Direct3D 11 will be supported on 9/10/10.1-class hardware."
Also, unlike the
release of DX10 relating to XP, Vista users will be able to take advantage of DX11 too, because there will also be a Vista release.
This
will most likely make DX11 more widely used than DX10 simply because it's available on more platforms.
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26.11.2008First DX10.1 silicon is unexpected
During this year's Siggraph, Power VR held a presentation in which Kristof Beets, a known technology evangelist for the company outlined the current
and future plans by PowerVR.
One of those products is SGX, a next generation 3D IP chip that marks coming of OpenGL ES 2.0 in
silicon, optimised for OpenVG 1.1 and supporting Direct3D Mobile, 9L (Longhorn) and 10.1, industrys first announced part to do so.
Its features include fifth generation Tile Based Deferred Rendering, Universal Scalable Shader Engine - one word for scalable architecture (1-8
pipelines), Vertex, Pixel and Geometry Shaders. This was joined by programmable Anti-Aliasing, internal 32-bit IEEE FP unit(s), Parallax bump mapping
and Shadow maps.
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04.09.2007Windows 7 beta download imminent?
Microsoft have updated their Windows 7 site with a download link for the Windows 7 beta. It would appear from the posting that Microsoft is currently
readying site updates and download servers for the imminent release of the Windows 7 beta. Yesterday, German site Winfuture claimed that the beta
would be released today and this could confirm the sites claims. The download link is currently inaccessible. It's entirely possible that once
the page is live it will simply be a sign up page to register your interest. Microsoft will not comment on the exact date and a Microsoft official
confirmed the beta is still targetted for early 2009.
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19.12.2008TechEd 2007: Virtualization to Become Ninth Server Core Role
At a morning session
introducing many to the
window-less Server Core
installation option in the
forthcoming Windows Server
2008, Microsoft product
manager Andrew Mason made it
official: Windows
Virtualization Services
(code-named "Viridian") will
become the ninth role
available for the trim server
option, joining Internet
Information Services 7
announced last Monday and
other common, unattended role
such as DNS server, DHCP
server, and Active Directory
Application Mode (now called
AD LDS).
This
addition may be both welcome
and extremely important for
enterprises working to create
homogeneity of services where
heterogenous (OS-specific)
applications are deployed. Now
SUSE Linux and other systems
can be hosted by servers that
don't need to waste space
managing Windows printer and
display drivers, such as
DirectX and Direct3D, when
they're not ever going to be
used there anyway.
Monday's announcement
referred to IIS7 as the
seventh Server Core role. Yes,
we're keeping count, and no,
you're not asleep. There is
indeed an eighth role, and
based on the graph we saw this
morning, Windows Media
Services is that #8 role. This
will enable an unattended
server to stream media, even
though it's not necessary for
that server to display or play
that media locally...
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08.06.2007Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2
Download Link
Even before its official
announcement, Microsoft put a
link to download its Office
2007 suite. The launch should
be announced at WinHEC during
Bill Gates' keynote, which
begins in 15 minutes.
The download
includes a new download
manager, called SmartSource.
The page is german, though you
can select the language you
want in it.
Update: English link found
and added
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23.05.2006Selected YouTube videos get download option
U.S President-elect Barack Obama's ChangeDotGov Channel on YouTube has become the first channel to receive the download video option from YouTube.
Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford Law School processor noticed this feature this weekend in a weekly address by Obama. The videos with the download option
can be downloaded in a High-quality MPEG4, H.264 format. These download links are not available for any other normal user accounts and channels in
YouTube and doesn't show up in embedded videos. Till now YouTube has allowed users to watch videos by streaming online. Even though dozen of
other tools (VideoDownloadX, Keep Vid, VidGrab) allow video downloads from YouTube, nothing will make it so simple as clicking the Click to download
option from YouTube.
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19.01.2009Reminder: Windows 7 beta download ends this week
Just a reminder to everyone that as we reported earlier, the general availability of Windows 7 Beta program is ending this week. Starting from Feb
10th (12am Pacific Time), there wont be any new downloads of Windows 7 beta available, and from Feb 12th (9am Pacific Time), no downloads of Windows 7
beta will be available. If you are already downloading your beta, better complete the download before Feb 12th! So, if you haven't yet started
your download or yet registered for Windows 7 Beta, then this is the right time. Download your beta here before it ends!
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10.02.2009Windows Live Essentials Have Arrived
The Windows Live betas weve been playing with for a while now have just received another refresh. As of today, the page at
http://download.live.com has been updated with a new set of betas, now called the śWindows Live Essentials.ť
Here, youll find the latest versions of
Messenger,
Mail,
Photo Gallery,
Movie Maker,
Writer,
Toolbar, and
Family Safety, as well as additional
programs like the
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, the
Office Live Add-in and
Microsoft
Silverlight. All the programs are available via one installer that lets you choose which programs you want installed or not installed.
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16.12.2008Exclusive: Windows 7 RC download goes live
The wait is over folks, Microsoft has published the download page for the Windows 7 RC. As we noted earlier, the download was scheduled to launch
tomorrow and was to be available worldwide. Coming straight from the download page, here are Microsoft's notes for the release candidate: You
don't need to rush to get the RC. The RC will be available at least through July 2009 and we're not limiting the number of product keys, so
you have plenty of time. Watch the calendar. The RC will expire on June 1, 2010. Starting on March 1, 2010, your PC will begin shutting down every
two hours. Windows will notify you two weeks before the bi-hourly shutdowns start.
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05.05.2009Google 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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