Windows XP A Shaky Bridge To Windows 7
Gartner warns that businesses that decide to stick with Windows XP -- Windows Vista's predecessor -- until Windows 7 is available may be pushing their luck.
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31.7.2007 A first look at Windows 7 s pre-beta PDC release
Is it a major release or just a revamped Windows Vista? That’s the big question surrounding Windows 7, which made its public debut in a keynote address by Steven Sinofsky today at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.
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31.10.2008 Windows 7, what has changed from Beta to Release Candidate?
As Microsoft unveils the Release Candidate to the world today we take a look at what has changed from the original Beta in January to the Release Candidate (RC).
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30.4.2009 Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 Shapes Up for May 23 Release
Microsoft had planned to ship a variant of Windows Vista build 5381 as Beta 2, the version that the company will be delivering to millions of consumers later this month.
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10.5.2006 Windows 7 Mini-Beta Coming Up in Concordance with the Release Candidate
Just because Microsoft is reportedly planning mini-beta releases of Windows 7 does not mean that the Redmond company is sidetracking from the original plans for the next iteration of the Windows client.
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1.4.2009 Windows Home Server hits Release Candidate beta milestone
On June 12, Microsoft will make available for download the Release Candidate (RC) near-final test build of Windows Home Server.
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12.6.2007 Microsoft Hardware Support for the Windows 7 Operating System Beta Release
If your computer is running a beta version of the Windows® 7 operating system, the following information can help you select the correct beta software to download for your Microsoft Hardware product.
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23.1.2009 Windows Driver Kit Beta release hints at upcoming Vista SP1
Thanks to pacpis for this post. One of our members received the following e-mail earlier today from the WDK team:
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18.7.2007 Microsoft to Release Windows Server 2008 RCO, Vista SP1 Beta
Microsoft is about to make available the first release candidate for Windows Server 2008, the first beta for Vista SP1 and a preview of Windows Server virtualization.
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25.9.2007 Windows 7 Path to RTM: Broad Beta and Public Release Candidate (RC)
There are just three more development milestones left out of the development process of Windows 7, following the first three.
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5.11.2008 Download Firefox 3.6 Beta Release
Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 was made available for download at the end of October 2009, and, immediately after launch, Mozilla indicated that it planned to aggressively update the development build in its race to hit the Release Candidate milestone.
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9.11.2009 Microsoft to Offer Beta Release of Popfly
At the Web 2.0 Summit, CEO Ballmer also will touch on Silverlight and announce the beta of Windows Live Photo Gallery.
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19.10.2007 Microsoft To Release Office 2007 Beta Refresh - Screenshots
According to news.com who sourced a Microsoft spokesperson, Microsoft is planning to release an updated beta version of the companies next generation Office suite, Office 2007.
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9.3.2006 EXCLUSIVE: Download the Vista SP1 Pre-Release Beta!
The limited Windows Vista Service Pack 1 pre-beta release made available to a select group of testers in mid July was leaked to torrent trackers and is free for the taking.
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11.8.2007 Announcing the Upcoming 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta-2 Release!
Beta-2 Build Coming Soon We are busy making final preparations for the 2007 Microsoft Office Beta-2 release. While the 2007 Microsoft Office Beta-2 release will be a public release, we plan to release this to you on BetaPlace (http://beta.microsoft.com) soon.
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16.5.2006 Microsoft prepares IE7 Beta 3 for a mid-August public release
A Microsoft source has quietly leaked that IE7 Beta 3 will be availible to the public sometime in mid-August of this year. This goes hand-in-hand with official MS reports that they are indeed working on Beta 3 at the moment.
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2.6.2006 Microsoft sends Vista SP2 invites - beta release in 4 weeks
Thanks to a tipster we have learned Microsoft has started sending Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 invites to select testers today.
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17.10.2008 Is Windows 7 ready for release now?
Earlier today, I read about the latest leaked build of Windows 7 to appear on BitTorrent. The text on the desktop suggests that build 7057 is part of the release candidate branch.
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13.3.2009 Just One More Release Before Windows Vista Goes Gold
Microsoft will release just one more build of Windows Vista for testing before the code goes gold, said Brad Goldberg, the general manager for the Windows client business group.
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1.10.2006 Microsoft looks to testers for help with next Windows release
A beta tester's work is never complete, at least not in the world of Windows. Last week, the long awaited launch of Windows Vista began as it was released to enterprises. Microsoft has attributed much of the product's success, as in success by going gold, to its testers.
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4.12.2006 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 Windows 7 Server to be 'minor release'
Microsoft said on Monday in the US that the server version of Windows 7 would not be a major release and will bear the name Windows Server 2008 R2.
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20.8.2008 Microsoft must know the right time to release Windows 7
Back in 2006, Microsoft released its last installment of Windows till date, Windows Vista to the market (Although it was released on January 2007 for broader audience and retail market).
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12.3.2009 Possible Windows 7 release candidate leaked
The latest Windows 7 build, which may be the first release candidate of Microsoft's highly-anticipated operating system, has been leaked to several file-sharing websites.
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18.3.2009 Supercomputer version of Windows nears release
Microsoft on Monday released a near-final version of its Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003--a version of its operating system tailored to allow powerful clusters of Windows-based machines to perform high-performance computing tasks.
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9.5.2006 Windows Vista RC2 Release Imminent
A public download page for Windows Vista RC2 has been located hosting a new build number (5744).
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5.10.2006 Windows Home Server Press Release
Posted earrlier on Bink.nu, but here is the Microsoft's Official Press Release:
Bill Gates Unveils Windows Home Server at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show.
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9.1.2007 Windows Live Hotmail Set for May US Release
Microsoft is preparing to launch Windows Live Hotmail in the United States by next month, although customers in India and Belgium will begin seeing the updates later this week, the company is expected to announce Tuesday.
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17.4.2007 Windows XP SP3 Release Dates
With Service Pack 3 for Windows XP just over the horizon, we've managed to get our hands on the internal schedule for the release of the highly anticipated update to the aging operating system.
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15.4.2008 Microsoft will soon release 'Windows Cloud' OS
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer revealed a few details on Wednesday of a forthcoming operating system that will help developers write Internet-based applications.
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1.10.2008Google street view car hits a bridge
Google street view is not only helpful but it has produced many quality blunders that keep us coming back for more. In the latest edition of a Google
street view bork up, a Google street view driver tried to drive under a low bridge, the bridge won. In the images below you can clearly see the
bridge that the driver tried to go under but in the following pictures you see that the attempt resulted in a bent camera rig as the following
pictures are looking straight up. Google must have a good sense of humor as it tends to leave these kinds of pictures live.
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10.04.2009Blogger demands Microsoft to release Windows 7 now
Windows 7 Beta has been getting good reviews since its release and many users who use the beta say this is going to be one of the finest releases so
far from Microsoft after the dreadful Vista start. Agreeing we all like Windows 7, how soon you want Windows 7 to be shipped? Kelly Poe, a big fan
of Windows 7 has started a campaign to release Windows 7 Now! The campaign is called - Release Windows 7 Now - and allows users to cast their vote
towards the release.
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31.01.2009WS2K8 Beta Adds IIS7 to Server Core
Microsoft has released the
June Community Technology
Preview of Windows Server
2008, which serves as an
interim release between Beta 3
and Release Candidate 1. The
company says Beta 3 has
already been downloaded over
200,000 times in the two
months since its release...
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27.06.2007Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 beta 2, RC details
Stephen Sinofsky, Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group at Microsoft, has written a blog post to everyone testing the Windows 7
Beta giving out details about skipping the Windows 7 Beta 2, and going directly to the Release Candidate (RC) build, also known as a Beta refresh.
The Release Candidate will be the last testing phase of the Windows 7 fully featured operating system before the final version of Release to
Manufacturing (RTM) build, which ships to companies and consumers all around the globe.
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31.01.2009WiFi bridge links sites up to 5 miles apart
HD Communications Corp has introduced a wireless network extender system that allows users to bridge a WiFi up to five miles. The $318
HD26200 system, which requires direct
line of site, is a complete outdoor wireless network bridge in the 802.11 b/g 2.4GHz band that uses two high performance Ubiquiti network radios with
integrated 17dbi dual polarity antennas. The HD26200 bridge is powered over ethernet, allowing a single outdoor CAT5 cable to bring both data and
power to the radios.
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22.05.2008Microsoft France exposes Vista
release date
Microsoft has revealed the
projected release dates of
Windows Vista and Internet
Explorer 7 in a phone
conversation with
vnunet.com's French sister
publication SVM, the
publication
claims.
"Beta
2 of Windows Vista,
Microsoft's future operating
system, is slated for release
in the first week of December
2005 at best," a posting
dated 29 August said. "The
final release has been pushed
back until September or
October 2006."
Beta 2 of IE 7 is
set for September 2005
followed by the release of the
final version in December, the
story continues. The product
launch will coincide with
Vista beta 2. Vista beta 1 was
released to testers in
July.
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06.09.2005Adding LINQ to Visual Studio: Does this change everything?
For over a decade, database developers have been begging for a kind of bridge that enables procedural language programs to access relational databases
relationally. Now that bridge is coming. But are developers ready for LINQ? We asked Microsoft's Visual Studio general manager, Jason Zander...
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04.03.2008At last, a bridge between Windows Home Server and Media Center
With this week's release of Power Pack 2 for Home Server, Microsoft is filling a very important gap. Up until recently, the company had been
maintaining that the place for users to store videos and multimedia was on their Media Center computers (generally Windows Vista Ultimate-based
systems), and the place for their "everyday files" was their Home Server. But the biggest and most cumbersome "everyday files" are multimedia
files, including those that deserve to be streamed and accessed by Media Center. While setting up Media Center to include a Home Server folder as one
of its "watch folders" is one option for getting files listed, that's not as rich as setting up a streaming connection...
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25.03.2009New Windows Vista Beta Build
Leaks
Weeks before Microsoft is
expected to release the
October Community Technology
Preview of Windows Vista,
build 5231 has found its way
onto the Internet. The
pre-Beta 2 release
incorporates minor updates
over the September CTP that
debuted at PDC 2005, including
an early build of Windows
Media Player 11...
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11.10.2005Windows Defender Beta 2
Released
Microsoft late Monday released
the long awaited second beta
of Windows Defender, formerly
known as Windows AntiSpyware.
Beta 2 incorporates a
redesigned user interface and
new threat level system for
informing users of malware.
Microsoft says the release is
less intrusive and easier to
use...
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14.02.2006Win 7 Beta 1 targeted for December
Seems as if Microsoft is planning a little Christmas present for all its users with Windows 7 Beta 1 on track to be released a week before Christmas.
Nothing is written in stone or been officially announced as of yet but inside sources are reporting December for the launch. Microsoft is planning on
a Connect Beta program for Windows 7 so testers keep your eyes open for something to come in the following months involving a possible beta.
“When we release the Windows 7 beta we will also be collecting feedback from this (Windows Feedback) panel and asking for participation from a
set of Windows 7 beta users.Our current plans call for signing up for the beta to happen in the standard Microsoft manner on Connect. Stay tuned!
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12.09.2008Firefox 1.5 Beta Set for September 8
Mozilla has announced its beta schedule for the upcoming release of Firefox 1.5, according to a posting on its developer news Web site. Beta 1 will be released on September 8, followed by a second beta on October 5. The first release candidate of the browser is expected on October 28...
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02.09.2005Windows 7 Beta - When will it arrive?
Still a few hours away for CES, it is known that Microsoft is going unveil the Windows 7 Beta at CES. But it is still unsure when would users be able
to download it officially. Mary-Jo Foley reports that public betas of Windows 7 would hit this week along with the private beta. Now, there is some
information available from this Microsoft blog: Attend an upcoming MSDN Developer Conference and you will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD - and that
immediate upcoming MSDN Developer Conference is on January 13th, which is next Tuesday! At the worst, expect a public beta release next week as the
private beta testers would get priority even if its released earlier.
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07.01.2009XNA Game Studio 2.0 Beta Available Soon
Michael Klucher: It's been a while since we posted on the upcoming XNA Game Studio 2.0 release. The good news is that there will be a XNA Game Studio
2.0 beta available for you to download very soon!
This beta is considered "feature complete." This means that while we still
have some issues to address, all of the features that will be in the release are included as part of the beta. However like all our previous betas,
the beta is for the Windows-based computer functionality only and you will not be able to deploy games to the Xbox 360 system.
Unfortunately, there were a few things that didn't make it into this release. The most prominent being that you cannot host XNA applications in
Windows Forms. All the other major features that we talked about earlier this year will be available!
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15.11.2007Windows 7 Home Premium beta released to testers
A trusted source has indicated that Microsoft has released Windows 7 Home Premium beta to a select group of 1000 users to get a firsthand look at the
next major release of Windows. The Home Premium beta comes listed with an assortment of features, few less than the public release of Windows 7 due
on Friday to everybody, mentioned in tonight's annual CES keynote. The Home Premium is a perfect suit for home users, with a cheaper price tag,
compared with Vista Home Premium, to Vista Ultimate, and a few less built in programs, that are only available to the full version.
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08.01.2009IE 8 : What's after Beta 2
Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, Internet Explorer has officially announced that there will be one more public update of IE8 in the first quarter
of 2009, followed up by the final release. The next release will be called 'release candidate' and will put an end to the 'beta' tag.
Dean also expressed that very selective changes will be done to the next and final release and has promised that the team would be very clear about
product changes between the update and the final release. If you need to get your hands on IE 8 now, you can download the IE 8 Beta 2 and also
provide your valuable feedback to the team :)
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21.11.2008Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2
Released
Microsoft early Tuesday put
live the Beta 2 release of
Internet Explorer 7, the
company's new standalone
browser for Windows XP and
Windows Server 2003. A new IE
Web site is promoting the
beta, which Microsoft is
targeting at both enthusiasts
and the general public...
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25.04.2006Windows 7 beta download imminent?
Microsoft have updated their Windows 7 site with a download link for the Windows 7 beta. It would appear from the posting that Microsoft is currently
readying site updates and download servers for the imminent release of the Windows 7 beta. Yesterday, German site Winfuture claimed that the beta
would be released today and this could confirm the sites claims. The download link is currently inaccessible. It's entirely possible that once
the page is live it will simply be a sign up page to register your interest. Microsoft will not comment on the exact date and a Microsoft official
confirmed the beta is still targetted for early 2009.
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19.12.2008Reminder: Windows 7 beta bi-hourly shutdowns start next week
As reported by Ars Technica, beginning July 1, 2009, Windows 7 users who are still on the beta (build 7000) will begin to receive bi-hourly shutdowns
reminding the user to upgrade to the release candidate (build 7100). On August 1, 2009, all Windows 7 beta licenses will expire triggering the
non-genuine experience for any user still using the beta. The user's wallpaper will be removed and a message with the words "This copy of Windows
is not genuine" will be displayed in the lower right corner above the taskbar. Users who would like to continue testing the next Microsoft operating
system are asked to download the Windows 7 Release Candidate that was released to the public in May 2009.
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25.06.2009Office 2007 Beta 1 'Refresh'
in March
With Office 2007 -- formerly
referenced as Office
"12" -- Beta 2 not due
until the second quarter,
Microsoft is preparing to
release a Technical Refresh
Build of Office 2007 Beta 1.
The interim build will be made
available next month following
the release of the Windows
Vista February CTP...
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