Ultimately, Touch Will Make the Killer Windows 7 Applications
Undoubtedly it is the ecosystem of third-party software solutions that make Windows the platform that it is today, sharing the operating system's success.
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12.11.2008 Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App
Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders.
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16.7.2006 Virtual App Wars Move From OS To Desktop
Microsoft, Citrix Systems and AppStream are among the pack of vendors rushing to gain a foothold in the emerging application virtualization software market.
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9.9.2006 Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor?
On April 7, Google took the wraps off of more than many had expected: Not just a hosted database platform, but an entire hosted Web app platform, known as Google App Engine.
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8.4.2008 Microsoft patent app shows off new user interface for mobiles
Just in time to my previous column if the Windows Mobile touchscreen interface is ready for single-hand use, the United States Patent and Trademark Office yesterday unveiled a patent which was given to Microsoft (Application Number: 11/765,684).
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14.10.2007 Download Free Vista and XP SP3 via IE App Compatibility VPC Images
Since 2007, Microsoft has been offering free copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista for download, in order to make up for a handicap specific to the Windows client, namely the fact that two different versions of Internet Explorer cannot be installed and run simultaneously on the same operating system.
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30.12.2008 Windows 7 Touch
By now you should have seen the news about the new Windows 7 UI and touch based advances. If not then please checkout our introducing the Windows 7 UI article.
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29.10.2008 Touch Computing Beyond Vista and Windows 7
Microsoft's first and only public demonstration of Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client, delivered at the end of May 2008, offers the first consistent peek at the touch computing feature of the operating system.
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4.8.2008 Apple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
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2.11.2006 Apple Officially Announces New iPod Touch
Apple has officially announced the launch of its new second generation iPod touch, which features sleek new design, integrated volume control buttons, built-in speaker for casual listening, built-in wireless support for Nike + iPod, Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, built-in accelerometer as well as other advanced sensors, working with new iTunes 8 Genius feature that allows consumers to create playlists automatically while on the go.
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11.9.2008 Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 revealed
One of the features that was initially shown off about Windows 7 was the touch capability; that talk seems to have died down lately, amongst the beta and RC releases
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27.5.2009 How to Update iPod Touch to 3.0 Firmware For Free
Apple is all set to release iPhone & iPod Touch Firmware 3.0. OS 3.0 is second major firmware update for iPhone & iPod touch. iPhone 2G, 3G users are allowed to have free upgrade to iPhone firmware 3.0, however iPod touch users need pay $9.95 to upgrade to OS 3.0.
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17.6.2009 Windows 7 touch comes to life at PDC 2009
All week long, Neowin is live at PDC09 and we found some interesting demos of the future of multi-touch screens.
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17.11.2009 Leaked Best-Buy Inventory Screens - Multi-Touch MacBook Pros on the Way?
Following reports that three new MacBook Pro models had been spotted in Best Buy's inventory, screenshots are now available to back that story up.
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3.2.2008 Do not make Win 7 too Mac-like
Blogger Paul Thurrott has written a couple of interesting posts about the difference between “simple” and “easy” in the context of Windows 7.
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4.12.2008 Why Apple does not make a netbook
As netbooks continue their inexorable rise up the wish lists of gadget hounds, businesses and ordinary folk alike, the clamor for Apple to join the market continues to increase from all sides.
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5.3.2009 Is Google going to make Microsoft look good?
Why do we like Google? Is it because they are the “do no evil” company? Is it because they are not Microsoft? Is it because they make our lives easier through their search, email, and other services? The fact of the matter is that a lot of people from users, to developers, to workers, and to investors like Google. Heck, even I like google! (Look at the ads.)
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3.8.2006 Microsoft Blogs Make Room for Ads
Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging features are set for a major upgrade to incorporate a revenue-sharing advertising option and a new partnership with Amazon.com, according to various sources.
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26.1.2006 How To Make a Custom Vista Disc AIO
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Make a Custom Vista Disc All In One in our forum.
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26.1.2007 ReadyBoost in Windows Vista: Does it Make a Difference?
USB memory keys are compact little devices that can store and transfer anywhere from 128MB to 8GB of data, all it takes is a USB slot.
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27.8.2007 Users may need Vista to make most of Server 2008
Companies installing Windows Server 2008 may have to buy extra Microsoft software, such as Windows Vista, to use more advanced features, analyst firm Gartner has said.
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3.11.2007 Hollywood to make shows for Xbox 360
Microsoft, seeking to expand offerings on its Xbox 360 console, has reached an agreement with a company headed by Peter Safran, the veteran Hollywood producer and talent manager, to produce original shows for distribution on the system.
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31.3.2008 Last OS Standing: Make the Most of Windows Vista
Now that Windows XP is no longer being sold by Microsoft, PC users will be stuck with Windows Vista. Here's a roundup of PC World's best tips for making Vista easier to use.
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3.7.2008 Microsoft to eventually make Office a web application
Microsoft is leaping into hosted applications big time. InformationWeek reports that Microsoft plans to offer hosted implementations of SharePoint, CRM and ERP applications. But the best quote in that article was left till last. A "Microsoft insider" was asked which other products and services Microsoft would host and the reply was: "Everything. Hosted Office. Everything hosted."
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MS Vista to make official debut in Israel
Microsoft Windows team development head Steven Sinofsky will unveil Vista at Tech-Ed Israel 2006. windows -
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4.4.2006 NSA Helped Microsoft Make Vista Secure
Microsoft has confirmed that the U.S. government agency best known for eavesdropping on telephone calls had a hand in the development of the Windows Vista operating system.
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12.1.2007 Microsoft: Make our HD Photo format a standard
Such is the reasoning behind a step Microsoft plans to announce Thursday: it will submit its HD Photo image format to a standards body.
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8.3.2007 Microsoft Gambles One EU Customer Will Make its Case
It has been "Issues Week" all week for Microsoft, and Thursday, the company took on the dreaded interoperability issue. But its choice of message was called into question a bit yesterday after Microsoft boasted of having signed up its first official customer for its communications and interoperability IP licenses: Quest Software, the manufacturer of the Toad data modeling system.
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10.3.2007 TechEd 2007 Preview: Now It's Developers' Turn to Make Changes
With Windows Vista already a firmly entrenched product in many homes and some businesses, and with Windows Server 2008 cruising toward a final release in the second half of this year, Microsoft may feel it's time for its many partners and developers with an interest in Windows' success to stand and deliver.
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4.6.2007 Microsoft Promotion: make MSN Your Homepage & Win a Zune
How badly does Microsoft want to promote the Zune? Not badly enough to think of anything particularly ingenious. Unique? yes. Succesful? No.
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15.2.2007BlackBerry opens up BlackBerry App World
BlackBerry App World previously called BlackBerry Application Center by BlackBerry is ready to be launched soon in US, Canada and UK. BlackBerry users
can now register for the Blackberry App World and get notified when the App World goes live, the new application store where they can find
applications designed for their BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry promises to offer a wide range of applications such as games, social networks,
stock market trackers, personal productivity applications etc. BlackBerry smartphones with OS versions 4.2 or higher with trackballs or SurePress
touch screen can be used with App World. A PayPal account has to be set up to download BlackBerry App World application (initially) and also to
download applications from the App World.
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05.03.2009Apple's iTunes about to hit 1 billion app downloads
Apple's iTunes is about to cross the next big milestone by reaching 1 billion (1,000,000,000) app downloads worldwide. The iTunes appstore will
be the second in Apple's history to cross the 1 billion download mark, which offers a wide variety of applications to do just about anything on
your iPhone or iPod Touch. Apple is celebrating this event by offering a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook
Pro. Anyone can enter the competition without purchase here, along with the official rules found here.
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11.04.2009New test release of Microsoft's App-V for Windows 7 available
Microsoft posted for download on February 27 of an update to its App-V virtualization product that is designed to work with the Windows 7 Beta.
App-V is based on the SoftGrid technology Microsoft acquired in early 2006 when it bought Softricity. App-V
lets users run applications without actually installing them on a local machine. This allows
companies who want to make available a single image of Office or a custom line-of-business application to multiple users by pushing it out to them
without having to touch each desktop. It also enables users run applications virutally that might conflict if run simultaneously on their Windows
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28.02.2009BlackBerry App World is now live and downloadable
Every man and his dog has an application store nowadays, and BlackBerry is no different. The BlackBerry App World is now live, and downloadable for
your BlackBerry device, for users in the US, UK and Canada. A few notes: you have to be running firmware 4.2, have a trackball or touch screen on your
device and you have to have a PayPal account. The BlackBerry App World is, of course, free to download for those who wish to have it. In order to
get this puppy running on your device, navigate to the link included below and download the software (on the device itself).
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01.04.2009Crudebox to Prudebox: from App Store lose to App Store win
Alkali Media have found that a few software tweaks and a name change are all that are needed to get their software, initially rejected as
"objectionable" to accepted as perfectly "acceptable". The software produces sounds that some might find objectionable. But, when the company
re-submitted their App, it became clear to them what a difference a name can make, along with a few design tweaks (including "a pink bunny and a
fleeting sunset")!
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28.04.2009Apple's App Store passes 2 billion downloads
Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch App Store has reached another milestone today as it was announced that over 2 billion apps have now been downloaded
through the service. It was only in April of this year that the 1 billion mark was passed, nine months after the online store first launched. The App
Store now contains over 85,000 applications, in 20 different categories, which are downloaded by more than 50 million customers in 77 different
countries, according to Apple. The apps themselves are created by more than 125,000 registered developers, who receive 70% of the revenue from their
creations whilst Apple keep the other 30%.
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28.09.2009App Store: 15,000 apps and 500m downloads
Apple Inc. is celebrating a huge App Store milestone: 500 million downloads, and over 15,000 apps in the store. The announcement is proudly displayed
on the Apple home page, showcasing some of the most popular apps. Apple launched the App Store just six months ago, on July 11, 2008. The store
started with 552 applications and a slew of problems. Developers staged boycots and complained about the Non-Disclosure Agreement which held them back
from sharing information or code, followed by complaints about alphabetical ordering on the App Store (application names would cleverly start with a
space to promote them to the top), and most recently, rejected apps due to either duplicating iPhone/iPod Touch functionality or "limited utility".
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18.01.2009'Badass' Hulu iPhone App in the works
According to The Business Insider, Hulu is developing an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch which would allow users to stream Hulu's
popular content over 3G and Wi-Fi. Apparently the app would be 'badass', a probable indication that it would be a hit with the crowd, just as
the site is. The application is expected to be released in a few months. For those who are not familiar with Hulu, it is a website that offers
commercial-supported streaming videos of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox and many other networks and studios.
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20.04.2009HTC unveils Touch Pro2 And Touch Diamond2
HTC unveiled two of its latest smartphones, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2 at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona. HTC Touch Diamond2
is targeted towards broad consumer audience looking for the professional benefits of a smartphone without sacrificing size, looks or functionality,
while the HTC Touch Pro2 is targeted towards business consumers.
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17.02.2009Apple begins countdown to 1 billion App Store downloads with prizes!
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RIM ups their game, boosts app library to 2000+
There is no doubt about the fact that Apple are doing well with their online application store, over a billion downloads in under a year is a pretty
impressive figure. However, it seems now that other companies have seen this success and want a slice of the action. Just looking at the popularity of
the app store, I can't really blame them for having a touch of the green-eyed monster. This piece of news courtesy of Bloomberg.com reports
that Research in Motion Ltd have recently doubled the amount of applications available for their BlackBerry handsets in an attempt to lure the
spotlight away from Apple's success in this matter.
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neowin.net - 09.07.2009
Is Google's voice search victim of another App Store 'delay?'
Some people seem to have held their breaths all weekend waiting for Google's new voice search feature to show up on Apple's iPhone App Store. But in
this case, that feature has yet to make its anticipated premiere...
betanews.com - 18.11.2008
No refunds from Apple's App Store
Apple has come clear on its return policy for the App Store; don't even think about it. Apple has stated that there will be no returning of an
App purchased on the App Store If you want to try out one of the new navigation programs that can run upwards of $100.00 then you better be
willing to part with your money even if you don't like the program. There is only one way to get a refund but don't expect or plan on this
method to work.
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neowin.net - 13.10.2009
Massive iPod Touch Sales Boost App Store Sales
Apple's new iPod Touch 2G has been a huge hit this holiday season. Despite it's rather large price tag, of $229-$399,Amazon lists the 8 GB and the 16 GB versions of the iPod Touch 2G to be
the best selling MP3 player.
Further confirmation of the massive amount of sales of the iPod Touch can be shown on the two charts seen
below. The charts show an extreme burst of App Store sales on Chistmas Day (December 25). Developers who tracked download usage of their apps also
noticed three to four times the normal amount of sales.
jcxp.net - 29.12.2008
With its own iPhone app, Kindle becomes a genuine brand
Kindle is no longer just a CE device, after Amazon's release of Kindle for iPhone and iPod Touch.
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betanews.com - 04.03.2009
Apple's App Store said to bring in $2.4B annual revenue
Apple's App Store is, arguably, the best thing to happen to the company in the last few years (not including the iPhone, but the two go hand in
hand). It's certainly the biggest improvement to their iPhone and iPod touch platforms, and with over 40 million of those devices sold, it's
no wonder that developers are keen to get their applications on the store. However, this isn't just a good place to get sales for developers...
it's also a wonder for Apple itself, as, according to AppleInsider, it is bringing in nearly $200M monthly, adding up to approximately
$2.4B annual revenue. The estimation comes from the latest AdMob Mobile Metrics Report for July 2009, packing some interesting statistics.
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neowin.net - 28.08.2009
Apple App Store Milestone: 100,000 apps
Reaching yet another milestone, Apple's App Store has broken the 100,000 approved applications mark. According to TheNextWeb, Apple has approved
101,713 applications and games. Of course, not all of these are available immediately as many have just been accepted. The App Store currently has
93,000 released applications. This is up from a reported 65,000 in August. According to iPhonesTalk, analysts have predicted the 200,000 mark will be
reached next year and by the end of 2010, there will be 250,000 applications. Some recent additions to the app store include an app from NASA which
brings countdown clocks, videos and Twitter feeds to the iPhone. Reportedly, this app will even let you know when the Space Station is passing
overhead!
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neowin.net - 27.10.2009
New iPhone app makes it a wireless storage device
With a multitude of applications now available from the App Store, few stand out. Vieosoft's DataCase may be one of those that does...
betanews.com - 13.08.2008
Notebook players paying close attention to multi-touch
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning to stir up the touch panel notebook market with multi-touch technology at the end of this year, and with Windows 7,
which according to Microsoft will include features to take advantage of multi-touch capabilities, on the horizon, notebook industry players are paying
close attention to the development of multi-touch technologies.
Touch panel tablet PCs are mostly niche market products currently and
usually single-touch only due to costs and limited software support. However, notebook industry players believe multi-touch has the potential to take
off in the mainstream market thanks to handset devices such as the iPhone. Windows 7 will also be key for promoting multi-touch since it enables
multi-touch interfaces as part of the Windows operating system, the sources noted.
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neowin.net - 17.10.2008
Screenshot Gallery: #1 App in AppStore - F My Life
F My Life was just released last weekend, and is already the number one free app in the App Store. There hasn't been much publicity on this fun
little app, so we thought that we would put together a nice screenshot gallery for it.
The FML website basically shows people who have
their life messed up. It makes you feel better about yourself, and can give a good laugh. This application does just that. You can view the new
submissions, or all of them by category. Users can rate which ones are the best, and there is also a 'Favorites' list. A download link to the
AppStore is below for those of you with an iPhone or iPod Touch.
jcxp.net - 18.04.2009
