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Windows Vista 3D Desktop

Microsoft indicated early that Vista will feature a three-dimensional interface with transparency, moving objects, anti-aliasing and other effects. Thanks to portos for this download.
download - comments - 10.7.2007

Yodm 3D - 3D Desktop for Windows XP and Vista

Thanks to hwh1226 for this download link.
download - comments - 17.4.2007

3D Ultimate Vista for DreamScapes

3D Ultimate Vista For DreamScapes, RS. Vista Ultimate wallpapers with original transition effect...
download - comments - 23.3.2007

Windows Vista 3D Desktop

Microsoft indicated early that Vista will feature a three-dimensional interface with transparency, moving objects, anti-aliasing and other effects. Thanks to portos for this download.
download - comments - 10.7.2007

Creative Hardware Accelerated 3D Audio for Vista

Creative Labs has opened up the doors to its ALchemy Project to enable hardware acceleration for DirectSound and EAX audio algorithms in Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista. The Alchemy Project is currently in its beta stages and intends to work around Microsoft’s audio limitations in Windows Vista due to the removal of the Hardware Abstraction Layer, or HAL.
download - comments - 23.1.2007

3D TV

3D Dissolve Screen Saver

Watch 3D objects in random sizes and colors as they spin and transform. You might not see the same morphing twice. This updated version is smaller in size and has fixed a system key bug in Windows 95B.
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3D Santa Screen Saver

This screen saver features a 3D Santa Claus performing a variety of acrobatic acts (and a few unusual stunts, too). If you have a sound card, you can listen to some accompanying effects, as well.
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Virtual Earth 3D (Beta)

Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there". You can search, browse, and organize local information viewed in three dimensions, just the way it exists in the real world.
download - comments - 19.11.2006

Star Trek Voyager 3D Screensaver

Do you ever wish that the computer graphics in recent science-fiction TV shows had more air time? With the Star Trek: Voyager Screensaver, you can watch a 3D rendition of the beloved ship as it soars through the galaxy.
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UniveRSS, A 3D RSS Reader from Microsoft

In an email from MSDN Microsoft silently mentions the UniveRSS reader. After a look i actually was quite surprised. Microsoft took the RSS possibilities from IE7 and put them into a really stunning 3D interface!
download - comments - 4.12.2006

TopDesk - 3D Flipper for Windows XP

TopDesk is a quick and easy way to switch between applications. With a single key press, you can instantly view thumbnails of all open windows, display thumbnails of windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.
download - comments - 2.2.2007

Download Duke Nukem 3D: Hi Res Project

Manhattan Project is occasionally frustrating, but when it's good, it's very, very good.


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Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D 3.0 Beta: Free Download

Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there".
download - comments - 7.10.2008

Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Flip and Flip 3D

In a previous Windows Vista Feature Showcase, I detailed a new Vista feature called Live Taskbar Thumbnails that helps users organize the many windows and applications they might have open at any one time. Live Taskbar Thumbnails is a Taskbar feature, but what it primarily does is provide a more discoverable way to switch between running tasks.
windows - comments - 21.5.2006

How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
download - comments - 23.9.2008

The Vista Built-in Super Administrator Account Has Survived in Vista SP1

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is designed to evolve the RTM version of the latest Windows client from Microsoft, made available in November 2006 to business customers, and in January 2007 to the general consumers.
windows - comments - 15.2.2008

Vista SP1 Is Out, XP SP3 Old News, the Pink Edition of Vista Is In

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now nothing more than water under the bridge, now that the service pack was released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, shipping to general users on March 18.
windows - comments - 27.3.2008

Tell Hasta la Vista to XP - Time to Upgrade to Vista SP1

Like it or not, this is the right time not only to upgrade to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 but also to tell hasta la vista to Windows XP.
windows - comments - 30.6.2008

Instant Change Vista Product ID with Vista ProductID Changer

In past we have reviewed number of application to recover product key like Product Key Finder, WinGuggle, Windows product Key Finder.
download - comments - 1.11.2009

Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2

Despite the fact that Microsoft has expressed its official position regarding testing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 ahead of its finalization, there is simply too much of a hunger for the service pack.
windows - comments - 27.12.2007

Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista

32-bit Windows operating systems, and Windows Vista makes no exception whatsoever to this rule, are limited in terms of the amount of system memory that can be addressed to no more than 4 GB.
windows - comments - 4.1.2008

Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String

Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
download - comments - 15.5.2008

x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's

The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
windows - comments - 10.6.2009

Microsoft to Kill the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS Windows Vista Cracks with Vista SP1

With the advent of Windows Vista, cracks also became available being designed to bypass the activation process of the operating system.
windows - comments - 4.12.2007

New Vista OEM Activation Hack - Vista Boot by gkend

Thanks to Steve Jobs for this article on his blog and to our forum members to clecha, Nighthief and fitterphil120 for most of the findings. One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.
download - comments - 21.5.2007

Windows Vista on Super Nintendo, As Real As Vista on PSP

We're puzzled and confused... How can a console that's at least ten times less powerful than the acclaimed PSP cope with Windows Vista's requirements?
windows - comments - 15.8.2007

Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking

Enough with benchmarking the OS - let’s see if Office 2007 is any faster on Vista SP1.
windows - comments - 26.2.2008

Microsoft Says Vista SP1 Needs to Speak the Same Language as Vista RTM

Microsoft says that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 needs to speak the same language as the RTM version of the latest Windows client. Otherwise there's no game.
windows - comments - 2.4.2008

Vista SP1 to Cure the Vista RTM Wow Hangover

When Windows Vista was unleashed in January 31, 2008, Microsoft was promising performance, security, innovation, all wrapped up under an umbrella of a Wow user experience.
windows - comments - 11.4.2008

Windows Vista 3D graphics performance

A couple of weeks ago, we investigated how ATI's high-end DirectX 10 part is performing comparatively in Windows Vista against Windows XP Professional, and overall we were very much pleased with what ..
winbeta.org - 24.09.2007

LG will sell two models of 3D TVs in 2009

LG, a leading maker of HDTV's will be entering the 3D frontier next year. Choon Lee, Vice President Director at the Digital TV Research Lab, stated that "3D TVs are the next big step for ; we will try with one or two markets in 2009" This is great news for the home consumer as 3D is the next big technology coming down the pipe. Sadly that was all that was said about the new TVs. Will they require special 3D glasses, likely, but it is unknown for sure. One can only hope that these TVs will be sold in many markets but it's still too far out to speculate.

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neowin.net - 27.11.2008

Fujifilm announces first 3D camera, due September

Fujifilm has launched a new compact digital camera which is capable of capturing 3D images and video. The camera, named the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W1, is Fujifilm's first camera to be able to do this, and does it through the use of two lenses and two 10MP CCDs. The camera will be launched in the UK in September, according to a statement from Fuji. The camera is held securely inside an aluminium die-cast frame, and has a 2.8 inch 3D LCD screen at the back of it, capable of displaying the 3D images and video clips that are captured by the camera.

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neowin.net - 22.07.2009

Free Vista Sunday, 3D desktop with Real Desktop Light

Jonathan Schlaffer: Vista has been an all-around disappointment and even those with SP1 have reason to complain. Those with problems are probably more outspoken than those that dont but the issues keep piling up and Microsoft does little about them. This program may brighten up your Vista experience a tiny bit.



Real Desktop comes it two forms, Real Desktop Standard and Real Desktop Light; major differences set the two apart. With Real Desktop Standard you get all the features and with Light, not so much.



The œlight� version gives you a basic, fully 3D desktop environment. You can stack icons, drag them anywhere on the œdesk,� flip them around, upside down and several other neat things. What you cant do is change the wallpaper or orientation of the camera. The other thing thats annoying is the light version lacks the ability to reset the icon positions; as you can see below, its very easy to mess them up.




winbeta.org - 02.03.2008

Sky set to launch 3D TV in 2010

Sky announced today that it plans to offer 3D TV next year in the UK. Sky's 3D channel will be the first in the UK when it launches next year. The channel will offer a selection of current 3D programming, which is expected to include movies, entertainment and sport. The service will be broadcast across Sky's existing HD infrastructure and be available via the current generation of Sky+HD set-top boxes. The next step for consumers is to purchase a '3D Ready' TV. Sony, Samsung and Panasonic all announced their plans for a big push towards 3D TV at this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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neowin.net - 30.07.2009

YOOWALK: Walk around the web

YOOWALK is a representation of the worldwide web as a 3D world where you can:

• Browse the web in 3D with your avatar
• Build a 3D version of your website
• Have your own room in 3D
• Meet people and hang out with them

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neowin.net - 08.01.2008

Microsoft In Talks To Acquire 3D Camera Company 3DV

3D technology was all the rage at CES this year, and last month Mark Cuban said 3D is "the LSD of 2009" (that's a good thing, Mark meant). Now Microsoft (MSFT) is looking to get in on the 3D game and is in talks to acquire Israeli 3D tech company 3DV...




winbeta.org - 17.02.2009

3D TV with Touch, Smell by 2020?

It might seem like something right out of the Jetsons, but Japanese researchers are hoping to have a commercially available 3D television on the market by the year 2020. The images would be projected upwards from a screen that lies on the floor...
betanews.com - 20.08.2005

Microsoft Launches Virtual Earth 3D

Microsoft on Monday took the wraps off Virtual Earth 3D, a new version of the company's mapping application that enables users to "fly" through three-dimensional models of cities from directly within their Web browser - complete with virtual billboards.
Photos: View images from Virtual Earth 3D..
betanews.com - 07.11.2006

Sky looks into 3D broadcasts

Sky television have started to look into the possibility of broadcasting programs in 3D, they have initially tested it delivering programs to users via the HD set top box. Sky demonstrated that they can make it a possibility at a presentation at their London headquarters when they showed various clips including scenes from a recent world title boxing fight and moments from television shows that they have already filmed using the 3D cameras. Gerry O'Sullivan confirmed that the demonstration was in fact that and not a product launch by saying "We have shown it is a technical reality".

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neowin.net - 18.12.2008

Microsoft Licenses Next-Gen 3D Tech

Microsoft has licensed 3D display technology to EON Reality, which says it would use the technologies to create interactive marketing displays, product demonstrations and training environments, bringing them to desktops in 2 to 3 years...
betanews.com - 20.07.2006

R.I.P. 3D Realms

3D Realms, the developer of Duke Nukem Forever, has been shut down due to funding issues. Joe Siegler, a sixteen-year Apogee and 3D Realms Veteran stated: "It's true. I have nothing further to say at this time." It is uncertain at this time whether the title will ever be completed.





winbeta.org - 12.05.2009

3D desktop revealed in recent Apple patent filing

Dozens of Apple patent applications were published lately revealing research that Apple had completed in 2007 on many topics encompassing future versions of Mac OS X. The most intriguing is a series of patent applications which describe a "Multidimensional" user interface. Apple has essentially been working on true 3D desktop environments. It's not clear when and if Apple will decide to implement these new 3D desktop design ideas into a future version of Mac OS X. The 3D desktop idea suggests that Apple would take their existing Mac OS components like the dock, dashboard, add more depth and give a three dimensional look.

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neowin.net - 12.12.2008

Autodesk now owns Maya and 3D Studio

Autodesk, the makers of 3D Studio Max has acquired Alias, the makers of Maya for $182 million in cash. For those of you who thought that 3D Studio Max was made by Discreet, well, Autodesk now owns Discreet so in effect, the 3D modeling software market is under control by Autodesk.

Most 3D modeling that you see in movies, TV, and games is done using either Maya or 3D Studio Max. This concentration of market power by a single company in such a key market has many designers and artists quite nervous.

"What about the cost of both products?" said Scott Tykoski, a 3D graphics designer at Stardock. "These are expensive products today when there's competition, what about in the future? Are we going to be paying $12,000 base cost for these programs in a year?"

According to Autodesk, the product release schedule for both products will continue into the foreseeable future without modification. The two companies will continue to exist and market and sell both Maya and 3D Studio Max for the near future.

What the actual effect on development of both products now that competition between the two is gone remains to be seen.


winbeta.org - 05.10.2005

TechNet Webcast: Limiting Administrator Privileges with User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista (Level 200)

Thanks to everyone who joined the chat last week, we hope you found it helpful. On Tuesday July 25th at 9:00 AM PST we will also host a live Web Cast on how User Account Control can help deploy desktops as a standard user. This Web cast is indented for IT pros and will cover the general capabilities of User Account Control. Hopefully, if LiveMeeting behaves on Windows Vista we will be able to show you some demos of the File and Registry Virtualization and the new ActiveX Installation Service.

Webcast description:

Companies today face a difficult trade-off: Is it better to deploy PC users as administrators and accept the high security risk, or to limit user privileges, which has implications for application compatibility and user productivity? User Account Control (UAC) in Microsoft Windows Vista helps solve this problem by allowing standard user accounts to perform common tasks like adding printers and changing the time zone, while also improving application compatibility. This webcast covers the benefits of UAC, UAC architecture, how to administer UAC policy settings, and how to control device installation for standard users. Join us to get the background you need to start planning your Vista deployment with standard user privileges.

 You can sign up at the Events and Webcasts site. We hope to see you there.

- Alex Heaton 
    User Account Control Product Manager

microsoft.com/windowsvista - 29.05.2007

Remixed audio cards in Windows Vista

Creative has all but dominated the PC sound card market, in no small part thanks to its prowess with hardware-accelerated 3D audio. The EAX positional audio framework born from the SoundBlaster line became the de facto standard for 3D audio in games, giving Creative a distinct advantage over its rivals. Creative licensed EAX, of course, but it kept competitors at version 2.0, limiting them to 32 concurrent 3D voices and standard-definition sampling rates and resolutions. Meanwhile, Creative extended EAX to version 5.0 with support for 128 simultaneous voices and high-definition resolutions and sampling rates.



Despite its positional audio dominance, Creative has faced increased competition of late, largely from sound cards based on C-Media's Oxygen HD audio chip. Microsoft's decision to drop hardware acceleration for DirectSound 3D audio in Vista has also posed a challenge to the SoundBlaster monopoly by blunting some of EAX's appeal. All the while, motherboard makers have diligently worked to improve the quality of onboard audio solutions, creating a perfect storm that has spawned more PC audio choices than we've ever seen before.




winbeta.org - 15.01.2008

Toshiba to show off 3D you can take with you

Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. will be previewing 3D technology on handheld 3-inch and 9-inch LCD displays that don't require special glasses to work...
betanews.com - 07.01.2009

Company Debuts 3D Gaming Monitor

A San Diego, Calif.-based company has released a new monitor for gamers that would allow them to play games in three dimensions.



Built by iZ3D, the 22-inch widescreen monitors would require a special set of polarized glasses to make the effect work. The display is compatible with Windows XP and Vista, and works on the newest graphics accelerators and processors.



"More content is being produced in 3D. All popular games and many new movies are now created in 3D -- most viewers are unable to see the game or movie as it is meant to be seen in 3D," Thomas Striegler said. CEO of parent company Neurok Optics.



Current PCs should be able to power the monitor without a problem, according to the company. The display supports a resolution of 1680 x 1050 pixels in up to 16.7 million colors, and has a 170-degree viewing angle.




winbeta.org - 28.08.2007

GPS in 3D may be coming to the US

Nav N Go, a producer of navigation software for handhelds, may finally be ready to bring its 3D GPS software to American handhelds, as it debuts its latest version this week at CeBIT in Hannover...
betanews.com - 04.03.2008

Microsoft Adds New York to 3D Maps

Microsoft has updated its Live Search Maps service to include photo-realistic 3D imagery of New York City and six other U.S. cities along with Ottawa, Canada and Northampton, England...
betanews.com - 29.05.2007