Is Windows XP too good for Microsoft’s own good?
On September 27, Microsoft has extended the cut-off as to when PC makers will be allowed to continue to sell Windows XP with new machines.
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29.9.2007 Windows 7 RC1 Build 7077
This is the RC1 Win7 7077 build that has recently leaked onto torrent sites, just reuploaded here.
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8.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7077 x64
Just 2 days ago the x86 flavor of build 7077 leaked to the intertubes, and, as rumored, x64 has slipped past the watchful eye of the Sinofsky Secret Police, so those of you who have postponed the upgrade because you don’t want an outdated architecture can finally get the latest and greatest to escape from the gates of Redmond.
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9.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7077 Screenshot Gallery
Windows 7 Build 7077 is the latest development milestone of the next iteration of the Windows client leaked in the wild.
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12.4.2009 Microsoft: a "Good Enough" Windows 7 Beta with Room for Refinement
Microsoft is in no rush to deliver the first beta of Windows 7. Even according to the official time table for the delivery of Windows Vista's successor, the Redmond company is just a few months short of the final deadline, and yet there is no Beta on the immediate horizon.
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5.9.2008 Microsoft: a Good Enough Windows 7 Beta with Room for Refinement
Microsoft is in no rush to deliver the first beta of Windows 7. Even according to the official time table for the delivery of Windows Vista's successor, the Redmond company is just a few months short of the final deadline, and yet there is no Beta on the immediate horizon.
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8.9.20008 OpenOffice is definitely good enough
There is a reason that the OpenOffice.org 3.0 servers are struggling to keep up with demand.
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14.10.2008 Windows XP Departs: Good Riddance or Sad Farewell?
Two of PC World's most opinionated editors weigh in on whether Microsoft Windows XP's departure is bad for PC users or the best thing that could happen to computing.
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27.6.2008 Microsoft: Good Reception of Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801
Microsoft revealed that it was happy with the way Windows 7 was received at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 in Los Angeles, at the end of October.
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17.11.2008 Vista's Transparency Is Good News
eWEEK visits with Jim Allchin, head of Microsoft Windows development, to discuss strategy for the new operating system.
I will start by stating flatly that I like Jim Allchin, who runs Microsoft Windows development. A lot. When he retires at the end of the year, the company will have lost one of its all-time great technology leaders and a very decent guy.
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29.1.2006 Is Google going to make Microsoft look good?
Why do we like Google? Is it because they are the “do no evil” company? Is it because they are not Microsoft? Is it because they make our lives easier through their search, email, and other services? The fact of the matter is that a lot of people from users, to developers, to workers, and to investors like Google. Heck, even I like google! (Look at the ads.)
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3.8.2006 There Is a Good Reason to Get Vista SP1
Microsoft plans to do away with that nasty 30-day off switch. Maybe some IT organizations should rejoice and take a few darts out of their pictures of Bill Gates.
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4.12.2007 Very Good Results in Updating Vista Against Hacks and Cracks
Microsoft claims that it has seen what the company referred to as very good results in fighting Windows piracy with Windows Vista, although it has failed to elaborate on the subject.
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29.7.2008 Norton Removal Tool 2010 to Uninstall Norton Antivirus 2010
In past we have covered how to uninstall & remove Norton internet security & Norton Personal firewall.
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11.9.2009 Windows Seven: Think 2010
Windows Seven now has an official ship target — 2010. At Microsoft’s Global Exchange (MGX) annual sales conference in Orlando this week, Microsoft shared a bit more — albeit at a high level — on Windows Seven, according to a copy of a slide deck I saw that was distributed to the field sales force during the conference.
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21.7.2007 Windows 7 On Track For 2010 Release
That's the year we'll make contact, and not before.
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9.4.2008 Will Windows 7 Launch Before January 2010?
Microsoft have stated publicly that Windows 7 will launch 3 years after Windows Vista, which places the launch date for Windows 7 at January 2010. However, the beta trials of Windows 7 are going so well that speculation has started that Microsoft will launch Windows 7 earlier.
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4.4.2009 Office 2010 optimized for Windows 7
Since a technical preview version of Office 2010 leaked barely a day ago it seems to have spread to anyone and everyone, despite a limited official technical preview scheduled for July.
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16.5.2009 XP Roadmap: From SP3 to Windows 7, to 2010
Even with Windows Vista Service Pack 1 available and with Windows 7 planned for release by the end of 2009 (according to Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer), Windows XP is still far from taking its due place in the Windows cemetery.
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5.6.2008 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 for Windows 7
Moving forward with the evolution of the Business Desktop Deployment, Microsoft is now cooking the next iteration of what is at the present the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
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9.12.2008 Motorola: Windows Mobile 7 will arrive in 2010
When Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said Tuesday that his company's phones would eventually carry Windows Mobile 7, he let on more than he probably thought.
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3.2.2009 Ballmer: Windows Mobile 7 coming in 2010
Microsoft has had an conference call earlier today, and Steve Ballmer spoke about Windows Mobile as one of its 7 big businesses.
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25.2.2009 40% of Businesses Will Say 'Yes' to Windows 7 by the End of 2010
Windows Vista failed to gain traction with business users, and its successor will not be spared a similar fate, according to a survey put together by ScriptLogic.
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13.7.2009 Windows 7 and Eclipse Interoperable in Mid-2010
Microsoft is pushing hard for the work designed to make Windows 7 play nice with the Eclipse open-source integrated development environment to be finalized by the summer of next year.
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28.10.2009 Office 2010 CTP on Windows 7 RC - Screenshots Gallery
The official availability deadline for the Office 2010 Community Technology Preview is July 1st, 2009.
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24.5.2009 177 Million Windows 7 Copies to Be Shipped by the End of 2010
Microsoft will sell approximately 180 million copies of Windows 7 by the end of 2010 is the forecast IDC offered in a study assessing the market impact of the next iteration of the Windows client that was sponsored by Microsoft.
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17.7.2009 Windows 7 to boost PC shipment growth by more than 10% in 2010, says paper
Windows 7 is expected to boost global PC shipments by more than 10% on year from the on-year growth of negative 5% this year, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report citing sources at market watchers.
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16.3.2009 Automatic Windows 7 Installs via the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 RTM
Microsoft has made available for download the gold version of its solution accelerator designed to automate the deployment of its latest Windows client and server operating system released.
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9.9.2009 Windows XP SP3 Brings the Death of SP2 - July 13, 2010
The advent of Windows XP Service Pack 3 has brought with it the proverbial "beginning of the end" for its predecessor, Service Pack 2.
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19.5.2008 Windows 7 SP1 beta rumored by end of 2009, RTM summer 2010
Windows 7 may be out, but Microsoft is of course still hard at work improving the operating system. Rumor has it that SP1 for Windows 7 will come sooner than it did for Windows Vista.
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2.11.2009Windows 7 build 7077 leaks
According to several reports from Neowin members, Windows 7 build 7077 has leaked to various torrent sites. Named as an RC escrow build it's
likely that 7077.0.090404-1255 is the RC that will be modified to 7100 and distributed widely in May. Microsoft confirmed the 7100 path yesterday on
its Engineering Windows 7 blog by advising users to modify the MinClient build number from 7100 to 7000 in order to enable beta to RC upgrades. It is
now expected that Microsoft will name 7100 as the RC build and builds 7105 onwards will be the ongoing development branched towards RTM.
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08.04.2009Windows 7 Build 7077 x64 leaks!
jcxp.net - 10.04.2009
Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview screenshots
Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview has officially been leaked onto the internet. Showing the first look at the technical preview of the next big
version of Microsoft Office. Available in both 32-bit and 64-bit, possibly available on the same disc on launch, the newest Office release fits
smoothly into Microsoft next big operating system, Windows 7. The ribbon is commonly used across all the Office applications to give users a better
and easier navigation. Installation: Word 2010: Excel 2010: Outlook 2010: OneNote 2010: PowerPoint 2010:
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neowin.net - 20.05.2009
Sneak peak of SharePoint 2010 released
Earlier this year Microsoft announced the next wave of Office products that will "redefine how people work", which included Exchange 2010, Office
2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010, and SharePoint 2010. All will enter public beta later this year and is targeted for general availability in the first
half of 2010. Over the last few weeks we've seen a ton of information leak regarding the Office 2010 suite, and this week Microsoft has released
a sneak-peak of SharePoint 2010. So what exactly is SharePoint again? SharePoint is an enterprise portal that can be configured to run Intranet,
Extranet, and Internet sites.
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neowin.net - 20.07.2009
Windows 7 Build 7105 to be RC... public release in 3 days!
jcxp.net - 08.04.2009
Office 2010 public beta announced, SharePoint 2010 unveiled
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the public beta of the Office 2010 family of products at the SharePoint conference, which is currently in progress in
Las Vegas. The public beta of Office SharePoint server is due to begin in November, alongside the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010. Microsoft has
said that Office 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, and SharePoint Server 2010 will be available for public testing during November, and will be free to
use during the test period. Up until this point, Office 2010 has only been a private technical preview, only given out to a select group of testers.
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neowin.net - 20.10.2009
Windows 7 RC and Windows XP to be available until 2010
With all this talk about the Windows 7 RC lately, we've seen a few questions asking, "So, how long will I actually be able to still use it,
anyway?" Well, friends, your queries have been answered! Our buddies over at PCWorld are reporting that Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 7 RC
will be still active until June 1, 2010. This information was actually leaked about a month ago, but Thursday say the Redmond-based software giant
confirm the news.
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neowin.net - 01.05.2009
Microsoft goes social with Outlook 2010
As part of Microsoft's Office 2010 announcements today the company has taken the wraps off a number of social networking add-ins that will be
available for Outlook 2010. Outlook 2010 features a new Outlook Social Connector (OSC) straight into Outlook 2010. The connector provides a stream of
content from SharePoint, Windows Live and other social networking sites. At the bottom of Outlook emails users will be provided with contacts latest
social networking posts. The presence of social networking inside Office 2010 is part of a broad strategy that Microsoft is implementing. The next
version of Windows Live Messenger will also feature a social stream within the client, similar to the OSC.
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neowin.net - 18.11.2009
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Now Available
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application
deployment. MDT 2010 supports deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP.
winbeta.org - 09.09.2009
Office 2010 optimized for Windows 7
Since a technical preview version of Office 2010 leaked barely a day ago it seems to have spread to anyone and everyone, despite a limited official
technical preview scheduled for July. We already knew that Office 2010 will ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions (and the technical preview was
leaked in both these flavours) and earlier this week it was confirmed that it will run on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista and Windows 7 as well. Robert
McLaws is one of the many who has downloaded and installed the leaked build on Windows 7, and has discovered that parts of the Office suite have been
optimised for Windows 7 by utilising the new jump lists feature.
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neowin.net - 17.05.2009
Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download
Microsoft released on November 18 the public beta of Office 2010. It can be downloaded by anyone for free, as of 1 pm ET today.
Microsoft is making available several different versions of Office, as well as a beta of SharePoint Server 2010 to interested testers,
includingMicrosoft Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010 and Office Web Apps. The betas are available at www.microsoft.com/2010.
winbeta.org - 18.11.2009
Microsoft reconfirms Windows 7 for 2010 launch
Paul Miller: It's all a silly
misunderstanding, we tell you. Microsoft has been holding fast to its "three years" development time frame for Windows 7 since forever, the problem is that it's
never been clear when that three year period started. Well wonder no longer, Microsoft has finally officially
confirmed that the three years started at Windows Vista's general availability release, which was January 30th, 2007. Obviously that doesn't
mean will have Windows 7 on midnight of January 30th, 2010, but it does mean we can look forward to sometime within that year for a release. Microsoft
plans to give an exact release date only once Windows 7 "meets its quality bar for release." Sounds like a good metric to go by, if you ask us.
winbeta.org - 13.03.2008
'Windows 7' product deadline may or may not be 2010
Reports yesterday and today stating Microsoft confirmed its Windows 7 release date for 2010 appear to be very premature, as the statement those
reports were based on is the same boilerplate language the company has produced for months...
betanews.com - 14.03.2008
Windows Mobile 7 due in 2010
When Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha said overnight that his company's phones would eventually carry Windows Mobile 7, he let on more than he probably
thought.
In answering an analyst's question during the Q&A portion of his company's earnings call, Jha said: "Yes, we are
still committed to Windows Mobile. As you know, Windows 6 series is available in 2009 and as compared to Android, we believe in 2009 Android is more
competitive; more of our effort and focus in 2009 is going to Android, but in 2010 when Windows 7 will become available, we will then participate in a
more focused way in Windows Mobile 7 in 2010."
winbeta.org - 04.02.2009
Microsoft Office 2010 public beta available
Microsoft has made the Office 2010 beta available publicly today. Earlier this week Microsoft released the beta to MSDN and TechNet customers. Neowin
has taken a look at the top features of Office 2010. Improvements include social networking intergration into Outlook 2010, smart pasting options and
of course Office Web Applications to allow you to read, edit and save documents in the browser. View: Office 2010 Beta
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neowin.net - 18.11.2009
Microsoft finally confirms Windows 7 Launch
It's all a silly misunderstanding, we tell you. Microsoft has been holding fast to its "three years" development time frame for Windows 7 since
forever, the problem is that it's never been clear when that three year period started. Well wonder no longer, Microsoft has finally officially
confirmed that the three years started at Windows Vista's general availability release, which was January 30th, 2007. Obviously that doesn't mean
will have Windows 7 on midnight of January 30th, 2010, but it does mean we can look forward to sometime within that year for a release. Microsoft
plans to give an exact release date only once Windows 7 "meets its quality bar for release." Sounds like a good measurement to go by.
jcxp.net - 14.03.2008
Microsoft: Windows Server to Outpace Linux 3:1 by 2010
WINHEC DAY 2 In a
Wednesday morning keynote
session at WinHEC,
Microsoft's new general
manager for Windows Server
2008, Bill Laing, took the
stage and said that Windows
Server installations overall
will outpace the growth of
Linux, at 8 million versus
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betanews.com - 16.05.2007
Updated Office 2010 technical preview build leaks
An updated version of Microsoft's upcoming Office 2010 technical preview has leaked onto the internet, days before the company is due to launch a
private beta today. Office 2010 build 14.0.4302.1000 is the latest to work its way out of the Redmond based software giant. Office 2010 has been
surrounded with leaks from screenshots leaking early to beta builds leaking early. Office 2010 promises tighter integration with Windows 7, full
Ribbon UI for Outlook and compatibility with Microsoft's forthcoming Office Web Applications. This latest leaked build allows you to switch themes
for Office 2010. Neowin revealed last week that Microsoft is planning a private beta today at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.
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neowin.net - 13.07.2009
Microsoft kicks off Office 2010 Technical Preview
Microsoft has begun sending out invitations to the Office 2010 Technical Preview. Microsoft is distributing the Office 2010 bits via its Connect
testing site. The bits hold the build number 14.0.4006.1110 meaning they are older than the recent "beta" leak. Yesterday Microsoft unveiled Office
2010 and Office Web Applications 2010 at the company's annual Worldwide Partner Conference. It's widely expected that Microsoft will offer a
public beta to customers in late August. In an email to potential testers Microsoft noted that on "Microsoft Connect, you will find downloads
available for early, pre-release versions of Microsoft Office 2010 products.
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neowin.net - 14.07.2009
Motorola: Windows Mobile 7 coming in 2010
Electronista is reporting that Microsoft's next Windows Mobile version, 7, will not be ready until 2010. The statement comes straight from
Motorola chief Sanjay Jha, who mentioned this news in a company conference call, discussing Fall 2008 results. Motorola has been focusing on Android
more this year, and Jha explains that this is simply because "Android is more competitive" this year, but Motorola remains a Windows Mobile company.
This is interesting news as just yesterday, the Wall Street Journal had speculated that Motorola was giving up on Windows Mobile. Perhaps that is why
Jha mentioned it.
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neowin.net - 04.02.2009
