Windows 7 High Color Support
Windows 7 plays nice with rendering content beyond the 8 bit limit, taking users into the visual territory of High Color, namely display capabilities involving high precision, High Dynamic Range, and support for gamuts superior to sRGB.
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26.11.2008 Windows Vista Retailing: All versions On 1 DVD: Color Coded
As you may have heard there are going to be a “few” versions of Microsoft Vista when it is finally released. Redmond this week start to lift some of the details for retailers. Some interesting ones to note are that all versions of Vista will be on the same DVD.
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18.9.2006 Pink Zune and another vibrant color release
According to Jason Reindorp of Zune, some weeks after the release of the Pink Zune in 1st May, another "vibrant color" version will be released a few weeks later.
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3.4.2007 Microsoft gives bar codes a splash of color
After years of being decked out in monochromatic stripes, the bar code is going color.
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16.4.2007 Sony Carnival Color Collection PSP-3000
Available in Vibrant blue, radiant red, bright yellow and spirited green, Sony has released four new versions of “Carnival Colors” PSP.
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26.1.2009 Windows Vista Pricing too High
In a poll conducted here at neowin.net, many members found the proposed pricing of Windows Vista Ultimate which is rumored to cost $450 at the launch early next year too pricey. At the time of posting, 442 of a total of 1388 votes found $299 a fair price, while 861 found it a better idea to pick it up on the street for 10 bucks.
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14.6.2006 Windows 7 High Definition Model
While Microsoft is still mute when it comes down to communicating details related to the first Beta of Windows 7, reportedly due either at the end of October or in mid-December 2008, the company is addressing issues such as the high definition model of the operating system.
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16.8.2008 Building a High Performance Windows 7 PC
With Windows 7 release candidate just around the corner, the other day I was asked to spec out a high performance PC suitable for Windows 7 64-bit, This system would also be a great Vista system.
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15.4.2009 High-Fashion Ultimate Windows Vista Computers
Microsoft is gearing up for the personal computer "catwalks" of the future. The era when a computer was judged exclusively by what it featured under the hood is well gone.
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8.1.2008 Windows 7 DirectX11 High-Fidelity Graphics Enhancements
DirectX debuted back in 1995, and, with the upcoming Windows client, the underlying graphics technology of the operating system will evolve to the next level.
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1.12.2008 120 Original Windows 7 High Resolution Wallpapers
Windows 7 has included several hidden regional themes which target different geographical areas.
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27.4.2009 The Online High School
The BBC News website has published an article about the first ever online school, where pupils attend virtual classes by simply logging on.
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29.9.2006 Microsoft Xbox High-Definition Videos
What's even better than reading about the latest E3 news and games? Seeing it! Here's your one-stop destination for video coverage of the biggest gaming event of the year?straight from E3 to you.
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21.4.2006 The high price of creating free ads
From an advertiser's perspective, it sounds so easy: invite the public to create commercials for your brand, hold a contest to pick the best one and sit back while average Americans do the creative work.
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28.5.2007 High quality image Vista boot screen
Some people found a way to change that black boot screen of Windows Vista RTM to a high quality one, the one that was supposed to be in before it was cut from the final version.
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19.11.2006 Nvidia’s High-End Chipset Under Fire for Problems
Nvidia Corp., a leading designer of graphics processor and core-logic sets, is about to face criticism from enthusiasts for the problems that occur with the company’s latest premium-class chipset.
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16.12.2006 MSN Direct Goes High Def with Clear Channel
Companies collaborate to deliver rich data services on HD digital radio format to smarten everyday objects.
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10.1.2007 Microsoft Readying High-End Xbox 360
Several news outlets are citing various sources saying Microsoft plans to release the Xbox 360 Elite, a high-end limited edition console that would retail for $479 USD and include an HDMI connector, IPTV capabilities, and a 120GB hard drive.
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27.3.2007 AMD Cuts Prices on High-end Processors
AMD has cut prices on its high-end dual-core desktop processors after the launch of Intel’s quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6800. AMD also announced its new restructuring plans to compensate for reduced quarterly revenue today.
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11.4.2007 High-tech titans strike out on immigration bill
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft have led a parade of high-tech executives to Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to provide more visas for temporary foreign workers and permanent immigrants who can fill critical jobs.
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25.6.2007 Microsoft Halo 3 wins high marks from reviewers
Halo 3, the highly anticipated video game from Microsoft, won high praise on Sunday from game reviewers who gushed over the lush settings, cinematic feel and array of multiplayer features.
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24.9.2007 Microsoft sets sail with high-seas Net access
Just the thing for the ideal boating experience? High-speed Internet access.
As part of Microsoft's attempt to make the Web omnipresent, the company announced a new service Thursday that will connect boaters to the Internet. Seafaring Web surfers can stay connected 25 miles from land thanks to a partnership struck between Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft and antenna maker KVH Industries.
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17.2.2006 More than 160 high-definition Xbox 360 games and a host of new accessories
Three Locust Hordes, Two Race Cars and a Piñata in a Pear Tree. From naughty to nice, Xbox 360 has something for everyone this holiday season: more than 160 high-definition games and a host of new accessories make up the best 12 days ever.
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16.11.2006 Western Digital Launches High-Performance 7200RPM 2TB Drives
Western Digital has announced today that it will be shipping 7200 RPM 2TB drives: the WD RE4 (WD2003FYYS) which is targeted towards servers and enterprise systems, and the 2TB Western Digital Caviar Black (WD2001FASS) for desktop systems
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1.9.2009 Windows 7 Will Support Third-Party Codecs
Microsoft has offered official confirmation that Windows 7 will support third-party codecs, programs designed to make media players play nice with digital data stream or signal when it comes to encoding and decoding tasks.
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5.4.2009 Windows 7 RTM Support, the Evolution
Windows 7 is an evolutionary Windows client release, according to Microsoft, and it was also fit that support for the OS would also be an evolution compared to what was available for Windows Vista.
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30.10.2009 Support ends for Windows XP SP1
Microsoft will end support for Windows XP Service Pack 1 and SP1a today, leaving people no option but to upgrade to Service Pack 2 if they wish to continue to receive crucial components, including security software.
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10.10.2006 Windows XP Support Extended until 2014
Microsoft has finally given in to public demand. The company has decided to offer technical support for Windows XP with updates and security patches for an extended period until April 2014. However, it will not go back on its decision to discontinue Windows XP sales after June 30.
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26.6.2008 Windows 7 Tasksbar Multi-Monitor Support
Microsoft is gearing up to detail the evolution of the Windows client graphical user interface, in just one month, at the Professional Developers Conference 2008, and then at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2008.
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30.9.2008 Windows XP support ending - Linux looking better?
We’ve all known that this time was coming, and now it’s nearly upon us. Come April 14th Microsoft will pull the plug on free support for Windows XP (and Office 2003) and the only option available to users will be paid support, which only applies to XP Professional.
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26.3.2009Microsoft Color Control Panel
Applet for Windows XP
The Microsoft Color
Control Panel Applet adds a
new 'Color' item to the
Windows control panel,
providing a single place to
view and edit color management
settings in Windows XP. Using
it, you can install and
uninstall color profiles,
change color profile
associations for displays,
printers and scanners, view
detailed properties for color
profiles (including a 3D
rendering of the color space
gamut), and rename color
profiles, keeping the
filenames and "internal"
names
consistent.
This tool also enables
Windows to automatically
adjust the gamut curve of the
display when a color profile
containing gamut table
information is set as the
default profile for the
display. Typically, such
profiles are created by custom
monitor calibration tools,
such as those available from
ColorVision, GretagMacbeth,
and X-Rite. If a color profile
has this information, it is
shown with an asterisk (*) in
the user
interface.
Using
the Microsoft Color Control
Panel Applet, you
can:
* Install
and uninstall ICC color
profiles
* Inspect,
rename, and compare two
different color profiles
* View a 3D graphics plot
of color profile color
gamuts
* Associate
color profiles with devices
such as printers, monitors,
and scanners
* Apply
custom color gamut adjustments
to one or more displays ???on
the fly???
* Set up
display calibration reminders
at intervals you
specify
Download: Microsoft
Color Control Panel Applet for
XP..
winbeta.org - 02.11.2005
Canon Brings Color to Windows
Vista
Microsoft announced on Tuesday
it had selected Canon to
provide the color management
system for Windows Vista, the
company's next-generation
operating system. Color
management helps graphic
designers better match screen
colors to print and gives a
better overall graphic
appearance to the operating
system...
betanews.com - 13.09.2005
Color profiles turned on for Firefox 3.1
The latest Firefox 3.1 (codenamed Shiretoko) nightlies, now come with color management support enabled by default.
When a capture
device (like a scanner or camera) produces a digital image it may be able to include as part of the image metadata, a definition of how its color
codes correspond to a standardized colors definition. This mapping is called a color
profile and contains valuable information on how to exactly replicate the colors as “seen”by the capture device.
winbeta.org - 14.09.2008
Windows 7: Calibrate your display
In part one of our overview of Windows 7, we looked into Federated Search. In part two, we looked into the improvements in UAC. In part three, we look
into the new Display Color Calibration tool included in Windows 7. Windows 7 includes the option to calibrate your display. Calibrating your display
ensures that the colors are displayed correctly on your monitor. You can control factors such as gamma, adjust brightness and contrast and color
balance. The wizard is very simple to use and each step has detailed instructions and steps to achieve correct color representation.
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neowin.net - 07.01.2009
Application Specific Glass Colorization in Windows 7?
Microsoft might be introducing application specific glass renderings. The color of the glass frame around a window can be changed in Vista, but the
change is global to the system. The color of any particular window glass frame can not be set by choice. But, how about being able to change the
color/opacity level of a the glass frame of any application through defined events or commands? According to a Patent number 7418668:
A
method for changing a color value and/or level of opacity value of a glass appearance window frame for an application window is described. The method
includes steps of determining a defined color value and a defined level of opacity value to apply to a glass appearance window frame and displaying
the glass appearance window frame in accordance with the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value. A command may be received to
apply the defined color value and the defined level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame, thereby applying the defined color value
and level of opacity value to the glass appearance window frame. Color values and/or level of opacity values may be changed automatically, be
application specific, and/or be changed in response to receipt of an input from a user to change one or more portions of a default configuration.
neowin.net - 06.09.2008
Palm Unveils Wireless, Color
PDAs
Palm TX sports Wi-Fi, while
Palm Z22 is budget-priced,
even with color...
pcworld.com - 13.10.2005
HP Color Match: Extreme makeover for cellphones
Hewlett-Packard could soon
turn mobile phones into
shopping advisors with a
color-matching prototype
technology it demonstrated on
Wednesday.
The Color
Match mobile service
technology, developed by HP
Labs, combines color science,
imaging science and mobile
networking technology to match
colors that complement each
other and provide product
advice over a cellphone.
The technology can be used
in anything that requires the
assessment of color
application, said Nina Bhatti,
principal scientist at the
digital imaging and printing
lab in HP Labs. It is
particularly applicable to
cosmetics, where buyers can
use the service to buy a
product that matches their
skin color, she said.
winbeta.org - 11.07.2007
Pink Zune Outselling White, Brown
Microsoft may have found a way
to better compete with
Apple's ubiquitous iPod: the
color pink. Since introducing
the limited edition pink Zune
before Mother's Day, the
color has become the second
most popular, only trailing
black in sales, the company
said Thursday...
betanews.com - 24.05.2007
XM Debuts First Color Screen Radio
XM debuted its latest radio
Monday, complete with a
full-color screen and various
recording capabilities. The
device, while produced by
Delphi, will only carry the XM
brand name...
betanews.com - 14.08.2007
Wikipedia to begin color coding untrustworthy text
Hot on the heels of Wikipedia's decision to begin using editors for certain pages, they've announced another method of attempting to keep
things accurate on their website. According to Wired, the organization will begin color coding the text of their entries in orange, to indicate
untrustworthiness, based on a couple of factors. The feature will be aptly named "WikiTrust", and will color the text after analyzing the
reliability of the author in question, as well as how long the text has been on the entry. Virgil Griffith, a Wikipedia software developer and
neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology, said, "They've hit on the fundamentally Darwinian nature of Wikipedia.
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neowin.net - 31.08.2009
Black Maximized Windows Borders Fixed
The Windows team posted an
exciting post on their new
Shell:Revealed blog, giving
people who wanted the black
maximized window borders to
disappear a rest, because the
problem is apparently fixed
starting from today's builds.
Due to the very short time
limit until the upcoming RC2
build, we're still unsure
whether the final version
distributed to testers will
feature that change.
The "fix", although
quite welcome, isn't really
what people asked for:
"In the end, we decided
that we like the black and
think it is the right thing to
do, but we want to respect the
user's color choice for users
who bother to make a change.
So - starting in today's
build, we have significantly
backed off the amount of black
that is mixed in with the
user's color for maximized
windows". Basically,
they are offering people the
choice to customize the color,
although there will still be a
black shade to it. The fix
isn't apparently very
noticeable on the default
color, though it is most
useful on strong colors.
jcxp.net - 04.10.2006
Apple Acquires Silicon Color Technologies
Apple has acquired the
technolgies of Silion Color,
which manufactures the
FinalTouch range of colour
correction software. A note
on the company website says:
"We are pleased to announce
that all Silicon Color
technology and intellectual
property, including FinalTouch
colour correction software,
was recently sold to
Apple."
The
company adds that:
"Maintenance agreements held
by current Silicon Color
customers will be honoured by
Apple until they expire".
Silicon Color tools are used
by film and video editors.
neowin.net - 17.10.2006
Sony Shows Off Paper-Thin Color Display
Sony debuted an innovative new
bendable 2.5-inch display, one
that is less than 0.01 inch
thick -- not much thicker than
a piece of paper -- and can
display full-color video...
betanews.com - 26.05.2007
Sony to add 160 GB option for PS3, new high-color screen for PSP
In a series of announcements this afternoon, Sony says its preparing to distribute a wide array of new gaming system features well for the holiday
season, including a new hard disk capacity for its upper-tier PlayStation 3...
betanews.com - 21.08.2008
Broadcom goes high-definition on cell phone chip
Broadcom on Tuesday announced a low-power multimedia processor that it said will give cell-phone users access to high-definition video playback, 3D
gaming and 12-megapixel camera capabilities without sacrificing battery life.
The VideoCore III processor is part of Broadcom's
effort to power a new generation of mobile phones that deliver a high-quality multimedia experience, the company said in a press release.
The company's BCM2727 processor will be the first to incorporate Broadcom's VideoCore III multimedia architecture. The processor supports
high-definition camcorder functionality, which allows users to encode and decode high-definition video in 720p mode, with 720 lines progressively
scanned. It supports 12-megapixel digital camera processing, with an on-chip image signal processor for color correction, image stabilization and
red-eye reduction. On-board 2D and 3D graphics accelerators are designed to provide a rich multimedia experience and support more than 50 image and
video standards and codecs, the company said.
winbeta.org - 03.10.2007
Windows 7 UX tidbits: color hot-track
Long Zheng: If you liked what you saw at the PDC08 Windows 7 keynote in terms of the user
experience of Windows 7's shell and taskbar, then get ready for more since what Sinofsky and Julie-Larson Green showed off is not all that's on
offer. Sitting in the session by Chaitanya
Sareen titled "Welcome to the Windows 7 desktop", a number of
new features were shown off...
winbeta.org - 29.10.2008
Windows XP SP3 RC Does NOT Support HD Audio; Fix Available
In Windows XP, if we need to run a High Definition Audio (HDA) device, we would have to install the Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition
Audio class driver. This is either the KB835221 (for SP1) or the newer
KB888111 (for SP2 or SP1).
However, this does NOT
work for the latest Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate Release. If you've already tried installing the Windows XP
Service Pack 3 Release Candidate v3264 with a High Definition Audio (HDA) device in your computer, I'll bet you have encountered problems with
the audio drivers as I did.
winbeta.org - 04.01.2008
Apple updates AirPort Express to support 802.11n
The company's tiny wireless base station has been updated with technology to support the high speed connectivity standard, as earlier rumored...
betanews.com - 17.03.2008
Microsoft gives bar codes a splash of color
Microsoft finds monochromatic
stripes dull, and has put its
weight behind a colored bar
code format. The color bar
code is being targeted
especially for use on
commercial media such as
movies, video games and other
recordings. Microsoft said the
High Capacity Color Bar Code
could start showing up on DVDs
by the end of this year,
thanks to a deal it has signed
with an organization that
helps coordinate product
labelling for audiovisual
works. " We use color to
store more information ,"
said Gavin Jancke, director of
engineering for Microsoft's
research labs. Jancke is the
creator of the new bar code
format, which uses either four
or eight hues to pack more
data into less space. The new
bar code also uses small
triangles, as opposed to
traditional squares. The new
bar code is mean to allow DVDs
and their packages to offer
added security or,
potentially, links to a movie
trailer or other bonus
features.
The
downside for color labels is
the required high-quality
printing, not to mention
standard bar code scanners
also won't read the codes.
Jancke insists this bar code
is different than the failed
CueCat, which embedded bar
code links in print
publications. " The CueCat
required specific hardware
that needed to be attached to
a PC ," Jancke said,
noting that the
Microsoft-developed bar code
could be read by devices
consumers already have, such
as a Web cam or cell phone
camera.
neowin.net - 17.04.2007
Samsung Debuts iPod Nano
Competitor
Samsung debuted on Tuesday its
largest flash based music
player with subscription
capabilities. The YP-Z5
features a capacity of up to
4GB, a 1.8-inch color screen
with photo support, a 24-hour
advertised battery life, and
weighs about two ounces.
Microsoft has also certified
the devices as PlaysForSure
compatible...
betanews.com - 04.01.2006
