Windows Onecare Now Available for Anyone to BETA Test
So what's Windows OneCare?
It's the new antivirus, firewall and and backup solution being provided by Bill.
The BETA version is now available to everyone that speaks english
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16.12.2005 Windows 7 beta 1 performance test
How does Windows 7 beta 1 compare to Vista and XP in terms of performance? That’s a question that’s been hitting my inbox regularly over the past few weeks. Let’s see if we can’t answer it!
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2.1.2009 Windows update without Microsoft Genuine test
Two weeks ago, I posted simple javascripts to circumvent the dreaded Windows Genuine Advantage system for the sake of my and others clicky-finger. It was this day, or maybe a few days later, that Microsoft's PR looneys acknoledged the fact it can be worked around and will be patching up the holes in the "next version".
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New Windows Vista Test Drive Website
"The Windows Vista Business test drive allows you to try this latest operating system from Microsoft..."
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6.1.2007 Windows Vista ReadyBoost Test Round-up
ActiveWin has posted up a review of 3 Windows Vista capable ReadyBoost USB sticks.
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15.1.2007 New Test Version of Windows Vista SP1 Available
But you won't get a download! Microsoft made a new test version of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available. The Redmond company is in full throttle with the development of the first service pack for Vista as the refresh will be delivered for download to MSDN and TechNet subscribers by mid September.
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4.9.2007 Test drive the new Windows Live suite
You’ve probably already read about some changes we’re making to Windows Live, and have seen some of your services change over the past few weeks. Starting later today, you'll be able to test out the new suite of Windows Live software at http://get.live.com/wl/all.
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5.9.2007 Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista
Though Windows 7 edged out Vista in our lab tests, you may not notice much of a difference.
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7.5.2009 Windows 7 Upgrade Paths Test Matrix
Microsoft ripped through the last translucency veil covering Windows 7 and made the pricing details for the operating system public.
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27.6.2009 500 Hour Test of Tomorrow's Windows Vista
Only Nine More Months Until Windows Vista Goes Live?
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1.6.2006 Microsoft invites hackers to test Windows Vista
After suffering embarrassing security exploits over the past several years, Microsoft Corp. is trying a new tactic: inviting some of the world's best-known computer experts to try to poke holes in Vista, the next generation of its Windows operating system.
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3.8.2006 Windows Server 2008 public test build available
On December 5, Microsoft made available for download the Release Candidate (RC) 1 version of Windows Server 2008. Microsoft is making the RC1 bits available for download from the Windows Server evaluation site on Microsoft.com.
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5.12.2007 Windows 7 RC to receive test updates on May 12th
Those involved with Windows 7 will remember a while back the beta received test updates, to check if how well the update system worked within Microsoft's new operating system.
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11.5.2009 Test Drive Google Android OS on Windows 7
XDA-Developers forum member xda2_haseeb has managed to extract and run Android Emulator on Windows which comes as a part of Google Android SDK package.
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2.9.2009 Windows Vista, Longhorn Server and IE 7 Beta Test Reboot
Testers who responded to the Microsoft call up to be re-included into the Windows Longhorn Server beta test have been notified that the test has been "restarted" under the old name "Windows Vista, Longhorn Server and IE 7 Beta"
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16.1.2007 Windows Server 2008 test release due next week
Microsoft next week plans to issue its first Windows Server 2008 release candidate, a near-final version of its operating system, a senior executive at the software company said Thursday.
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20.9.2007 Free Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Test Drive
Microsoft has started pressing the acceleration pedal of the marketing of Windows Vista, now complete with Service Pack 1.
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11.6.2008 Microsoft test updates in Windows 7 Beta 7000 Today
Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update.
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24.2.2009 How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?
Some of the most popular PCs on the market today, equipped with fast and powerful dual- and quad-core CPUs, won’t be able to use the vaunted Windows XP Mode in Windows 7.
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4.5.2009 XP Minimal-Requirement-Test
The target of this project was to find the weakest system where you can run Windows XP.
Keep in mind, that Microsoft official requirements are a CPU with 233 MHz an 64 MB of RAM.
But that had to be beaten!
First try: Socket 5, Pentium 100 MHz and 64 MB RAM
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29.1.2006 Vista vs. XP in Performace Test
Our user thepodest on
his blog compare performance tests of Windows Vista and Windows XP on his computer. Here are the results.
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22.5.2007 Microsoft Expands OneCare Beta Test
Microsoft is expanding its Windows OneCare beta program, opening the door for more testers to trial the company's comprehensive PC protection and maintenance package. Initially OneCare will include antivirus and firewall protection, an automated PC tune-up, and backup and restore functionality.
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Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive
Overview
The Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive includes essential tools that can help you transform the way you create, share, and manage ideas and information using all four Office 2004 for Mac programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. After you install the Test Drive, you can use it for 30 days. It includes almost all of the features found in Office 2004. For details about the Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, see the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive Read Me.
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4.12.2005 Microsoft OneCare fails virus test
Independent security certification body Virus Bulletin tested 15 security suites on Windows Vista against a set of malware from the WildList database.
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6.2.2007 Hard disk test 'surprises' Google
The impact of heavy use and high temperatures on hard disk drive failure may be overstated, says a report by three Google engineers.
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19.2.2007 Google Launches Test Of AdSense For Video
The system lets publishers insert streaming video ads in online video content on their Web sites.
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23.5.2007 Want to test Vista SP1? Anyone can, starting next week
As you heard here last week, Microsoft is making the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 available to a private group of testers this week and to the general public the week of December 10.
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5.12.2007 Internet Explorer 8 Passes Acid2 Test
Microsoft has let the world know that Internet Explorer 8 will support web standards.
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19.12.2007 New Vista SP1 test build public
After saying it planned to make its latest test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 available to a private group of testers only, Microsoft has done an about-face and made the code available to the public.
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12.1.2008 Microsoft's OneCare improves antivirus test ranking
But top-dog NOD32 detects nearly 5 times more new threats than 14th-place OneCare..
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6.6.2007Test Updates for Windows 7 Beta Users
Brandon LeBlanc: Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update.
These updates allow us to test and verify our ability to deliver and manage the updating of Windows 7. We typically verify servicing scenarios during
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20.02.2009Microsoft Auctions Beta Test
Gig
Want to test Windows Live
Messenger? Put in a bid on
eBay...
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21.12.2005Windows 7 RC to receive test updates on May 12th
Those involved with Windows 7 will remember a while back the beta received test updates, to check if how well the update system worked within
Microsoft's new operating system. Well, a similar thing is happening, this time in the Windows 7 RC variety. This has come straight from the
company itself, via the Windows Team blog, as well as being reported on TechNet. Keeping it the same as the previous updates, they will deliver no
fixes or anything of the sort, and there should be around about 10 of them.
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10.05.2009Windows 7 beta receiving test updates on Feb. 24th
As various Windows blogs are reporting, Microsoft is issuing some test updates for the official Windows 7 Beta (that's build 7000) this month, on
the 24th. The purpose of these updates is to ensure that Windows 7 is fully capable of being issued online updates, and to help the Windows 7 check
for any problems or bugs. The updates themselves will not automatically be install, but yet the user will be notified of these and will be offered if
they wish to download them. The updates serve no purpose except for testing, and this will be clearly labeled that they are for testing purposes only.
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20.02.2009Apply to Test the Next Windows Media Center
Microsoft is now accepting
beta test applications for the
next version of Windows Media
Center, code-named
"Fiji." The update
will likely contain bug fixes
and some new digital media
features, arriving alongside
Windows Vista Service Pack 1,
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18.04.2007Latest Firefox beta passes Acid2 test, IE8 claims to pass also
After a screenshot on MSDN appeared to show an IE8 beta passing an accepted Web standards test, some came to the only conclusion they could: that the
test had to be broken...
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21.12.2007Beta Test Comic Book Creation
Software
Centercode is seeking beta
testers for a new software
application that automates the
creation of comic books
compete with bubble text using
in-game screenshots, family
photos, sports and other
pictures. The test is open to
users with Windows XP or
Windows 2000 SP4...
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09.09.2005Yahoo to test running Google ads alongside its search results
In what appears to be a very carefully considered, strategically phrased statement this afternoon, Yahoo said it will actually test carrying Google's
ads on its own pages, calling the test a "strategic alternative."..
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10.04.2008U.S anti-trust regulators to test Windows 7 more thoroughly
The three member panel of Technical Advisers (Technical Committee - TC) to the antitrust regulators which monitor Microsoft's compliance with a
2002 antitrust settlement will test Windows 7 more thoroughly, according to a status report filed with the federal judge watching over the company.
The 2002 antitrust settlement requires Microsoft to document the communication protocols so that other developers and competitors can design software
to work with Windows. Microsoft and State & Federal Antitrust officials are required to deliver regular reports to U.S. District Judge Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly.
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28.01.2009Microsoft Invites Businesses To Test Apps on Windows 7
Businesses will have a chance to test the waters before diving into Microsoft's next operating systems, Windows 7. The software giant is inviting
businesses to test their applications on Windows 7 during a free trial at Microsoft's TechEd Conference on May 11-15 in Los Angeles.
Microsoft is offering customers a chance to register for the Windows 7 Bring Your Own Apps Lab. The lab will be free to developers and enable
companies to work with Microsoft engineers on specific Windows 7 compatibility issues, Microsoft's Yochay Kiriaty said in a
blog
post.
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25.04.2009Security giants fail Virus Bulletin test
Some of the biggest names in the security industry have failed the latest Virus Bulletin 100 test. The test used 100 pieces of malware collected from
active samples and put them up against a number of major security suites for Windows Server 2008.
Only 16 of the 24 products pitted against
the test passed, while eight fell short owing to missed malware samples or false positive returns. Most of the major vendors, including McAfee,
Symantec, Microsoft and Sophos, were able to pass the test. However, several others, including F-Secure, Kaspersky and Computer Associates, fell short
of the certification.
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02.10.2008IE8: More Web Standards tests submitted to the W3C
Earlier this year when Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate was released, the IE team submitted 3784 new test cases to the CSS 2.1 Working Group for
inclusion into the CSS 2.1 test suite. And today, the IE team announced that it is submitting 196 new test cases to the CSS 2.1 Working Group for
inclusion into the CSS 2.1 test suite. "Today, the IE Team is submitting 196 new test cases to the CSS 2.1 Working Group for inclusion into the CSS
2.1 test suite. These cases were developed since IE8 RC. This brings Microsoft's contribution to the CSS 2.1 Test Suite to 7201 tests.
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21.03.2009Windows Vista, Longhorn Server and IE 7 Beta Test Reboot
Testers who responded to the
Microsoft call up to be
re-included into the Windows
Longhorn Server beta test have
been notified that the test
has been "restarted" under
the old name "Windows Vista,
Longhorn Server and IE 7
Beta"
The latest
build, Windows Longhorn Server
6001-16406-061208-1900 for X86
and X64 is available for
download and testing. As of
yet there is still no final
designation for the server
version but we'd still like
to speculate that it will end
up as Windows Server 2007
seeing as Microsoft already
made it clear when Windows
Server 2003 was released that
it intended to stay with the
"Windows Server"
branding.
Windows
Longhorn Server didn't
receive much attention at the
Consumer Electronic Show, it
was shadowed by Windows Vista
and the Windows Home Server
announcement, hopefully this
will change when WinHEC hits
later this year in LA.
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16.01.2007Microsoft to Test Classified
Ad Service
Software giant to test a
Craigslist.org-type service by
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01.12.2005New Vista Test Drive Website
Microsoft Virtual Labs has
launched a Windows Vista
Business Edition Test Drive
website.
On it
you can try some of the new
features available in Vista
Business in different
scenarios without having to
install the OS on your
computer.
The
website shows off features
like Windows Meeting Space,
Windows Sidebar, Internet
Explorer 7, Windows Mail and
Windows Sync Centre.
Each Feature has a
demonstration video and
interactive scenarios to try.
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07.01.2007Yahoo indicates it's pleased with its Google test
There may have been a little extra cash flow in Yahoo's direction from its beta test of Google's AdSense in its own search pages. But whether you
take that as a sign of a deal in the works depends on how you read the carefully phrased speculation...
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17.04.2008AntiVir, F-Secure, and Kasperksy fail latest Virus Bulletin test
Virus Bulletin (VB ) conducted its latest test in September, posting the results this month. The security research company evaluated 24 anti-malware
products for Windows Server 2008. The basic requirements for a product passing the test is detecting, both on demand and on access, in its default
settings, all malware known to be "In the Wild" at the time of the review, and not detecting any false positives when scanning a set of clean
files...
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06.10.2008Windows Engineer Touches the Future of Computing
Yves Neyrand, the director of test for the Windows Developer Experience team, helped create multitouch functionality for Windows 7 that allows the use
of touch to perform actions normally performed with mouse and keyboard...
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22.10.2009Microsoft begins test of new
Windows file system
Microsoft on Monday
posted the first test version
of a new Windows file
system.
Th
e company made the test
version the file system,
called WinFS, available to
subscribers to its Microsoft
Developer Network
service.
The
software was originally
intended as a key feature of
Windows Vista--developed under
the code name Longhorn--the
next release of the operating
system expected somtime next
year.
However,
roughly one year ago,
Microsoft announced that it
was removing WinFS from Vista
and would release it
separately in order to meet
its delivery schedule for
Longhorn.
Microsoft
says WinFS will make it easier
to find information stored on
both local PCs and across
networks.
"WinFS
bridges the gap between file
systems and databases and
provides a unified, rich
programming platform for all
data: structured,
semi-structured, and
unstructured," according to
information posted to MSDN on
Monday...
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06.09.2005AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good"
Microsoft's new free security software, Windows Security Essentials,
passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying
colors, said independent and trusted firm
AV-Test, which tested Essentials,
launched yesterday in beta, on Windows XP,
Vista and Windows 7. It put it up against nearly 3,200 common viruses, bot Trojans and worms, said Andreas Marx, one of the firm's managers. The
malware was culled from the most recent WildList, a list of threats actually actively attacking computers. 'All files were properly detected and
treated by the product,' Marx said in an e-mail. 'That's good, as several other
scanners are still not able to detect and kill all of
these critters yet.' It also tested well on false positives.
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