Happy Birthday Windows
Windows 1.0, the original 16-bit operating system, was released on 20 November 1985 and today marks its 23rd Birthday.
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20.11.2008 Happy Birthday Google - 8 Today
There I was using google for my own personal search algorithms, and noticed it's now 8-years old.
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27.9.2006 Happy Birthday Windows Smartphone
The SPV released 4 years ago by Orange was the first commercially available Windows Powered Smartphone using the HTC Canary reference design.
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24.10.2006 Happy Birthday Windows XP
5 years ago today Windows XP was launched worldwide after it had RTM'd a month earlier.
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27.10.2006 Happy Birthday Windows Vista!
I was e-mailed this and thought everyone should have a go, if they dear..... Happy Birthday Windows Vista! Thanks to r0chelle for this news.
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23.12.2007 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 Windows 7 Office 14 - Happy together?
Now that the Windows 7 Beta and Office 14 alpha are both out there, word is beginning to trickle out about some of the ways the two are being designed to “work better together.”
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15.1.2009 Netbook users not happy with Win 7?
Microsoft has pulled an update tool for Windows 7 from the Microsoft Store site after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open-source code in a way that violated the GNU General Public License.
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10.11.2009 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 Microsoft hopes Vista keeps businesses happy
Bill Hartnett got accustomed to the screaming. As Microsoft Corp.’s manager of software sales to financial services companies, Hartnett used to get pelted with complaints about the security and reliability of Microsoft’s products.
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6.12.2006 Happy Easter says Rapidshare - No Waiting Periods
To keep things sweet and brief. The next time you visit rapidshare you might notice that there is now, no longer a waiting period. Just choose your mirror and download.
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7.4.2007 OSC not happy with BBC's Windows 7 coverage
The Open Source Consortium (OSC) is getting its knickers in a twist about the BBC's recent Windows 7 coverage.
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10.11.2008 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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19.5.2009Happy 40th Birthday Unix!
This August, Unix is celebrating it's 40th birthday, and it's worth noting that an operating system that old, has been used every decade of
it's existence - and still is. In fact, Unix is gathering more and more attention as the years go by. Unix was conceived at Bell Labs after AT&T,
MIT and GE stopped production on a major project that was an attempt to create an operating system called Multics. Unixs' purpose was to make
better use of mainframe computers and to have them serve many PC's at one time.
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25.08.2009Happy 9th Birthday Neowin!
It's that time of the year again, the 1st of October, where we can celebrate a successful 9 years online! I'm happy to announce that this past
year has seen a vast improvement to our news reporting. In October last year we moved from mainly syndicated news, to original news and paid staff to
realise this. As a result our footprint on the Internet has improved and we're now being quoted on many of our competitors in the field.
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01.10.2009Happy 40th birthday to the Internet!
Today, September 2, is the Internet's 40th birthday! On this day, 40 years ago, in a test lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, two
computers passed test data through a 15-foot gray cable - it was then called the ARPANET. One month later Stanford Research Institute had also joined.
By the end of the year, UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah had joined, thus creating the "internet". The Web, as we know it, was invented
by English scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, when he invented the "World Wide Web" or "WWW".
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03.09.2009Happy Birthday Windows
Windows 1.0, the original 16-bit operating system, was released on 20 November 1985 and today marks its 23rd Birthday. 55 programmers developed the
system in a year, making the 1st edition a break from the norm in terms of usability. It enabled users to use a mouse to navigate the system and use
its various functions and applications that were included. Applications included were a set of desktop applications (MS-DOS File Management Program),
a calendar, card file, notepad, calculator, clock and telecommunications programs allowing users to manage their day-to-day activites much like a PDA
does today. It also allowed users to switch between programs without needing to quit and restart them.
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20.11.2008Happy Birthday mouse
The original mouse invention which is now in use on every office and home PC turns 40 next week. Looking like something that could take your
fingers clean off, the wooden block with a single red button on top was unveiled to the world 40 years ago. Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse and
worked with Bill English to build the device. In 1967, Engelbart applied for, and in 1970 he received a patent for the wooden shell with two metal
wheels. In 1981, Xerox included a mouse with their Star computer system, and a few years later Apple offered one with their Macintosh system.
Microsoft then made it the standard device for their Windows operating system.
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01.12.2008Happy first birthday Windows Vista!
365 days and 100 million licenses later, enthusiasm for a safe, reliable and engaging Windows Vista experience is high.
Since the worldwide
release of Windows Vista one year ago today, people are doing more and getting more out of their Windows experience. From pictures and videos, to
games and family safety settings, users are finding out that they can do more with Windows Vista.
We commissioned independent studies from
IPSos and NPD to explore the attitudes of users about the operating system not only in the U.S., but also in China, France, Germany, Japan, and the
UK. According to NDP, 70 percent of these users say it's an improvement over their previous operating system.
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31.01.2008Happy 20th birthday to the World Wide Web
Twenty years ago today, on March 13, 1989, sparked the revolution of one of the greatest inventions of a life time, that being the World Wide Web.
The purposed idea was to help connect people together using the World Wide Web using the once popular ViolaWWW web browser, which was eventually
replaced by Mosaic web browser back in 1993. Tim Berners-Lee was the man behind "Information Management: A Proposal" leading the way for what we
now consider the Internet. In a quote from Tim Berners-Lee said: "We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality
and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.
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14.03.2009The Windows 7 Taskbar
Steven Sinofsky: Happy Birthday Windows! Given all the interest in the most used user-interface of Windows we thought it would be good to take a look
back and see how we got to Windows 7.
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21.11.2008Google's 9th Birthday
Two weeks ago, AFP informed us that "Google, at age 10, is the official heart of the Internet. Born 10 years ago, the Google Internet search engine
has grown into the electronic center of human knowledge by indexing billions of web pages as well as images, books and videos." That's true, except
that Google is 9 years old. Even if Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the google.com domain in 1997, Google was officially launched one year
later.
"Google opened its doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years,
depending on when people feel like having cake," says Google's help center. You can read more about it directly from Google. In the recent years,
Google's birthday has been celebrated on September 27th with a doodle displayed on the homepage. Happy birthday, Google!
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28.09.2007Happy birthday SMS: 15 today
It is 15 years today since the first commercial text was sent over the Vodafone network by Airwide Solutions engineer Neil Papworth.
Today
marks the 15th anniversary since the first commercial short message service (SMS) text was sent.
That first message, which read "Merry
Christmas," was sent by Neil Papworth, an engineer at Airwide Solutions, via the Vodafone network to a colleague at the mobile operator who was
enjoying the festivities of a staff Christmas party.
Papworth sent the text on 3 December using a PC terminal and traditional keyboard,
while the recipient, Vodafone's Richard Jarvis, received the message using an Orbitel 901 handset.
"I can remember the event,
being there, typing
in and getting confirmation that it had got through. But I wasn't the chosen one or anything like that.
Eventually the time came when we had to take the system down to Vodafone to plug it in and get it working on the live network. Because I'd been
working on the interface stuff it made sense for me to go down and do it," Papworth said.
neowin.net - 03.12.2007
Happy Birthday, Windows. Well, sorta
Monday marked 25 years since the unveiling of Windows 1.0 -- the official beginning of the PC operating system that has come to define Microsoft's
business. However, as Wired and Gizmodo note, calling it a birthday might be a bit of a
stretch...
winbeta.org - 11.11.2008
How to become a happy iPhone developer
Although some Apple developers are airing a lot of frustration lately, mDialog's Greg Philpott wants it known that he's basically happy about
creating software for Apple platforms...
betanews.com - 27.10.2008
25 years ago Bill Gates showed off Windows 1.0
Twenty-Five years ago Bill Gates gave the world Windows 1.0. No one knew
at the time what would become of Windows but looking back it's quite incredible what it has become.
Bill boasted about a graphical
user interface, or as he called it then, the 16-bit graphical operating environment, was a step up for the computer industry. The feature list was
long and distinguished for its time but seems trivial by today's standard.
Regardless of what you think about Windows you can't
deny the fact that it changed the landscape of our culture in every fashion. Who knows what OS we would be all running today if Windows 1.0 never saw
the birth of light ( Fun fact, Bill Gates wanted to
call Windows 1.0 "Interface Manager").
Windows has defined today's modern computing. From Windows 1.0 to Windows 7 we all owe
Microsoft a little due diligence. Hats off to you windows and enjoy your birthday :)
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neowin.net - 11.11.2008
DNS celebrates 25th birthday
The internet's Domain Name System is 25 years old this week. Paul Mockapetris, chairman and chief scientist at Nominum, is credited with inventing
the DNS in 1983. Mockapetris shared his thoughts on the technology during a ceremony at the Oxford Internet Institute, discussing how it came to be,
its impact on the internet and where it is headed.
What started as a small project that few thought would be such an important aspect of
communication, the DNS is now part of the internet's underlying infrastructure and provided an alternative to typing numerical IP addresses for
every domain name.
neowin.net - 30.01.2008
Mr. Obama? Don't forget the cyberwar threat
A 96-page report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies paints a gloomy picture of where America stands in the matter
of infowar. (Hint: "Stands" may be too optimistic a verb.)..
betanews.com - 09.12.2008
EC 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...
betanews.com - 15.02.2008
Low Cost Laptops : Microsoft Paints Itself Into A Corner
As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom Processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. The software
company plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses after June 30, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful enough to run Vista
when they arrive later this year.
Windows Vista isn't a viable option in this product segment! It's too expensive and does not work
on the stripped-down hardware configurations required to keep prices low. That leaves Microsoft executives with a choice: Do they extend the
availability of Windows XP for low-cost laptops, or possibly concede this nascent market to Linux?
neowin.net - 01.04.2008
Dell Q2 2008 Earnings Report Paints an Incomplete Picture
Yesterday's release by Dell Computer of very preliminary earnings numbers for its previous fiscal quarter may give investors at least a handful of
data to help them understand the turmoil from which it may be recovering...if it is recovering. The company doesn't appear to be hemorrhaging, and
there seems to be at least some good news. But it's hard not to keep seeing question marks and unresolved issues...
betanews.com - 31.08.2007
Application 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.
neowin.net - 06.09.2008
Google's New Open Stack Expanding - Sans Facebook, Microsoft
ReadWriteWeb: A couple of weeks ago we celebrated the first birthday of
Google's OpenSocial project, an open API framework for social networks and websites. Google's OpenSocial Blog recently presented some statistics, including that OpenSocial now
reaches nearly 675 M registered users and there are 7,500 applications.
winbeta.org - 02.12.2008
