Gates opens entertainment window
Though Bill Gates is in town to tout his hot new Xbox 360 to the hordes in attendance at the huge Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), his horizon extends to the Hollywood hills ? and beyond.
Video games are key, but the Microsoft chairman also has his hand in much of the behind-the-scenes wrangling over entertainment and the Internet.
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12.5.2006 Window Seizer 1.00 Beta
Windows Seizer and a standalone freeware utility which lists all the windows you have open on your PC.
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31.3.2007 Napster hangs "for sale" sign in front window
Napster is evaluating the possibility of a sale by hiring of an investment bank. Citing "recent third party interest," the company has asked UBS Investment Bank to explore strategic partnerships or an outright sale of the company.
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20.9.2006 New Window Management System for Windows 7 Pre-Beta
The window management system is one piece of the Windows 7 graphical user interface which will evolve starting with the pre-Beta version of the operating system.
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3.10.2008 Windows Vista Build 5728 Availability Window Closing Soon
Nick White has posted this on the Vista team blog yesterday, thought I'd give everyone who is interested in testing the latest build of Vista a heads up on the limited availability.
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26.9.2006 Secunia round 3: Internet Explorer 7 Window Injection Vulnerability
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer 7, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof the content of websites.
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30.10.2006 Microsoft Office 2007 RTM'ed, Window Vista 99% RTM
On Monday Microsoft will announce that the 2007 Microsoft Office system products have been released to manufacturing (RTM).
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6.11.2006 Disable Aero Snap Auto Maximize and Arrange Window in Windows 7
Windows 7 includes a new feature called Aero Snap that intends to improve open windows management on the desktop. Aero Snap allows user to drag a window to the top of the screen to maximize the window automatically, or to the left or right side of the screen to resize the window to fill and take up half of the screen estate on the moved side automatically.
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19.5.2009 Hack to Activate and Switch Window in Windows 7 By Mouse Over Hover Without Click
When there are many windows open on desktop of Windows 7, normally users will click on another window in order activate the window into front or foreground and switch to the task or window.
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19.5.2009 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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25.4.2007EC Commissioner proposes doubling terms of performers' copyright
"Oldies" music remains popular among many generations, which could present a window of opportunity for record companies in Europe to take
advantage of royalties terms expiring after 50 years. Today, the EC may be looking to shut that window...
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15.02.2008Microsoft Expression Blend 2 December Preview Free Trial
We are pleased to present our next preview of Microsoft
® Expression Blend
™ 2. The Expression Blend 2 December Preview
lets you
create Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications as well as Microsoft Silverlight
™-based
applications. Additionally, you can export content from
Microsoft Expression® Design in a format that you can use in Silverlight-based applications
created in the Expression Blend 2 December Preview. You may also find
Microsoft Expression Encoder to be helpful when you are working with video, Silverlight,
and the Expression Blend 2 December Preview. Learn more about
Silverlight and its
community today.
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07.12.2007Application Specific Glass Colorization in Windows 7?
Microsoft might be introducing application specific glass renderings. The color of the glass frame around a window can be changed in Vista, but the
change is global to the system. The color of any particular window glass frame can not be set by choice. But, how about being able to change the
color/opacity level of a the glass frame of any application through defined events or commands? According to a Patent number 7418668:
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method for changing a color value and/or level of opacity value of a glass appearance window frame for an application window is described. The method
includes steps of determining a defined color value and a defined level of opacity value to apply to a glass appearance window frame and displaying
the glass appearance window frame in accordance with the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value. A command may be received to
apply the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame, thereby applying the defined color value
and level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame. Color values and/or level of opacity values may be changed automatically, be
application specific, and/or be changed in response to receipt of an input from a user to change one or more portions of a default configuration.
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06.09.2008Microsoft Process Explorer 11.04
Process Explorer shows you information about which
handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always
shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window
depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you'll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has
opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you'll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a
powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
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06.11.2007Spyware installer hides in Messenger ad banner
The banner itself appears to
advertise and link to a
download called Free PC-Secure
(which is unfamiliar to us)
but the real problem is that
its appearance automatically
launches a Windows dialog box
telling you that "Your system
is not clean" and asking you
if "you want to download
System Doctor to improve it."
You know, the typical hoax
message that tries to download
a malicious ActiveX control
even though you click
"Cancel" in a fruitless
attempt to ignore it.
The conclusion here is
that a nasty spyware ad seems
to have infiltrated into
Microsoft's banner
advertising network because
one of their clients is making
use of some html code
trickery.
We advise
everyone to pay strict
attention when they receive
such a message window out of
the blue. Cancel any initiated
downloads and close the
pop-ups/browser instances it
launches. The animated banner
in the screenshot below
(showing two random frames) is
the cause of the unsolicited
Windows prompt. The bottom
image shows the deceitful
message on the page that is
automatically opened no matter
your choice in the dialog
window.
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17.02.2007Windows Vista Build 5728
Availability Window Closing
Soon
Nick White has posted this on
the Vista team blog yesterday,
thought I'd give everyone who
is interested in testing the
latest build of Vista a heads
up on the limited
availability.
Per
my post
from last week, I've got some
news for you regarding the
release of interim build
5728:
1. The 64-bit
version of build 5728 is now
availabile in both
German
and
English.
2. The window is rapidly
closing for download of the
English build, as we're
nearing our targeted download
quantity.
If
you've not yet downloaded the
build, I would suggest doing
so today.
Thank you
to all of our beta testers
who've downloaded this build
to date -- we didn't expect
your response to be so rapid
and enthusiastic!
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26.09.2006FileBox eXtender - Now Freeware
After a great deal of
development work we have sadly
concluded that it is not
practical to adapt FileBox
eXtender to work under Window
Vista - the architecture is
simply too different.
With FileBox eXtender you
can create a menu of files,
folders or drives that you can
access from a tray icon or
from whatever window is open.
It will add more buttons to
the top of your windows that
you can use to roll-up the
window, make it stay on top of
other windows or quickly
choose save location. You can
create sub menus in the list
if you want to. This provides
one click access to any
application or folder you want
to open. FileBox eXtender has
more features which you can
read about at the site.
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06.10.2006PINNED: WLM Build 566 Comming
Soon
Remember that little talk
about how the 562 build of
Windows Live Messenger was
just a preview; well here
comes the bride... I mean the
build. Build 566 of WLM is to
be released on February 28th
according to the WLM team
blog.
The
build will feature some
noticeable updates, mainly the
layout of the Contact List,
the tabs have now been
repositioned inside the main
window, the spacing between
each contact has been reduced
to allow more contacts to be
viewable in the window (= less
scrolling) and the avatar
preview and display
name/personal messages boxes
are finally back to the left
side again.
A
few of the minor updates
include the fact that the
menus are now only available
through the drop down menu,
meaning you can no longer
expand or minimize the window
frame like before. Also, the
ink/type tabs in the
conversation window have been
moved to the right side closer
to your display picture.
It has also been
announced that the WLM team is
working on new status icons
that both look good and show
the status at the same
time.
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28.02.2006New MySpace, Skype virus threats spotted
The two virus threats are
completely unrelated except
that they were both discovered
by Finnish computer security
firm F-Secure Corporation.
The popular social
networking site MySpace.com is
having its user pages infected
with a link to a computer
virus. The pages are being
modified by versions of the
Zlob Trojan, which is
installing code that overlays
its own window on top of the
page, according to F-Secure's
chief researcher Mikko
Hypponen. Zlob tries to
download and run malware and
attempts to change Internet
Explorer web browser settings,
default search and home pages.
When a MySpace user clicks on
the overlaid window, the virus
tries to modify that page with
code that includes the Zlob
download link.
Hypponen also warned of
initial reports regarding
attempts to spread another
known virus through Skype's
text-based instant messaging
feature. Some have alerted
F-Secure that they had
received links to files
infected with a worm called
Warezov. Warezov harvests
e-mail addresses it finds on
infected computers and sends
itself as an attachment to
those recipients. It also
tries to download newer
versions of itself from the
internet. According to
Hypponen, " some older
Warezov variants have used
other instant messaging
in a similar
fashion, but not
Skype ."
neowin.net - 28.02.2007
Free Security Tool Ferrets out Unpatched Software
A Danish security vendor is
offering a free tool designed
to inform users when their
applications need patching.
Secunia ApS released
the beta version of Personal
Software Inspector for
download, a client program
that periodically checks to
see if new updates have been
issued for some 4,200
applications.
After
installation, the tool
inventories a computer's
software and versions. It
classifies programs as
"insecure," "end-of-life"
or "up-to-date." The tool
then runs when the computer is
started.
When a patch
is issued for a program on a
user's computer, the tool
displays a pop-up window in
the lower right-hand corner of
the screen, said Thomas
Kristensen, Secunia's chief
technology officer. Another
panel provides a download link
for the patch...
winbeta.org - 25.07.2007
War breaks out between AdBlock Plus and NoScript
A quiet war has broken out between the authors of AdBlock Plus and NoScript and money is on the table. Both are trying to outdo each other by
disabling each other's functionality. The issue at stake is NoScript's behavior of showing a changelog window whenever it gets a new update,
which of late has been updated rather frequently. And unsurprisingly, that changelog window is filled with ads that generate revenue for NoScript.
AdBlock Plus on the other hand is commited to blocking ads regardless of where they are from; and this has treaded on the tail of the author of
NoScript.
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neowin.net - 03.05.2009
Lo and behold, the Internet Explorer 8 toolbar
Long Zheng: First, a few words about the following screenshot. To be perfectly clear, this is not an original image. The window and its contents
(address bar, tab, window title, page content) have been heavily recomposited to better fit in a smaller image size as well as to obscure any traces
where this might have come from. I did not take the screenshot nor do I have access to the beta (so no emails please but do send bribes regardless).
Having said that, I can easily vouch for its authenticity...
winbeta.org - 02.03.2008
Process Explorer v11.0 Available
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles
and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a
list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends
on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode youll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if
Process Explorer is in DLL mode youll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search
capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.
Changelog:
Were
excited to announce the release of Process Explorer v11.0, which introduces major startup and UI performance improvements, new columns and process
details for Vista I/O priorities, memory priorities, and Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) DLL and executable attributes, an enhanced security
properties page that shows raw SID values, fully asynchronous thread symbol resolution, integration with UAC, and more!
winbeta.org - 05.09.2007
Mac OSX upgrade problems
Apple released a statement warning users upgrading from Leopard, about the newest available upgrade for Mac OSX to 10.5.6. The problem occurs from an
incomplete software update getting into the update process that can cause Mac OSX to cause errors during the "Configuring Installation" window
process. Apple recommends users, if they haven't already, to force the software update process to quit the download, remove the partial update
from your library and re-download the update. This problem is also been found in the standalone update from Apple's web site, and the combo
update. If users still faced with problems updating their Mac OSX machine, they are encouraged to contact Apple with related issues.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 19.12.2008
Google releases Beta of Chrome 2.0
jcxp.net - 18.03.2009
Windows Home Server RTM Documentation Available
Microsoft have posted the
following set of documentation
for the RTM edition of Windows
Home Server:- Window
s Home Server Getting Started
Guide: The RTM
(Release to Manufacturing)
version of the Getting Started
Guide has been posted to the
download center on the
Microsoft web site. Currently,
the English version of this
guide is available. In
the next week or two, French,
Spanish and German versions of
the Getting Started Guide will
get published.
-
Windows Home Server
Reviewer's Guide:
The Reviewer's Guide has
detailed descriptions about
the features and functionality
of Windows Home Server.
- Windows Home Server SDK
Documentation: The
final RTM version of the SDK
Documentation should get
updated later this week on the
MSDN site.
winbeta.org - 20.07.2007
AIM 6.0 Beta
Public testing of AOL's
version 6.0 of its Instant
Messenger Client has begun.
This version is said to
replace AIM Triton. Some
notable additions include
screen name linking, Mobile
IM, Quicknote mail and an
integrated Address Book.
The following changes
have been made:- Fixes
several issues reported
against the last Preview
release, including the various
formatting issues that
affected the IM compose field
and the My Buddy Info window
- Several UI changes to
this build, especially with
Enhanced IM features such as
Live Video, Instant Images,
Talk and Voice Chat
- Layout of the IM
window has also been changed
- Tabs have been
replaced with buttons at the
bottom of the IM window
- Web cam selector
which has been added to the
Enhanced IM
settings
neowin.net - 01.10.2006
Bluetooth gives Spies a Window into your Life
Worried about your civil liberties and privacy? Then it may come as a shock to discover that you have unwittingly been allowing your phone to signal
your every move.
Bluetooth, a wireless link built into many cellphones, makes our movements trackable by anyone equipped with a PC and an
appropriate receiver. Vassilis Kostakos at the University of Bath in the UK placed four Bluetooth receivers in the city's centre. Over four
months, his team tracked 10,000 Bluetooth phones and was able to "capture and analyse people's encounters" in pubs, streets and shops.
Bluetooth is now more of a privacy threat than the more frequently publicised RFID chips, Kostakos says. "If people are worried, they should turn
off the Bluetooth function on their mobile phones."
neowin.net - 08.05.2008
Windows Vista SP1 Update Available via Microsoft OEM site
It looks like Microsoft has posted the final Vista SP1 bits to their OEM site which is accessible to anyone that registers. The file is a 1.13GB .img which combines the 32-bit and 64-bit update
executables into one image:
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download. Windows Vista SP1 will deliver
improvements and enhancements to existing features that significantly impact customers, but it does not deliver substantial new operating system
features.
Download Windows Vista SP1 here. The download contains Window Vista SP1 for five languages: English, French, German,
Japanese, and Spanish. Note Additional languages will be available soon.
Once you download the Windows Vista SP1 package, you
will need to extract the appropriate .exe file for the language you wish to install.
winbeta.org - 12.02.2008
Winsize2 Remembers Your Preferred Window Sizes
Free, open-source utility Winsize2 sets up a single keyboard combination to
remember, and change, the preferred size and positioning of your Windows applications. In other words, if you hate how your browser opens up to
seemingly random sizes, or full-screen instead of windowed, have Winsize2 running and hit Ctrl+Alt+Z (or, on some systems, with Y as the final key).
That locks down the apps' size and place, and hitting the combination again will over-write that preference if you like another position better...
winbeta.org - 09.12.2008
