x64 Vista SP2 JPG Rendering Performance Inferior to x86 Vista SP2's
The JPG rendering process on 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is inferior to that on the 32-bit variants of the operating system.
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10.6.2009 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. Its 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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13.2.20092400+ major sites that IE 8 can't render correctly
As Microsoft moves forward with IE 8 it is hoping to introduce new features that will help stop the bleeding of consumers switching to other browsers.
While many hope that IE 8 will also help to ease webmasters pain of making every site work on every browser, that dream may not come true. Mary-Jo
Foley of ZDnet is reporting that IE 8's incompatibility list is at "2400 major sites and counting". These are sites that do not render
correctly natively in IE 8 and require an IE 7 layer to be running to display to web page correctly.
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20.02.2009Windows 7 #7032 @ CeBiT ASUS Stand
We here at WinBeta have discovered Build 7032 at the demo pc's @ cebit 2009 asus stands.
Enjoy the Screenshots!
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08.03.2009AMD claims 'fastest graphics supercomputer ever'
IT vendors seem to believe that if you say the word "cloud" enough, an marginal business idea will yield up revenues and profits. Much the same
thing happened with grid computing - remember that? - before it morphed with utility computing into the even more nebulous cloud moniker. So it is
with the AMD Fusion Render Cloud, which would have simply been another example of a render farm used to create 3D images for computer simulations or
movies if not for the cloud bit. It includes some clever software made by OTOY that allows 3D, high-definition graphics to be rendered on a set of
remote servers and then displayed down the wire to a relatively modest PC or laptop.
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09.01.2009Can Microsoft Out-Google
Google?
For the past decade, Microsoft
has largely ignored the Web as
an emerging platform for
application development with
fears that it could render
Windows obsolete. But that
will all change next week, as
Microsoft unveils a new
strategy for transforming its
Web properties into an open
platform for developers...
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09.09.2005Gmail rolls out its offline options
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28.01.2009High Quality Windows Live Wave 3 Icons
Long Zheng, along with some help from Windows Live Community Manager Marcus Schmidt, has compiled a list of all the official Wave 3 Windows Live
icons.
They certainly are a beauty!
Feast your eyes on them in the preview below, or view the full version
HERE.
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16.11.2008Wednesday is Data Privacy Day
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28.01.2009Neowin server hamsters get 'Dugg', suffer heart attack
We apologize for getting caught with our pants down today, but our friends at Digg and Reddit have been slamming our forum with traffic over the last
few hours. Our servers buckled under the pressure, but it's hard to survive the Digg wave, especially when we get a pretty heavy level of traffic
on a normal day for our servers.
Yesterday myself and two of my co-workers took apart an old hard drive that we found in a stack that were
being sent off to be destroyed. The drive was an 8GB Quantum Fireball that had a nasty rattle to it. Since we'd never heard anything this bad
coming out of a hard drive we decided to open it up and see what was causing it. To our amazement the drive looked like it lived up to its Fireball
name.
So here are the photographs you've probably come here looking for. Again, we apologize for the inability to reach the site. Our
Developers did their best to get everything back up as quickly as possible.
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28.02.2008Windows Vista Showcase
Georgina M: I just had a nice coffee catch up with
Eileen to talk about TechNet and things, and as we were walking into building 2 of
Thames Valley Park in Reading we saw the Windows Vista Showcase room.
Now I will admit that the room has been there for months,
but somehow we have just never had the time to go in. Seeing as this week is getting quieter as everything winds down, we decided to take the
opportunity to get the tour of this hi-tech room
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20.12.2007PINNED: Windows Vista Build
5483
Windows Vista Build 5483,
which has supposedly been
released to TAP testers has
now apparently leaked to the
web. The full build string is
as follows:
5483.winmain.060720-1900
The x86 DVD
supposedly weighs in at
2,601.45 MB. A few screenshots
have also surfaced onto the
web, and can be viewed from
the links below.
It has also been reported
that RC1 of Windows Vista will
be available through the
Windows Vista CPP program on
the 15th of August.
Update: It
appears that Microsoft are
making preparations at MS
Connect, to release build
5483 to Windows Vista Beta
Testers.
jcxp.net - 28.07.2006
Windows Home Server Beta Screenshots
A Neowin member, who wishes to
remain anonymous, has kindly
submitted a few screenshots of
one of the latest beta's from
Microsoft, Windows Home
Server. WHS is a toned down
version of Windows Server
2003, aimed at the general
consumer market with the
intent of making it easier to
share content amongst all the
PC's in a household with
incrased focus on sharing,
backups, and simplicity.
These early shots
exhibit the basic
functionality premise, though
they do contain some minor
graphical errors.
neowin.net - 17.02.2007
Apple stuns WWDC crowd with pulsating App Store hyperwall
jcxp.net - 10.06.2009
CES Trend #6: The rush to render the iPhone obsolete
No list of trends would be complete without a mention of Apple's iPhone, a device that many handset manufacturers will be looking to beat in 2008 in
order to attract a consumer that is ever more interested in advanced wireless services. Many of those devices will debut at CES next week...
betanews.com - 03.01.2008
Microsoft to replace MSN Groups with Windows Live Groups
Microsoft has been planning to remove MSN Groups and re brand them with Windows Live since the introduction of Windows Live. Now it seems Windows Live
Groups will launch on November 17th, replacing MSN Groups, set to close on February 21, 2009.
In an email
from a Microsoft Technical Support spokesperson, it is advised that Microsoft will be launching a service named multiply to migrate MSN Groups to Multiply so that they can be preserved after MSN
Groups is closed in February.
Jonathan Yaniv, a Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly, has been doing some digging around the Microsoft Windows
Live internal sites. Yaniv has found that you can now apply new
themes to groups, stop people from using your Group in
Windows Live Messenger to chat and Microsoft has implemented a mailing list feature for group emails and an option to ban known spammers.
Below is an example of the new Windows
Live Groups set to launch next month (courtesy of Jonathan Yaniv).
neowin.net - 16.10.2008
Kyocera Close To Acquiring Sanyo Cell Biz
Kyocera is apparently close to acquiring Sanyo's mobile phone unit, which would render it the world's seventh largest phone manufacturer...
betanews.com - 14.09.2007
Via Debuts Nanobook: A Windows Ultralight Under Two Pounds, Less Than $600
Watch out, Foleo. There's a
Nanobook behind you. Right
behind you. Via Technologies,
best known for chipsets and
tiny motherboards, has
announced a new reference
design for budget ultramobile
computers.
"$600,"
said Richard Brown, VIA's
Global Vice President of
Marketing. "We're taking
that market into the
mainstream."
winbeta.org - 06.06.2007
Nokia's All Touch Screen Phone Shot in the Wild
Remember when Nokia
revealed their Aeon concept
almost half a year ago? We all
thought it was just a concept
and probably forgotten by
most. Apparently this concept
has a very good chance of
becoming a reality.
winbeta.org - 15.06.2007
Yet another glimpse of Windows Mobile 6.5 makes the rounds
jcxp.net - 10.02.2009
Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta Screenshots
Microsoft has begun to grant beta testers access to Windows Live Messenger 9. While the application has changed little aesthetically, there are key
functionality changes such as the ability to assign a custom logon sound for all of your contacts to hear when you sign on (known as a "Signature
Sound"
neowin.net - 28.11.2007
IE9 to support hardware-accelerated rendering
Microsoft is focusing on speedy graphics rendering for its next version of Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer 9 will take
advantage of a computer's graphics hardware to better render online images, videos, animations and other graphics, said Steven Sinofsky, president of
Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division...
winbeta.org - 18.11.2009
