Mac OS X 10.5, iLife '07, iWork '07 as early as March
Development of Mac OS X 10.5 is wrapping up faster than many at Apple even anticipated, and at present, a release can be expected as early as late March, sources say.
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10.2.2007 StartupMonitor 1.02
StartupMonitor is a small utility that runs transparently (it doesn't even use a tray icon) and notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup.
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12.8.2007 Recuva 1.02.086 Beta
Recuva pronounced "recover" is a freeware utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer.
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9.7.2007 Any Video Converter Free 2.07
Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It allows you to effortlessly convert video files between every format!
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1.8.2007 Process Explorer 11.02
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
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15.9.2007 Expired Cookies Cleaner v1.02
Expired Cookies Cleaner is a free software for removing expired cookies from you personal computer (PC).
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17.3.2009 Memory Prices Set to Hit the Bottom in the 2H '07
After tumbling for more than four consecutive months, prices on dynamic random access memory (DRAM) may sustain rapid decrease in the coming months, causing memory chip makers to continue losing money.
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26.4.2007 DOJ Pushes Microsoft to Produce Vista SP1 in '07
It's unusual, but confirmation of the availability of Windows Vista's first service pack came not from Microsoft Corp., but from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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21.6.2007 Vista SP1, and then Windows 7, Windows 8 and Non-Windows Midori
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over.
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5.8.2008 Windows 7 RC Brings Windows XP Mode Beta and Windows Virtual PC Beta
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC.
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29.4.2009 Windows Reactivator 2.0 - Backup & Restore Activation Status of Windows XP with Windows Reactivator
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key.
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3.6.2009 Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks.
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28.2.2008 Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9 – 1 Billion and Counting
Is Windows dead? Or, at least, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's proprietary operating system?
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15.9.2008 Week in Microsoft: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 9
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials.
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10.10.2009 Windows Vista Build 5231 and Windows Media Player 11 Leaks!
Windows Vista Build 5231 has leaked to the web. The new build is said to include Windows Media Player 11 included. View the screenshots below! This is a Main branch build that was released on September 12th, 2005 at 8:20PM.
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Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3: Official Release Dates
A French website, PC Inpact, has posted the official Microsoft product change request forms for Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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6.2.2008 Download Free Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 Straight from Microsoft
Via the Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. That's right! Microsoft is offering access to free downloads of Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2.
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6.3.2008 Windows Vista SP1 outperforms Windows XP SP2 in file copy
"Its interesting that people seem to think that Vista under performs in every area of the system which is quite an incorrect perception.
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27.5.2008 Windows Fiji Has RTMd as Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008
Microsoft officially confirmed that Windows Fiji has been released to manufacturing.
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18.7.2008 Windows 7 Beta Doesn't Play Nice with Windows Azure Cloud OS Tools
The promise for Windows 7 is that it will deliver an evolution when it will come down to stretching into the Cloud compared to its precursor, Windows Vista.
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16.1.2009 Internet Explorer 8 MUI packs for Windows XP, Windows Server 03
As detailed in our previous blog post, the following Internet Explorer MUI packs shipped today.
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17.5.2009 Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta adds Windows 7 support
Microsoft announced the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta, along with news that it will feature Windows 7 support.
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20.7.2009 Check for RAM Error or Defect in Windows 7 and Vista with Windows Memory Diagnostic
Memory or RAM is one of the most important electronic hardware component on a computer systems, not only in term of speed or clock frequency and size, but also the reliability of hardware ecosystem of the RAM sticks or memory modules and its subsystem.
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1.10.2009 The Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 Threat Mitigation Guide
Well, Microsoft still puts effort in old Windows versions...
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31.3.2006 Windows Vista comes with 19,500 drivers on DVD – more on Windows Update
Ever needed to find a driver for a product and wished Windows would either just have the driver in it, or that their Windows Update service could provide it? With Vista, it can – and new features and updates will be forthcoming too. It’s about time!
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20.11.2006 Windows XP Home No Longer Qualifies for Windows Vista Upgrades
Windows XP Home Edition no longer qualifies for Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Upgrade + SA through Volume Licensing.
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17.10.2007 Microsoft Offers a Complex Windows Vista vs. Windows XP Perspective
A new standard of security is an integer aspect of the evolution puzzle represented by the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008Microsoft Virtual Server and SoftGrid Q1 Webcasts
Microsoft has arranged a new
series of webcasts for
February and March about
Virtual Server 2005 R2 and
SoftGrid:
- Microsoft's
Server Virtualization -
Licensing Changes
(02.12.07)
- Automating
a Dev/Test Lab with Virtual
Server
(02.15.07)
- Architectur
al Best-Practices for Virtual
Server
(02.19.07)
- Virtualized
Branch Office Servers - Road
to a dynamic branch
(02.22.07)
- Automating
a Dev/Test Lab with Virtual
Server
(02.26.07)
- Overview of
System Center Virtual Machine
Manager
(03.01.07)
- Overview of
System Center Virtual Machine
Manager (03.05.07)
- Application
Virtualization and Software
Streaming within the Microsoft
Systems Management Platform
(03.12.07)
- Virtualizat
ion and SQL server:
Technologies, best practices
and pricing/licensing
(03.19.07)
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09.02.2007Survey: Windows loses ground with developers
Microsoft's Windows platform
is losing traction as a target
for application developers in
North America but still is the
dominant platform, according
to
Evans
Data survey results being
released on Tuesday.
A survey this spring of
more than 400 developers and
IT managers in North America
found that the number of
developers targeting Windows
for their applications
declined 12 percent from a
year ago. Just 64.8 percent
targeted the platform as
opposed to 74 percent in 2006.
"We attribute
largely to the
increase in developers
beginning to target Linux and
different Linux
. Both Novell
and Red Hat are the two
dominant ones right now,"
said John Andrews, the CEO of
Evans Data. ..
winbeta.org - 03.07.2007
Microsoft eases hardware terms for Windows XP on low-cost PCs
Microsoft has loosened the hardware restrictions that PC makers must adhere to in order to install Windows XP on ultra-low-cost PCs, according to
documents seen by IDG News Service.
<...> Under the new terms, outlined in the documents, PC makers must limit screen sizes to
14.1 inches and hard-drive capacity to 160GB. ULPCs with touchscreens will also be eligible. Earlier terms set in April did not allow touchscreens at
all and limited screen sizes to 10.2 inches and hard-drive capacity to 80GB. The processors are still limited to a single-core chip running at no more
than 1GHz, and memory is limited to 1G byte of RAM.
winbeta.org - 03.07.2008
Microsoft Unveils Windows Mobile 6
After so many leaks and
screenshots Microsoft has
finally taken the wraps of
Windows Mobile 6.
The official announcement is
due to be made at 3GSM on the
12th February.
New
features include:
-
HTML support in email
-
Windows Live for Windows
Mobile
- File transfer
capability in Windows Live
Messenger
- New versions
of mobile Outlook, Word,
Excel, and PowerPoint with
rich editing
- Remote
wipe capability for stolen and
lost devices
- Call
history in contact cards
- Tight Vista integration
- "Calendar ribbon" for
more easily viewing schedule
by day or week
- New
versions of .NET Compact
Framework and SQL Server
built-in
neowin.net - 09.02.2007
No Ultimate Extras for Windows 7
Windows Vista Ultimate had an interesting feature touted by Microsoft before it's release, named Extras. This was intended to be an added extra
for the paying the hefty price of Ultimate, to give some bonuses to those who paid for it. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't plan it very well, and
included very few with in the release of Vista Ultimate. This led Microsoft to publicy apologizing over the matter, and to this day not a great number
have been released. This led people to wonder about Windows 7 Ultimate. Would it feature Extras, or would Microsoft not worry about them this time
around?
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neowin.net - 07.02.2009
Windows 7 Enterprise Edition Customer Benefits
Gavriella Schuster: You may have caught Brandons post last week looking at our SKU
strategy for Windows 7. In addition to the guidance we provided earlier
today for commercial customers looking at deploying Windows Vista, I want to also take a closer look at Windows 7 Enterprise specifically and what
it means for our largest commercial customers.
winbeta.org - 12.02.2009
Microsoft launches Windows 7 Readiness Program
With Windows 7 RC getting ready, Microsoft announced on Monday, the Windows 7 Ecosystem Readiness Program to help hardware and software partners (OEMs
and ISVs) ensure that their existing applications, devices and systems will be compatible with Windows 7. The program provides partners with access to
Windows 7 builds, development and test toolkits, technical documents, Windows Driver Kit, the Windows Logo Kit, application testing labs and other
resources through Microsoft Connect to proceed with the compatability tests of Windows 7. Hardware developers can get tools and resources from the
Windows Hardware Developer Central and Software developers can get their tools and resources from MSDN.
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neowin.net - 03.02.2009
Engineering Windows 7: Improvements to AutoPlay
Steven Sinofsky: As mentioned before on this blog (regarding our UAC changes ) and on the IE blog (regarding the SmartScreen® filter for malware ), we
have an increased focus to enable customers to be in control and feel confident about the software that they choose to run on their computers. Folks
on this blog have also commented about the concerns they have specifically in the AutoPlay area. This blog entry addresses some of the
changes that we have made to increase customer confidence when using their media and devices with Windows. It is authored by Arik Cohen, a
program manager on the Core User Experience team.
winbeta.org - 28.04.2009
Vista is Watching You
Are you using Windows Vista?
Then you might as well know
that the licensed operating
system installed on your
machine is harvesting a
healthy volume of information
for Microsoft.
In
this context, a program such
as the Windows Genuine
Advantage is the last of your
concerns. In fact, in excess
of 20 Windows Vista features
and services are hard at work
collecting and transmitting
your personal data to the
Redmond company.
Microsoft makes no secret
about the fact that Windows
Vista is gathering
information. End users have
little to say, and no real
choice in the matter. The
company does provide both a
Windows Vista Privacy
Statement and references
within the End User License
Agreement for the operating
system. Combined, the
resources paint the big
picture over the extent of
Microsoft's end user data
harvest via Vista.
winbeta.org - 02.07.2007
Microsoft lets loose Vista SP1 for x64-based systems
Additional info is available at HEXUS.net and Winfuture.de
Engadget: Not a whole lot to say here,
but if you're running Vista on an x64-based system, you've probably already noticed a little surprise courtesy of
Windows Update, which today started pushing out the x64 edition of Vista Service Pack 1. If
you've been following things in SP1 land, you'll notice that's actually ahead of the neat and tidy Windows Update launch for non-x64 systems, but
behind the unofficial options already available.
winbeta.org - 21.02.2008
Windows Live to act as OpenID provider
In July of last year, Microsoft threw its
weight behind supporting the OpenID protocol. In February of this year, Microsoft joined the OpenID
foundation's board. Now, Microsoft has committed to OpenID further by announcing that Windows Live will become a OpenID provider and that you
will soon be able to use your Windows Live ID account to sign in to any OpenID enabled website.
OpenID is a distributed authentication
method for allowing users to securely use a single digital ID to sign into multiple websites on the Internet. AOL and Yahoo already allow users to
authenticate against their AOL or Yahoo credentials on sites using OpenID. Google so far has not adopted OpenID through any supported means.
Currently Microsoft's OpenID implementation is on their Windows Live ID Integration environment, intended for sites and software providers who
provide OpenID authentication to test against the service. Your normal Windows Live ID cannot currently be used for OpenID. Microsoft does not seem to
have any plans to allow the use of your OpenID to login to sites that require a Windows Live ID. Meaning you'll still need to maintain accounts at
Yahoo, AOL and Windows Live to login to services on their individual sites. However, in becoming a provider, Microsoft has taken a step in the right
direction towards opening up their services.
Microsoft has given no specifics on when they plan to make OpenID authentication available on
their public servers.
neowin.net - 30.10.2008
Mozilla in talks with carriers about mobile Firefox
Mozilla is in informal talks with mobile operators about its mobile Firefox project, which
the organization hopes will shake up the market as much as the introduction of the desktop browser did in 2004.
"Mozilla's
mission is to break open a closed market," said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla's vice president of engineering, during a visit to London earlier this
week. But "it won't happen overnight."
The impact, however, will be felt before year's end. By then, Mozilla is aiming to release a
mobile browser for two operating systems: embedded Linux and Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
winbeta.org - 29.02.2008
Opinion: IE7 is out of the door, Move along Firefox?
Yesterday on Wednesday 18th at
around 5pm PST Dean
Hachamovitch, the General
Manager for the IE development
team, announced the immediate
availability of Windows
Internet Explorer 7 for
Windows XP and Server 2003.
Vista versions need not apply,
as IE7 comes bundled with the
operating system.
For prosperity he noted his
initial
announcement back in 2005,
after Bill Gates delivered a
keynote speech in which he
announced IE7, at that time
there was speculation and
drama developing as to the
future of IE at all on XP
which seemed uncertain at the
time.
Clearly
Microsoft needed to respond to
its customers and come up with
a better way to browse the
internet and in my opinion it
did. Will it be enough to sway
users that strayed over to
Firefox? Only time will tell
and I'm keeping my options
open, I regularly use both
browsers and ultimately one
will prevail. Its too early to
say.
So whats
new in Windows Internet
Explorer 7 aside from the
name?
I'll let Dean
answer that: "The Phishing
Filter and the
architectural work in IE7
around networking and ActiveX
opt-in will help keep
users more secure. IE7 also
delivers a much easier
browsing experience with
features like tabbed browsing
(especially
with QuickTabs), shrink-to-fi
t printing, an easily
customizable search box,
and a new design that leaves
more screen real estate for
the web site you're viewing.
IE7's CSS
improvements are
incredibly important for
developers as many of you have
made quite clear. I also think
IE7's RSS experience and platform
are important, powerful, and
innovative."
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neowin.net - 19.10.2006
Windows Vista SP1 won't hit till Mid-March
Contrary to rumors going
around the web regarding an alleged screencap of an internal Sharepoint site listing the Vista SP1 release date, it's going to be a while
before the masses see SP1. Biplab Paul a Technical Consultant at Microsoft has made a post on his blog detailing the roll out of SP1.
When
will SP1 be shipped?
- Mile Stone 1 (Feb 4, 2008): Available to OEM and Retail Channel
- Mile Stone 2 (Early March 2008): Vista SP1
Volume Licensing Availability
- Mile Stone 3 (Mid March 2008): Vista SP1 availability through Windows Update/MSDN/TechNet
- Mile Stone 4
(April 2008): Will be pushed via Automatic Update
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neowin.net - 08.02.2008
Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS (Continued)
Vijayshinva Karnure: This is a continuation of my previous post Using Windows Server 2008 as a
SUPER workstation OS
Here are a couple of things I missed in my previous post...
winbeta.org - 20.02.2008
It's time for Microsoft to supply ALL patches to All users
It’s time for Microsoft’s policy of tying the availability of Windows Updates to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation to end.
Brian Livingston writing for Windows Secrets had the following to say...
winbeta.org - 02.04.2009
Microsoft rolls out major Windows Live Hotmail updates
A few days ago we announced that Microsoft was finishing up Wave 3 of Windows Live. The Windows Live Hotmail team has announced that it is officially
rolling out the last of the Wave 3 updates to all Hotmail customers. So what's being shipped with these updates? More Storage Customers now start
out with 5GB of storage, but what if you need more? Your storage capacity will automatically increase as you need it. The team hasn't announced
what the maximum capacity will be. More markets get POP3 access Customers in the United States and Brazil will shortly be given access to their
e-mail via POP3.
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neowin.net - 07.02.2009
Windows 7 Media Center Review
Engadget: We've been waiting a long time for this and it's finally here, the latest version of Windows Media Center. Well, we really stopped waiting
a few months ago when the release
candidate hit, but waited on composing our thoughts until after we had a chance to play with the RTM copy. For the most part, as you'd expect
the RTM build is identical to the RC, sans the bugs, but there are plenty of upgrades over Vista Media Center. Many of these new features were also in the TV Pack, but in our book that
doesn't count. For starters it was OEM only, and thus you could only get it (legitimately) by buying a new PC, but the real reason is because it was
so buggy, it was beyond usable. In fact we still stand by the theory that the TV Pack was
nothing more than an early preview for OEMs of the new guts of Windows 7 Media Center. Gladly that is all behind us now, so keep reading to find
out what gets us excited about Windows 7 Media Center...
winbeta.org - 27.07.2009
Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium
Ed Bott: Thanks to a tip from Kristan Kenney, I took a close look at the agreements embedded in the License folder of the latest leaked builds of Windows 7.
This is no longer a beta license agreement and is presumably very close to the final agreement that customers will accept. The agreements for retail
copies of Windows 7 Home Premium contain this eye-opening clause...
winbeta.org - 02.07.2009
75K want to save aging Windows OS
As posted yesterday, InfoWorld has taken it upon
themselves to force Microsoft to change its policy of dumping XP out of retail from June 30th 2008, by calling on everyone to sign a petition
demanding an extension. Never mind the fact that Microsoft has thus far extended almost every version of Windows past its original "expiry" date,
with possibly, the exception of Windows ME!
It has found somewhere in the region of 75,000 people who have yet to buy it, or want the
opportunity to buy it whenever they please. I suppose this was to be expected bearing in mind that this is the first ever client version of Windows
that is based on the very stable NT core, it can't be compared to Windows 98 which was truly annoying for its lack of stability. Anyone who has XP
installed probably doesn't need to upgrade, since the OS operates so well.
How dare Microsoft offer a new OS after 7 years!
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neowin.net - 19.02.2008
