New Vista Screen Shots Hit the Web
ActiveWin has posted some
new Windows Vista screen shots of Build 5268, which is the "Interim OEM build," according to the site. We are still hearing that
5270 is what will be designated as the December Windows Vista Community Technology Preview (CTP) build, however.
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19.12.2005 Capture and Edit Screen Shots with All-in-one Design Tool PicPick
Previously we have mentioned FireShot that works as Firefox and IE extension to let you capture and edit screenshots from web pages easily.
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15.6.2009 Windows 7 Box Art Themes & Wallpapers
I have just updated my Windows 7 Wallpapers and Windows 7 Themes Gallery with the following additions.
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7.8.2009 Windows 7 Ultimate Box Art DVD Cover
Windows 7 has already been RTMd and is now officially available to Connect, MSDN and TechNet Plus subscribers.
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7.8.2009 Microsoft rersponds to Google on search box in Windows Vista
The search box in IE7 is not Microsoft?s. It belongs to the user. Our guiding principle for the search box in IE7 is that the user is in control. Read on for details.
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2.5.2006 Microsoft Store reveals official Windows 7 box art
There has been a fair bit of debate about the final box art design for Windows 7; you may have seen earlier that CentrumXP revealed versions of it, which some were doubtful of, but now (thanks to Long Zheng) we may finally have official confirmation... and it seems that CentrumXP was correct.
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6.6.2009 The website is down because someone removed the X-Box
Public Universities are always running on a limited budget which means they sometimes come up with ?innovative? solutions. A couple of years back, an X-Box with some variant of Linux installed had been put in the server room to support a subject designed to teach computer-illiterate Philosophy students how to build their own web pages.
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8.6.2006 Asus Eee Box for only $269!
It will run on a 1.6 GHz Atom processor in Windows XP and Linux flavors, both of which are less green than a loaded iPod: $269 for the base 1GB RAM, 80GB storage Linux model and $299 for the XP version.
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3.6.2008 What's New in Vista - File Select Check Box
Choosing multiple files and folders has been possible in Windows for as long as I can remember. Hold the CTRL key and choose the files and/or folders. Pretty simple, but there has to be an easier way right?
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1.6.2006 Asus Eee Box desktop to hit UK in August
Good news for fans of those cheap, cheerful and great value PCs from Asus the desktop version of the Eee will be with us in the UK later this summer.
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21.6.2008 Windows 7 In Box All Windows 7 Settings at One Place
So you have recently switched from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and finding it difficult to change simple settings like System settings, keyboard & Mouse settings, managing user accounts, starting various Windows tools etc.
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13.11.2009 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. Its 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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3.11.2007Windows 7 Tablet PC Screen Shots
Rob Bushway @
GottaBeMobile.com: Several
of us on the GottaBeMobile.com team are fortunate enough to be participating in the Windows 7 beta, and weve got some screen shots of some of the new
Tablet PC features in Windows 7. Keep in mind, a lot of this might change between now and release. There will be more coming, so stay tuned. Warner
will be filming an InkShow soon. Hit the Read More link to see the gallery of screen shots...
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29.10.2008Windows 7 box art leaks
Potential Windows 7 box art leaked earlier this week from Polish site Centrumxp. Originally many speculated that these images were fake but blogger
Long Zheng has unearthed Microsoft using the same logo on the box art, elsewhere. Microsoft has created a Windows Lounge site for internal employees
to join a Facebook group for information, training and marketing for Windows 7. The group uses the following image for its logo: Compared to the
box art that was leaked it's too similar. It appears as though this could be concept or final box art for the Windows 7 packaging. Microsoft
officials have said "off the record" that Windows 7 will RTM in the Summer and be available for the Fall.
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12.05.2009Windows Vista Beta 2 Screen
Shots
You Can See Windows Vista Beta
2 Screen Shots On Our
Site..
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07.06.2006Possible Chrome OS shots leak out
It didn't take long after Google announced its entrance into the operating system wars that the first photos have leaked onto the net. What you
are able to see below are shots of the Chrome desktop with one application installed, Google Talk. It's not yet clear whether these screen shots
are 100% legit. The author cites that it took approximately ten minutes to install the OS on a Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop and it required only 1
restart. Approximate reboot cycle time from desktop to desktop took about 25 seconds and was described as "amazingly fast" but this was a stripped
down beta to show off to developers.
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09.07.2009Microsoft removes another one of WGA's fangs
This morning Microsoft announced another noteworthy change to its flagship Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program - an update to be rolled out later
this month to all Vista users that will display a WGA warning dialog box when it detects either of two common Vista activation cracks. In the same
announcement, they also for the first time showed screen shots of how WGA changes debuting in SP1 will take some of the bite out of a longstanding
Windows product activation rule as well.
Now-departed Microsoft marketing chief Michael Sievert announced last December that Service Pack 1
would drop Vista’s “reduced functionality mode” (the notorious “kill switch”) in favor of a series of notifications and
nag screens. WGA senior product manager Alex Kochis posted the details of today’s changes, with screen shots, on Microsoft’s Windows
Genuine Advantage blog today.
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22.02.2008How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved
Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the
evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen, the gadget lovers managed to secure some rare development shots of how Microsoft came to the
wallpaper that is now used worldwide. Chuck Anderson is a 20 something digital media artist living in the US. Both the login screen and wallpapers
took approximately four months, start to finish according to Gizmodo. They were achieved by a mix of pen and paper, wacom tablet and Photoshop.
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06.11.2009New Windows Vista And Office 2007 Packaging
Monday, The Windows Vista
Developer Team announced and
showed off Windows Vista's
and Office 2007's new retail
packaging.
This
is not your standard CD/DVD
case, this new packaging has
been completely revised and
features an extremely unique
design.
"Designed to be
user-friendly, the new
packaging is a small, hard,
plastic container that's
designed to protect the
software inside for life-long
use. It provides a convenient
and attractive place for you
to permanently store both
discs and documentation.
The new design will
provide the strength,
dimensional stability and
impact resistance required
when packaging software today.
Our plan is to extend this
packaging style to other
Microsoft products after the
launch of Windows Vista and
2007 Office system." -
says the Windows Vista
Developer Team on their blog.
So far, only the
Microsoft Office Professional
2007, Office Home And Student
2007 and Windows Vista Home
Basic packaging designs have
been released.
Thanks to
Stan for
the heads up!
UPDATE:
The packaging design for the
Ultimate, Home Premium and
Business editions of Windows
Vista have been uncovered. See
below for the links.
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31.10.2006Google Debuts 'Quick Search
Box'
Google on Wednesday released
the final version of Google
Desktop 3.0, adding a new
feature the company calls the
Quick Search Box. By pressing
the control key twice, a
search box will appear in the
middle of the desktop to
facilitate Web and local
searches. Hitting control
twice more makes the box
disappear...
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16.03.2006Windows 7 packaging officially revealed
Microsoft has finally confirmed that the Windows 7 box art, first leaked back in May, is in fact the genuine design and will be used when Windows 7
hits the shelves in October. In a post over at the Windows 7 Team Blog, Brandon LeBlanc reveals that, as with the new operating system, the packaging
has also been simplified since Windows Vista. Unlike the fairly complicated side opening three-step method required for the Vista box (obviously some
consumers found it so confusing that Microsoft had to make a "how-to" article) the Windows 7 box will be a simple and more traditional DVD-style
case. It also features less packaging materials to reduce environmental footprint.
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24.06.2009First Zune 2 and Zune Flash Shots
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31.08.2007Myka BitTorrent Box: Is '4 to 6 weeks' enough?
Earlier this week,
TorrentFreak said the upcoming Myka BitTorrent set-top box looks like a scam after the company purported to be on schedule
to ship the box in four to six weeks. Betanews sought clarification...
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23.01.2009Sneaky peek: Snow Leopard snaps found on Flickr
An AppleInsider reader has brought the Mac community's attention to an album of screen shots published on Flickr of Apple's OS X upgrade named
'Snow Leopard 10.6'. Within the album an array of screen shots can be viewed, providing amongst other things, glimpses of various cosmetic
changes to the Finder, QuickTime X and additions to preference settings such as the time and date and security menus. The AppleInsider reader
'inewton1974' makes various comments regarding the screen shots which prove to be fairly fruitful in terms of showing off the new additions to
the OS. Perhaps the most notable to readers are the following: - New transition effects within the newly structured Finder.
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30.05.2009Windows Vista X Update New
We Have Now Updateds Are
Download And Drivers Plus
Microsoft Logo Pack And
Windows Vista Screen Shots Are
Now Up To
Date.
Win X
Security May Hit Full By
December 10..
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29.10.2006MSI unveils the VESA-mounted Wind Box
Following the announcement of three nettops intended to rival the Asus Eee Box, MSI has unveiled a new product into its Wind range that takes a
different and rather unique approach to the all-in-one segment. The un-creatively named MSI Wind Box is a nettop crammed inside a slim black, fanless
enclosure designed to be VESA-mounted to the back of your monitor, saving precious desk space and giving you a very inexpensive all-in-one of sorts.
Like virtually every other nettop in town, the MSI Wind Box will boast an Intel Atom N270 processor and either 1GB or 2GB of RAM under the hood.
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30.11.2008The Zune HD Box, Best Buy & Apps
Microsoft's answer to Apple in the battle of two giants is coming closer and closer. On September 15th the Zune HD is going to launch and change
the face of Microsoft in the battle. Yesterday, the picture (which can be seen here) for the box of the new Zune HD was all over the internet. The
picture was courtesy of CrazyphoneGuy of Twitter and his Twitpic account. One thing to note is that the box is in colour which differs from the
previous boxes. According to him, the Zune HD did not appear at both of his Best Buys in the Houston-area.
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24.08.2009Blockbuster set to release set-top box
Attention movie aficionados: Bluckbuster is reportedly in the process of building a set-top box that can stream movies to your TV. Responding to
Microsoft's Xbox 360's movie downloads and Roku player's Netflix rental services, Blockbuster is also trying to revive its offering with
fresh new digital goodness.
The new box will reportedly use Blockbuster's Movielink rental service and will be powered by Intel chips.
Blockbuster's set-top box is said to be released before the end of this year, hopefully in time for the holiday season. An exact release date,
further specifications or manufacturer information have not been made public yet.
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11.11.2008Digital TV Converter Box Rebate Announced
The Commerce Department
approved a plan Monday that
would allow every U.S.
household to be eligible for
two $40 coupons that could be
used towards the purchase of a
digital-to-along converter box
beginning in January 2008...
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13.03.2007Is the 'god box' finally real?
Jon Oltsik: The term "god box" has its own definition in the technology industry. For those unfamiliar with the phrase, a "god box" is a single
system packed with ridiculous amounts of functionality. Think of an all-in-one television, cable box, TiVo, and home entertainment speaker system and
you get the idea. One "god box" always replaces numerous more pedestrian systems.
In the past, it was not unusual for some new
company to come to me--an analyst--and spin its new proprietary "god box." But I always remained skeptical. Why? I assumed that a "god box" would
fall victim to either technology or economic limitations. That is to say, "god boxes" were always either underpowered or overpriced. Additionally,
you could usually get better software functionality from specialists; "god boxes" were more of a software aggregation than a quality play.
Times have changed. No, we aren't quite yet at a point where the industry can produce Scott McNealy's visionary, "big honkin' Web
switch," but we are getting closer. "God boxes" are more real than ever because of...
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11.12.2007Asus Eee Box B203 gets Celeron power
Asus has slipped another new Eee box model into its lineup called the B203. While pricing is unknown at this point, the CPU Asus chose for the machine
could make it one of the least expensive models in the Eee Box line. The B203 runs on an Intel Celeron C220 processor that is priced lower than the
Intel Atom typically used in Eee Box machines. Despite the Celeron being cheaper than the Atom, it should provide somewhat higher performance.
Storage options include 80GB, 120GB, or 160GB hard drives. Other features include a quartet of USB ports, memory card reader, DVI out, Ethernet jack
and integrated WiFi. Asus says that the B203 only needs 20 watts of power.
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16.12.2008Windows 7 Beta 1 has problems with XP Display Drivers (XDDM)
I've been enjoying Windows 7 so much over the past week, that I've been evangelizing it to all of my friends. One friend with a Dell Inspiron
710m decided to take the plunge. Windows 7 installation went well, but we can't find any compatible display drivers for the Intel 855gm graphics
card. The graphics card in question doesn't support Windows Vista or Window 7's new WDDM driver model, but Windows Vista shipped with XDDM
drivers for this card out of the box. I feel that Windows 7 should have all of the same in-box drivers as Vista, and it's a bummer that this one
is not included.
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