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the watchful eye of the Sinofsky Secret Police, so those of you who have postponed the upgrade because you dont want an outdated architecture can finally get the latest and greatest to escape from the gates of Redmond.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 Windows 7 Review
On October 22nd, 2009, Microsoft will reboot Windows. Next week, just five days from now, Windows 7 will hit store shelves worldwide.
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18.10.2009 Windows 7 beta 1 review
Ive now had my hands on Windows 7 beta 1 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 (the build that is widely expected to be made available to beta testers by Microsoft early in January) and have had some time to compose my thoughts and feelings about this latest release.
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29.12.2008 Microsoft Windows 7 RTM Review
This October Microsoft will release Windows 7 world-wide, the successor to Windows Vista and Windows XP (again), a major upgrade that promises to further improve the user experience on different PC form factors such as the popular Netbook.
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21.10.2009 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - Review
ActiveWin have just posted their 72-page, 200+ screenshot (Part 1) review of Microsoft Windows Vista, ActiveWin's largest and most in-depth review in ten years. In the review, we have broken down the information into 28 different sections, including (but not limited to): Windows Activation, Pricing, Installation, Daily Usage, Media Center, Windows Mail, DirectX 10, Gaming, Defender, IE 7, ReadyBoost, Developer Technologies, Sidebar, Windows Media Player 11, and much much more.
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30.1.2007 Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3 Review
The next major version of Windows Server has been on a slow burn for years. The story of this product, which, like Windows Vista, is codenamed Longhorn, does indeed have its origins alongside Microsoft's recently released client operating system (see my Windows Vista review).
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3.5.2007 Microsoft submits Windows 7 for antitrust review
The latest status report in Microsoft's U.S. antitrust case mentions that the company has submitted a build of Windows 7, the next version of the PC operating system, for review by the technical committee involved in the case.
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11.3.2008 Windows 7 Total review - 70 pages
This October Microsoft will release Windows 7 world-wide, the successor to Windows Vista and Windows XP (again), a major upgrade that promises to further improve the user experience on different PC form factors such as the popular Netbook.
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23.9.2009 Full Review: Windows Vista December CTP
Love-him-hate-him Paul Thurrot has released a four part in-depth review of Vista's December CTP. "I think people are going to be surprised by how good the Windows Vista December 2005 Community Technical Preview (CTP, or build 5270) really is.
After years of painful delays and an uncertain couple of months since the last CTP, Microsoft shipped a near-feature-complete Vista build to testers this week, and the prognosis is extremely positive. From what I can see, Vista has turned the corner. The December CTP is an exciting release, stable and full of new features. In this review, I'll examine those new features, and the features that have changed since the previous CTP, build 5231"
Part 1 |
Part 2 |
Part 3 |
Part 4.
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26.12.2005 Paul Thurrott's Windows Vista Review update
It's hard to put Windows Vista in perspective. On the one hand, the product has been in development for over five years, which means that Vista had one of the longest development cycles in the 20+ year history of Windows.
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18.12.2006 My Office 12 Review
A few weeks ago the Microsoft Office team worked hard to get Beta 1 out of the door to beta testers via Microsoft Beta. This build was quite successful in all products of Office.
Unfortunately, Microsoft Office ?12? does not come with a new product but the same products that have many changes will keep testers busy until Beta 2! During the Beta phase of Office 2003, Code-named ?Office 11? and referred to as NGO (Next Generation of Office), brought new applications to the table. These applications were InfoPath and OneNote.
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27.11.2005 Sony PSP Review
I know, I know. It's wayyyyyyy too late to put a review about Sony PSP here. I just think it's not perfect if I post a lot about this gaming console here but no review about it. So, yes, here it is. Just don't hate me and ignore this post if you don't like it. Please :p
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27.11.2005 Full review of the iPhone
Despite important missing features, a slow data network, and call quality that doesn't always deliver, Apple's iPhone sets a new benchmark for an integrated cell phone and MP3 player. See how it stacks up to our testing.
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1.7.2007 Nokia N96 review
When the specs of Nokia N96 were first leaked to the net, I thought it was a pretty boring phone.
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14.2.2009 Ubuntu 9.04 Review
Ubuntu is a community-developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work, Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email apps, to web server software and programming tools.
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21.5.2009 Review of Microsoft's Mouse + screenshot
Back on a sunny day in July at Redmond, WA - Microsoft announced the killer combo of Philippe Starck's unique design combined with Microsoft's unique ability of trendsetting. The Microsoft Optical Mouse by S+ARCK was dubbed "a sleek shape and shimmering finish" by Microsoft's PR people.
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OneCare Family Safety, a review
I don't have children yet but let's imagine I have a 20 years-old son and a little 13 years-old daughter. OFS helps me monitor and protect both of them despite different needs and interaction with Internet they have.
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3.10.2006 Microsoft Office 2007 - Review
Releases of Microsoft Office over the past 6 years have been considered evolutionary upgrades, delivering new features with each new version making life a bit easier for authors of Office documents.
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16.11.2006 LG KU580 Hero Review
After more than 1 year from its launch, LG's Chocolate collection ends in 2007 with another high-end stylish phone KU580 aka Hero. Also known as Chocolate Multimedia, the new handset embeds more Internet capabilities than its predecessors and a unique look which makes it the best choice in its class.
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4.8.2007 Sony Ericsson W960i Review
Sony Ericsson, one of the most important handsets manufacturers, is also one of the fewest that managed to educate its fans and teach them how to choose their future mobile phones.
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21.12.2007 The Microsoft reorg week in review
Its time, yet again, to update the ever-changing Microsoft org chart. Heres another piece to add to the seemingly never-ending stream of Microsoft reorg news: Developer Platform and Evangelism (DPE) Chief Sanjay Parthasarathy has given up his post (as of mid-December, 2007).
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11.1.2008 Nokia 6500 slide Review
Fully aware that its own developed Symbian operating system is not a perfect one, Nokia offers users devices with its newly launched S40 5th Edition.
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18.1.2008 Intel E8500 CPU Review
In the world of CPUs (Central Processing Units) and motherboard chipsets Intel is the number one manufacturer and is the platform of choice for enthusiasts in the PC industry since the launch of the Core 2 series outshined the top CPUs at the time it was launched and they haven't looked back.
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24.3.2008 A Top-to-Bottom Review of Office 12
Releases of Microsoft Office over the past 6 years have been considered evolutionary upgrades, delivering new features with each new version making life a bit easier for authors of Office documents. The release of Office 2000 in 1999 introduced tighter integration with the Web, giving users the ability to flawlessly save documents in HTML format and distribute over the Internet or Intranet, adding stronger ways of accessing information.
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14.1.2006 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Review
A Little History
Virtualization software is nothing new, and dates back quite some time. One of the most popular examples for the end user was Connectix Virtual PC for the Mac. Since there are a pretty huge number of programs that are only available on Windows, this created a strong market niche to let Mac users run Windows programs, even if at reduced speed.
Virtual PC for the Mac, rather than emulating Windows, emulated the x86 architecture and the requisite peripheral devices, such as a video and sound card. This meant that emulation could work quite flawlessly, but also that any user would need to purchase a copy of Windows as well and then install it onto the Virtual PC. Virtual PC was a success and Connectix later created a Windows version which let you run most x86 OSes ? something quite useful for developers, enthusiasts, and IT professionals.
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22.1.2006 Microsoft Live "Academic Search" review
First, the overall concept of Microsoft Academic Search is similar to Google Scholar in that "it allows users to search across the Web for articles in academic journals, databases like PubMed and OA repositories".
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10.4.2006 Review: Top 5 Improvements In Vista RC1
When the CRN Test Center last looked at Microsoft Windows Vista, it was obvious the operating system was far from complete, which wasn't a surprise because it was still a beta version.
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8.9.2006 Week in review: Microsoft's cloudy future
Microsoft plans to open up its underlying Internet services to developers as part of an ambitious makeover some refer to as "Cloud OS."
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14.7.2007Windows 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
Windows 7 Build 7105 to be RC... public release in 3 days!
jcxp.net - 08.04.2009
Windows 7 Beta: Quick Review
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, announced that Windows 7 beta is available from today to MSDN and Technet subscribers. A public preview version will be
available on Friday January 9th 2009. Over the next few weeks we will be looking into Windows 7 features, so far we have published the following
overviews:Windows 7 Federated SearchWindows 7 UACWindows 7 Calibrate MonitorOver the new few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows
7 including Touch, Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here
is a quick review of Windows 7 Beta.
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neowin.net - 08.01.2009
Microsoft week-in review, May 30 to June 6
For the longest time we've had requests for a week-in review of the hottest news rolling out of the various sectors we report on here at Neowin.
Today we're glad to announce that starting this week we will be rolling out a Microsoft week-in review for all of you folks that are just too busy
to keep up with the news throughout the week. While this week has been a huge week for Microsoft due to the E3 conference that was held a few days
ago, there have been quite a few announcements made regarding Windows 7. Microsoft finally announced Windows 7 Starter edition details, and you
won't be limited to running three applications at a time.
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neowin.net - 05.06.2009
Reports: Windows 7 has reached build 7079
Wzor is once again reporting that the Windows 7 winmain_win7rc branch has reached 7079. Yesterday build 7077 leaked via BitTorrent and we speculated
this could be the build that would be "renamed" to 7100 for the RC. It appears that isn't the case and Microsoft has built 7078.0.090406-1758
and 7079.0.090407-1902 over the last few days. We still expect Microsoft to name the RC build shortly and all bets are on 7100. Last month Microsoft
hinted at a May public release for the RC.
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neowin.net - 09.04.2009
1up Pulls Neverwinter Nights 2 Review
Seems the overly negative
review of Neverwinter Nights 2
over at 1up didn't sit to
well with the members. But
that begs the question, why
pull a review because it was
negative? 1up says it was
because the review didn't
live up to their "editorial
standards" which can be taken
many ways. Was it because
everyone thought the review
was way, way to negative? Or
was it because 1up got hate
mail due to the negative
review? Who knows. All I know
is that 1up actually pulled a
review - which I don't think
I've ever seen happen before
with an online review from a
major gaming site. The
original review gave
Neverwinter Nights 2 a 5/10
score, and it was pretty
obvious the reviewer didn't
care for the D&D rules or
world. Plus, as has been said,
it was poorly written. Or was
it?
Did 1up do
the right thing by pulling the
review? Should the review have
not been pulled? What does
that say about a negative
reaction to a review in
general, if it is so negative
it might get pulled by the
company? What do you guys
think?
You can
read the original
review here on
the Bioware forums.
neowin.net - 05.11.2006
Insider confirms anonymous Windows 7 M1 review, writes thesis on Windows 7 development
Long Zheng: Hot on the heels of the humble Windows 7 Milestone
1 review at Neowin yesterday, an anonymous commenter appropriately named “MSBob” on this blog who appears as a Microsoft insider has
wrote a fairly extensive
comment essay confirming the authenticity of that review as well as revealing many other details about the current and future
state of Windows 7.
There’s a lot of detail from the design of Windows 7, to the development teams, Windows Live
integration strategies and of course the man, the legend, Steven Sinofsky
who’s influencing the release cycles of Windows. And don’t forget Calculator, Paint and Notepad.
winbeta.org - 23.01.2008
Windows 7 RC completed, build 7100
Company insiders and Wzor have confirmed that 7100 is the official Windows 7 RC build. 7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700 was compiled on Tuesday and
has reportedly been handed out to OEM partners and TAP gold customers. Earlier this month we reported that build 7077 had leaked online and that
Microsoft were pushing towards a 7100 RC release. Microsoft recently published details about a public RC due for May 5th. We expect MSDN/TechNet
customers to receive the bits within the next week if the company is still targeting May 5th. According to reports, 7115.0.winmain.090421-1650 is the
latest build internally at the time of writing.
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neowin.net - 23.04.2009
Microsoft says Vista adoption is about 2% in enterprise
Microsoft's John Curran, head of the Windows Client Group, said that a survey by Computer Business Review found 2% of UK enterprises have upgraded to
Vista, is roughly where Microsoft pegs current adoption in the enterprise too.
Computer Business Review (CBRonline.com) found in
a survey of 300 senior decision-makers in the UK that 2% of enterprises had already upgraded their desktops to Windows Vista.
"Those numbers are consistent with how we would see it so far in our core markets like the US, UK, and so on," Curran said.
winbeta.org - 01.02.2008
Fennec coming to HTC Touch Pro
In Mozilla's weekly project meeting yesterday, updates to mobile browser Fennec were discussed, and the M1 milestone release target for Windows Mobile was noted.
According to the meeting's
minutes: "We are targeting a Milestone release for the first week of February, targeting the HTC touch pro. We are two patches away from the
meta goal of building from trunk. The tools changes have review from dougt, and are waiting for review from ted, who has promised review by the end of
the week. NSPR changes are waiting for review from Nelson, who asked for and received a patch against NSPR trunk."..
betanews.com - 27.01.2009
Windows on Netbook PCs: A Year in Review
Its hard to believe its been a year since we first started to see netbook PCs running Windows come to market.
Little did we know
that these devices would evolve so much in such a short time. A year ago, they were Internet-centric devices defined mainly by their tiny size and low
cost. An interesting concept perhaps, but sales didnt really take off until the category evolved into the more capable small notebook PCs we see on
the market today...
winbeta.org - 04.04.2009
Microsoft week-in review, June 6 to June 13
This week has been quiet for the folks up in Redmond, but just in case you missed the action this week lets recap what was announced this week. As
we move closer to the general availability of Windows 7, it's time for retailers to start planning their upgrade paths that they will offer
consumers to move from Windows Vista to Windows 7. Looks like Best Buy is the first retailer to unofficially announce how much they will charge folks
to upgrade to Windows 7. According to a leaked memo, Best Buy will start selling upgrade packages on June 26 at BestBuy.com.
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neowin.net - 13.06.2009
Judge Orders Review of Telecom
Mergers
In a stunning rebuke of the
Justice Department, a federal
judge on Friday ordered a
review of the agency's
handling of the Verizon-MCI
and SBC-AT&T mergers.
While the ruling could not
undo either merger, the judge
would have the power to add
new restrictions...
betanews.com - 10.07.2006
Review of the Week: HP iPAQ 312 Travel Companion GPS
As part of the Member-Written Review of the Week, the front page presents to you another review written by one of our very own forum members and
posted in Reviews by Members for Members. This week I have chosen Long's review of the HP iPAQ 312 Travel Companion. Pictures are courtesy of
Long.
neowin.net - 17.02.2008
Review of the Week: Third Generation iPod Nano by Quillz
As part of our recent efforts to get more unique content on the front page, I would like to introduce to you the Sundays Member-Written Review of the
Week. Every Sunday, the front page will bring you a new review posted by one of our very own members in the Reviews by Members for Members subforum. This
review will tend to be fairly recent and will generally focus on new products. I am looking for appropriate length, acceptable English language skills
as well as pictures and/or screenshots. The subform is predominantly hardware reviews but software reviews have an equal chance of being picked.
Members can comment both in the comments section or in the thread itself.
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neowin.net - 14.10.2007
Neowin Review: Fence your desktop with Stardock Fences
Windows Desktop - A place where every installed application likes to place a shortcut and also a place to hold all your shortcuts and favorites.
Things can become very messy when you have lots of desktop icons, like mine below: Well, there's not that many on my desktop, but I still place
them in categories. Microsoft Office Apps all reside together and Windows Live Apps reside together. Each time I bring a new shortcut to my desktop,
Windows places them in a separate order which it thinks to be right and then I move that shortcut icon to its appropriate group.
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neowin.net - 05.02.2009
Our 5 minute iPod Touch update review
So Apple updated the iPhone and the iPod Touch to have some new features including a quasi-GPS like capability.
So how good is it? Well,
for you guys, I sacrificed and bought the $20 update to my iPod Touch. You can read my 5 minute review below.
neowin.net - 16.01.2008
Walt Mossberg's Initial Impressions of the iPhone
Walt Mossberg, The Wall
Street Journals
personal-technology columnist,
picked up his review copy of
the Apple iPhone this morning,
and he gave his initial
impressions of the
much-anticipated gadget to
college leaders during a
speech at The Chronicles
Presidents Forum.
As
he pulled the phone from his
pocket and explained what it
was, oohs were heard from
several audience members.
I dont know whether Ill
give it a good review or not,
he said, noting that he will
use the phone for the next
couple of weeks before writing
his review. I can already see
some things I dont like about
it. I see some other things
that I do like a lot about
it...
winbeta.org - 12.06.2007
Brimax 19" TFT Flat Panel Display Review
A new review of yet another
monitor. There are many
displays out there to choose
from and only few really
appeal to gamers and
workstation pimps: for gamers
looks as well as performance
comes into play though the
workstation pimps don't mind
a little trade off and will go
for ultimate style to match
their working envoirment. The
LM19XD from Brimax has both
qualities. Be sure to check
out the review for our
conclusion.
neowin.net - 27.05.2007
