A Taste of Windows 7 Details
With the availability of Windows 7 pre-Beta confirmed for late October 2008, Microsoft has also delivered additional details related to the agenda of the Professional Developer Conference 2008 in Las Vegas.
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25.9.2008 Leaked Windows 7 Details: Theme Files, Gallery, Packs and Wallpaper Slideshow
While Windows 7 is still a taboo subject as far as Microsoft is concerned, with the company offering just crumbs from the feast that is Windows Vista's successor, details do manage to slip through, and the Redmond company has nobody to blame for it but itself.
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6.8.2008 Windows 7 in details
Given that I knew most of you would be virtually blasted out of your chairs by a “shock and awe” of Windows 7 reviews once the news embargo on the OS was lifted (combined with the fact that I only got my hands on a copy of Build 6801 a couple of days later), I decided to take my time to get to knows the OS before I shared with you my thoughts and feelings about Microsoft’s latest OS.
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6.11.2008 A Taste of Windows 7 Details
With the availability of Windows 7 pre-Beta confirmed for late October 2008, Microsoft has also delivered additional details related to the agenda of the Professional Developer Conference 2008 in Las Vegas.
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25.9.2008 More Windows 7 E details emerge
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about Windows 7 E, the version of their next operating system that will be released in Europe without Internet Explorer.
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13.7.2009 Microsoft details the Windows 7 Taskbar
Chaitanya Sareen, Windows Team at Microsoft, has produced a blog post detailing the new Windows 7 Taskbar.
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24.11.2008 More Windows 7 Compatibility Program Details
There are only two weeks left until the latest operating system from Microsoft becomes available on the market, and the Redmond-based company has just unveiled some details on the Windows 7 compatibility programs it is running.
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2.10.2009 Windows Mobile 7 screenshots and details - leaked
In February 2008, during Mobile World Congress 2008 (a global event for professionals, not consumers), Microsoft will unveil publicly Windows Mobile 6.1 that is a minor upgrade to current Windows Mobile 6.
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6.1.2008 Details on Windows Vista SP2 emerge
Microsoft has begun to release some details on the enhancements that they intend to bring with Windows Vista Service Pack 2. As we reported on Neowin last week, Microsoft has released an early beta build of Vista SP2 to testers weighing in at around 290MB.
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26.10.2008 More Windows 7 Release Candidate details revealed
Just a day after Paul Thurrott revealed 'Windows XP Mode' for Windows 7, he has come out and posted a few more interesting details about the upcoming release.
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26.4.2009 Windows 7 Build 7140 Details Leaked
Windows 7 build 7140 is in the various seven forums buzz. A user of SevenForums posted the following changelog for the upcoming build.
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26.5.2009 Windows 7 Starter Edition details confirmed
As was reported here on KezNews, there was speculation that Microsoft were planning to remove the application limit on Windows 7 Starter Edition.
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30.5.2009 Windows 7 Family Pack Leaked Details
Microsoft is gearing up to introduce the evolution of the Windows Vista Family Pack, but this time around with Windows 7 as “la piece de resistance.”
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2.7.2009 Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface
With Windows 7 out the door we already know Microsoft immediately starts work on the servicing of Windows 7.
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2.11.2009 Microsoft Details Hardware Requirements for Windows Vista
During the several-year development time of Windows Vista, I've been asked one question more than any other about this next generation operating system: What hardware will it require? Microsoft has always been pretty vague about the requirements.
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30.3.2006 Windows XP Service Pack 3 Leaked Details!
Not only is Windows XP Service Pack 3 alive and kicking, but Microsoft also managed to leak details about what the refresh will contain. The Redmond Company's policy when it comes down to future releases of the Windows platform is to gag all details. Windows
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21.6.2007 Microsoft 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.
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30.1.2009 Windows 7 upgrade coupon program details revealed
It's common knowledge that people who have purchased a PC recently, or plan to do so in the near future, will (most likely) have it come with Windows Vista installed.
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13.6.2009 Microsoft announces Windows 7 RTM, MGX details
Microsoft officially confirmed today that it has finished Windows 7 and released the final build to manufacturing (RTM).
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22.7.2009 Check PC Performance Details with WinSAT in Windows 7 or Vista
Since Windows Vista, including in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) has been added into the operating system. WinSAT is a free benchmarking tool that measures various computer performance ratings, characteristics and capabilities, and display the ratings as Windows Experience Index or WEI score.
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20.4.2009 Leaked Windows 7 Details: Theme Files, Gallery, Packs and Wallpaper Slideshow
While Windows 7 is still a taboo subject as far as Microsoft is concerned, with the company offering just crumbs from the feast that is Windows Vista's successor, details do manage to slip through, and the Redmond company has nobody to blame for it but itself.
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6.8.2008 Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade (WAU) and Family Pack Price Details Leak
Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU), which first introduced for Windows Vista is a sales program from Microsoft to allow customers with cheaper, lower-end and lesser-features editions of Windows 7 to upgrade to more premium edition of Windows 7.
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9.7.2009 Dead Cheap Windows 7 OEM/System Builder, Pricing Details Revealed
How would you like to buy Windows 7, all major editions, at prices half of those for the retail versions of the operating system? Sounds like a pretty sweet deal? Well, that’s because it is, with the exception of a few small downsides.
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3.9.2009 Zune 2.0 details leaked
The chances of a Zune Scene editor running into a Microsoft Zune employee in the wild are pretty slim, but recently the stars were aligned and I got the inside scoop on the Zune 2.0 and also the flash based Zune coming out in 2007.
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11.4.2007 More Details on SQL "Katmai"
Preliminary product literature reveals that Katmai will be more deeply integrated with Microsoft Office system front-end tools, including Office Excel, Excel Services, Office SharePoint Server and Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, its business score-carding application. Katmai’s reporting capabilities will be more robust, supporting any report size or complexity.
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9.5.2007 Leaked Details of Windows 7 M1 March 2008 Edition Version 6.1 Build 6574.1
Windows 7 is alive and kicking, and despite the fact that Microsoft has gagged the details about the next iteration of Windows almost to perfection, details managed to slip through the Redmond giant's fingers.
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21.4.2008 WPA crack details revealed
German researchers have published a paper that claims to give details of how to crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access encryption standard.
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12.11.2008 Microsoft sticker shock details
With its upcoming launch of Windows 7, Microsoft is trying to walk a fine line on pricing.
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1.8.2009 Microsoft Details a Few Office 12 Plans
Microsoft on Monday talked up a few features of its next-generation Office release, due next year, which revolve around the concept of "business intelligence." A major focus of Office 12 will be on improving the way users access data in existing applications, thereby making business intelligence (BI) more pervasive.
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Seagate Leaks Details on 750GB Barracuda
Seagate "accidentally" posted a PDF document on their website with all the juicy details of their next high capacity hard drive.
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25.4.2006Microsoft: Windows 7 details due in October
After remaining largely mum about the next version of its flagship PC operating system, Microsoft says it will provide some details about Windows 7,
the successor to Windows Vista, at its
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12.02.2009PDC 2008: More details on the new Windows 7 Taskbar
At PDC 2008, Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 7 and showcased its new dock-like Taskbar. But the revamped Taskbar isn't in the pre-beta build
distributed to attendees, so we went hunting for more details on Windows 7's most prominent new feature...
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30.10.2008Microsoft 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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31.01.2009Microsoft Details Sever 2003
SP2 Plans
With beta testing underway for
Windows Service 2003 Service
Pack 2, which also is designed
for Windows XP x64 edition,
Microsoft is providing a bit
more details about the
impending upgrade. Windows
Server program manager Ward
Ralston says SP2 will be much
less painful than SP1...
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03.08.2006Rumor: Possible Windows Mobile roadmap
Windows 7 RC details was first, then we had Motorola CEO stating that Windows Mobile 7 will not be ready until 2010. And now we have Mary-Jo Foley
predicting the possible Windows Mobile roadmap. Even though Windows Mobile officials wont talk about specific shipping dates, Foley has managed to get
some details from her sources at Microsoft.
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05.02.2009PDC 2008: More details on Windows Azure, the Internet operating system
BetaNews sat down Monday afternoon with Amitabh Srivastava, the corporate vice president and distinguished engineer who heads up Windows Azure, to
find out more details on Microsoft's new operating system for the cloud...
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28.10.2008Windows 7 pricing to be revealed next month?
Microsoft's pricing details schedule reveals that they plan to announce how much us ordinary consumers will have to pay for the next version of
their operating system in mid-June, according to details seen by Tech ARP. Whilst earlier this month Microsoft finally confirmed that Windows 7 is on
target to be released in time for the holiday season this year it is yet to reveal any details of the pricing for the different editions. Whether
Windows 7 is indeed launched on October 15, October 23 or some other date entirely, around about now seems like a good time to announce how much the
next version of Windows will set you back.
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25.05.2009Microsoft Details Server 2003
SP2 Plans
With beta testing underway for
Windows Service 2003 Service
Pack 2, which also is designed
for Windows XP x64 edition,
Microsoft is providing a bit
more details about the
impending upgrade. Windows
Server program manager Ward
Ralston says SP2 will be much
less painful than SP1...
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03.08.2006More Windows 7 Release Candidate details revealed
Just a day after Paul Thurrott revealed 'Windows XP Mode' for Windows 7, he has come out and posted a few more interesting details about the
upcoming release. Here are the following pieces of information he revealed, which he's "pretty sure this is all new info." "AAC/H.264/MPEG-2
support will not be provided to Windows 7 Home Basic and Starter customers. That functionality will only go out to Home Premium, Professional, and
Enterprise/Ultimate users. But it looks like there will be add-ons made available (free or paid, it's not clear) to users of low-end Windows 7
versions. Maximum RAM. All 32-bit versions of Windows 7 "support" 4 GB of RAM, of course.
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26.04.2009Microsoft Details Vista
Upgrade Paths
With Windows Vista nearing its
first release candidate in
preparation for a final launch
early next year, Microsoft is
providing more details about
possible upgrade paths. Of
note: Windows 2000 cannot be
upgraded to Vista...
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01.08.2006Windows 7 Starter Edition details confirmed
As was reported here on Neowin, there was speculation that Microsoft were planning to remove the application limit on Windows 7 Starter Edition.
According to The Windows Blog, Microsoft have confirmed that the "3 applications at a time" limit that hobbled earlier versions of the Starter
Edition has been removed for Windows 7. Now the only effective limit on the number of programs you can run concurrently is set by the amount of your
memory. Windows 7 Starter Edition will have other limits, however, in order to differentiate it from other versions of the OS. "Windows 7 Starter
does not include: * Aero Glass, meaning you can only use the "Windows Basic" or other opaque themes.
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30.05.2009Windows 7 SP1 details begin to surface
With Windows 7 out the door we already know Microsoft immediately starts work on the servicing of Windows 7. Engineers are now hard at work at
creating hot fixes for application compatibility and ironing out any bug reports they receive. The same process occurs for every version of Windows
once it has been classed released to manufacturing (RTM). Notorious for leaking Windows 7 builds during the beta phase, Wzor has provided some early
information on the Windows 7 SP1 beta. According to Wzor a beta of Windows 7 SP1 will be released in January 2010 and the schedule is two beta
releases and two release candidate releases.
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02.11.2009Breaking: Thousands of Hotmail passwords leaked online
Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail "hack" or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail
accounts have been posted online. An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at pastebin.com, a site commonly used by developers
to share code snippets. The details have since been removed but Neowin has seen part of the list posted and can confirm the accounts are genuine and
most appear to be based in Europe. The list details over 10,000 accounts starting from A through to B, suggesting there could be additional lists.
Currently it appears only accounts used to access Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail have been posted, this includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and
@live.com accounts.
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05.10.2009Microsoft Details Vista RC1
Pricing
Microsoft has provided further
details on its plans to more
broadly release the first
release candidate of Windows
Vista including a confirmation
of pricing, however criticism
of the build has come from
some unlikely sources...
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06.09.2006MIX09: Windows Mobile 6.5 UI changes and Windows Marketplace
Early this year Microsoft revealed Windows Mobile 6.5 and some of its plans for Windows Marketplace for Windows Mobile. Now at the MIX09 sessions,
Microsoft has revealed more details on the various UI enhancements in the Windows Mobile 6.5 and details regarding Windows Marketplace for Windows
Mobile. The new customizable user interface is more touch-friendly with: The most notable change being the honey-comb interface dropped in the start
screen, but retains the same basic structure of honeycomb and the icons are made bigger to make it touch-friendlyA fresh lock screen showing
alerts and notifications on the deviceRevamped text messages UIImproved scrolling Below is a comparison of the old and new honeycomb interface.
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