No Windows 7 upgrade option in the EU
Today Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7. As previously reported on Neowin, the EU will be getting a version that will not contain IE and because of this Microsoft will be offering no upgrade option in the EU.
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25.6.2009 Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program Confirmed
The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program has been officially confirmed by Microsoft, although the only certain aspect of the initiative is the label, at this point in time.
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3.6.2009 Windows 7 Free Upgrade Option Program Website Live June 26
Although Microsoft has yet to officially confirm the launch date for its Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, fact is that the Redmond company is about to go live with the initiative.
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24.6.2009 How to Pin Show Desktop Option to Windows 7 Taskbar
Windows 7 has got revamped taskbar also known as superbar. Windows 7 taskbar has number of excellent features like Jumplist, Thumbnail preview, Aero peak, etc.
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7.10.2009 Microsoft TechNet Plus Direct subscription is now available! Finally with download option
TechNet Plus Direct is now available. It allows an individual subscriber full access to TechNet Plus resources including evaluation software, technical content, tools, utilities and support resources. Content is available through the TechNet Subscription Benefits Portal- the subscriber-only site (this subscription does not include CD or DVD media shipments).
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9.8.2006 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 E Full Version at Upgrade Prices, but No Upgrade SKU
With a new edition of Windows 7 tailored especially for Europe, Microsoft revealed that with this release of its Windows client, it was doing things differentially.
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25.6.2009 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 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 Windows 7 Already Pirated, Not Even Out
Just came back from our usual family weekend outing when I chanced upon a stall in one of the supermarkets here in the Philippines.
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2.3.2009 Pirated Windows 7 Just $3
Windows 7 might officially be just two days away from becoming available for purchase to customers worldwide, but fact is that the operating system is already available for free, almost free, or at a reduced price compared to what Microsoft is charging for the product.
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20.10.2009 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 Pirated Vista may be useless, Microsoft says
Microsoft said supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer operating system "will be of limited value" to those who use them.
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15.11.2006 Half of pirated Vista is malware
Alleged "cracked" versions of Vista appearing on peer-to-peer networks often turn out to be Trojan horses. About half of the downloads claiming to be free versions of Microsoft's Vista operating system are actually malicious Trojan horse software, security vendor DriveSentry warned Thursday.
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26.1.2007 2 Year Old Pirated Keys Defeats WGA
On July 18, Microsoft's WGA team promised to send me a disk with a product key from their blocked list. It was supposed to arrive via overnight service, but it was never sent.
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9.8.2006 Why pirated Vista has Microsoft champing at the BitTorrent
As Microsoft Corp. gets ready to launch Windows Vista and Office 2007 to consumers, it claims a formidable new foe it lacked at its last major consumer software launch five years ago: the popular filesharing network known as BitTorrent. This third-generation peer-to-peer (P2P) service, already used by tens of millions of Internet users to swap digital music and movies for free, is becoming a popular mechanism for those looking to obtain pirated software.
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26.1.2007 Does Microsoft Actually Want Windows Vista SP1 to Be Pirated?
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is currently in its final stages of development in Redmond Utero, and heading for the first release candidate stage.
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6.12.2007 22% of Windows Installs Pirated, 2.6Million of that Genuine?
Microsoft's anti-piracy tool, aka Windows Genuine Advantage, launched in 30 months ago in 2005. Since then, 512 million have tried to validate their copy of Windows and 114 million users, or 22.3%, were labeled by Microsoft as pirates.
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24.1.2007 Why buy a genuine Windows Vista when pirated is easier and better?
Recently Microsoft had a 50% price cut for Home Basic and Home Premium Editions of Windows Vista. The price cut is mainly targeted at China which has the 2nd highest software piracy rate in the world after Vietnam. Thanks to thepodest for this post on the blog.
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8.8.2007 Microsoft files 52 suits over pirated software
Microsoft is ramping up its fight against counterfeit software, this time targeting people alleged to have sold pirated versions of its programs on online marketplaces.
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14.12.2007 Microsoft to Kill Pirated Windows XP Professional
Having dealt with the SoftMod Windows Vista activation crack, Microsoft will start hunting down and “killing” pirated copies of Windows XP Professional, the flavor of the operating system labeled by the company as most popular with pirates.
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25.3.2009 Microsoft: Turn Pirated Windows Copies into Genuine Products!
Microsoft is providing users with the means to turn their pirated copies of Windows into genuine products. However, the offer is only available for Windows XP, and not for Windows Vista.
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2.10.2007 Genuine Windows Vista vs. Pirated Windows Vista
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Essentially there is absolutely no difference between a genuine and pirated copy of Windows Vista in terms of functionality. Sure, there is a very good chance that the counterfeit version of the operating system would contain malicious code and that the user experience would be gravely diminished because the fabric of the platform has been tampered with in the cracking process.
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12.9.2007 Should I upgrade to Windows 7?
A question that’s hitting my inbox a lot lately: Should I be starting to think about upgrading to Windows 7?
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20.4.2009 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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16.9.2008No Windows 7 upgrade option in the EU
Today Microsoft announced the pricing of Windows 7. As previously reported on Neowin, the EU will be getting a version that will not contain IE and
because of this Microsoft will be offering no upgrade option in the EU. This harsh line comes as somewhat as a surprise that all EU users that wish
to upgrade to Windows 7 must buy a full copy. There is a silver lining to this announcement and it's that the full price of Windows 7 will be at
the equaliviant price to the upgrade option.
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25.06.2009Microsoft announces 'Windows 7 Upgrade Option' for OEM PCs
Microsoft today has officially announced the start of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program allowing consumers and small businesses to receive Windows
7 when they purchase a qualifying Windows Vista PCs starting June 26. Under the program, PCs preinstalled with "premium versions" of Windows Vista
will qualify for a license equivalent of Windows 7. "There is a lot of excitement for Windows 7 in the marketplace today. However, many consumers
need a new Windows PC for school, work or home before October 22.
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25.06.2009Windows 7 upgrade chart available
Microsoft has made available the official Windows 7 Upgrade chart, via allthingsd which indicates which previous versions of Windows are available for
an in-place upgrade to Windows 7, and to which version they can upgrade. You can view the chart below: As you can see from just a glance at the
chart, it's relatively confusing. Windows 7 offers no direct upgrade path from XP, which was announced very early on in the Windows 7 development
life cycle. Very specific upgrade paths from other versions of Windows Vista exist also. You can perform a "Custom Install" which is pretty much a
clean install, but you have the option to install Windows 7 to another disk without overwriting data.
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10.08.2009Microsoft: Windows XP to Windows 7 upgrade possible
Microsoft has confirmed that customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license at a discounted price to move from Windows XP to Windows 7.
However, customers need to do a clean installation of Windows 7. The pricing details of XP upgrade licenses are not yet known. An operating system
upgrade offers users the option of choosing between in-place upgrades, with installed applications & data in-place in the machine and a fresh
installation which overwrites the hard drive's contents. By eliminating in-place upgrades, users can have a reliable installation after backing up
all their data and applications.
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04.02.2009NVIDIA 8800GT Option for Older Mac Pros Soon?
With the release of the Penryn-based Mac Pros only two weeks ago, Apple introduced a new video card option for the Mac Pros -- the NVIDIA GeForce
8800GT. Existing Mac Pro owners saw this is an opportunity to upgrade from current cards as well as ailing 1900XT cards.
Despite an
upgrade-kit becoming available on the Apple Store, Apple quickly contacted those who ordered the video cards to clarify that the 8800GT would only
work on the most recently released Penryn Mac Pros. This led one user to jot off an angry letter to Steve Jobs who reportedly responded:
"I suggest you calm down. Everyone knows the issue and it is being worked."
Steve'
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20.01.2008US Gov't Cracks Down On Pirated Games
The US Goverment said
Wednesday that it had executed
32 search warrants in 16
states as part of a crackdown
on devices and chips which
allow pirated games to be
played on gaming consoles...
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02.08.2007Understanding Windows 7 upgrade paths
Windows 7 has already earned itself a blue ribbon, and it isn't even in stores yet. Many Vista users will migrate to Redmond's latest and
greatest operating system in search of greener pastures, and countless Windows XP laggards will be lured from the woodwork by Windows 7's polish.
Microsoft will be granting both XP and Vista users the right to buy "Upgrade" versions of Windows 7 which run for considerably less money. But in
terms of how you can perform an upgrade on a machine already running Windows, for some the in-place upgrade option will make the experience seamless;
all your programs, files and settings will remain untouched coming from certain versions of Vista.
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03.09.2009Microsoft: Windows 7 Upgrade deal maxes out at 25 PCs
There's one more bit of small print regarding Microsoft's
Windows 7 Upgrade Option program,
which the company unveiled officially last week, that may be of interest to business customers.
Via the program, users who
purchase new PCs with Windows Vista preloaded from participating PC makers and retailers, as of June 26, will get
coupons entitling them to a free copy of Windows 7 some time on or after October 22. The fine
print: As InformationWeek noted,
the
Upgrade Option program maxes out at 25 upgrade coupons per customer.
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30.06.2009aXXo's Pirated Movies Used to Promote the iMac
The DVD ripper aXXo is without a doubt one of the most popular DVD-rippers. Even though he hasn’t been active since November 2007, his rips are
still widely used, even by commercial outlets such as the John Lewis store. They must have thought, “Why use a real DVD if we can use a pirated
movie for free?”
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24.01.2008The Secret Windows Vista Upgrade - Explained
There is a well known Windows
Vista Upgrade secret in the IT
community. In this article I
talk about it and the possible
legal implications! Please
take this article "as-is" I
provide no warranty of any
kind by providing this
information. Well to be honest
it is no big secret as you can
find this information anywhere
online and many Microsoft
staff must also know about it
as they created this process!
The "secret" is that the
setup program (setup.exe) in
Windows Vista's upgrade
version will accept an
installed copy of XP, W2K, or
an un-activated copy of Vista
itself as evidence of a
previous installation.
...and it is this last
option that enables you to
perform a "clean install" of
an upgrade version of Windows
Vista to any formatted or
unformatted hard drive!
Basically you are installing
Windows Vista twice to take
advantage of this trick.
Is This Windows Vista
Upgrade Secret Legal? Probably
not. I am no legal expert but
I am guessing this will
violate some part of the
Windows Vista EULA (End User
Licence Agreement.) BUT
Microsoft have created this
process.... It is not
something you have to try and
crack in their software or run
a third party application to
perform this process... Their
development team created it.
Which kind of begs the
question WHY?
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15.02.2007Report: 1 in 3 Software
Installs Pirated
Software piracy worldwide
increased five percent last
year, costing the industry
some $34 billion during 2005,
research firm IDC reported on
Tuesday. According to the
study, one out of every three
copies of software in 2005 was
pirated...
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24.05.2006Pirated Windows 7 Builds a Botnet With Trojan
Attackers pushing pirated, malware-laced copies of Windows 7 have been actively trying to build a botnet.
According to
researchers at Damballa, attackers hid a Trojan inside of pirated copies of the operating system and began circulating them on BitTorrent sites. The
company reported they shut down the botnet's command and control server May 10, however by that time infection rates had risen as high as 552 users
per hour.
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13.05.2009Microsoft Sues 26 Software
Pirates
Microsoft said late Monday
that it had filed 26 lawsuits
against dealers of pirated
software in seven states. The
companies are accused of
either offering pirated
material or installing it on
computers the defendants sold...
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18.07.2006Internet Explorer 7 Now Available to Pirates
Microsoft has released a minor update to Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, removing the requirement for users to be validated through the company's
Windows Genuine Advantage program. This means those with non-legitimate or pirated copies of Windows can now upgrade their browser...
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05.10.2007Sony BMG accused of using pirated software
Small French software developer PointDev is suing Sony BMG saying it uses pirated copies of PointDev's Ideal Migration software...
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01.04.2008Google Unveils New Stock Option Program
In order to attract the
world's best talent, Google
is offering its employees the
option to sell their stock
option grants in an online
auction to financial
institutions that might be
willing to pay a premium above
the exercise price...
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14.12.2006Mozilla ends Firefox 1.5 support, releases Firefox 2.0.0.4 and 3.0 Alpha 5 Preview
Mozilla Corp. issued the last
security update for its
open-source Firefox 1.5
browser Tuesday. It included
an automatic update mechanism
to give users the option of
upgrading to Firefox 2.0.
"The upgrade offer will
be enabled within in a few
weeks," said Mozilla in a
blog on its developer center.
The long-anticipated
end to Firefox 1.5 support was
originally slated for April
24, but last month, Mozilla
pushed back the drop-dead
date, saying it needed more
time to craft the automatic
updater. When Mozilla triggers
what it has called "major
updates," users will be
offered an in-place upgrade to
Firefox 2.0, which they can
decline if they wish. Users
can also permanently suppress
the upgrade message so it
never appears again. ..
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31.05.2007Mozilla steps up Firefox 3 push
Mozilla is stepping up its efforts to drive users to Firefox 3. The company has begun a campaign which offers Firefox 2 users the option of an upgrade
to the new browser upon launching. The pop-up window provides a short list of the improvements in the latest version of the browser and offers users
the option of updating immediately, sending another reminder later, or never asking the user to update again.
Because Firefox lacks the
type of automatic standalone update utility employed by Apple and Microsoft for updating Safari and Internet Explorer, Mozilla relies on alert
messages within the browser to update users when a new version of Firefox is available. The new components of the browser, most notably the built-in
antimalware tools, require the company to issue a new end-user license agreement, unlike most Firefox updates.
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27.08.2008Mac 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.
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19.12.2008Video Clips Replace Ads in
Messenger
Microsoft has a new option for
people tired of seeing the
advertisement in their MSN
Messenger window: watch video
clips instead. With the
introduction of Windows Live
Messenger, the Redmond company
is testing a feature it calls
the Video Carousel that
replaces the graphic ad with
interactive video content from
MSN...
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