Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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18.11.2007 Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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27.1.2008 First actual pictures of Xbox 360 Arcade bundle leaked, with packing list
Here it is, straight from our super-secret inside source. A few things are now confirmed: the system will come with a composite cable, both the system and the controller are still white, and a Pac-Man and Uno game are coming with the system.
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13.10.2007 Windows 7 RC1 Branch Builds being Compiled?
W7_Logo News has come down the grapevine that Microsoft has already branched off winmain and started compiling RC1 branch builds, no doubt preparing for the public release of Windows 7 RC. This tells me that Microsoft is far ahead of schedule with Windows 7 development and are going full speed ahead to get this release polished up and done.
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17.2.2009 Windows 7 Builds 7231 x86 VHD
WZOR has leaked yet another set of builds, having acquired the x86 (no x64 version) of Windows 7 build 7231 and the x64 version (no x86 version) of Windows 7 Build 7232.
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16.6.2009 Windows 7 Wallpapers – Builds 7000, 7048 and 7057
Microsoft has a new label for the imagery designed to personalize Windows 7. “A desktop background, formerly called wallpaper, is a picture on the desktop that provides a backdrop to your open windows,” the company revealed on a webpage in the Windows 7 online hotspot dedicated to personalization.
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21.3.2009 Microsoft: Don't Download Windows 7 Interim Builds from Torrent Trackers
Leaked builds of Windows 7 available for download via torrent trackers have been accompanying the development of the next iteration of Windows since the operating system was in Milestone 1 stage.
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16.4.2009 Windows 7 Forked, Builds 7200 and 7225 with Service Pack 1
Microsoft has reportedly passed the 7200 build string milestone in the development of Windows 7.
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1.6.2009 Windows 7 RC / RTM Builds 7100 and 7106 Screenshot Gallery
Windows 7 Release Candidate Build 7100, the last major pre-release development milestone of the next iteration of Windows, is live. Not from Microsoft, but live nonetheless.
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25.4.2009 IE7 Release Candidate builds are on the way
Todd from IEBlog yesterday posted on his MSDN blog about the future of IE7 as well as some tidbits about when to expect release candidate and final builds. You can find this information in the comments section
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4.8.2006 Windows 7 pre-RTM Builds 7227, 7229, 7231 - 140 Screenshot Gallery
Development milestones in question, namely Builds 7227, 7229 and 7231, are also available through Microsoft's official channels, just not to the general public. Still, members of the Technology Adoption Program and company partner testers are doing a superb job when it comes down to leaking Windows 7 interim builds that the company is serving for private test driving.
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13.6.2009 Google builds an empire to rival Microsoft
Google's one-of-a-kind computer network gives it a chance to surpass Microsoft to become the most dominant company in tech, according to the author of a recently published book on the search giant.
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Firefox 1.5.0.3 Candidate Builds Now Available On Mozilla FTP
Firefox 1.5.0.3 is going to be released within the next few days in order to fix a critical security update that was found earlier this week. For those people that cannot wait for the build to officially be released please visit the download link below.
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1.5.2006 New Beta Builds of Vista SP1 and XP SP3 in December?
Microsoft is hard at work hammering away at the two service packs designed to refresh the Windows XP and Windows Vista clients.
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9.11.2007 List Of Windows 7 Leaks
We already mentioned that Windows 7 is probably the Microsoft operating system with the most leaks in history (read: Microsoft we have a leak).
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4.4.2009 Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list
Cynics see the new Engineering Windows 7 blog, which launched last week, as a pure PR play from Microsoft. Maybe it’s just a matter of setting expectations properly.
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20.8.2008 Windows 7 SKU feature list
Microsoft yesterday announced its plans for the Windows 7 SKU. Here is the feature list I created based on the information that is currently available.
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4.2.2009 October 15, 2008: the Real Kill-Off Date of Vista SP1 Pre-Release Builds
Microsoft confirmed that there is still some life left into the pre-release versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
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11.7.2008 Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft
Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows & Office Programs available for download -- finding them all is extremely difficult . . . until now.
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2.1.2007 List of Available Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23041 ROMs
Ready to install cooked ROMs of Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23041 are now available for a variety of popular Windows Phones.
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3.9.2009 A Software Compatibility List for Microsoft Windows Vista RC 1
Iexbeta has a nic Wiki page with a huge list of software and its compatibility with Windows Vista.
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29.9.2006 View Windows 7 Startup Program List With Portable Starter
If you have tight control over auto starting applications on startup then you can stay safe from malicious programs, worms and viruses without any antivirus software.
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13.10.2009 Bill Gates' to-do list
NEW YORK--It's still a year before Bill Gates shifts from a full-time Microsoft worker to a part-timer. Which is good, because there's plenty he still wants to achieve.
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4.2.2007 Gates still has a long to-do list
For years, the Microsoft chairman has been a fiery advocate, inside the company and out, for the notion that computers should be controlled, not just by mouse and keyboard, but also by more natural means, such as voice, touch and digital ink.
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19.10.2007 Microsoft's List Of 800 Windows Vista-Compatible Apps Excludes IBM, Adobe
Microsoft has released
a list of 800 applications that should run properly on its new Windows Vista operating system.
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25.2.2007 Updated List of updates for Vista SP1
This guy Aaron Tiensivu keeps a VERY good list of non-critical Vista updates and this looks like it could be part of SP1.
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14.6.2007 Here’s the list of fixes in those new Vista fix packs
I linked to an AeroXP post this morning listing hot fixes for Windows Vista provided in two new Knowledge Base postings. The AeroXP post is gone now. Poof!
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30.7.2007 Bill Gates tops Forbes' list of billionaires
New York (NY) - Bill Gates leads Forbes' list of the world's richest people for the 13th time in a row. The Microsoft co-founder's wealth is estimated at $56 billion.
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11.3.2007 List of Google Search Strings for Finding MP3
This How-To will teach you how to use Google to find mp3s. This How-To will be highly pragmatic and will focus on the hows and not the wherefores of the various search strings.
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10.4.2007 Bill Gates Again Tops List of Richest Americans
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in America for the 14th year in a row, followed by investor Warren Buffett, according to Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans.
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21.9.2007Windows 7 Build 7106 leaked
Somebody please get a plumber over to Redmond, because there's a constant leak happening all over the place. What's on the menu this time?
Windows 7, as per usual, this time in build 7106 flavor, both x86 and x64 variations. This is confirmed, by various Neowin members and other
trustworthy sources. The screenshot of the build isn't, as you can see, in English but there are apparently English versions that have been
leaked, judging by the following build strings: 7106.0.090408-1623_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
7106.0.090408-1623_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso It's unclear if this is the RC candidate build, or if Microsoft
intends to progress further with their builds, but only time will tell.
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13.04.2009Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build Leaked
"Oops!"
A build being demoed at WinHEC China this week, build 6956, was leaked by a show attendee, but in an unusual fashion, taking
advantage of a new feature in Windows 7.
The attendee managed to clone the demo machine's hard drive into a VHD file, a virtual hard
drive format that is fully supported in Windows 7. He then moved the image onto his portable drive and walked away from the booth, never caught by
any Microsoft employee or security.
Since Microsoft will probably not use a GPO to disable VHD creation on demo machines (it is a new
feature, after all), it will be interesting to see if future builds are leaked in the same routine. It's surprising that copying files to removable
disks wasn't disabled on these machines as the ones at PDC were.
Looking for some eye candy? Screenshots at the source.
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06.12.2008Windows 7 build 7229 leaked
Another Windows 7 build has leaked. This time it's build 7229. Sources are indicating that unless there is a leak internally from Microsoft, this
would be last build leaked before the RTM. The build string is 7229.0.090604-1901 meaning that it was compiled a week ago. Earlier this week, build
7227 leaked to the public. Initial reports indicate that you can not use your RC keys with this build, so if you want to activate properly you
should not upgrade to this build. Windows 7 is still on track for a July RTM, and it's possible that it may even RTM by the end of June.
Microsoft has announced that it will be available in stores October 22nd.
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12.06.2009Leaked T-Mobile memo shows next cities planned for 3G?
Are you a current T-Mobile subscriber? Yes? Wish you could have 3G, but your city is not supported? Well, fret no more, because a leaked T-Mobile memo
appears to show a whole bunch of cities which will have access to 3G by the years end. The memo was posted on TMO News, and is still technically a
rumor, but it looks fairly legit. We've compiled the list below for you, but if that isn't good enough, please look further down to see an
image of the memo itself. (note: the list below is for 3G in Q3 of this year) Little Rock, Ark. Hartford, Conn. Wichita, Kan. Charlotte, N.C.
Albuquerque, N.M. Omaha, Nev. Rochester, N.Y. Cleveland, Ohio. Nashville, Tenn.
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07.04.2009Windows 7 build 7022 leaks
Microsoft are currently working hard towards the Release Candidate of Windows 7. Currently the only official build available to testers and the
general public is build 7000 but we have learned that 7022 has leaked to the internet today. According to a Russian torrent site it was leaked by
"friendly" Microsoft Ukraine individuals. It's not likely that the build contains any of the UAC changes Microsoft has recently promised. The
build is Build 7022.winmain.090115-1850 which indicates it was built nearly a month ago. Some Microsoft employees have twittered recently that they
were "installing build 7034" so the company is clearly pushing ahead with the builds ready for the upcoming Release Candidate.
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08.02.2009Next-gen iPhone component list leaked?
It's been a few days since there's been an iPhone rumor, so here goes folks. DigiTimes has posted a component list, complete with suppliers,
for Apple's inevitable next-gen iPhone. Source: DigiTimes. The sources are all from the industry supplying the components to Apple, and they
state that the new "iPhone 3.0" will be launched mid-2009, and shipments will kick off in May, with the first being in the amount of 5 million
units. DigiTimes states, "TSMC have landed foundry orders for GSM EDGE power amplifiers, Bluetooth ICs and 3.2-megapixel OmniVision CMOS image sensor
(CIS) used in the upcoming iPhone model, indicated the sources.
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16.04.2009Leaked Vista Hotfixes to be broadly available in the near future
Microsoft Corp. confirmed
today that the Vista hot-fix
packs that have leaked to the
Web will be issued to all
users.
"We
plan to make these two updates
broadly available via Windows
Update in the near future," a
company spokeswoman said in an
e-mail.
The
two updates, dubbed "Vista
Performance and Reliability
Pack" and "Vista
Compatibility and Reliability
Pack," were posted over the
weekend to a third-party
download site after being
leaked from a group of Windows
Server 2008 testers. The list
of fixes -- which include
performance improvements to
Vista's sleep mode and speed
increases in copying or moving
large directories -- led some
users yesterday to speculate
that the updates were the
forerunner of Vista Service
Pack 1 (SP1), a major upgrade
that many businesses want to
see before they widely deploy
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01.08.2007Breaking: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail
accounts have been posted online. An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at pastebin.com, a site commonly used by developers
to share code snippets. The details have since been removed but Neowin has seen part of the list posted and can confirm the accounts are genuine and
most appear to be based in Europe. The list details over 10,000 accounts starting from A through to B, suggesting there could be additional lists.
Currently it appears only accounts used to access Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail have been posted, this includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and
@live.com accounts.
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05.10.2009Microsoft gets an earful on what users want in future Windows releases
In December 2006, Microsoft
requested feedback from a
select group of invitees
regarding what they would like
to see fixed, changed and/or
added to future Windows
builds. The Windows team got
an earful: Nearly 800 new
feature requests, another
560-plus change requests and
almost 400 defects.
That list has been
winnowed down to about 70 of
the most popular requests and
posted the week of July 9 to
Microsofts Connect beta site.
This isnt the
official Windows Seven or
Windows Eight feature list.
But the list does indicate
some of the features that
testers are the most
interested in seeing make it
into the next Windows release
or two.
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12.07.2007First Windows Mobile 6.5 beta ROM leaks
Wmpoweruser is reporting that the first Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM has leaked and is available for Blue Angel (O2 XDA IIs, Qtek 9090, T-Mobile MDA III)
devices. The ROM has leaked at XDA-developers, an enthusiast forum that regularly builds custom ROMs for Windows Mobile devices. The following 6.5
features are included:MSTOUCH(UPDATE)TouchRecognizerTouch LockScreenIE6
2009 Only for 6.5CMHome For WM6.5PROLive For WM6.5
Wmpoweruser states the ROM is "beta and doesn't carry the whole OS, so expect the final product to be a lot different." We exclusively revealed
that Microsoft is set to unveil 6.5 next month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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neowin.net - 21.01.2009
Windows 7 build 7137 leaked
Barely two weeks after build 7127 leaked we have another fresh leak of Windows 7, build 7137. This time around the build tag is 7137.0.090521-1745
meaning this build is only a week old. As ever the build is available at the usual places but it might be worth waiting until RTM as a lot of Windows
7 torrents have been hit by malware and viruses recently. Microsoft is still on target to finalise Windows 7 over the summer with a general
availability this fall. Un-official wallpaper not included by default, thanks to djlegion for the screenshots.
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neowin.net - 28.05.2009
Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta Begins Today
Microsoft is expected to officially open the beta program for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 this afternoon (or early evening). Windows Live Messenger 9.0
is the next generation of Windows Live Messenger; this release is a "major" release and as such there will be no further interim builds for
Windows Live Messenger. The beta program for Windows Live Messenger is by invitation only and those invitations were sent out last week on Tuesday -
Wednesday (the 21st, and 22nd respectively). Currently the beta program has been limited to 5,000 testers and will later be expanded to a larger
group.
As reported by several sites, the program was not put on hold at all due to the feature list being leaked over the holiday weekend,
additionally, sites also reported that some testers had already gotten the build and that was just a rumor. Coincidentally, almost all of the sites
that had posted the feature list for Windows Live Messenger had politely removed the list of features. Again, the beta program is expected to
officially start this afternoon or early evening. We will be updating this post when the build is released on Microsoft’s Connect web site. We
will share more information as it comes in and we will share as much information as we are allowed to by our non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
neowin.net - 28.11.2007
Windows 7 “ No Interim Builds? Why?
So one of the biggest questions that has been going through the mind of many beta testers, and the community alike is simple. Will there be any
interim builds of Windows 7 between beta and RC? The simple answer to that question is no, but in reality, the reasoning behind it is much more
complicated than a simple one word answer...
winbeta.org - 24.02.2009
HTC's full 2009 line-up leaked
wmpoweruser is reporting that HTC's full 2009 line-up of mobile devices has been leaked online. Next month sees the Mobile World Congress 2009
where we expect to hear more about Windows Mobile 6.5 and some new 6.5 powered HTC devices. So far 25 new HTC device photos have been leaked and the
most notable Windows Mobile ones can be found below. HTC Diamond 2? New HTC Excalibur, T-Mobile Dash? Athena 2 A new media centric device:
Touch Pro HD? For all the HTC products please checkout PPCgeeks.
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neowin.net - 12.01.2009
Office 2010 optimized for Windows 7
Since a technical preview version of Office 2010 leaked barely a day ago it seems to have spread to anyone and everyone, despite a limited official
technical preview scheduled for July. We already knew that Office 2010 will ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions (and the technical preview was
leaked in both these flavours) and earlier this week it was confirmed that it will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 as well. Robert
McLaws is one of the many who has downloaded and installed the leaked build on Windows 7, and has discovered that parts of the Office suite have been
optimised for Windows 7 by utilising the new jump lists feature.
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neowin.net - 17.05.2009
Leaked Best Buy memo reveals Windows 7 Upgrade pricing?
Earlier this week Microsoft finally confirmed to the world that Windows 7 will RTM October 22nd, a date in which we've all been waiting for. Now
that we know the date, our next question is what will Windows 7 cost consumers? Apparently Best Buy has the answer to that question, as Engadget is
reporting that a leaked memo has revealed the upgrade plans for Windows 7. According to the image above, Best Buy will offer customers to order a
Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade for $49.99 and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for $99.99.
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neowin.net - 05.06.2009
Windows 7 RC/RTM Builds “ Clearing the Confusion
Chris Holmes: So Ive actually been meaning to write this for a while because its been annoying the hell out of me. I have seen people saying that
7105 and 7106 of Windows 7 are RC builds and the RC will be > 7100. Well all I can say to those people is that youre wrong, you fail, and you need to
learn how the development process works inside Redmond before you go spouting about a build being an RC ESCROW...
winbeta.org - 14.04.2009
Windows 7 pre-beta build: What’s inside
Microsoft isn’t going to show Windows 7 to attendees of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles until Tuesday, October 28. But new
info about what’s part of the pre-beta build that will be provided to show-goers is beginning to trickle out.
"According to a variety of
sources, the build that will be distributed at PDC — and, a week-plus later, at the company’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) — will
be one of the M3 (Milestone 3) builds. Like the build that leaked in September, this will be a 6801 numbered build, sources say. But it doesn’t seem
to be the same one I saw a few weeks back. UX Evangelist blogger Stephen Chapman says it will likely be a 6801 M3 build which Microsoft finalized on
October 20."
Microsoft guru Mary-Jo Foley sheds some light on what we can expect in the soon to come build. Read on at the source for a
comprehensive list of expected new features.
jcxp.net - 27.10.2008
Windows 7 RC1 Branch Builds being Compiled?
Chris Holmes: News has come down the grapevine that Microsoft has already branched off winmain and started compiling RC1 branch builds, no doubt
preparing for the public release of Windows 7 RC. This tells me that Microsoft is far ahead of schedule with Windows 7 development and are going full
speed ahead to get this release polished up and done...
winbeta.org - 18.02.2009
Windows 7 reaches build 7047
Neowin reported last week that Windows 7 RC is set for April 10, 2009 and we also highlighted what Sinofsky had mentioned regarding the RC release
"recently we've seen people talk about 'RC Builds' and the like. First, all builds since the beta are RC builds since by definition that
is the next milestone. But by far the most humorous element has been that the build numbers blogged about are higher than our current build.
Today's build is 7046, but it hasn't completed yet :-)" On February 21, it was build 7046.
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neowin.net - 25.02.2009
