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 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 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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19.5.2009Add Channel Logos to Windows 7 Media Center
When youre browsing through the TV guide in Windows Media Center, have you ever thought it would be nice to see the logos for the television channels
in addition to their name? Well, theres an add-in application that can do this. The program called My Channel Logos comes bundled with a number of TV
channel logos and provides a simple application that lets you assign them to any channel in your TV listing.
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13.02.2009Doodle 4 Google - K-12 Logo Competition Voting Starts
Doodle 4 Google is a competition where kids from across the U.S. were asked to doodle new Google logos. Google had received thousands of entries, and
narrowed it down to 40 finalists for public voting. Voting is now open to the public, and the winner will replace the normal logo May 22, 2008!
In 2000, Dennis Hwang became Google's first doodler. When asked how he comes up with designs for logos Hwang responded: "First, I do a
lot of brainstorming, search for images on Google, and absorb all the imagery. Then I apply a design that interacts with letters. I find that a bit
more interesting."
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15.05.2008Look out 2D search, you're one dimension behind
http://www.spacetime.com/>Spac
eTime is a new tool for
searching the Web in three
dimensions. You can search
using Google and Yahoo, or dig
deeper into niche services
like eBay and Flickr. Results
show up in a swirling sky-like
environment where you can sort
through rendered pages in
stacks, similar to Windows
Vista's Flip 3D
window-shuffling effect and
the upcoming Time Machine in
OSX Leopard. You can maneuver
around any page, and zoom back
and forth. To see any result
up close, just double-click on
it and it will revert to a
customized browser window
that's running a shelled
version of Internet Explorer.
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06.06.2007EC Commissioner proposes doubling terms of performers' copyright
"Oldies" music remains popular among many generations, which could present a window of opportunity for record companies in Europe to take
advantage of royalties terms expiring after 50 years. Today, the EC may be looking to shut that window...
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15.02.2008Gmail Rolls Out PowerPoint Preview
Google rolled out their
slideshow feature for Gmail
(some of you were already
getting this as experiment for
a while). What happens is that
whenever someone sends you a
PowerPoint attachment, you can
instantly open it in a new
browser window by clicking
view as slideshow to then go
through the pages via the
arrow buttons on top.
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12.06.2007Firefox 4.0 redesign mockups released
Earlier last week, Mozilla updated the Firefox 3.7 wiki to show potential design changes for Firefox 3.7, and today, updated their wiki to show new
mock ups for Firefox 4.0 Windows designs. The designs are changed to fit better into Windows 7 - as they want to "embrace glass" which is a major
goal of Mozilla for the next Firefox release, as well as making them feel more a part of the OS. The designs also work on Windows Vista. A separate
design would be in place for lower versions of Windows. The images below show the ideas that the Mozilla team has, for some potential tab layouts/UI
redesigns.
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28.07.2009Microsoft to release hardware reference designs for Windows Mobile
Microsoft plans to replicate some processes from the PC industry to try to boost its performance in the mobile market and expects to see a growing
number of applications in its new Marketplace, an executive said this week.
In a wide-ranging interview, Andy Lees, senior vice
president of mobile communications for Microsoft, confirmed that for the first time the company will release hardware reference designs to make it
easier for handset makers to use Windows Mobile.
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10.10.2009Apple Campus vs. Microsoft Campus: One Visitor's UI Review
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08.03.2008Application Specific Glass Colorization in Windows 7?
Microsoft might be introducing application specific glass renderings. The color of the glass frame around a window can be changed in Vista, but the
change is global to the system. The color of any particular window glass frame can not be set by choice. But, how about being able to change the
color/opacity level of a the glass frame of any application through defined events or commands? According to a Patent number 7418668:
A
method for changing a color value and/or level of opacity value of a glass appearance window frame for an application window is described. The method
includes steps of determining a defined color value and a defined level of opacity value to apply to a glass appearance window frame and displaying
the glass appearance window frame in accordance with the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value. A command may be received to
apply the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame, thereby applying the defined color value
and level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame. Color values and/or level of opacity values may be changed automatically, be
application specific, and/or be changed in response to receipt of an input from a user to change one or more portions of a default configuration.
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06.09.2008Kodak Designs New CMOS Sensor
Eastman Kodak Company revealed today in a press release that it has created the world’s first 1.4 micron, 5 megapixel device, the KAC-05020
Image Sensor. Using significantly smaller pixels, this sensor enables a higher level of resolution in small optical formats which will be especially
useful in devices like cellphones: the sensor allows for full 720p video at 30fps in a quarter-inch camera. Unlike other small-pixel sensors which can
produce poor images, especially under low light conditions, the 1.4 micron pixel used in the KAC-05020 is reportedly able to provide image quality
that can equal or surpass what is available from current devices using larger, 1.75 micron pixel CMOS designs.
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05.02.2008Windows 7 concepts that never made the cut
TechRadar has uncovered some interesting concept art and sketches that the Windows team demonstrated at Mix 09 recently. The Windows team is
notoriously secret about showing any concept designs the team have worked on, usually because of copyright issues and the fact the designs are not
protected.
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23.03.2009TED2008: What is our place in the universe?
The second session of TED2008 asks "What is our place in the universe?" and it cogently opens with a sneak preview of an amazing piece of
technology under development at Microsoft: the
World Wide Telescope, a powerful
new web-based tool for exploring the universe (for the geeks among you, this is the unnamed piece of new tech that made blogger
Robert Scoble weep recently). It functions like a virtual telescope,
bringing together imagery from actual ground and space (
Hubble) telescopes.
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28.02.2008A computer shop's sales pitch: 'We remove Vista'
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30.01.2008Microsoft launches new Windows Live Home beta
Yet another bolt out the blue
(
maybe
not), Microsoft just
launched the new Windows Live
Home beta portal. At the
moment it offers only basic
functionality, ie. no
integration, just access to
all the Windows Live services.
Funnily enough, it also links
to the new
Windows Live
Suite, though the page
isn't up yet. Oh dear.
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10.08.2007Windows 7, new laptop designs to converge
A rip-up-the-carpet PC refresh of both software and hardware is in the offing as Microsoft's latest operating system and new laptop designs converge
later this year.
At the Intel Technology Summit on Wednesday, an executive described the imminent mobile future, including a
major refresh of Netbook silicon, better-designed "ultrathins," and turbo-powered high-end laptops.
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03.08.2009Via Debuts Nanobook: A Windows Ultralight Under Two Pounds, Less Than $600
Watch out, Foleo. There's a
Nanobook behind you. Right
behind you. Via Technologies,
best known for chipsets and
tiny motherboards, has
announced a new reference
design for budget ultramobile
computers.
"$600,"
said Richard Brown, VIA's
Global Vice President of
Marketing. "We're taking
that market into the
mainstream."
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06.06.2007Accton Designs Skype Handset
Cell-like phone will support
Internet telephony service...
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12.11.2005Office 2007 SP1 Technical Preview Info
I installed the recently
released
Office 2007
SP1 Technical Preview
update on top of Office 2007
Enterprise Edition running on
Windows Vista Business
Edition. Here's some quick
info about it:
Version:
12.0.6207.1000 (MSO
12.0.6206.1000)
File size: 214MB (exe)
The
Microsoft Office Cache folder
(MSOCache) does not get
updated with any SP1 bits;
only the Program
FilesMicrosoft Office
folder is partially updated.
New files have varying digital
signature dates (as well as
older version numbers for some
of the older files) ranging
from May 30th, 2007 all the
way up to July 23rd, 2007.
Naturally the dates will all
change as this is not the
final build of Office 2007
SP1.
Not
much more to say about it at
the moment as I didn't notice
any usability or user
interface differences on a
quick glance. All in all, a
very smooth update to an
already smooth running Office
suite.
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17.08.2007A Brave New World of Computing
Microsoft's Next-Gen PC
Design Competition winners
create innovative designs that
take traditional PCs outside
the box...
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29.05.2007Nvidia ships GeForce 8700M GT for high-end notebooks
Nvidia on Wednesday announced
its highest-performance
DirectX 10 GPU for notebooks.
The new GeForce 8700M GT
graphics processing unit (GPU)
for notebook PCs extends its
GeForce 8M Series product line
to include high-performance
notebooks.
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As
with the GeForce 8M Series
notebook GPU lineup, the
GeForce 8700M GT delivers the
fastest DirectX 10 gaming
performance as well as
compatibility with Windows
Vista and high-quality HD DVD
and Blu-ray video playback.
The GPU delivers support for
Microsoft DirectX 10 games and
a more efficient, unified
architecture that delivers up
to a 70 percent performance
improvement compared to
previous generation GPUs...
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