Windows 7 to have only one "compatible" logo
The Register is reporting on an interesting story from WinHEC about how Microsoft is planning to change how it will run the “compatible with Windows 7” logo program.
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6.11.2008 New Windows 7 Logo Design
It seems that the email on “translucency” sent out by Steven Sinofsky, Senior Vice President, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, back in 2007, got lost in translation on its way to Microsoft China. Remember the leaked images featuring the new Windows 7 boxes?
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20.5.2009 Windows 7 Software Logo Toolkit Beta Available
The resources designed for developers to have their products labeled with the Compatible with Windows 7 logo have evolved into Beta stage.
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29.5.2009 Windows Vista Boot Logo Generator Beta
I know a lot of people were disappointed by the lack of a decent boot logo in Vista, so I’ve thrown together a tool that should simplify the process of creating the new high resolution boot logos!
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16.1.2007 OEM Logo and Information for Windows Vista - Auto Patch
Thanks to Steve Jobs for this post in forum. You have successfully activate Windows Vista instantly in OEM style by using hardware-level BIOS ACPI-SLIC mod, or one of the two software based OEM BIOS emulator such as softmod SLIC BIOS bootloader and Paradox OEM BIOS Emulation Toolkit.
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20.3.2007 'Compatible with Windows 7' Logo Sees Strong Momentum
Windows 7 was released to manufacturers about a week ago, and Microsoft also made it available to MSDN and TechNet users as of today.
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6.8.2009 New IE 7 Icon and Logo
Hopefully, by now you?ve seen from our posts that there are a lot of new features and work going into IE 7. As part of this update, we?re refreshing our icon and logotype. We considered more radical departures from our current logo, but blue ?e? with the ring is very recognizable and familiar to users, so we elected instead to make more subtle changes.
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Intel going for a new logo(?)
The new Intel processor, codename 'Yonah', announced for the 3rd of January 2006, will according to X86-secret simply be called 'Core Solo' or 'Core Duo'. Depending on the amount of cores (no way! where did they come up with that). It's more than 10 years ago since Intel created ax X86-architecture CPU that wasn't called 'Pentium'. Machines with Centrino CPU's will also get a new sticker-logo from now on, saying only 'Centrino', without the real CPU name. The amount of cores will still be mentioned on the sticker.
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16.11.2005 Vista Capable Logo Revealed
The Vista Capable PC program allows Microsoft partners that have a PC product that passed the Designed for Windows XP logo program to ship a new logo on those products that states "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP - Vista Capable."
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2.4.2006 Hybrid Drives to Become Vista Premium Logo Requirement
At a discussion of flash memory technologies to be included in Windows Vista and "Longhorn" here at TechEd 2006 this morning, Microsoft's program manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayres confirmed that inclusion of hybrid hard drives will be a requirement for mobile systems that carry the Vista Premium logo, beginning in June 2007.
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14.6.2006 MS: Nobody Wants to Pay $500 for Apples Logo These Days
Steve Ballmer, the head of Microsoft Corp., has made a rather radical prediction: sales of Apple computers were about to drop since the biggest thing Macintosh systems provide is the Apple logotype on them.
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26.3.2009 Microsoft trademark reveals Microsoft Store logo
A fortnight ago, detailed plans of the long anticipated Microsoft Store were revealed in all its theoretical glory when Gizmodo published over 50 slides from a Powerpoint presentation prepared by the project’s consultancy firm.
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5.8.2009 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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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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20.11.2006Apple causes legal distress over revamped Woolworths logo
Halfway through last year, the company Woolworths Supermarkets announced that it was going to revamp its logo, in addition to making some other
changes, altering the entire corporate branding strategy. The company chose an "an abstract leaf symbol" as the new logo, hoping things would be
fine… but unfortunately, they weren't, particularly for Apple, Inc. AppleInsider has reported that the Cupertino-based company Apple,
known mostly for the the iPod, the Mac, and the iPhone, believes Woolworths' logo is far too similar to its own, wanting it to be changed.
Apple's had a history of legal battles with other companies over logo similarities, though it's expected for a company to want to defend its
brand.
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05.10.2009Windows Vista Earns IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2
On October 25, 2007, Windows Vista earned the IPv6 Forums IPv6 Ready Phase 2 Logo from the IPv6 Consortium and University of New Hampshire -
InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL).
Vista earned its Phase 1 Logo, which focuses on interoperability of core protocols, and
compliance to MUST statements in core RFCs back in March of 2007. Phase 2 Logo is a more rigorous examination which is focused on daily professional
use of IPv6, and examines compliance to both MUST and SHOULD statements in a wider set of scenarios.
You can verify the Phase 1
logo status
here, and the Phase 2 logo status
here.
This is a great win for the team and
once again shows that IPv6 is ready. Are you?
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14.11.2007Microsoft store logo revealed
A post by Long Zheng from istartedsomething shows that the logo for the Microsoft store has been revealed, and was filed last week by Microsoft at the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. The logo, shown below, bears a strong resemblance to the Windows logo, and according to Zheng's post,
it's "registered to cover a multitude of goods and services including retail store services and online retail services featuring computers,
computer hardware, software, computer games, computer peripherals, portable music players and accessories, personal digital assistants, cell phones
and accessories, video game consoles and accessories, webcams, books, clothing, back packs, messenger bags, computer bags and novelty items".
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06.08.2009'PlaysForSure' logo being replaced with 'Certified for Vista'
Without much explanation, Microsoft's PlaysForSure Web page, which had once been the meeting ground for its portable media tech partners, now bears a
statement to users that the logo is being dropped...
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13.12.2007Interviews With Ruth Kedar, The Woman Who Designed The Google Logo
The Israeli woman behind the Google logo from Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, has an
interview like story about Ruth Kedar. Ruth was contracted by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to design the Google Logo. Unfortunately, she did not
accept payment in shares of Google stock.
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03.11.2008Windows 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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12.05.2009Apple accuses web design school of using their logo
A Saanich web design school is holding its ground, following a threat by Apple to take legal action if the local firm does not change a corporate logo
it has used since 2005.
Calling his company a dedicated customer that uses Apple hardware and software almost exclusively in its
operation, Victoria School of Business and Technology vice-president Christopher Boag said he and partner Dieter Gerhard were surprised to receive a
strongly worded letter with no advance warning.
"It was a total shock," he said. "It was like the small guy was kind of getting blown
away and Apple was pushing hard in order to get us to (submit to their demands)."
Boag and Gerhard argue that the apple is a
"traditional representation of education" and that the logo in question, which incorporates the mountain logo of a sister company and has the words
VSBT in one corner, in no way can be confused with the Apple logo.
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07.10.2008HDi Logo to Appear on Toshiba HD DVD Players
Staking its claim to a chunk of HD DVD technology, Microsoft announced today its HDi logo - representing its version of the interactivity layer of the
HD DVD format - will appear on all Toshiba brand HD DVD players made from this point on, as well as on selected Universal and Paramount
high-definition discs...
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20.09.2007TiVo tiptoes to its first full year of profitability
betanews.com - 03.03.2009
New MP3 logo for retailers
Seven of the UK’s most important music download retailers have launched a campaign to help consumers make sense of the popular music format
MP3.
7digital.com, Digitalstores.co.uk, HMV.com, Play.com, Tescodigital.com, Tunetribe.com and Woolworthsdownload.co.uk will all use a new
“MP3 compatible” logo to indicate to customers that downloads will play on every PC, Mac and on virtually every available digital music
player.
The logo has been devised by ERA Digital, the digital grouping within the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Pictured below, the logo is very clear to consumers that the download is 100% MP3.
neowin.net - 05.11.2008
ATI logo to remain on stage
Although AMD aggressively
consolidates its business with
ATI after the merger, the ATI
logo is not going to disappear
from graphics products,
according to sources at
graphics cards makers. AMD
recently sent a letter to
partner companies, saying that
graphics card vendors, while
shipping products based on ATI
GPUs, should not only
highlight part numbers without
the ATI logo, according to the
sources
neowin.net - 10.11.2006
Video Tour: Digital Life 2007 and the śCertified for Windows Vistať Anniversary
Windows Marketing Manager Ben Reed gives a virtual tour of Microsofts booth at the annual event, highlighting the range of applications and devices
certified to wear the Windows Vista logo...
microsoft.com/presspass - 28.09.2007
.NET Logo Refresh
The Microsoft .NET logo, after 8 years of use, has been replaced!
Here it is:
jcxp.net - 26.10.2008
Inside a Microsoft Store
Microsoft launched their first Microsoft Store last Thursday in Scottsdale, Arizona. With all the hoopla of the Windows 7 launch we thought we'd
let that die down before posting a few details on Microsoft's new stores. Microsoft Silverlight team member Tim Heuer posted a great overview of
his own personal experience. According to Heuer he visited the store 4 days after the initial launch which saw people queuing to enter the store and
grabbing free Zune HDs. Upon first entering the store the logo is clearly visible and colourful, similar to Apple, Microsoft have opted for the logo
and no mention of "Microsoft".
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neowin.net - 27.10.2009
LG Hybrid Disc Player Not Licensed for HD DVD Logo
A spokesperson for LG
Electronics confirmed to
BetaNews this morning that its
BH100 hybrid blue-laser disc
player, which the company
purported at CES two weeks ago
would play both Blu-ray and HD
DVD movies, cannot play back
content from HD DVD's HDi
interactive layer. As a
result, the player cannot bear
the official logo for the
format as licensed by the DVD
Forum...
betanews.com - 22.01.2007
Microsoft Tears Down the Walls for a Better View
For the past two weeks, millions of people have watched the series of Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld television ads with the Windows logo at the end
and wondered: śWhats next?ť..
microsoft.com/presspass - 18.09.2008
Windows 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..
windowsvistax.com - 29.10.2006
Financial firm sued for re-packaging software company's service
betanews.com - 03.02.2009
Microsoft Rebrands Internet Explorer 7
Microsoft developers on Friday unveiled a new logo for Internet Explorer 7, along with quietly changing the way the browser is branded. IE7 will now be known as Windows Internet Explorer 7, emphasizing its integration with Windows Vista. IE7 will, however, be released as a standalone upgrade for Windows XP SP2 users...
betanews.com - 15.08.2005
Reminder: 1 day left to enter our HP contest!
Neowin's giveaway finishes tomorrow evening (6th December) at 23:59 GMT. We are asking members to make the Neowin logo out of real life elements
and make it look as magical as possible. You could make the logo out of bananas, chairs or anything you can get your hands on. Be as creative as
possible and take a picture of the finished product.
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neowin.net - 06.12.2008
