Is Windows 7 ready for release now?
Earlier today, I read about the latest leaked build of Windows 7 to appear on BitTorrent. The text on the desktop suggests that build 7057 is part of the release candidate branch.
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13.3.2009 Is Windows 7 ready for release now?
Earlier today, I read about the latest leaked build of Windows 7 to appear on BitTorrent. The text on the desktop suggests that build 7057 is part of the release candidate branch.
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13.3.2009 Paul Thurrott: Is Windows Vista Ready?
There's been a lot of speculation and opinion about Windows Vista lately. Many claim that Microsoft's next generation operating system isn't ready and can't be made ready in time for the software giant's self-imposed October 2006 Release to Manufacturing (RTM) deadline.
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3.8.2006 At NASA, Windows Vista Isn't Ready For Launch
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the latest federal agency to put a hold on PC upgrades to Windows Vista. NASA has decided against deploying Microsoft's five-month-old operating system anytime this year.
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26.4.2007 Windows Vista Premium Ready PCs….Really???
Thanks to thepodest who wrote this article for
his blog. These are the specs requirements for Premium Vista PCs according to Microsoft.
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16.6.2007 Are You Ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta?
Are you ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta? Windows Live messenger 8.5 is barely out the door, but the question is not without a solid foundation.
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22.11.2007 Windows Home Server nearly ready for prime time
A typical household with two adults and three children can easily have three or more computers. Since each of the users wants access to the Internet, their PCs are likely to already be connected to a router -- but sharing media files and other data among the computers often remains an arduous task.
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2.3.2007 Get Ready for the Slipstream - Integrated Windows XP SP3 RTM Disks
Following its natural course of evolution, after being released to manufacturing on April 21, 2008, Windows XP Service Pack 3 began shipping to Microsoft's OEM partners, and subsequently to MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
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24.4.2008 Get ready for the summer of Apple
Apple is preparing for one of the most pivotal summers in its history. On June 29, the company is expected to release the iPhone, perhaps one of the most hyped gadgets in history and a clear sign of where CEO Steve Jobs is placing his bets.
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9.6.2007 New Need For Speed Game is ready
The latest EA investors meeting was a great opportunity for the company's boss, John Riccitiello to unveil a host of new and exciting projects.
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18.6.2008 Ready for a new day? The new Microsoft site!
In just a few hours, the business launch of Windows Vista will take place at the NASDAQ headquarters.
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30.11.2006 Is 64-bit Vista ready for take off?
There have been 64-bit versions of Windows since Windows 2000, but Microsoft thinks 64-bit Vista may finally be starting to take off....
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4.8.2008 Linux gets ready to fight Microsoft
The Linux Foundation insists it is equipped to fight Microsoft if the software giant’s lawsuit against TomTom impacts the open source Linux kernel.
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28.2.2009 Get ready for Vista and Win2k8 SP2!
Just a heads up to prepare for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.
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21.5.2009 Report: Half of PCs Not Vista-Ready
While nearly every current PC will be able to run Windows Vista, only half will be able to take full advantage of all of it's features, a recent study by research firm Gartner suggests. In turn, the firm is urging IT managers to take caution when ordering new PCs.
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7.4.2006 Microsoft Says Home Server Ready For Liftoff
Now that Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) has released a fix for the data corruption bug in Windows Home Server, channel partners are hoping Microsoft will embark on an advertising and marketing blitzkrieg to show consumers that having a server in the home can, in fact, make their lives easier.
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24.7.2008 Microsoft: Office 2007 download ready Dec. 1
Microsoft confirmed on Monday that it has completed work on Office 2007's system code and released it to manufacturing.
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7.11.2006 Analysis: Vista's Ready Boost is no match for RAM
There's a new way to enhance your cache in Vista - simply plug in your Flash memory stick. But how much performance gain can you really expect? TG Daily ran an average PC through a benchmark parcours and discovered that the old rules still apply: There is no substitute for an adequate amount of system memory. Period.
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13.2.2007 Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Is Close – Microsoft Says Get Ready
After spending in excess of a year cooking, Internet Explorer 8 is, finally, almost here. Microsoft has already started shipping the bits for the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8. For the time being, IE8 Beta 1 is available exclusively to a pre-selected pool of testers.
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28.2.2008 Get Ready for Vista SP1 RTM Action Pack
Concomitantly with the general availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RTM, Microsoft will also start offering the new Action Pack complete with the SP1 gold bits. The Action Pack has evolved since the initial offering came out, associated with the RTM build of Vista, in order to allow company partners to perform full installations (bare metal deployments) of the service
pack.
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17.3.2008 Microsoft Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 ready for download
Microsoft officials said earlier this week that they planned to deliver Visual Studio "Orcas" Beta 1 for download some time in April. On April 19, they made good on their word.
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21.4.2007 Microsoft, ISVs Set To Ship Vista-Ready Security Products
Microsoft said this week that its security unit and top security ISVs -- including Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro -- plan to release Windows Vista-ready products and services on Jan. 30, when the operating system is due to become generally available.
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18.1.2007 Vista-For-Free coupon with Vista ready PC's
Microsoft and the world's leading PC vendors have reached an agreement to promote the long-awaited Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
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11.10.2006 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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Get ready for Windows Vista
Getting ready for Windows
Vista, available in early
2007, means choosing the
edition that's right for you
and ensuring that you have the
right PC to enjoy the
experiences you want...
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25.05.2006SlingCatcher will be ready when it's ready
In response to unconfirmed reports that Sling Media's Slingcatcher component would be delayed until late this year, the company told BetaNews
SlingCatcher will ship when it's good and ready...
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11.04.2008Is Your Application Ready for Windows 7 RTM?
Yochay Kiriaty: As we approach October 22
nd you need to ask yourself: Is your application ready for Windows 7? What will happen when end
users install your application on Windows 7? Will your application run? Will your application behave like a Windows 7 first class citizen? Will users
see any difference when running applications on Windows 7 versus Windows Vista or XP? October 22
nd is just around the corner and we are
here to help you answer, śYES!ť to these questions and be able to state with confidence that, śAbsolutely, my application rocks on Windows 7.ť
We want to help your users get the best possible Windows 7 experience from your application starting on Day 1...
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23.07.2009Microsoft getting ready for Windows 7 marketing?
Microsoft sure has been hitting hard at the competition lately with their latest round of "Laptop Hunters" ads with success, and now as we get
closer towards the final version of Windows 7, it looks like Microsoft is preparing the latest "I'm a PC" marketing featuring Windows 7. This
photo of the sticker was first revealed by our own Neowin reporter Tom Warren, and while Windows 7 hasn't been featured in the TV ads yet, I
suspect it will soon appear in the next few months. Box art and pricing for Windows 7 has also yet to be revealed, but when they are, we'll be
sure to share them, so stay tuned.
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01.05.2009AppStore to offer ready-made ringtones
The AppStore has been missing a few features from their online store for the iPhone, one of those is ready-made custom ringtone versions of songs,
used for incoming calls.. Apple will be revealing the ready-made ring tones next week at their press conference, only if they are able to get them
ready in time. The custom ringtones have been missing from the iPhone since its debut, limiting consumers to a selection of preloaded ringtones
featured on the iPhone. Currently consumers have to edit their own ringtones through third-party software or use iTunes to edit their own music to
create ring tones for their device.
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03.09.2009HP: Linux ready for most applications
Linux is ready to take on a more serious role in enterprises, a senior Hewlett-Packard executive has said.
Randy Hergett, HP's
director of engineering for open-source and Linux organization, said at the Gelato Itanium Conference & Expo in Singapore on Monday that Linux is
ready to be used in some mission-critical applications, despite a perception that there are gaps in areas such as manageability.
Linux is "ready for most applications," he said, noting that there are telecommunications companies running mission-critical databases on Linux,
and overall adoption levels are ramping up.
Citing an HP-commissioned global study conducted by market-research company GCR
earlier this year, Hergett said that three out of five decision makers were ready to deploy Linux for mission-critical applications within the next
two years, while one in five saw that happening in five years' time. ..
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01.10.2007Vista: One Year Later
One year ago today,
Microsoft released Windows
Vista to manufacturing. In the obligatory anniversary post we ask: Was it ready? Will it ever be ready?
The answer to the
first question is an emphatic "no." Vista wasn't ready. Hardware manufacturers and software developers weren't ready for it. The channel and
enterprises weren't ready, and consumers couldn't get it because Vista missed holiday 2006.
Microsoft promised WOW, but the reaction was, "What?" What is
different from Windows XP? What is wrong with the hardware requirements? What is the difference between "
Capable" and "
Ready?" What is this
Software Assurance requirement for Vista
Enterprise? What happened to the familiarity of Windows XP? What is
wrong with my Vista applications and hardware?
More recently the "W" question is "When?"--as in
when will
Microsoft release Vista Service Pack 1?
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08.11.2007Steven Sinofsky named President of Windows division
Microsoft today released a press statement stating that Steven Sinofsky has been named President of the Windows division. He now assumes
responsibility of the Windows business unit including both the engineering and marketing functions for Windows, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer.
"Steven Sinofsky has demonstrated the ability to lead large teams that deliver great products. The work he and the team have done in getting ready to
ship Windows 7 really defines how to develop and ship world-class software." said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. This comes as Microsoft is putting
the finishing touches on Windows 7 and is getting ready to release the RTM.
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09.07.2009Are You Ready for Windows Vista?
Columnist Stuart Mudie
describes how to make the move
to Windows Vista using Windows
Vista Upgrade Advisor and
Windows Easy Transfer...
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29.09.2006Intel, Yahoo, Comcast to partner on widgets for live TV
Are you ready for 3D, overlaid, interactive widgets to move off of the PC desktop onto your television set? An initiative announced yesterday by a
powerhouse team of developers will probably make it happen, whether you're ready or not...
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21.08.2008Windows 7 to be ready for holiday shopping season
Microsoft has finally acknowledged what outside observers have realized for some time: Windows 7 is going to be ready this year, in time for the
holiday shopping season. Thats the official message from the opening of Tech-Ed 2009 in Los Angeles today...
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11.05.2009ITU Ready to Assume Control of
Net
The head of the International
Telecommunications Union says
the United Nations stands
ready to take over control of
the Internet if the United
States relinquishes control as
it is being pressured to.
However, it appears the
chances of such an event
happening are slim to none...
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30.09.2005DTV study: Most broadcasters are ready, most consumers aren't
According to recent survey results, most consumers are still virtually clueless about the upcoming DTV transition. More importantly, perhaps, it
appears a lot of broadcasters won't even be ready for it either...
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22.02.2008Nvidia: We're ready for Microsoft this time (no, really)
When chalking up what went wrong with Vista, incompatible hardware/software always makes it into the Top 10 lists. So its understandable that the
Windows team is doing everything in its power to make sure third parties are ready with drivers and products that will work with Window 7 right out of
the gate.
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07.05.2009Windows 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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14.11.2007Is your outdoor antenna ready for DTV?
Today, the Consumer Electronics Association and the National Association of Broadcasters announced upgrades to Antennaweb.org, aimed at telling the
consumer whether his TV antenna (remember those?) is ready for the DTV transition...
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20.02.2008Final Windows Vista System
Specs Revealed
Microsoft just relealed the
final Windows Vista Hardware
Requirements. There you go,
you'll need the following
machine to run Vista:
Minimal Specs
(Called Vista-Ready PCs):
-800Mhz Processor
-512 MB of RAM
-DirectX 9-Capable Graphics
Processor
Recommended Specs (Called
Premium-Ready PCs):
-1
Ghz Processor
-128 MB
Graphics Memory, numerous
other graphics-related
requirements
-1 GB
System Memory
Microsoft also plans to make
an advertisement campaign
around those required
machines, in order to make
people be sure their machine
will meet those requirements,
and this campaign should be
revealed on May 18th, in this
case tomorrow.
This announcement was made
to prepare the also planned
WinHEC release of Windows
Vista Beta 2 (Supposedly Build
5384, last known compiled
build as of today), which will
likely be made public in the
days following its release at
WinHEC.
These
requirements are about what
was expected, maybe a little
bit below. As previously
announced, most PCs sold
within last year might be
Vista-Ready, though very few
fully meet the Premium-Ready
requirements.
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18.05.2006Windows Server 'Longhorn'
Updated
Alongside the December CTP of
Windows Vista, Microsoft has
released build 5270 of Windows
Server "Longhorn."
Both operating systems are
available on the same DVD
image. Although development is
currently in line with the
client build, the next Windows
Server won't be ready until
2007...
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20.12.2005Windows Vista X Update
We Are Sorry For the Long
Delay On Updating Our Site As
You May Know We Are Designing
A New Program For Windows
Vista And We not Had Much Time
We Are Pleased To Say Beta 1
Almost Done And Ready To Go
Public And We Are Opening Our
New Web-Hosting Site So We Are
Still Here. Thanks..
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26.10.2006Windows Vista X Has Opened
Razer Comp Shop
We have now opened our shop
selling Laptops and PCs that
are Windows Vista Ready and
are also taking
preorder's on Windows
Vista..
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