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 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 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 Google defends its definition of beta
Google is celebrating its 10th birthday and lauding the success of its growing portfolio, but a 'beta' status still accompanies some of the web giant's most famous applications, such as Gmail, Google Docs and Google Finance.
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30.9.2008 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 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 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 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 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 Will AMD Barcelona kill off high-margin AMD CPUs?
AMD was riding high a year ago dominating sales in the dual-processor Server market and virtually owned the multi-processor (4+) Server market.
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8.9.2007 Windows 7 Migration Tool to Move From Windows XP to Windows 7
In past we had covered guide on upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7. Unfortunately there is no direct upgrade path from Windows Xp to Windows 7 and you have to use Windows Easy Transfer utility if you want to move your user and program files from XP to Windows 7.
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22.11.2009 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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Brimax A32TC High Definition TV Review
32" of high definition video
sounds quite good doesn't it?
We're once again reviewing
yet another Brimax product and
this time it's their 32"
HDTV which doesn't look bad
at first glance. Some of you
might be wondering what all
this hype about high
definition is and whether or
not there are any benefits of
buying a high definition
TV.
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14.06.2007Panasonic: 'Blu-ray will win, be certain'
Panasonic has made clear its stance in the high-definition war. "Blu-Ray will succeed to become the predominant high-definition format, be
certain," Joachim Reinhart, chief operating officer and president of Panasonic Europe, told journalists at a press conference at IFA 2007 in Berlin
this afternoon.
Earlier Reinhart had explained the new ethos within the company - how people are going to "live in high
definition", with everything in their home. He's not just talking about consumer electronics, but white goods and other appliances too - all
connected up to a wireless network.
The main component of such a home network will be a full high-definition TV, and Panasonic
today added five to its Viera range...
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31.08.2007Microsoft Expands Mouse Lineup
Microsoft said Tuesday it
would expand its line of mice
to include more affordable
models with its proprietary
High Definition technology
built in. High Definition will
improve mouse responsiveness,
precision and make for
smoother tracking, the company
claims...
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04.04.2006Hands-On: Alienware High Definition Media Server
When is a home server not a home server? When you blow $7000 on the Alienware High Definition Media Server, running Windows Vista Home Premium, you
can call it whatever you please! Richard Hay is the lucky guy who got hands on with the unit for We Got Served - read his full review to see what kind
of performance that money buys.
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29.05.2008Verizon launches on-demand movies and TV in high-definition
Verizon FiOS TV customers in a handful of the company's markets have received an early holiday gift: on-demand movies and television shows in
high-definition...
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05.12.2007Mere high-definition TV could soon be lo-tech
If you have just blown the budget on a new high-definition TV, look away now. Japanese broadcasters and the BBC are working on a system 33 times more
detailed than the best sets on the market.
The BBC plans to use the technology, named Super Hi-Vision by its Japanese makers, to
screen coverage of the 2012 Olympics on big screens in city centres across Britain.
Today's high-definition television is still
in its embryonic stages in the UK. But most of the larger, flat screens sets on sale today are HD-ready and the BBC has launched a permanent
high-definition channel available on cable and satellite.
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11.03.2008High-definition Netflix streaming coming to Xbox 360
A highly-anticipated aspect of the "New Xbox Experience" dashboard upgrade for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is the addition of streaming Netflix
content. Today, it has been revealed that the content will include some 300 high-definition titles as well...
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29.10.2008TiVo launches in Canada, but without HD
While TiVo is pushing new high-definition models in the United States, the company has gone up north to sell its standard-definition DVRs, with an
80GB Series2 TiVo now available in Canada...
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26.11.2007Paramount To Back Both
High-Def Formats
Entertainment company will
release high-definition movies
on both HD-DVD and Blu-ray
Disc...
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03.10.2005JVC adds iPod integration to LCD HDTVs
Further evidence of Apple's dominance in media can be found in the latest high-definition displays from one of Japan's leading high-end brands...
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08.01.2008Broadcom 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.
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03.10.2007What's Hot for 2006
From a major Windows upgrade
to powerful Web services to
high-definition DVD, there's
a lot to look forward to in
the coming year...
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01.11.2005High-def Slingbox enters the market
News from Sling Media hasn't been this big in quite a while. The Slingbox Pro-HD is now available -- the company's first device that enables
streaming of high-definition content...
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26.09.2008TiVo Goes HD With Series3 DVR
TiVo on Tuesday introduced its
highly anticipated Series3
digital video recorder, its
first standalone HD-compatible
unit. The box records up to 32
hours of high-definition or up
to 300 hours of
standard-definition
programming...
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12.09.2006Sony Resolves PS3 HD Issue -- Sort Of
Sony has released version 1.3
of its firmware for the
PlayStation 3 game console,
which gives preference to
1080i high-definition output.
The device initially outputted
in only 720p and 1080p HD,
which meant older televisions
with support only for 1080i
were stuck displaying standard
definition 480p...
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07.12.2006Windows 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.
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04.01.2008Polycom to launch desktop HD video conferencing
Polycom Inc said on Wednesday it will launch a desktop computer version of its high-definition video conferencing product, aiming to expand its
client base from top executives to a wider range of users.
Polycom Chief Executive Robert Hagerty said in an interview that the
new product, due to be unveiled early next week, will be technologically similar to its high-definition "HDX 9000" series, but less expensive and
geared for desktop use.
"We're expanding high-definition to the mainstream working room and to the desktop," Hagerty told
Reuters.
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11.10.2007CES Trend #4: Will the quadruple-play finally cinch the 'last mile?'
What could eventually resolve the value proposition for mainstream consumers to accept an incoming ultra-high-bandwidth pipeline into their homes is
the ability of high-definition, on-demand video. But that will require a level of cooperation that competitors thus far have been unable to muster...
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06.01.2008Ofcom blocks BBC's Freeview HD DRM plans
The BBC's plans for using digital rights management to prevent unauthorised usage of material broadcast on the coming Freeview HD service have
been blocked by industry regulator Ofcom. The BBC had planned to let people freely record standard-definition content, with added restrictions for
high-definition broadcasts. The introduction of DRM to the Freeview HD service, which is expected to launch this December, was designed as an
anti-piracy measure, with the British broadcaster worried about unauthorised redistribution of high-definition content. Despite BBC claims of it being
"invisible" to the end user, it still raised questions, according to TechRadar.
Read full story.....
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11.11.2009Verizon says HD video on demand in works
Verizon Communications said it
plans to offer high-definition
video on demand over its
advanced Internet and video
service called FiOS, although
it has not yet set a date.
Verizon is currently
rolling out video and Internet
services over an all-fiber
network to compete against
cable television companies'
all-in-one packages of video,
Internet and phone services.
The FiOS service
already includes multiple
high-definition channels and
video on demand, and Verizon
Chief Technology Officer Mark
Wegleitner said it was almost
ready to launch a combination
of the two features. ..
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