Ultimately, Touch Will Make the Killer Windows 7 Applications
Undoubtedly it is the ecosystem of third-party software solutions that make Windows the platform that it is today, sharing the operating system's success.
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12.11.2008 Microsoft Withdraws Private Folder App
Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders.
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16.7.2006 Virtual App Wars Move From OS To Desktop
Microsoft, Citrix Systems and AppStream are among the pack of vendors rushing to gain a foothold in the emerging application virtualization software market.
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9.9.2006 Google App Engine: When will Microsoft field a competitor?
On April 7, Google took the wraps off of more than many had expected: Not just a hosted database platform, but an entire hosted Web app platform, known as Google App Engine.
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8.4.2008 Windows 7 Touch
By now you should have seen the news about the new Windows 7 UI and touch based advances. If not then please checkout our introducing the Windows 7 UI article.
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29.10.2008 Microsoft patent app shows off new user interface for mobiles
Just in time to my previous column if the Windows Mobile touchscreen interface is ready for single-hand use, the United States Patent and Trademark Office yesterday unveiled a patent which was given to Microsoft (Application Number: 11/765,684).
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14.10.2007 Malware Is the No. 1 Killer of Windows Explorer
Windows crashes and blue screen have become without a doubt the stuff of popular culture, with Microsoft's operating system being derided, criticized and mocked for its luxuriant variety of issues, independent
of the actual version of the platform.
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21.5.2008 Touch Computing Beyond Vista and Windows 7
Microsoft's first and only public demonstration of Windows 7, the next iteration of the Windows client, delivered at the end of May 2008, offers the first consistent peek at the touch computing feature of the operating system.
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4.8.2008 Is Windows 7 the Linux-netbook killer?
When it comes to PCs and laptops, Microsoft had little to fear with Linux as much as it does the Mac. But now the new threat to Windows comes in the form of 'netbooks' - lightweight, low-cost laptops that typically use Intel's low-powered Atom processor and don't come with substantial amounts of RAM or powerful graphics processors.
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24.12.2008 Download Free Vista and XP SP3 via IE App Compatibility VPC Images
Since 2007, Microsoft has been offering free copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista for download, in order to make up for a handicap specific to the Windows client, namely the fact that two different versions of Internet Explorer cannot be installed and run simultaneously on the same operating system.
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30.12.2008 Google Android, a Windows 7 netbook killer?
Rumours are spreading that Google is in talks with leading netbook producers to offer a version of Android in anticipation of competing with Microsoft's own Windows 7, an operating system designed to be flexible enough to target everything from the basic netbook market to high-end gaming PCs.
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7.4.2009 Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 revealed
One of the features that was initially shown off about Windows 7 was the touch capability; that talk seems to have died down lately, amongst the beta and RC releases
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27.5.2009 Windows 7 touch comes to life at PDC 2009
All week long, Neowin is live at PDC09 and we found some interesting demos of the future of multi-touch screens.
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17.11.2009 Is Plurk the Twitter killer?
With a lot of focus on social media sites these days one of the biggest newcomers that is becoming more and more popular is Twitter.
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5.6.2008 Microsoft Halting Work on "Photoshop Killer"?
According to ZDNet, Microsoft is halting production work on software that had been described as a serious contender to Adobe Photoshop. Previously code named Acrylic, the software was released as a development preview last year, and is currently available for download from Microsoft (see link below).
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13.3.2006 Apple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
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2.11.2006 Apple Officially Announces New iPod Touch
Apple has officially announced the launch of its new second generation iPod touch, which features sleek new design, integrated volume control buttons, built-in speaker for casual listening, built-in wireless support for Nike + iPod, Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, built-in accelerometer as well as other advanced sensors, working with new iTunes 8 Genius feature that allows consumers to create playlists automatically while on the go.
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11.9.2008 How to Update iPod Touch to 3.0 Firmware For Free
Apple is all set to release iPhone & iPod Touch Firmware 3.0. OS 3.0 is second major firmware update for iPhone & iPod touch. iPhone 2G, 3G users are allowed to have free upgrade to iPhone firmware 3.0, however iPod touch users need pay $9.95 to upgrade to OS 3.0.
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17.6.2009 Silverlight 2, Microsoft's Flash Killer, Gets DRM, Just Like Vista
Microsoft's Flash killer, Silverlight, is on track to get digital rights management just like the company's latest Windows client, Windows Vista. Microsoft has faced a barrage of criticism over the content protection capabilities in Vista, and the subject is bound to yet again come into play with Silverlight 2.
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14.4.2008 Microsoft's Flash Killer, Silverlight 2, Released to Web
Silverlight 2, the next step in the evolution of Microsoft's Adobe Flash killer, has been released to web. As Silverlight 2 has reached the RTW milestone, the Redmond giant announced that downloads would only go live on October 14, 2008.
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13.10.2008 G.E. puts 500GB on a disc - Blu-ray killer?
General Electric says its researchers have achieved a breakthrough in digital storage technology that will allow standard-size discs to hold the equivalent of 100 DVDs.
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27.4.2009 Leaked Best-Buy Inventory Screens - Multi-Touch MacBook Pros on the Way?
Following reports that three new MacBook Pro models had been spotted in Best Buy's inventory, screenshots are now available to back that story up.
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3.2.2008 Non-Windows Microsoft OS Midori – "The Windows Killer"
Windows is one product that is not lacking in Nemesis candidates. From Apple's Mac OS X to the open source Linux, to RIA cloud-based operating systems, potential Microsoft Windows killers are advertised in a variety of scenarios incongruent with reality.
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26.8.2008 iPod Touch - the New Flagship iPod
9to5mac, has some spy shots for the new iPod! It has the same form factor as the iPhone with some notable exceptions.
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24.8.2007 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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10.10.2009Is the "killer app" argument dead?
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The other day I was talking with a bunch of other tech heads about the ongoing Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux market share war and
why, from a stats point of view, that Mac and Linux were still trailing far behind Windows.
“It all revolves around killer
apps,” pipes up one of the tech heads. “The problem with both Apple and Linux is that neither OS has a compelling killer app driving the
user base.”
The conversation then went off on to discuss apps such as Photoshop and AutoCAD and how with Windows you have a
single unified platform that’ll run almost any professional grade package that you can think of, while with Mac and Linux your choices are
restricted.
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19.08.2008BlackBerry opens up BlackBerry App World
BlackBerry App World previously called BlackBerry Application Center by BlackBerry is ready to be launched soon in US, Canada and UK. BlackBerry users
can now register for the Blackberry App World and get notified when the App World goes live, the new application store where they can find
applications designed for their BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry promises to offer a wide range of applications such as games, social networks,
stock market trackers, personal productivity applications etc. BlackBerry smartphones with OS versions 4.2 or higher with trackballs or SurePress
touch screen can be used with App World. A PayPal account has to be set up to download BlackBerry App World application (initially) and also to
download applications from the App World.
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05.03.2009Cisco Views Video as Future Internet Killer App
Cisco Systems believes video is the killer app for the next generation of Internet. But that will likely not impact the enterprise for another five to
seven years.
Cisco at its C-Scape conference in San Jose beat the collaboration drum in laying out its strategy and vision for
the future of networking, with video playing a key part of collaboration.
But while Facebook, MySpace and other Web 2.0
technologies are pushing network service providers like AT&T to deploy major upgrades today, those same technologies are not a network growth driver
in the enterprise today.
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12.12.2007Shortcovers 'Kindle killer' e-reader under way for smartphones
While hardware makers have failed to produce an "iPhone killer," a major book seller is now readying a software application for iPhone,
BlackBerry and other smartphones, that will be marketed as a "Kindle killer."..
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12.02.2009Apple's iTunes about to hit 1 billion app downloads
Apple's iTunes is about to cross the next big milestone by reaching 1 billion (1,000,000,000) app downloads worldwide. The iTunes appstore will
be the second in Apple's history to cross the 1 billion download mark, which offers a wide variety of applications to do just about anything on
your iPhone or iPod Touch. Apple is celebrating this event by offering a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule, and a MacBook
Pro. Anyone can enter the competition without purchase here, along with the official rules found here.
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11.04.2009New test release of Microsoft's App-V for Windows 7 available
Microsoft posted for download on February 27 of an update to its App-V virtualization product that is designed to work with the Windows 7 Beta.
App-V is based on the SoftGrid technology Microsoft acquired in early 2006 when it bought Softricity. App-V
lets users run applications without actually installing them on a local machine. This allows
companies who want to make available a single image of Office or a custom line-of-business application to multiple users by pushing it out to them
without having to touch each desktop. It also enables users run applications virutally that might conflict if run simultaneously on their Windows
machines.
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28.02.2009BlackBerry App World is now live and downloadable
Every man and his dog has an application store nowadays, and BlackBerry is no different. The BlackBerry App World is now live, and downloadable for
your BlackBerry device, for users in the US, UK and Canada. A few notes: you have to be running firmware 4.2, have a trackball or touch screen on your
device and you have to have a PayPal account. The BlackBerry App World is, of course, free to download for those who wish to have it. In order to
get this puppy running on your device, navigate to the link included below and download the software (on the device itself).
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01.04.2009Review: HTC Touch
After the recent death of my W850, I fancied a change of Manufacturer (two Sony Ericssons in just over two years didn’t expire that much
confidence). Having previously owned a HTC BlueAngel (aka QTEK 9090), I decided on a Windows Mobile device. The one problem with my old BlueAngel was
its sheer size (huge screen with a slide out keyboard), and its brick-like weight.
I grabbed the T-Mobile variation of the Touch, quite
ingeniously named the MDA Touch. Unlike previous handsets from T-Mobile, they havent taken over the entire interface, instead, adding several useful
icons (such as webnwalk), and adding a bit of pink here and there (while I dont particularly like it, it certainly isnt annoying, and after about half
an hours usage, you simply forget its there). The one thing on my mind, however, was whether or not this phone is really the iPhone killer it has been
made out to be, or simply another handheld device which is overloaded with gimmicks.
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22.10.2007Google Mobile App now available on Windows Phones
Google has launched its Google Mobile App for Windows Phones. Google Mobile App for Windows Mobile include Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Picasa
Web Albums and Google Sync Beta, with instant access to Google Search and all of these products accessed from one place. Windows Mobile users can now
use Google Mobile App instead of using a browser to do Google Search. Google promises to get search results for identical queries nearly 50% faster
from Google Mobile App than from navigating to Google webpage in your mobile browser.
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19.02.2009Bigfoot Networks shows off $179 Killer Xeno network card
If you've managed to laugh in the face of the recession and feel the need to go overboard with every aspect of your PC, then Bigfoot Networks has
you covered. The company, known for it's first "Killer" network card, has announced the latest version of their high priced networking hardware.
The Killer Xeno will offer more on-board memory, a faster network processing unit (NPU), and integrated audio designed to handle all of your VOIP
needs. Bigfoot Networks promises that by allowing the Killer Xeno to handle your software firewall and voice chat, your CPU will be free to give you
better performance in your favorite games.
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23.03.2009Apple's App Store passes 2 billion downloads
Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch App Store has reached another milestone today as it was announced that over 2 billion apps have now been downloaded
through the service. It was only in April of this year that the 1 billion mark was passed, nine months after the online store first launched. The App
Store now contains over 85,000 applications, in 20 different categories, which are downloaded by more than 50 million customers in 77 different
countries, according to Apple. The apps themselves are created by more than 125,000 registered developers, who receive 70% of the revenue from their
creations whilst Apple keep the other 30%.
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28.09.2009Notebook players paying close attention to multi-touch
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is planning to stir up the touch panel notebook market with multi-touch technology at the end of this year, and with Windows 7,
which according to Microsoft will include features to take advantage of multi-touch capabilities, on the horizon, notebook industry players are paying
close attention to the development of multi-touch technologies.
Touch panel tablet PCs are mostly niche market products currently and
usually single-touch only due to costs and limited software support. However, notebook industry players believe multi-touch has the potential to take
off in the mainstream market thanks to handset devices such as the iPhone. Windows 7 will also be key for promoting multi-touch since it enables
multi-touch interfaces as part of the Windows operating system, the sources noted.
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17.10.2008App Store: 15,000 apps and 500m downloads
Apple Inc. is celebrating a huge App Store milestone: 500 million downloads, and over 15,000 apps in the store. The announcement is proudly displayed
on the Apple home page, showcasing some of the most popular apps. Apple launched the App Store just six months ago, on July 11, 2008. The store
started with 552 applications and a slew of problems. Developers staged boycots and complained about the Non-Disclosure Agreement which held them back
from sharing information or code, followed by complaints about alphabetical ordering on the App Store (application names would cleverly start with a
space to promote them to the top), and most recently, rejected apps due to either duplicating iPhone/iPod Touch functionality or "limited utility".
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18.01.2009Microsoft to Deliver Live's 'Killer App' Mesh in April
Microsoft is
planning to make available to a private group of external
testers a first beta of Live Mesh by the end of this month, according to sources claiming familiarity with Microsoft’s plans.
Live
Mesh is the future of synchronized storage!
Live Mesh would seem to specifically supersede Foldershare; and SkyDrive would have very limited value in such a scenario.
Offering a seamless mesh of devices all tied together, including a cloud storage piece allowing for access to information even without access to your
devices (kiosk, friend's house, etc.), collaboration on files with the conflicts handled painlessly, and access to a mesh of devices, it could
solve lots of problems in a world that increasingly not only uses computers but many types of devices, all with a desire to be in sync.
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08.04.2008Verizon Claims to Have 'iPhone Killer'
Verizon is adding four new devices to its lineup of phones to be released for the holiday season, headed by the new LG VX10000 Voyager, a touch
screen-equipped multimedia device, which the company says "will kill the iPhone."..
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04.10.2007October Debut for Microsoft
'iPod Killer'
Microsoft's so-called
"iPod killer" could be
unveiled as early as late next
month, with the company
preparing to build momentum
towards an October launch,
sources close to the situation
have told BetaNews...
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21.07.2006HTC Touch Pro 2 now available from T-Mobile
Starting today, T-Mobile customers will be able to get their hands on the long-awaited HTC Touch Pro 2 smart phone. Shipping with Windows Mobile 6.1
from Microsoft and HTC's Touch Flo 3D interface, the Touch Pro 2 is the most powerful Windows Mobile phone available from T-Mobile. The device
will be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5 later on this year, which will add many more finger-friendly features and enhance the overall user
experience.
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12.08.2009'Badass' Hulu iPhone App in the works
According to The Business Insider, Hulu is developing an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch which would allow users to stream Hulu's
popular content over 3G and Wi-Fi. Apparently the app would be 'badass', a probable indication that it would be a hit with the crowd, just as
the site is. The application is expected to be released in a few months. For those who are not familiar with Hulu, it is a website that offers
commercial-supported streaming videos of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox and many other networks and studios.
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20.04.2009Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 revealed
One of the features that was initially shown off about Windows 7 was the touch capability; that talk seems to have died down lately, amongst the beta
and RC releases, but an announcement today has brought it back into the limelight. A post over at the Windows Team blog has just revealed the
Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7. This pack brings a range of touch-friendly applications, of which we will detail below. Microsoft Surface Globe:
The first of these applications is called Microsoft Surface Globe. This, as you can imagine, is a multi-touch capable globe (think Google Earth) that
uses the Virtual Earth 3D engine to display a rotatable 3D version of the world.
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28.05.2009Asus debuts netbook with Windows 7 and 512GB SSD
Asus has debuted an ultra thin netbook S121 running Windows 7 and the worlds largest 512GB solid state drive(SSD). The S121 netbook is equipped with a
1.33GHz Intel Atom microprocessor and uses their touch mode software on Windows 7. This is a huge step for Windows 7 considering that Windows Vista
is not a good option for netbooks. The netbook is expected to be available in a month, but without Windows 7. Windows 7 will be available once it hits
the market later this year. A few weeks back Neowin discussed whether Windows 7 is the Linux-netbook killer and we got great response from our users.
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