Windows Vista Feature Focus: Windows Flip and Flip 3D
In a previous Windows Vista Feature Showcase, I detailed a new Vista feature called Live Taskbar Thumbnails that helps users organize the many windows and applications they might have open at any one time. Live Taskbar Thumbnails is a Taskbar feature, but what it primarily does is provide a more discoverable way to switch between running tasks.
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21.5.2006 How to Reduce Windows Animation Speed in Windows Vista
When you minimize, maximize or close any windows/applications, the animation speed to perform these tasks is a default setting and you cant really control it.
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10.2.2009 Yodm 3D - 3D Desktop for Windows XP and Vista
Thanks to hwh1226 for this download link.
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17.4.2007 Change and Speed Up the Read and Write Speed for DVD Writers - MediaCodeSpeedEdit
Before continue reading todays article, Id like to warn you that this is for advanced users and if you dont know what youre doing, you CAN damage your DVD drive and will void your warranty.
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8.8.2008 Microsoft flip-flops on Vista virtualization
Microsoft planned this week to announce that it was broadening the virtualization rights for Windows Vista, but decided at the last minute to reverse course and stick with existing limits.
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20.6.2007 Windows Vista 3D Desktop
Microsoft indicated early that Vista will feature a three-dimensional interface with transparency, moving objects, anti-aliasing and other effects. Thanks to portos for this download.
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10.7.2007 TopDesk - 3D Flipper for Windows XP
TopDesk is a quick and easy way to switch between applications. With a single key press, you can instantly view thumbnails of all open windows, display thumbnails of windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows to quickly access the desktop.
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2.2.2007 3D TV
3D Dissolve Screen Saver
Watch 3D objects in random sizes and colors as they spin and transform. You might not see the same morphing twice. This updated version is smaller in size and has fixed a system key bug in Windows 95B.
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3D Santa Screen Saver
This screen saver features a 3D Santa Claus performing a variety of acrobatic acts (and a few unusual stunts, too). If you have a sound card, you can listen to some accompanying effects, as well.
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Virtual Earth 3D (Beta)
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there". You can search, browse, and organize local information viewed in three dimensions, just the way it exists in the real world.
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19.11.2006 3D Ultimate Vista for DreamScapes
3D Ultimate Vista For DreamScapes, RS. Vista Ultimate wallpapers with original transition effect...
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23.3.2007 How to Speed up Taskbar Thumbnail Preview in Windows 7
Windows 7 has much better aero transparency glass effect along with taskbar thumbnail preview. Taskbar Thumbnail Preview displays small thumbnail preview of opened window on your taskbar when you hover your mouse on taskbar icons. Many users have started loving taskbar thumbnail preview of windows 7.
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9.2.2009 Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista
Though Windows 7 edged out Vista in our lab tests, you may not notice much of a difference.
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7.5.2009 Star Trek Voyager 3D Screensaver
Do you ever wish that the computer graphics in recent science-fiction TV shows had more air time? With the Star Trek: Voyager Screensaver, you can watch a 3D rendition of the beloved ship as it soars through the galaxy.
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UniveRSS, A 3D RSS Reader from Microsoft
In an email from MSDN Microsoft silently mentions the UniveRSS reader. After a look i actually was quite surprised. Microsoft took the RSS possibilities from IE7 and put them into a really stunning 3D interface!
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4.12.2006 Download Duke Nukem 3D: Hi Res Project
Manhattan Project is occasionally frustrating, but when it's good, it's very, very good.
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Creative Hardware Accelerated 3D Audio for Vista
Creative Labs has opened up the doors to its ALchemy Project to enable hardware acceleration for DirectSound and EAX audio algorithms in Microsofts upcoming Windows Vista. The Alchemy Project is currently in its beta stages and intends to work around Microsofts audio limitations in Windows Vista due to the removal of the Hardware Abstraction Layer, or HAL.
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23.1.2007 Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D 3.0 Beta: Free Download
Virtual Earth 3D brings you another step closer to knowing "what it is like out there".
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7.10.2008 Full Speed v2.7
USB And CD Protection all in one give you the comlete conrol on your pc and important data to protect from steeling or illegal copys of your importan data and also USB protection protect your system and data too form unothorized useing.
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8.6.2007 Need For Speed ProStreet Preview
Electronic Arts made the big announcement just months ago and Need For Speed ProStreet is already shaping up into one of the best, if not THE best racing game ever developed.
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25.10.2007 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 Need for Speed Shift Screenshots
Eight Need For Speed: Shift Screenshots Know much about Need for Speed: Shift? Neither do we! EA's released eight new screenshots from the game that we can gaze longingly at, though.
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5.3.2009 Systembooster 2.1 - Speed up Shutdown, Restart & Logoff Process of Windows 7, Vista & XP
Adding too many applications on Startup may lead to slow restart and shutdown process in Windows and for non technical users it very difficult to find out & fix the reason of slow restart.
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19.5.2009 Need For Speed ProStreet Demo Out. Download Here!
Well what do you know, if it isn't the Need for Speed ProStreet Demo that you can download and play right now on your PC.
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4.11.2007 Best Need for Speed Underground 2 videos and download demo
Discover the living, breathing world of tuner culture in Need for Speed? Underground 2, the sequel to the best-selling racing game of 2003, and the latest blockbuster installment in the legendary Need for Speed franchise.
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Siemens Breaks Network Speed Record
German electronics company Siemens said Wednesday that it had set a new network speed record, achieving a speed of 107 gigabits -- the equivalent of roughly two DVDs worth of data -- per second, two and a half times faster than the previous record.
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21.12.2006 Vista SP1 Gives Extenders a Speed Boost
Word is that Vista SP1 is giving Linksys Extenders a bit of a speed boost, especially in the transition and animation field.
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25.3.2008 Samsung develops new graphics memory speed limit
Samsung is getting ready to produce extremely fast memory chips to be used on future graphics cards.
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25.2.2007 Vista SP1 will deliver big network speed boost
I downloaded the release candidate of Vista Service Pack 1 yesterday and was prepared to wait till its public debut next week before writing about it.
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6.12.2007Google fast flip released
Google has published a new version of their Google News, called Google fast flip, making it easier to browse multiple news sources through one outlet.
Fast flip is able to deliver top headlines from all around the globe, including the BBC News, New York Times, The Washing Post, and everything else
from TechCrunch to Cosmopolitan, giving something for everybody to read. Google fast flip organizes top news sources by categories of popularity,
sections, topics and news sources. There is also an assortment of filters for each category to narrow down user searches, such as
‘Entertainment', ‘Politics', ‘Sci/Tech' and more.
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15.09.2009Microsoft acquires trueSpace creator Caligari
The Virtual Earth team has grown once again with the acquisition of Caligari Corporation, a small company that has been pioneering 3D modeling and
animation since it was founded in 1986. In 1994, Caligari released the famous trueSpace, a powerful 3D graphics and animation package (originally for
Amiga and now for Windows). Caligari CEO Roman Ormandy, the man who heads the team that is based in California and Slovakia, has brought trueSpace
through many releases over its 20-year history.
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08.02.2008'Lost' preview doubles as Windows Vista ad
The link below is a video of a
"Lost" promo using the Flip
3D interface. The blog entry
points out that the average
user may not realize that the
Flip 3D effect has anything to
do with Windows Vista. Of
course, this is part of a
broader campaign, including
traditional 30- and 60-second
television ads. But from this
ad alone, the connection
isn't necessarily obvious,
even if Windows Vista is
mentioned at the end. Either
way, Microsoft's marketing
team is obviously trying
various approaches with the
launch of the software
giant's latest OS.
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04.02.2007BlackBerry flip phone now available on T-Mobile
Showing that the upcoming G1, the industry's first Android-based mobile device, isn't the only new smartphone to be "exclusive" to its
wireless network, on Monday, T-Mobile USA announced the availability of a BlackBerry flip phone...
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14.10.2008First flip-phone BlackBerry launched
Research In Motion is launching a flip version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone, a move that reasserts its push into the consumer market.
Like RIM's original Pearl model, the first-ever flip BlackBerry comes loaded with multimedia features such as a video and music player and
a 2-megapixel camera with flash, as well as a web browser and an abridged keyboard.
"Seventy percent of the mobile phone users in the
United States use a flip," claims RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie. "There's never been a smartphone or a BlackBerry option for that."
He
added the new device is "extremely important" for capturing more retail users.
The new clamshell flip BlackBerry will be available around
the world starting this autumn. No pricing details were immediately.
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10.09.2008Adobe Flash Player 10 public beta now open
Today Adobe Systems launched the public beta for Flash Player 10, the company's ubiquitous runtime graphics platform. Added features include 3D
animation and transformation support, new effects and filters, as well as new rich text layouts...
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15.05.2008Free Vista Sunday, 3D desktop with Real Desktop Light
Jonathan Schlaffer: Vista has been an all-around disappointment and even those with SP1 have reason to complain. Those with problems are probably
more outspoken than those that dont but the issues keep piling up and Microsoft does little about them. This program may brighten up your Vista
experience a tiny bit.
Real Desktop comes it two
forms, Real Desktop Standard and Real Desktop Light; major differences set the two apart. With Real Desktop Standard you get all the features and
with Light, not so much.
The light version gives you a basic, fully 3D desktop environment. You can stack icons, drag them
anywhere on the desk, flip them around, upside down and several other neat things. What you cant do is change the wallpaper or orientation of the
camera. The other thing thats annoying is the light version lacks the ability to reset the icon positions; as you can see below, its very easy to
mess them up.
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02.03.2008LG will sell two models of 3D TVs in 2009
LG, a leading maker of HDTV's will be entering the 3D frontier next year. Choon Lee, Vice President Director at the Digital TV Research Lab,
stated that "3D TVs are the next big step for
; we will try with one or two markets in 2009" This is great news for the home consumer as 3D is
the next big technology coming down the pipe. Sadly that was all that was said about the new TVs. Will they require special 3D glasses, likely, but
it is unknown for sure. One can only hope that these TVs will be sold in many markets but it's still too far out to speculate.
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neowin.net - 27.11.2008
Fujifilm announces first 3D camera, due September
Fujifilm has launched a new compact digital camera which is capable of capturing 3D images and video. The camera, named the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D
W1, is Fujifilm's first camera to be able to do this, and does it through the use of two lenses and two 10MP CCDs. The camera will be launched in
the UK in September, according to a statement from Fuji. The camera is held securely inside an aluminium die-cast frame, and has a 2.8 inch 3D LCD
screen at the back of it, capable of displaying the 3D images and video clips that are captured by the camera.
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neowin.net - 22.07.2009
Nvidia on-the-fly GPU switching desktop debut due Q1 '08
Nvidia will bring the ability to flip at will between integrated and discrete graphics cores to the desktop early next year, courtesy of upcoming
AMD-oriented chipset the MCP78S.
The chipset incorporates a GeForce 8-class DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0 graphics engine, but
it's also capable of driving a PCI Express 2.0 graphics card connected via the chipset's 16 PCIe 2.0 lanes, a presentation slide posted by Hexus.net reveals.
That's broadly what
most integrated chipsets do, but the MCP78S also supports Hybrid SLI, which allows the user to flip between the two GPUs according to need. Need 3D
performance for gaming? Activate the graphics card. The rest of the time: host the system's graphics on the lower-power integrated GPU.
winbeta.org - 21.11.2007
Sky set to launch 3D TV in 2010
Sky announced today that it plans to offer 3D TV next year in the UK. Sky's 3D channel will be the first in the UK when it launches next year.
The channel will offer a selection of current 3D programming, which is expected to include movies, entertainment and sport. The service will be
broadcast across Sky's existing HD infrastructure and be available via the current generation of Sky+HD set-top boxes. The next step for
consumers is to purchase a '3D Ready' TV. Sony, Samsung and Panasonic all announced their plans for a big push towards 3D TV at this years
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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neowin.net - 30.07.2009
YOOWALK: Walk around the web
YOOWALK is a representation of the worldwide web as a 3D world where you can:
- Browse the web in 3D with your avatar
- Build a 3D
version of your website
- Have your own room in 3D
- Meet people and hang out with them
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neowin.net - 08.01.2008
Microsoft In Talks To Acquire 3D Camera Company 3DV
3D technology was all the rage at CES this year, and last month Mark Cuban said 3D is "the LSD of 2009" (that's a good thing, Mark meant). Now
Microsoft (MSFT) is looking to get in on the 3D game and is in talks to acquire
Israeli 3D tech company 3DV...
winbeta.org - 17.02.2009
3D TV with Touch, Smell by 2020?
It might seem like something right out of the Jetsons, but Japanese researchers are hoping to have a commercially available 3D television on the market by the year 2020. The images would be projected upwards from a screen that lies on the floor...
betanews.com - 20.08.2005
Microsoft Launches Virtual Earth 3D
Microsoft on Monday took the
wraps off Virtual Earth 3D, a
new version of the company's
mapping application that
enables users to "fly"
through three-dimensional
models of cities from directly
within their Web browser -
complete with virtual
billboards.
Photos:
View images from
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betanews.com - 07.11.2006
Sky looks into 3D broadcasts
Sky television have started to look into the possibility of broadcasting programs in 3D, they have initially tested it delivering programs to users
via the HD set top box. Sky demonstrated that they can make it a possibility at a presentation at their London headquarters when they showed various
clips including scenes from a recent world title boxing fight and moments from television shows that they have already filmed using the 3D cameras.
Gerry O'Sullivan confirmed that the demonstration was in fact that and not a product launch by saying "We have shown it is a technical reality".
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neowin.net - 18.12.2008
Microsoft Licenses Next-Gen 3D
Tech
Microsoft has licensed 3D
display technology to EON
Reality, which says it would
use the technologies to create
interactive marketing
displays, product
demonstrations and training
environments, bringing them to
desktops in 2 to 3 years...
betanews.com - 20.07.2006
R.I.P. 3D Realms
3D Realms, the developer of Duke Nukem Forever, has been shut down due to funding issues. Joe Siegler, a sixteen-year Apogee and 3D Realms Veteran
stated: "It's true. I have nothing further to say at this time." It is uncertain at this time whether the title will ever be completed.
winbeta.org - 12.05.2009
Microsoft Delivers Sophistication of Windows Aero to New Wireless Laser Desktop 7000
Microsoft Corp. brings the beauty of Windows Aero from the PC to the devices that surround it with its latest keyboard and mouse desktop set, the
Wireless Laser Desktop 7000, designed to complement the Windows Vista operating system with its striking design.
The new desktop
set includes an ultrathin Comfort Curve keyboard and rechargeable mouse, delivering ultimate performance and comfort. The keyboard features a Windows
Aero-inspired translucent design, floating Hot Keys and instant access to Windows Flip 3D,1 making this desktop a perfect companion for todays Windows
Vista-based PC.
Today Microsoft also debuts the Digital Media Keyboard 3000, an ultrathin, stylish yet affordable keyboard
designed to fit the digital lifestyle.
winbeta.org - 11.03.2008
3D desktop revealed in recent Apple patent filing
Dozens of Apple patent applications were published lately revealing research that Apple had completed in 2007 on many topics encompassing future
versions of Mac OS X. The most intriguing is a series of patent applications which describe a "Multidimensional" user interface. Apple has
essentially been working on true 3D desktop environments. It's not clear when and if Apple will decide to implement these new 3D desktop design
ideas into a future version of Mac OS X. The 3D desktop idea suggests that Apple would take their existing Mac OS components like the dock, dashboard,
add more depth and give a three dimensional look.
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neowin.net - 12.12.2008
