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Windows 7 Build 6936 Hints At Windows 7 Beta

The German online magazine Winfuture (German) got their hands on the latest Windows 7 build with the build number 6936 that got distributed to the small circle of pre-beta testers. The build is identical with the build that was used to demonstrate Windows 7 at the WinHec conference. That build was created at the end [...]

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WinHEC 2008 Keynote Summary And Recordings

WinHec 2008 just started and the keynote is available in three different quality streams that can be watched online. The keynote is available as a 100K, 300K or 750K video stream. The Keynote begins with a few information for the attendees of the WinHec 2008 conference and an introduction of the keynotes that are going [...]

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Windows 7 Reviewer’s Guide

Microsoft has released a first draft version of the Windows 7 Reviewer’s Guide which is basically a first look type of guide that has been divided into three main categories that addresses certain user groups; The categories are Windows 7 for end users, Windows 7 for professionals and Windows 7 for the ecosystem. The guide [...]

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All Windows 7 PDC 08 Presentations

Here is the list of all Windows 7 presentations at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. A click on a link will load the video in the browser. Microsoft Silverlight is required to watch the videos. Next year’s PDC has been announced as well: It will take place November 17-20, 2009 in Los Angeles.
KYN02 Day Two [...]

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Microsoft to Launch Windows Azure Cloud Computing Service With Windows 7

The news is coming in thick and fast from PDC08.  Microsoft have just announced that Windows Azure, a new cloud computing service, will be launched at the same time as Windows 7.  Windows Azure will allow data and applications to exist online in the ‘Cloud’, rather than locally on a PC.
Moving Microsoft’s cash cows, Windows [...]

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Windows 7 Beta Signs Appearing On Technet China website

The Technet China website was update today. It is the first site that is showing information about the Windows 7 Beta in the Technet Evaluation Center. Windows 7 is mentioned twice on the page. The first is a short paragraph about the Windows 7 Beta. A link will be added at a later time that [...]

5Jan2009 | Martin | 2 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Beta Genuine Activation Patcher

Everyone who has downloaded a leaked build of Windows 7 will have noticed that the versions will have a time limit of 30 days and watermarks. The official testers have all received Windows 7 keys to activate the Windows 7 operating system for a longer period.
We are usually not reporting about tools from the cracker [...]

4Jan2009 | Martin | 6 comments | Continued
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Technical Preview of Kaspersky Anti-Virus For Windows 7

The popular security software developer Kaspersky has released a first technical preview version of the upcoming Kaspersky Anti-virus solution for Windows 7. The release can be downloaded directly from the Kaspersky ftp site. Its current version is 8.0.0.1015. Below is the full Kaspersky press release:
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, announces [...]

3Jan2009 | Martin | 7 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Beta Damages Some MP3

It is probably fair to say that the Windows 7 builds that have been floating around on the Internet are very stable and that only a handful of minor errors have been reported yet. According to Neowin the latest two builds of Windows 7 that leaked to the Internet may damage mp3 files under certain [...]

2Jan2009 | Martin | 6 comments | Continued
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Add All Regional Themes To Windows 7

We have reported earlier that Microsoft has the intention to ship Windows 7 with regional themes that make use of wallpapers and additional interface enhancements that are unique depending on the region Windows 7 has been sold. Currently the five zones Australia, Canada, Great Britain, United States and South Africa are known and it is [...]

1Jan2009 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued
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Watch Steve Ballmer’s CES 2009 Keynote Live

The CES 2009 conference is less than a week away and the world is looking forward to Steve Ballmer’s keynote which is expected to reveal new information about Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 7. Many news sites assume that Steve Ballmer will announce the public release of the Windows 7 Beta in his keynote. While [...]

1Jan2009 | Martin | 1 comment | Continued
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Happy New Year

The Windows 7 News team wishes all of its visitors a wonderful New Years Eve and a successful productive 2009. The new year will be exciting as we will see the first official public beta release of Windows 7 and most likely the final release of the operating system. The new year will start with [...]

31Dec2008 | Martin | 3 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 News Roundup

The usual suspects have gotten their hands on the beta release of Windows 7 and are posting all kinds of news related to it. Today’s news roundup starts with Ed Bott’s analysis of the Windows 7 EULA. The main points that he discovered in the EULA are that users can install the Windows 7 Beta [...]

29Dec2008 | Martin | 6 comments | Continued
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Windows 7 Beta 1 Leaked

It was only a matter of time before the latest version of Windows 7 would make its way to the dark side of the Internet. Windows 7 build 7000 is available since yesterday on various torrent websites and also available through various other Internet services. The nfo file claims that it is the original MSDN [...]

27Dec2008 | Martin | 19 comments | Continued
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How Windows 7 Deals With Crashed Applications

Windows 7 offers an interesting new option when a software program becomes unresponsive. Windows 7 offers to try to cancel the non-responsive command of a process instead of just killing the process or offering to restart the application.
The user can continue working with the application if the cancellation of the non-responsive command is successful. This [...]

26Dec2008 | Martin | 24 comments | Continued
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