Do not make Win 7 too Mac-like
Blogger Paul Thurrott has written a couple of interesting posts about the difference between “simple” and “easy” in the context of Windows 7.
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4.12.2008 Win 7 changes coming in the next build
Windows 7 testers wanted more feedback from Microsoft. It looks like they’re getting it.
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26.2.2009 The 5 Reasons Why Blu-Ray Will Win
This week Stephen Speicher and his engadget column The Clicker discusses the five reasons why he believes Blu-Ray will win the battle against HD-DVD. Some of the major points made are format security, computer manufacturer support, and overall capacity.
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Why Windows 7 will win the netbook war
There’s been much debate recently on whether Linux will be able to strive in the netbook war once Windows 7 is released.
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2.2.2009 Businesses to get final Win 7 in July
Microsoft officials have said the company expects to release Windows 7 to manufacturing before the end of this month.
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10.7.2009 Netbook users not happy with Win 7?
Microsoft has pulled an update tool for Windows 7 from the Microsoft Store site after a report indicating that the tool incorporated open-source code in a way that violated the GNU General Public License.
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10.11.2009 Microsoft's Big Bet: Win Within the Web
Although the latest version of Microsoft Windows is more than six months from shipping, company brass already have christened Vista as the best and biggest Windows release since Windows 95.
The company is making bold predictions, claiming Vista will be preloaded on as many as 200 million new personal computers in the first 24 months that the product is available. Windows 95 shipped on a mere 67 million new PCs during its first two years. These numbers are important. The prospects of nearly every product Microsoft makes ride on maintaining the ubiquity of Windows, which has in excess of 90 percent of the PC operating system market. It's been five years since the current Windows version was released, and Windows XP now is looking rather dated.
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15.3.2006 Win an Exclusive PGR100 Xbox 360!
Microsoft and www.oxm.co.uk are working together to allow fans to win a limited edition black PGR100 Xbox 360!
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3.4.2006 Microsoft starting to win over Linux servers
Microsoft is showing some early signs of success with a version of Windows geared for a technical computing market that Linux dominates today.
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10.4.2007 New improved Win 7 Logon screen chenger
This app will auto resize you image to fit you current screen resolution. Must be run as admin. Works great.
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19.3.2009 Nine of 10 corporate PCs can run Win 7
According to a survey carried out by Softchoice, 88% of corporate PCs in the US are capable of running Windows 7.
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19.10.2009 Malware breaks Win 7 UAC defenses
A recently conducted test by malware researchers reveals that eight out of ten malware samples used in the test, successfully bypassed Windows 7’s default UAC (user access control) settings.
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7.11.2009 Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Win 7?
Yesterday there appeared an interview with a Microsoft group manager who claimed that Microsoft copied the “Mac look and feel in terms of graphics” in Windows 7.
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12.11.2009 Microsoft and Linux set to win smartphone war
Year-to-year growth in the smartphone market in 2005 exceeded 70 per cent and will continue to grow "robustly" for the next several years, with Linux and Microsoft emerging as the dominant platforms, In-Stat predicted today.
However, the analyst firm warned that the risk remains of consumers perceiving these devices as just very expensive feature phones.
In-Stat noted that a major problem affecting the appeal of smartphones is that many users do not download applications that make them more useful after they leave the store.
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28.1.2006 WGA notches win for Microsoft in piracy bust
Microsoft’s anti-piracy effort may be annoying to some Windows users, but it has notched a big win catching the bad guys.
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25.7.2007 Microsoft Promotion: make MSN Your Homepage & Win a Zune
How badly does Microsoft want to promote the Zune? Not badly enough to think of anything particularly ingenious. Unique? yes. Succesful? No.
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15.2.2007 Power Pack 3 for Home Server announced, inc Win 7 support
Microsoft has announced Power Pack 3 (beta) for Windows Home Server today which adds important Windows 7 support to the list of features.
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17.7.2009 Update on Win 7 RTM availability, MSDN and TechNet August 6
Microsoft has just sent word that MSDN and TechNet customers will be able to get hold of Windows 7 RTM on August 6.
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21.7.2009 Critical security patch for IE released, Win 7 RC affected
Microsoft has released an out of band security patch (MS09-034) to fix remote exploits in Internet Explorer.
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28.7.2009 Apple attempt to gatecrash Win 7 launch with product updates
Apple unveiled several new products today, some of which have been rumored for quite some time.
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20.10.2009 Cheap Upgrade Versions of Win 7 Top Amazon Sales Charts
Microsoft's half-price promotion for Windows 7 upgrades have attracted the attention of Amazon shoppers, according to the company's sales rankings.
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28.6.2009 Win 7 Anytime Upgrade prices announced, EU & UK ripped off
Microsoft today unveiled pricing for Windows Anytime Upgrade (WAU) and the Windows 7 Family Pack.
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31.7.2009 Microsoft courts open-source vendors to support Win Server 2008
When Microsoft officially launches Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 in one fell swoop on February 27, it will have a cadre of software, hardware and services partners backing its play.
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27.2.2008 Microsoft plans to issue non-update update for Win 7
Microsoft will spit out dummy updates for Windows 7 beta testers next week that will probe the forthcoming operating system’s updating abilities.
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20.2.2009Microsoft Windows Media Center launches sports channel
In its bid to broaden the appeal of Windows Media Center, Microsoft is launching a new sports channel that will offer a range of sports coverage,
including replays of every NCAA Basketball Tournament game.
WMC has yet to go mainstream, and is still primarily used by hard
core techies. Microsoft is out to change that by making the WMC easier to use as well as acquiring rights to
premium video content.
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05.03.2009Media Center University: Whole House Integration of Media Center Systems “ Part 4
MS Consumer Electronics Installer Blog: Our very own Todd Rutherford builds on previous Media Center University topics in the first half of his
presentation by providing guidance on integrating WMC with automation systems and designing the right WMC solution to meet the needs of the
customer.
Topics covered include:
Automation System Integration
- Controlling Media Center
from Control Systems
- Controlling Automation hardware from Media Center
- Hybrid Solution Options
Whole House Entertainment
- Understand the Customer's Entertainment Needs
- Choosing an
Architecture and Solution
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07.07.2008Pre-CES Giveaway: Win Vista Ultimate, Adobe CS3, Zune and more
In preparation for CES 2008, which kicks off in Las Vegas on Sunday, we have decided to give away a number of products that have been gathering dust
around the office. All you need to do to win is come up with a good question...
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03.01.2008‘Fiji' on track to debut before Windows Seven
Before you get all excited, I
should emphasize that the
source of this news post is a
blog. In my defence, it is a
fairly trusted one and
Bink has
already approved it. Fiji
has often been referred to as
the codename for Windows Vista
Service Pack 1. You might as
well throw that association
out the window. It seems Fiji
is actually the next version
of Windows Media Center. This
is a bit odd for many reasons,
even if you don't realize
that the last two WMC
codenames have been precious
stones. Windows Vista's
successor is codenamed Vienna,
formerly codenamed Blackcomb,
but it appears that Microsoft
is now internally referring to
it as Windows Seven.
Microsoft's plan is to
release Fiji before Windows
Seven, much like Windows Media
Center 2005 (codename Emerald)
was available before Windows
Vista.
This seems
to leave us with more
questions than answers. If not
Fiji, what is the codename for
Windows Vista SP1? Why has
Vista's successor gone
through three different
codenames? Doesn't Windows
Vista already include the
latest Windows Media Center
(codename Diamond)? Shouldn't
Windows Seven include the next
version of WMC? I guess
not.
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20.03.2007Win X Hosting Now Open.
Win X Hosting Open To Day. We
Do Windows And Linux Hosting
Plus Reseller Web Hosting...
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31.10.2006MSN Launches 'Search and
Win' Contest
MSN has come up with a new
plan to draw users away from
Google: free stuff. The
company launched a contest on
Monday that will give users a
chance to win prizes simply by
using the service's search
engine. Over $1 million in
prizes will be available
during the months of February,
March and April...
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13.02.2006Microsoft honing its 'better together' story for Windows 7 and Office 14
Now that the Windows 7 Beta and
Office 14 alpha are both out there, word is beginning to
trickle out about some of the ways the two are being designed to "work better together."
Microsoft isn’t planning to
integrate Win 7 and O14 to anywhere near the degree that it is integrating Windows Live and Win 7, sources say. But officials are looking for ways
that users who buy both of these new products will be able to take advantage of how O14 “lights up” on Win 7.
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15.01.2009Microsoft Launches "Connect & Win" Sweepstakes
To mark the release of Grand Theft Auto IV for PC, Microsoft has launched a "Connect & Win" weekly sweepstakes promotion.
Every day,
from now until January 19th, Microsoft will be awarding registered users who connect to the Live system through any Games for Windows Live PC title
with an entry into the weekly sweepstakes. You will be awarded one entry per day that you play.
Some of the prizes include Grand Theft
Auto IV prize packs, Microsoft Points, a copy of Fallout 3 Survival Edition, 17" Alienware Area-51 m17x laptops, and a trip for two to the 2009 San
Diego International Comic Con.
Unfortunately, only residents within the US, UK, Germany and France are eligible for these sweepstakes.
For full details and to register your gamertag for the sweepstakes, see the Connect & Win sweepstakes homepage below.
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03.12.2008Microsoft: Win experiences money can't buy
Microsofts latest advertising
ploy, in the UK:
Quote -
Enter the UK prize draw
today and you could win an
incredible "Wow" experience.
- Walk the red
carpet of a world
premiere;
- Go on safari
with a professional
photographer;
- Visit
the Home of the Future at
Microsoft Campus in
Redmond.
For your
chance to win these prizes and
more simply watch the demos
and register your details.
Plus, someone will win the
Ultimate Experience, which
you'll only find out about if
you play the prize
draw.
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28.02.2007Intel confident of appeal win in EU anti-trust case
Intel President Paul Otellini has said the company is confident of winning its appeal against the record $1.45 billion fine which was imposed by
EU anti-trust regulators in May this year. Speaking to the BBC following his keynote address at the company's annual developer forum, Mr Otellini
said, "I can't wait to get our side of the story out in the public. I continue to believe and assert they (the European Commission) have got it
wrong. We have appealed and we will win on appeal." AMD first complained about Intel's business practices in 2000, but it wasn't until
high-profile raids were conducted on Intel offices in July 2007 that the company was charged with breaching competition rules.
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24.09.2009Win a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate
Readers of Microsoft's
Exploring Windows newsletter
can win a copy of Windows
Vista Ultimate in a free prize
draw expiring on 14 August
2007. Entrants are required
to answer a number of
survey
questions.
To sign up to receive
Exploring Windows,
sign into
the Profile Centre using
your Windows Live ID and tick
the box next to the newsletter
name in Subscribe to
Communications.
You can also
enter our
prize draw on Small
Business Centre to win a Dell
laptop with Microsoft Office
2007 Small Business Edition
and Windows Vista Business.
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31.07.2007MP3 Blogs Offer File Sharing Even the RIAA Could Love
Although the term "file sharing" has all sorts of ugly connotations, it's not necessarily a bad thing. In some cases, it's even a win-win-win
situation for the recording industry, music lovers -- and Google.
There are countless MP3 file-sharing sites that don't look
anything like BitTorrent or Lime Wire. They're low-key, homegrown blogs that don't host illicitly copied music, but do provide links to third-party
sites, or storage lockers, such as
Megashare, where pirated music is stored. These
bloggers do it for the love of the music, they say, but it doesn't hurt that they make a little money from advertising along the way.
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04.12.2007Media Center University: Optimizing for Entertainment & Networking “ Part 2
Mike Seamons continues his presentation of Optimizing Media Center for Entertainment in this second video filmed at EHX Spring 2008. In part two, he
discusses the steps he takes to optimize Windows Media Center. He discusses removing all unnecessary software, installing Windows Updates and other
configuration. Additionally, he discusses how to integrate Zune with WMC.
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23.06.2008Crudebox to Prudebox: from App Store lose to App Store win
Alkali Media have found that a few software tweaks and a name change are all that are needed to get their software, initially rejected as
"objectionable" to accepted as perfectly "acceptable". The software produces sounds that some might find objectionable. But, when the company
re-submitted their App, it became clear to them what a difference a name can make, along with a few design tweaks (including "a pink bunny and a
fleeting sunset")!
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28.04.2009Microsoft targets Oracle licensing to win customers
The forthcoming launch of SQL Server 2008 will see Microsoft focus its considerable resources on the issue of licensing, to win customers from rivals
Oracle and IBM.
Speaking to ZDNet Australia's Sister site ZDNet.co.uk, Microsoft's UK marketing director for databases, Matt
Dunstan (pictured), said: "Our challenge, now we have picked off a lot of the low-hanging fruit, is to attack the traditional Oracle
strongholds."
Dunstan, who is in charge of the battle with Oracle and IBM, said Microsoft will exploit weaknesses it sees in
Oracle's licensing and treatment of its customers. It is a bold strategy from a company that has itself frequently been pilloried for its licensing
policies, but Dunstan clearly thinks Oracle's licensing is a weak spot.
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16.11.2007Win $6000 of gadgets in the HP Magic Giveaway
At a time when less is in reach for most, HP and Microsoft want to help spread the magic through the HP Magic Giveaway, a program that enables 50 top
blogs to run their own contests to give away 50 prize packages whose value exceeds $6000. Microsoft and HP have decided, Neowin is one of the top
blogs, and we will be participating in this giant giveaway.
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25.11.2008Win 10 Private Jet Hours with Office Live
Microsoft Office Live can help
add wings to your business by
providing you with the tools
you need to establish a
powerful Web presence. It can
be like moving your company
from the coach seats to a
private jet.
Enter the Microsoft Office
Live "I'm Going Places"
Sweepstakes for a chance to
win 10 hours of private jet
travel with the Marquis Jet
Card. Plus multiple daily
prize winners. Come back daily
to play the Instant Win game
for a chance to win laptop
computers from Dell and Sony
and $100 gift certificates
from Best Buy and CompUSA.
Sweepstakes entrants also
receive the Office Live email
newsletter featuring helpful
tips for small businesses on
how to promote and run their
business online.
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11.02.2007Bing aiming to win this Christmas
The holiday season is nearly upon us and Microsoft has signaled it wants to be the search engine for Christmas this year. A new commercial, released
earlier this week and spotted first by the folks at LiveSide, highlights the familiar "search overload syndrome" that Microsoft referred to in its
first Bing commercials in June when Bing officially launched to the world. Since the launch of Bing, Microsoft has managed to snatch 10.7% market
share with 1.1 billion searches in August alone. The advert has a holiday season feel as a young child visits Santa to explain his wish list for
Christmas.
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06.11.2009Windows Vista available on Volume Licensing
Thanks Tom Warren and
Bink for
this information that was
relayed to me yesterday
(shortly before my power
outage), but better late than
never! We can reveal that
Windows Vista is available for
Volume License users, shortly
ahead of the scheduled Nov.
17th release to MSDN
subscribers.
The
following flavours were
released:
- Windows Vista
Business 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD
English
- Windows Vista
Business 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD
UPG
- Windows Vista
Business 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD UPG
English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 32-bit English Disk
Kit MVL MVLS Only DVD Language
Packs
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL DVD English
- SA Win Vista
Enterprise 64-bit English Disk
Kit MVL MVLS Only DVD Language
Packs
The site
appears to be non-responsive,
it's probably being
hammered!
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16.11.2006EU: Microsoft pulling IE from Win 7 not enough
Microsoft's decision to
pull Internet Explorer
from Windows 7 in Europe isn't enough to address
EU antitrust
complaints about the company's abuse of the market, the European Commission
said Friday. The
continent's officials now say that Microsoft's proposed solution would actually hurt competition as it would leave the five percent of those buying
retail copies of Windows each year with few options. Instead of having an immediate choice, buyers would have to resort to obtaining a physical copy
of a web browser or else some alternative.
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