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. It’s 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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3.11.2007 Windows XP SP3 to Drop Concomitantly with Windows Vista SP1?
Yes, it's time for every Windows user's favorite obsession: Windows XP Service Pack 3. The third and final service pack for Windows XP has been quite elusive for the past three years.
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25.11.2007 Windows Vista vs. Windows 9x/Me, NT Server, 2000 and XP
If at just a couple of weeks short of the first anniversary since Windows Vista hit the shelves you are still looking for reasons to upgrade to the latest Windows client, then Biplab Paul, Partner Technical Consultant with Microsoft India, has an impressive, and exhaustive list of features that are bound to tilt the balance in Vista's favor.
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14.1.2008 Free Windows Vista Business and Windows XP SP2 on Parade
Free Windows... Not a concept you would expect from Microsoft. With a business strategy focused on proprietary software, the Redmond company is by all means at the opposite technology spectrum from open source and free software.
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9.3.2008 Microsoft Presents the Lost Comparison: Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
With both Windows XP and Windows Vista being available concomitantly on the market, Microsoft is doing nothing more than inviting the consumers to compare the two operating systems.
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20.4.2008 Windows Server 2008 = Windows Vista SP1 Minus the Pain
Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is essentially intimately connected with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, to the level in which the RTM version of Microsoft's latest server operating system features the
SP1 label
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6.5.2008 Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 - Latest Windows Platform from Microsoft
The latest Windows operating system is available for download as of June 16, 2008. And no, it's not a new release of Windows 7, nor the first taste of Windows 7 Server.
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16.6.2008 Free Windows for Supercomputers Available for Download - Windows HPC Server 2008
Microsoft made the latest iteration of its Windows operating system for supercomputers available as a free download.
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23.9.2008 How to Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista on Physical Machine Without DVD Media
A lot of Windows Vista and Windows 7 license has been sold media-less nowadays, where buyers only receive a piece of authenticated certificate with a genuine and legitimate product key printed on it.
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23.12.2008 Windows 7 beta testers find critical Windows Installer Bug
Mary Jo reports that a number of Windows 7 Beta testers have come across a bug that crashes the system randomly whenever they try to start a Windows Update or install anything using Microsoft's MSI installer.
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19.1.2009 AeroBar: Show Titlebar Text in Explorer Windows Under Windows Vista
Have you ever wondered why Explorer Windows don't show titles in Windows Vista?
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13.2.2009 Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 SP2 reaches RTM
Microsoft has finally finished and compiled the RTM version of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008. The full version string being 6.0.6006.18005, which company officials have confirmed is the final RTM version of SP2.
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28.4.2009Ho-Ho-Horrible: Album Sales Plunge 20% This Christmas
To some music lovers, the fact that Josh Groban's Noel was the highest-selling album of 2007 is all the proof they need that major-label music is
dying. To shareholders and label execs, though, the numbers are more important, and the numbers are grim: music sales are down 21 percent this
Christmas season. Variety has the latest music numbers from Nielsen Soundscan on music sales from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve. In 2007, 83.9 million
albums were sold, down 21.4 million from last year. A 20 percent drop in sales is more than a blip; it's serious trouble.
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31.12.2007Motorola, Sony Ericsson to Push Open Phone OS
Although its RAZR handsets set a new standard in mobile phone design and sold tens of millions of units, Motorola's dirty little secret is beginning
to impact sales: its horrible phone user interface. The company is now endeavoring to resolve this by partnering with Sony Ericsson on building an
open platform for phones...
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15.10.2007TechEd 2007: Muglia Saves Humanity From Horrible Alternate Future
UPDATED WITH PICTURES -
In a very memorable effort to
erase executive vice president
Bob Muglia's reputation for
overstating the "Microsoft
Vision," the company's
senior vice president starred
with the legendary Christopher
Lloyd in a "Back to the
Future" video where he was
given an opportunity to go
back in time two years and
undo the mistakes of his prior
keynotes...
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05.06.2007Intel to tell all about roaring 96GB/s QuickPath interconnect
You horrible cynics out there looked at Intel's mushy Montvale chip and scoffed. "That's the end of the Itanic."
Ah, but
there's a fresh monster on the horizon known as Tukwila, and systems based on that puppy should fly if its brand new QuickPath interconnect arrives
as expected. Next week Intel will disclose details on QuickPath at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco...
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30.01.2008Xbox Live Has Another Slow Day and an Open Letter to Microsoft
After the horrible mess that was Xbox Live following the Christmas holidays, things seemed to be back on track. Sure, youd still run into laggy games
here and there, but thats what you come to expect when playing games online.
Cue yesterday and the release of the first Call of
Duty 4 map pack and the ensuing Xbox Live chaos. Reports began coming in that people were having difficulty doing just about anything on Xbox Live.
While theres no real evidence to blame the CoD4 DLC, it seems like the obvious conclusion for the poor conditions. A message on Xbox.com explained the
conditions...
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06.04.2008George Ou: Vista deactivates me for upgrading motherboard firmware
George Ou:
Updated 8:40AM - After going to śWindows Help and Supportť in the start menu, I searched for Activate and the second
choice was śActivate this computerť. Using the phone option I called an 800 number and spent 3 minutes waiting and 3 minutes talking to a person. I
didnt have to give him any keys and simply explained what happened. He gave me a 48-letter activation code and I was on my way. That wasnt too bad
but the whole process is rather silly and a waste of my time.
Twas the day before Christmas and all I got from Microsoft and MSI
was Vistas kill switch, a buggy motherboard BIOS, and horrible tech support from MSI. The following is the screenshot of what I saw after I upgraded
my problematic motherboards (MSI P965 Platinum) BIOS firmware...
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25.12.2007Mac OS X worm maker raps Apple on security
The anonymous researcher who
claims to have crafted a Mac
OS X worm said Tuesday that he
or she will report his
findings to Apple Inc., but
added that the Cupertino,
Calif. company "has a very
long way to go" on security.
Identified only as
the researcher behind the
Information
Security Sell Out blog, he
or she on Sunday announced
that a still-unpatched bug in
mDNSResponder, a component of
Apple's Bonjour automatic
network configuring service,
could be exploited by a worm.
Apple's May security update,
dubbed 2007-005, included a
fix for the mDNS bug.
"
is in the same
code base, obviously, but that
is where the similarity to the
recently patched issues
ends," said the Info Sec
researcher in an e-mail
interview. "When Apple fixed
the previous issues, they did
not take care of the entire
code base and there are a lot
of bugs there...some are
exploitable, like the one I am
using, while others are not.
But the fact remains that
Apple did a horrible job in
fixing this package." ..
winbeta.org - 18.07.2007
ATI Radeon HD 3870 & 3850: A Return to Competition
Finally. We're finally getting somewhere interesting in the graphics industry. Although they're sure to return, the days of reviewing $600 graphics
card after $600 graphics card are on hiatus, and instead we're reviewing a new class of mainstream cards with earth-shattering performance.
NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GT kicked off the trend, in one fell swoop making almost all of NVIDIA's product line obsolete thanks to the high
performance and low price tag (we'll talk about that last part shortly). But what we saw there wasn't a fluke, it was a preemptive strike against
AMD, who have been hard at work on an affordable GPU of their own.
This new product, like the 8800 GT, would be aimed squarely at
the $150 - $250 market segment, something both AMD and NVIDIA did a horrible job at with mainstream releases earlier this year (2600 and 8600 both
sucked guys).
winbeta.org - 15.11.2007
The new urgency to fix online privacy
Eric J. Sinrod: A decade ago, I started writing about online privacy issues. At the time, legal colleagues told me that while they found the topic
interesting from an academic standpoint, it had no real world applications. They encouraged me instead to focus on "real" upcoming problems, like
Y2K.
Undeterred, I explained that there would come a time when good privacy translated into good business, and bad privacy meant
horrible business. That time has arrived.
Y2K came and went without much lasting effect. But privacy protection has become a real
world industry of its own. Unfortunately, privacy and security breaches regularly occur these days. Indeed, the recently concluded meeting of the
International Association of Privacy Professionals in San Francisco bore witness to just how important privacy issues have become to businesses,
government, educational institutions, and of course, individuals.
winbeta.org - 31.10.2007
Intel to tell all about roaring 96GB/s QuickPath interconnec
You horrible cynics out there looked at Intel's mushy Montvale chip and scoffed. "That's the end of the Itanic." Ah, but there's a fresh
monster on the horizon known as Tukwila, and systems based on that puppy should fly if its brand new QuickPath interconnect arrives as expected. Next
week Intel will disclose details on QuickPath at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.
What will Intel say?
Well, according to the conference program, showgoers will hear about an Itanium processor is implemented in 8M 65nm CMOS and measures
21.5×32.5mm2. The processor has four dual-threaded cores, a system interface and 30MB of cache. Quickpath high-speed links enable peak
processor-to-processor bandwidth of 96GB/s and peak memory bandwidth of 34GB/s
neowin.net - 30.01.2008
You Won't Believe Your Eyes When 3D TV Becomes Reality
Perfect 3D television and
movies without those horrible
glasses? They're closer than
you think. I'm sitting in
Paris and some butterflies are
fluttering towards me. Loads
of them, perfectly clearly. I
could allow one to land on my
hand, or catch one of the rose
petals being blown towards me
- except I can't, because
they're not real. They're
images on a TV in high
definition - and in perfect
3D. They look life-sized and
real, and I'm not wearing any
silly spectacles other than
the ones I wear all the
time.
People have
been working on convincing 3D
without the glasses for a long
time and the demo is
breathtaking. It's on a
prototype Philips TV, which
won't be available for a
while; it would cost Ł10,000
at the moment, but that's
expected to be vastly lower
when it reaches the mass
market. Philips isn't the
only company investigating the
possibilities;
Luxembourg-based SeeReal has
also made technological
developments in the area with
its Viewing Window Technology,
aiming to reduce the amount of
pixels you need before 3D
works.
neowin.net - 20.07.2007
AVG Anti-virus 7.5 Professional Released
After a short beta test, AVG
have released a new version of
their anti-virus product, here
is an excerpt from their press
release:
A
significant addition to the
AVG security software
portfolio, AVG Internet
Security 7.5, includes the
most recent anti-virus,
anti-spyware, anti-spam and
firewall technologies with
reliable automatic updates
while consuming a low level of
computer resources for
convenient use. In the AVG
Internet Security Network
Edition, Gristosft offers
centralized remote
administration, which allows
for remote installation,
updating and management of all
workstations and servers.
Grisoft's existing
portfolio for home, small and
medium business users is now
expanded to include AVG
Anti-Spyware 7.5 and AVG
Anti-Malware 7.5 products. AVG
Anti-Spyware 7.5 offers
protection against Trojans,
spyware, adware, dialers,
keyloggers and worms. The AVG
Anti-Malware program combines
the latest anti-spyware and
antivirus technologies within
a single, easy-to-use
interface.
I
couldn't actually find a
changelog between 7.0 and 7.5
but as the above press release
indicates they have released
six new versions of AVG
Anti-virus bringing it up to
fifteen different varieties of
product so if Vista product
versions have you confused you
better sit down.
I
installed 7.5 Professional as
I bought a licence as a
fallback for Symantec making
Norton more horrible than the
previous incarnation, I just
snapped. The interface in 7.5
is slightly different and has
joined the 21st century, I
haven't checked it out with
Windows Vista yet (5728 will
be checked) so will update
this post with its progress as
the 7.0 updater had issues
with Vista, although seems to
be fine if UAC is not
active.
There is no
estimated release date for the
free version at the moment.
neowin.net - 03.10.2006
Windows 7: Superbar Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7 Tips and Tricks Windows 7: HomeGroup
Overview Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action
Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage
Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7
networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net.
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neowin.net - 15.01.2009
Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: BitLocker To Go & Biometric
improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7: User Account Control
(UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer 8 Overview Over the
next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements. Stay tuned for the
ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of HomeGroup in Windows 7.
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neowin.net - 13.01.2009
Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP
After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting
about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows
Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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neowin.net - 03.01.2009
New Red Orchestra Content Coming Soon - Again!
Red
Orchestra one of the
best first person shooters on
the market, will very soon,
once again get a nice content
update from its developers at
Tripwire Interactive. This is
the third (or fourth, I
forget) content addition to
the game since it was released
on Steam. This new update will
include two new vehicles and a
new map for the game. One of
the vehicles will be the
Panzerkampfwagen IV
Ausfuhrung H or better
known as the Pz IV H. The
other vehicle is a mystery, as
is the new map. Tripwire will
disclose more information on
them soon enough I'm sure,
but for now they are just
offering a small tease with
some images of the Pz IV
H.
For those of you who have
never heard of Red Orchestra,
or don't keep up with the
game, it is a WW2 FPS that
is mainly based around
realism. It is probably
one of the most tactically
sound and terrifically fun WW2
shooters to date, even if it
doesn't run on some uber
awesome engine, not that the
Unreal 2.5 engine is horrible
mind you. They offered a free
weekend some months back, but
for now if you are even
slightly interested in a great
FPS with awesome gameplay and
realism, I suggest checking it
out on Steam. It is only
ษ and there are tons of
custom maps around, along with
bot support of course. There
are still a ton of players who
play it, and you can find me
playing it quite often. In any
case, check out the screens,
and go to the Red Orchestra
homepage to check it
out.
neowin.net - 13.10.2006
Windows 7: Vista Upgrade & Anytime Upgrade overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: HomeGroup Overview Windows 7:
BitLocker To Go & Biometric improvements overview Windows 7: Easy Connect Windows 7: Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows
7: User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet
Explorer 8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media
enhancements. Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Windows Vista to Windows 7 Beta upgrade.
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neowin.net - 13.01.2009
Windows 7: Easy Connect overview
So far, in our Windows 7 Overview series, we have published the following: Windows 7 beta quick review Windows 7: Action Center Overview Windows 7:
User Account Control (UAC) Overview Windows 7: Calibate Your Display Windows 7: Federated Search Windows 7: Device Stage Windows 7: Internet Explorer
8 Overview Over the next few weeks we will be adding many more focus items on Windows 7 including Touch, Windows 7 networking and media enhancements.
Stay tuned for the ultimate Windows 7 focus from Neowin.net. Here is an overview of Easy Connect in Windows 7.
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neowin.net - 11.01.2009
Windows Live Strategy Inches Forward, Slowly
Microsoft is continuing to
flesh out its Windows Live
strategy, on Wednesday
releasing beta versions of
Windows Live Photo Gallery and
Windows Live Folders. The
additions will join Windows
Live Mail Desktop, Windows
Live Writer, and a number of
other applications as part of
the Windows Live Suite...
betanews.com - 28.06.2007
Windows 8 already cooking, beyond Windows 7
After almost 3 years since Microsoft released Windows Vista, we are now heading for a wonderful release of Windows 7, the next version of Windows OS.
Windows 7 RC is expected to be released next month, April 10th. But, what about the next version of Windows OS? Let us call it Windows 8 for now.
Soni Meinke, a senior program manager in the Windows Server group in an interview with Channel 9 revealed very little info that the next version of
Windows OS is already in its planning stage and her work being engaging with various customers and partners, she is already discussing the plan and
strategy around them.
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neowin.net - 12.03.2009
